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Faculty Disclosures
Mark Aeder Brendan Barrett Craig Alvis Research Grants: Pfizer Inc. Sharon Anderson Amy Barton Pai Joel Andress Rajit Basu Gerald Appel Speakers Bureau: Baxter, Gambro Spouse Stock: Merck & Co. Jeffrey Berns Grant/ Research Support: Alexion Consultant: Amgen, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., National Institutes of Ishir Bhan Health (NIH), Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Teva Consultant: Amgen Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Roy Bloom Consultant/Scientific Advisor: Alexion Consultant: AbbVie Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Takeda Pharmaceuticals Carl Boethel U.S.A., Inc., Merck & Co., Senomo Steve Bogatz Speaker’s Bureau: Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Joseph Bonventre Inc., Genentech C. Barrett Bowling Other: Pfizer Inc., UpToDate Royalty Shaun Boyd Linda Awdishu Daniel Brennan Sean Bagshaw Consultant: Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S, Sanofi- Consultant,Speakers Bureau,Research Grants: Aventis Baxter Speakers Bureau: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Poonam Bal Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Novartis International Lynda Ball AG, Sanofi-Aventis Joanne Bargman Research Grants: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Consultant: Baxter Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Speakers Bureau: DaVita Healthcare Partners, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S Inc., Baxter, Amgen Other: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Kristin Brickel Teresa Close Josephine Briggs Salary: Fresenius Medical Care North America Daniel Brooks Andrew Cohen Research Grants: Sugar Producers Central Debbie Cohen American Isthmus (AICA), Nicaraguan Sugar Other: Medtronic Commission (CNPA) Robert Cohen Kimberly Brown Danilo Concepcion Consultant: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Della Connor Inc., AbbVie, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Merck & Co., Deborah Cote Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Daniel Coyne Speakers Bureau: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Consultant: Vifor Pharma Sciences, Inc., AbbVie Speakers Bureau: Fresenius Medical Care North Research Grants: Merck & Co., Duke Research, America Gilead Sciences, Inc., Janssen Pharmaceutica, Research Grants: FibroGen, Inc., Eli Lilly and AbbVie Company, Celgene Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline Teri Browne Other: Amgen Kevin Burns, Sr. Deidra Crews Laura Byham-Gray Nikole Cronk Pietro Canetta Gary Curhan Katie Cardone Consultant: Allena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Salary: Fresenius Medical Care North America, AstraZeneca spouse Other: UpToDate, American Society of Consultant: Fresenius Medical Care North Nephrology America Erika D'Agata Research Grants: GE Global Research Neera Dahl Kerri Cavanaugh Consultant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Jorge Cerda Ingemar Davidson Consultant: Baxter, Alere Inc. Jane Davis Speakers Bureau: Baxter, Alere Inc. Desiree de Waal Research Grants: Baxter, Alere Inc. Doris Derelian Christopher Chan Clarissa Diamantidis Consultant: Baxter, NxStage Medical, Inc. Noelle Dimitri Alexis Chettiar Anne Diroll Katharine Cheung Consultant: Fresenius Medical Care North Julio Chirinos America Consultant: Bristol-Myers Squibb, OPKO Health, Salary: Fresenius Medical Care North America, Inc., Microsoft, Fukuda Denshi, Merck & Co. spouse Research Grants: Bristol-Myers Squibb, OPKO Darlene Dobkowski Health, Inc., Microsoft, Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd., Paul Drawz Merck & Co. Nwamaka Eneanya Michael Choi Michelle Estrella David Ciceri Amy Evenson Rachel Eyler Consultant: Retrophin, Inc. Harvey Feldman Janelle Gonyea Fernando Fervenza Craig Gordon Research Grants: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Consultant: Alexion Pharmaceuticals Genentech Jeremy Goverman Jeffrey Fink Consultant: Medline Industries, Inc. Consultant: Relypsa, Inc. Morgan Grams Richard Formica Raquel Greer Charles Foulks Anna Greka Chester Fox Consultant : Merck & Co., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Jean Francis Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Third Rock Ventures Consultant: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Vanessa Grubbs Kelly Frank Margarita Gurri Barry Freedman Orlando Gutierrez Research Grants: Novartis International AG Consultant: Relypsa, Inc., Keryx Linda Fried Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Other: Pfizer Inc. Debra Hain Research Grants: Abbvie, Nephrogenex Janet Hakanson-Stacy Consultant: Bayer Yoshio Hall Allon Friedman Lori Hartwell Nancy Gallagher Other: Renal Support Network Margery Garbin Rebecca Hays Vesna Garovic Other: St. John’s Hospital, Sanford Health Renee Garrick Jenna Henderson Other: Dialysis Clinic Inc. (DCI) Michael Heung Atul Gawande Joanne Hindlet Other: Royalties from books and publications Jonathan Hogan Jennifer Geiger Tamara Isakova F. John Gennari Other: Shire Pharmaceuticals Plc Ali Gharavi Consultant: Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Research Grants: Fresenius Renal Research Bernard Jaar Insititute Vicki Jackson John Gill Aimee Jaremowicz Richard Glassock Kenar Jhaveri Consultant: AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Astellas Douglas Johnson Pharma US, Inc., Genentech, Mallinckrodt Salary: Dialysis Clinic, Inc.(DCI) Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi-Aventis, Genzyme Glenville Jones Corporation, Mitusbishi-Tanabe, ChemoCentryx Consultant: OPKO Health, Inc. Speakers Bureau: Genentech Jessica Joseph Stocks/ Bonds: Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Peter Juergensen Other: Wolters Kluwer N.V., Karger Publishers Speakers Bureau: Amgen, Sanofi-Aventis David Goldfarb Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh Ellie Kelepouris Consultant: Abbott, AbbVie, Alexion Consultant: Relypsa, Inc., Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Amgen, American Society Pharmaceuticals of Nephrology, AstraZeneca, AVEO Research Grant: Relypsa, Inc., Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Pharmaceuticals Ltd., DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., Fresenius Other: Relypsa, Inc., Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Medical Care North America, Genentech, Christine Kessler Haymarket Media, Hospira, Kabi, Keryx Consultant: Novo Nordisk Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., National Institutes of Speakers Bureau: Novo Nordisk Health (NIH), NKF, Relypsa, Inc., Resverlogix Ramesh Khanna Corp., Sanofi-Aventis, Shire Pharmaceuticals Plc, Beverly Kimball Vifor Pharma, UpToDate, ZS Pharma Alan Kliger Speakers Bureau: Abbott, AbbVie, Alexion Csaba Kovesdy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Amgen, ASN, AstraZeneca, Consultant: Abbott Nutrition, Relypsa, Inc., ZS AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chugai Pharma Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., DaVita Healthcare Holly Kramer Partners, Inc., Fresenius Medical Care North Daniela Kroshinsky America, Genentech, Haymarket Media, Hospira, Jane Kwatcher Fresenius Kabi, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Theresa Kwechin National Institutes of Health (NIH), NKF, Relypsa, Eduardo Lacson, Jr. Inc., Resverlogix Corp., Sanofi-Aventis, Shire Nadiya Lakhani Pharmaceuticals Plc, Vifor Pharma, UpToDate, ZS Krista Lentine Pharma Janeen Leon Research Grants: Abbott, AbbVie, Alexion Thomas Lepetich Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Amgen, ASN, AstraZeneca, Denise Link AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chugai Charmaine Lok Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., DaVita Healthcare Other: TVA Medical, Inc. Partners, Inc., Fresenius Medical Care North Franklin Maddux America, Genentech, Haymarket