Ask the Experts: Nephrology
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- Daniel W. Coyne, MD, Professor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
William F. Finn, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine; Attending Physician, The University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.- Steven Fishbane, MD, Chief of Nephrology, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York; Professor of Medicine, SUNY, Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Sandra L. Gadson, MD, Immediate Past President, National Medical Association, Washington, DC
Joanna Q. Hudson, PharmD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Nephrology), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Clinical Pharmacist, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Francisco Llach, MD, Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, Georgetown University, Director, Clinical Nephrology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Suanne Petroff, MSN, CKD Program Director, Western New England Renal and Transplant Association, Springfield, Massachusetts; Director of Clinical Staff, Western New England Renal and Transplant Association, Springfield, Massachusetts
Richard A. Sherman, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Director, End Stage Renal Disease Services, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Ajay K. Singh, MB, MRCP, Clinical Director, Renal Division; Director, Dialysis Services, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts