Program Organizers 2024 – Annual Dialysis Conference

Welcome To ADC

Program Chairs

Ramesh Khanna, MD

Conference Co-Chair

Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD 

Conference Co-Chair

Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN, CNN 

Program Director

Madhukar Misra, MD, FRCP (UK) 

Hemodialysis Chair 

Steven Alexander, MD

Pediatric Co-Chair

Bradley Warady, MD 

Pediatric Co-Chair

Jessica Geer, MSN, C-PNP, CNN-NP

Pediatric Co-Chair

Preethi Yerram, MD 

Peritoneal Dialysis Co-Chair

Osama El Shamy, MD  

NAC Program Co-chair

Jenny Shen, MD 

NAC Program Co-chair

Conference
Available Seats

National and International
Presenters

Educationtional
Sessions

Sponsors
and Exhibitors

Welcome To ADC

Planning Committee

Members

Graham Abra, MD, Stanford, CA

Planning Committee Member

Catherine Ashbaugh, MSN, RN – Columbia, MO

Planning Committee Member

Brandy Begin, BSN, MBAc, RN, CNN – Portland, OR

Planning Committee Member

Maria Camila Bermudez, MD – Danville, PA

Planning Committee Member

LaVonne Burrows, APRN, BC, CNN – Springfield, MO 

Planning Committee Member

Robin Davis, CCLS – Houston, Texas (Pediatric)

Planning Committee Member

Nupur Gupta, MD – Indianapolis, IN

Planning Committee Member

Lisa Koester, MSN, RN, CS, ANP – St. Louis, MO 

Planning Committee Member

Kunal Malhotra, MD - St. Louis, MO 

Planning Committee Member

Kirsten McFadyen, RD – Vancouver, BC-CA

Planning Committee Member

Amy Nau, MBA, MSN, RN, CNN - Kansas City, MO 

Planning Committee Member

Alicia Neu, MD – Baltimore, MD 

Planning Committee Member

Joanna Neumann, RN, CNN – San Jose, CA

Planning Committee Member

Elisha Pavlick, RD – Philadelphia, PA

Planning Committee Member

Jeff Perl, MD - Toronto, CA

Planning Committee Member

Katie Plomaritas, BSN, RN – Ann Arbor, MI

Planning Committee Member

Nonnie Polderman, RD – Vancouver, BC-CA

Planning Committee Member

Amanda Porter, CCLS – Kansas City, MO

Planning Committee Member

Anjali Saxena, MD, San Jose, CA

Planning Committee Member

Andrew Webb, DNP, RN – Columbia, MO

Planning Committee Member

Franz Schaefer, MD – Heidelberg, Germany  

Planning Committee Member

Claire Oser
Conference Administrator
University of Missouri Department of Medicine
Columbia, Missouri

Kelly Gregory
Director of Professional Education
University of Missouri St. Louis
Missouri Institute of Mental Health

Megan Finnegan
Project Director
University of Missouri St. Louis
Missouri Institute of Mental Health

Birda Lewis
Office Support Assistant II
University of Missouri St. Louis
Missouri Institute of Mental Health

Kayla Bunch
Program Project Support Coordinator
University of Missouri St. Louis
Missouri Institute of Mental Health

Program Chairs

Ramesh Khanna, MD

Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD

Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN, CNN

Madhukar Misra, MD, FRCP (UK)

Steven Alexander, MD

Bradley Warady, MD

Jessica Geer, MSN, C-PNP, CNN-NP

Preethi Yerram, MD

Osama El Shamy, MD