FFBI Coalition Workgroups

Clifford M. Sales, MD, MBA, FACS, Co-Chair
Chief of Vascular Surgery, Overlook Hospital
The Cardiovascular Care Group
Westfield, New Jersey
 

Rebecca J. Schmidt, DO, FACP, FASN, Co-Chair
Professor of Medicine and Chief, Section of Nephrology
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia
 

Gerald A. Beathard, MD, PhD, FACP, FCAP, FASN
Vice-president
Lifeline Vascular Access
Paige, Texas
 

Sue Cary, MN, RN, ANP-BC, CNN
Nurse Practitioner
Ochsner Clinic
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 

Danilo B. Concepcion, CCHT, CHT, CBNT
Operations Manager
St. Joseph Hospital Renal Service
Orange, California
 

Mary Fenderson, RN, CNN
Nephrology Nurse II
FMQAI: The Florida ESRD Network
Tampa, Florida
 

Richard S. Goldman, MD
Past President, Forum of ESRD Networks
Renal Medicine Associates, Ltd.
Albuquerque, NM 

Website Workgroup

Lynda K. Ball, MSN, RN, CNN, Chair
Quality Improvement Director
Northwest Renal Network
Seattle, Washington
 

Kim Deaver, RN, BSN, CNN
Vascular Access Coordinator and Renal Services Interim Manager
University of Virginia Renal Services: Augusta, Amherst, Altavista, Kidney Center, Lynchburg, Page, Orange, and Zion Crossroads
Charlottesville, Virginia
 

Nancy Gregory, RN, CNN
Quality Improvement Director
Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition
Midlothian, Virginia

Community Education Workgroup

Andrew S. Narva, MD, Co-Chair
Director
National Kidney Disease Education Program
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Intitute of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
 

Joseph Vassalotti, MD, FASN, Co-Chair
Chief Medical Officer/Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
National Kidney Foundation/Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York
 

William F. Brezsnyak, MHSA
Senior Director
IPRO, Inc.
Lake Success, New York
 

Deborah Brouwer, RN, CNN
Director, Clinical Business Development
Renal Solutions, Inc.
Warrendale, Pennsylvania
 

Chester H. Fox, MD
Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
University of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
 

Health Policy Workgroup

W. Kline Bolton, MD, Co-Chair
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
 

Sean P. Roddy, MD, Co-Chair
Chair, SVS Health Policy Committee
Society for Vascular Surgery
Albany, New York
 

Chester Amedia, Jr., MD, FACP
Interventional Nephrologist
Renal Physicians Association
Boardman, Ohio
 

Trelles Cordray, MPH, CPHQ
Patient Safety and CKD Initiatives Quality Advisor
Georgia Medical Care Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia
 

Jerry Jackson, MD
Nephrologist
Nephrology Associates
Birmingham, Alabama
 

Maryam Lyon, BSN, RN, CNN
Director of Clinical Services
Dayton Regional Dialysis
Dayton, Ohio

Hospital Systems Change Concept Workgroup

Ellen DePrat, MSN, RN, NE, CPHQ, Chair
Project Coordinator
HealthInsight
Las Vegas, Nevada
 

Anne M. Carpenter, MSW
CKD Project Manager
Primaris, Missouri’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization
St. Louis, Missouri
 

Janet E. Holland, RN, CNN
Director of Vascular Access Management
DaVita
El Segundo, California
 

Eboni C. Manley, MBA, MPA
CKD Quality Advisor
Georgia Medical Care Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia

Patient Self-Management Change Concept Workgroup

Stephen Fadem, MD, FACP, FASN, Chair
Nephrologist
Kidney Associates, PLLC
Houston, Texas
 

Darin E. Bradley, MBA, CCHT
Corporate Manager, Data and Technology
DaVita, Inc.
Wichita, Kansas

Lori Good, MBA
Director of Clinical Improvements
DaVita
Los Angeles, California

Stuart Mott, BA, BS
Vascular Access Nurse
DCI
Jefferson City, Missouri
 

Kathi Niccum, Ed. D,
Director of Patient Services
The Renal Network, Inc. – ESRD Network 9/10
Indianapolis, Indiana
 

Dolores Perez, MS
Communications Director
The Renal Network, Inc. - Network 9/10
Indianapolis, Indiana

Data Committee

William McClellan, MD, MPH, Chair
Emory University
Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, Georgia
 

Shu-Cheng Chen, MS
Director of Information Systems and Software Development
United States Renal Data System (USRDS)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
 

Mark Gottlieb, PhD
Epidemiologist/Informaticist/Quality Improvement Specialist
Mountain Pacific Quality Health
Helena, Montana
 

Edwin Huff, PhD
FFBI Project Officer
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore, Maryland