Leadership

Co-Chairs

Joshua Rein
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Incoming Co-Chairs

Eman Gohar
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Craig Brooks
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Chris Klemens
University of South Florida

Core Committee

Jelina Basnet
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Corry Bondi University of Pittsburgh

Cary Boyd-Shiwarski University of Pittsburgh

Ryan Cornelius
Oregon Health & Science University

Vidhi Dalal
Northwestern University

Samaneh DiMartino Stony Brook University

Mohammed Ferdaus Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Autumn Harris University of Florida

Jessica Hebert
Oregon Health & Science University

Kylie Heitman University of Alabama at Birmingham

Md Saimul Islam Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Samia Lasaad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Xiaohan (Hannah) Lu Duke University

Jonathan Nelson University of Southern California

Ester Oh University of Colorado

Paramita Pati
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Evan Ray
University of Pittsburgh

Mohammad Saleem
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Marharyta Semenikhina Medical University of South Carolina

Andrew Terker Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Justin Van Beusecum Medical University of South Carolina

Founders

Robert Fenton
Aarhus University

Paul Welling
University of Maryland

These senior faculty members spent several years conceptualizing and advocating for a Kidney Week Pre-Meeting for young investigators. They chaired the first meetings and we thank them for making this forum possible.