George Bakris, MD

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Dr. Bakris has published more than 700 articles in the areas of kidney disease and hypertension. He is the editor or co-editor of 19 books, the current editor of the American Journal of Nephrology, and a Nephrology and Hypertension editor on UpToDate. He serves on more than 16 editorial boards, including Diabetes Care, Kidney International, NDT, and the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension.

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Christopher Chan, MD

University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

After completing his post-graduate training in internal medicine and nephrology at the University of Toronto, Dr. Chan pursued further training in cardiovascular physiology. He is the Divisional Director of Nephrology and Professor of Medicine at the University Health Network. He also holds the R Fraser Elliott Chair in Home Dialysis. Dr. Chan has contributed more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and has written multiple book chapters in the field of home dialysis. He has also co-led the KDIGO consensus meeting in novel approaches in blood purification and has served as chair of the cardiac committee of the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Trials.

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Dinesh Chatoth, MD

University of Arkansas College of Medicine
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Fresenius Medical Care North America

Dinesh Chatoth completed his fellowship in nephrology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He was an assistant professor of medicine and director of the dialysis program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He has worked with the KDOQI workgroup for peritoneal dialysis and promotes home dialysis as a modality of choice for patients requiring renal replacement therapy.

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Allan Collins, MD

University of Minnesota School of Medicine

Dr. Collins is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota and former Director of the Chronic Research Disease Group, focused on investigating chronic illness to improve public health. He is also the past President of the National Kidney Fund and past Director of the USRDS.

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Mike Copland, MD

University of British Columbia Division of Medicine

Dr. Copland is the Medical Director, Kidney Services VCH/PHC, the Provincial Medical Director, Independent Hemodialysis program for British Columbia, Chair, Medical Advisory Committee, BC Provincial Renal Agency and Vice-Chair, Medical Advisory Committee, Vancouver General Hospital. His clinical interests include General Nephrology with a focus on Independent dialysis therapies (PD and Independent Hemodialysis).

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Dr. Richard Fluck

Royal Derby Hospital

Richard Fluck is a Consultant Renal Physician at Royal Derby Hospital and trained in nephrology at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, (aka Barts) and the Royal London Hospital. Dr. Fluck was appointed a British Heart Foundation Fellow while exploring the link between cardiovascular disease, calcium signaling and abnormalities of calcium metabolism in chronic kidney disease. He is also Clinical Director, Internal Medicine, Specialized Commissioning, NHS England.

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Kevin Griffiths, MD, MPH

Metro Renal Associates

Dr. Griffiths is board-certified nephrologist and a partner at Metro Renal Associates. Dr. Griffiths specializes in kidney diseases, and he gives lectures on the benefits of home hemodialysis. Dr. Griffiths has been recognized as one of “America’s Top Physicians” in nephrology by Consumer Research Council of America.

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Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD

University of California Irvine

Kam Kalantar studied medicine at the University of Bonn, Germany, and received MPH and PhD degrees in Nutritional Epidemiology from UC Berkeley.  He was trained at the University of Nuremberg (Germany), SUNY Brooklyn, and UCSF medical schools.  He is triple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology, and Paediatrics.  Kam has authored >900 papers and has had numerous NIH grants as PI.  He is the Past President of the International Society of Renal Nutrition & Metabolism (ISRNM) and co-chair of the steering committee of the “World Kidney Day”.  He serves as editor in chief of the “Journal of Renal Nutrition”. Dr. Kalantar’s core focus is in Nutrition and Diet in the Management of Kidney Health and Disease as well as dialysis transition and therapies.

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Lisa Koester, ANP, CNN-NP

Washington University School of Medicine

Lisa earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing at Barnes College of Nursing in St. Louis and went on to receive a Master of Science in nursing and complete a nurse practitioner internship at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO.

As a renal nurse practitioner, Lisa is responsible for clinical coverage of in-center hemodialysis, home dialysis (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis), and the chronic kidney disease patient population.  She educates patients about current dialysis modality options and is an adjunct instructor of medicine for nurse practitioner students.

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Paul Komenda, MD

University of Manitoba Section of Nephrology

Dr. Komenda has more than 90 published, peer-reviewed articles in health services research and clinical nephrology since 2008. He has obtained provincial and national level grants and completed the EXTRA (Executive Training for Research Applications) program funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. He currently serves as Medical Director of the Home Hemodialysis Program, Director of Research, and President of the Medical Staff at the Seven Oaks General Hospital in Winnipeg.

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Michael Kraus, MD

Indiana University School of Medicine
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Fresenius Medical Care North America

Dr. Kraus has held several positions at Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine. He is a leader in the field of short daily home hemodialysis and an internationally recognized invited speaker. He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Kidney Foundation of Indiana.

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José Morfín, MD

UC Davis School of Medicine

Dr. José Morfín is an Associate Professor at UC Davis School of Medicine and is the Medical Director of Home Dialysis Services at Satellite Wellbound in Sacramento, California. Dr. Morfín launched his first home program in 2009 and in 2017, launched Optimal Transitions™—a first-of-its-kind program that provides dialysis patients and their families the time, support, and resources needed to select the right dialysis therapy for them. Dr. Morfín organizes community outreach programs to improve health care delivery in the areas of CKD, hypertension, and diabetes.

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Prayus Tailor, MD, FASN

Nephrology Associates, P.A.

Dr. Tailor is a practicing clinical nephrologist with Nephrology Associates, P.A. in Newark, Delaware. He has also served as the nephrology fellowship program director at Christiana Care Health System (Sidney Kimmel Medical College) and as President of the Medical Society Delaware. He is board-certified in nephrology. In his role as the medical director for FMC Brandywine Home Therapies and transitional start unit, he seeks to improve the transition of patients from chronic kidney disease to end stage renal disease and promote the benefits of home therapies.

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Eric Weinhandl, PhD, MS

University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy

Eric Weinhandl is an epidemiologist with about 14 years of research experience in chronic kidney disease, mostly regarding dialysis and pharmaceuticals. Eric worked at the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) Coordinating Center between 2004 and 2014 and has conducted studies with Amgen, Baxter, DaVita, NxStage, Sigma Tau, and the Peer Kidney Care Initiative.

Articles by Eric Weinhandl, PhD, MS