Media, Hospira, Rajeev Malhotra Fresenus Kabi, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Consultant: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals National Institutes of Health (NIH), NKF, Relypsa, Research Grants: American Heart Association, Inc., Resverlogix Corp., Sanofi-Aventis, Shire National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Pharmaceuticals Plc, Vifor Pharma, UpToDate, ZS Michael Mauer Pharma Consultant: Genzyme Corporation, Amicus Mihir Kamdar Research Grants: Genzyme Corporation, Amicus Andre Kaplan Other: Genzyme Corporation, Amicus Research Grants: Vital Therapies,Inc., Nipro Rebecca Maxson Corporation Linda McCann Other: Vital Therapies, Inc., Nipro Corporation Consultant: Relypsa, Inc., Fresenius Medical Care Judith Kari North America, Vifor Pharma Lois Katz Speakers Bureau: Amgen Pamila Keech Other: Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Jennifer McClain Manjunath Pai Melissa McCool Consultant: Merck & Co., Melinta Therapeutics, Nicole McCormick Inc., Cempra Peter McCullough Research Grants: Merck & Co., Melinta Christopher McIntyre Therapeutics, Inc., Cempra, Inc. Mildred McManus Stocks/Bonds: Merck & Co., Melinta Therapeutics, Beth McQuiston Inc., Cempra, Inc. Rajnish Mehrotra Paul Palevsky Mark Meier Consultant: Stealth Bio-Therapeutics, Spectral Michal Melamed Medical Inc., Baxter Joseph Merighi Research Grants: Spectral Medical Inc. Klemens Meyer Priti Patel Salary: Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) Martha Pavlakis Dana Miskulin York Pei Bruce Molitoris Consultant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Consultant: Pfizer Inc., Mitobridge, Astellas Aldo Peixoto Pharma US, Inc., Quark, FAST BoiMedical, Quark, Jeffrey Perl Thrasos, Am Pharma, Biogen, ISIS Pharm Consultant: Baxter, Amgen, Otsuka Research Grants: Pfizer Inc., Mitobridge, Astellas Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Pharma US, Inc., Quark, FAST BoiMedical, Quark, Speakers Bureau: Baxter, Amgen, Otsuka Thrasos, Am Pharma, Biogen, ISIS Pharm Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., DaVita Healthcare Miklos Molnar Partners, Inc. Ranjani Moorthi Research Grants: Baxter Behzad Najafian Ronald Perrone Consultant: Genzyme Corporation, Consultant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., AmicusTherapeutics Novartis International AG, Sanofi-Aventis, Research Grant: Genzyme Corporation Genzyme Corporation, Mitsubishi-Tanabe Mohanram Narayanan Research Grants: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Andrew Narva Other: UpToDate Danielle Nathan Gary Petingola Rosalynn Nazarian Jessica Phipps Dan Negoianu Jennie Pike Jennifer Nelms Beth Piraino Sagar Nigwekar Martin Pollak Research Grants: Sanofi-Aventis Lynn Poole Speakers Bureau: Sanofi-Aventis Daniel Pratt Allen Nissenson Megan Prescott Salary: DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. Houry Puzantian Thomas Nolin Mahboob Rahman Consultant: Thrasos Innovation, Inc. Research Grants: Dialysis Clinics, Inc.(DCI) Maureen O'Grady-Hamre Christine Oberg Dominic Raj Dominic Sica Research Grants: National Institute of Diabetes Edward Siew and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), James Simon National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Meghan Sise Anjay Rastogi Research Grants: Gilead Sciences, Inc. Brenda Reed Other: AbbVie Helmut Rennke Rachel Skumanich Consultant: Genzyme Corporation Elena Slavcheva Connie Rhee Richard Smith Bruce Robinson Alexis Snead Michael Rocco Jessica Sontrop Rudolph Rodriguez Manish Sood Sylvia Rosas Mathew Sorensen David Roth Matthew Sparks Consultant: Merck & Co. Felicia Speed Kamalanathan Sambandam John Sperati Sarah Sampsel Robert Stanton Mark Sarnak Consultant: Boehringer-Ingelheim Colleen Satarino Research Grants: Boehringer-Ingelheim Dori Schatell Alison Steiber Other: Amgen, Baxter, Dialysis Clinics, Inc. (DCI), Speakers Bureau: Pentec Health, Abbott Nutrition DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., DSI, Fresenius Salary: Academy of Nutrition Medical Care North America, NxStage Medical, Lauren Stern Inc., Sanofi-Aventis, Renal Billing Speakers Bureau: Baxter Jane Schell Richard Sterns Consultant: UpToDate Sarah Stevenson Jennifer Scherer Kristin Stockard Kathy Schiro Harvey Mathias Stricherz Wendy L. Schrag Katalin Susztak Julia Schrogin Consultant: Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, ONO Michael Schwing Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., ISIS Pharma, Merck & Julia Scialla Co., GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Eli Lilly and Company Consultant: Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Research Grants: Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Adam Segal ONO Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., Ionis Salary: Novartis International AG, spouse Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Dorry Segev GlaxoSmithKline(GSK), Eli Lilly and Company Stephen Seliger John Sweeny Michael Shapiro Stocks/Bonds: Baxter Consultant: Kidney Care, DaVita Healthcare Sandra Taler Partners, Inc. Francesca Tentori Other: Village Health JV Dialysis Ravi Thadhani Richard Sherman Charlonda Thrower Joel Topf Daniel Weiner Raymond Townsend Research Grants: Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI), Sam Trevino Nephrogenex,Inc., JANNX Medical Systems, Inc. Consultant: NxStage Medical, Inc. Matthew Weir Ruchir Trivedi Consultant: Janssen Pharmaceutica, AstraZeneca, Mandy Trolinger BI, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Akebia Kevin Tucker Therapeutics, Amgen, Sandoz, Relypsa, Inc., Lara Tushla Boston Scientific Tushar Vachharajani Barbara Weis Malone Gerald VanBolt Lawrence Weisberg Salary: Pentec Health, Inc. (resigned April 2015) Catherine Wells Joseph Vassalotti Karen Wiesen Consultant: Gore Creative Technologies, Inc. Michael Wolf Anitha Vijayan Myles Wolf Sushrut Waikar Consultant: Amgen, Ardelyx, DiaSorin, Keryx Amy Waterman Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, Suzanne Watnick Pfizer Inc., Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Camille Yuscak Kim Zuber
Planning Committee & CME/CE Reviewers Disclosures
Sheila Allen Kristine D'Angelo David Carolyn Atkins Salary: Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sean Bagshaw Larry Danzinger Consultant,Speakers Bureau,Research Grants: Darlene Dobkowski Baxter Beth Evans Laurence Beck, Jr. Michael Gabay Other: Co-Inventor on US patent 'Diagnostics for Lynne Gafford membranous nephropathy' Kimberly Gusse Laurie Benton Jeff Harder Jeffrey Berns Joanne Hindlet Consultant: Amgen, Bayer HealthCare Kerri Holloway Kevin Burns, Sr. Kathy Houle Kevin Ceckowski Consultant: Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Isaac Cha Auryxia Teresa Close Elizabeth Jones Salary: Fresenius Medical Care North America Jessica Joseph Debbie Cohen Beverly Kimball Other: Medtronic Nadiya Lakhani Danilo Concepcion Krista Lentine
Mary Lincoln Beth Shanaman Karen Lofty R. Francis Schlemmer Meredith Marinaro Vernon Silva Speakers Bureau: Keryx Bioparmecuticals Nicole Soldat Jennifer McClain Erika Spann Beth Morlang Salary: U.S. Renal Care, Inc. Speakers Bureau: Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Mary Sundell Auryxia Charlonda Thrower Dori Muench Tushar Vachharajani Danielle Nathan Joseph Vassalotti Amy Barton Pai Consultant: Gore Creative Technologies, Inc. Cintia Perez Rosalyn Vellurattil Jeffrey Perl Suzanne Watnick Consultant: Baxter, Amgen, Otsuka Daniel Weiner Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Research Grants: Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI), Speakers Bureau: Baxter, Amgen, Otsuka Nephrogenex,Inc., JANNX Medical Systems, Inc. Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., DaVita Healthcare Angela Weinstock Partners, Inc. Lawrence Weisberg Research Grants: Baxter Laura Willis Amy Proctor Sandra Cuellar Puri Dena Rifkin Rudolph Rodriguez Jane Schell Consultant: UpToDate