Boards and Committees

ESRD Divisional Board (EDB)

Bylaws state 3 year term. Chair term does not apply.
Percent of Member Terms Ending by Year:  2018 (40%), 2019 (6%), 2020 (54%)

Member	Title/Committee	Location	Appointed	Term Ends	Affiliate	Position
Robert Brown, MD	ESRD Divisional Board Chair	Boston, MA	1/1/16	11/30/18	DaVita Brookline Dialysis	Nephrologist
Jasvinder Bhatia, MD		Boston, MA	12/1/17	11/30/20	Boston University Medical Center	Nephrologist
Gilbert W. Bliss	Grievance Committee Member/Subject Matter Expert	Greenfield, NH	1/1/16	11/30/18	N/A	Patient Representative
Steve Bogatz, MBA, MSW, LCSW, NSW-C	Grievance Committee Chair	Newington, CT	1/1/16	11/30/18	Dialysis Center of Newington	Social Worker
Helen Brickel, RN, CNN, RSCM		Middlebury, CT	12/1/17	11/30/20	DaVita Clinical Research	Renal Nurse
Vicki Buchanan, RN, BA, MS Ed.		East Hartford, CT	12/1/17	11/30/20	Fresenius Kidney Care	Home Therapies Nurse
David Henner, DO	Medical Review Board Chair/Forum Medical Advisory Committee Chair	Pittsfield, MA	12/1/17	11/30/20	Berkshire Medical Center	Nephrologist
Lesley Levitt, RD, LDN		Boston, MA	12/1/17	11/30/20	Boston Medical Center	Renal Dietitian
Karen Lofty, LICSW		Amesbury, MA	12/1/16	11/30/19	Fresenius Kidney Care	Social Worker
Julia Neuringer, MD		Newton, MA	1/1/16	11/30/18	ARA Wellesly Dialysis	Nephrologist
Jeffrey Rimmer, MD		Burlington, VT	1/1/16	11/30/18	Fletcher Allen Health Care	Nephrologist
Ruth Rudnick, RN, CNN		Bennington, VT	1/1/16	11/30/18	Southwestern Vermont Medical Center	Renal Nurse
Lauren Schutz		Pittsfield, MA	12/1/17	11/30/20	Berkshire Medical Center	Administrative Coordinator
Jaimi Tudor-Champagne, MS, RD		North Adams, MA	12/1/17	11/30/20	North County Dialysis Center	Renal Dietitian
John Visone	Patient Advisory Committee Chair	Glastonbury, CT	12/1/17	11/30/20	UCONN Dialysis	Patient Representative

Medical Review Board (MRB)

Bylaws state 3 year term. Chair term does not apply. No compensation provided for members.
Percent of Member Terms Ending by Year: 2018 (18%), 2019 (41%), 2020 (41%)

Member	Title/Committee	Location	Appointed	Term Ends	Affiliate	Position
David Henner, DO	Medical Review Board Chair/Forum Medical Advisory Committee Representative/ESRD Divisional Board Member	Pittsfield, MA	1/1/16	11/30/18	Berkshire Medical Center	Nephrologist
Kristin Brickel, RN, MSN, MHA, CNN		MA, ME, NH	12/1/16	11/30/19	DaVita Regional	Clinical Service Specialist
Neera Dahl, MD		New Haven, CT	12/1/17	11/30/20	DaVita New Haven	Nephrologist
Phoebe Fuentes, RN		Boston, MA	12/1/16	11/30/19	Massachusetts General Hospital	Home Therapies Nurse
Amitabh Gautam, MS, BS, MS, FRCS		Boston, MA	12/1/16	11/30/19	Boston Medical Center	Transplant Surgeon
Adam Goldstein	Subject Matter Expert	North Haven, CT	12/1/16	11/30/19	N/A	Patient Representative
Dana Grady, RN, CNN		MA, ME, NH	1/1/16	11/30/18	Fresenius Kidney Care	Director of Education
Roy Graham	IPRO Board Co-Chair	Meriden, CT	12/1/17	11/30/20	N/A	Patient Representative
Susie Hu, MD		Providence, RI	12/1/17	11/30/20	Rhode Island Hospital	Nephrologist
Susie Jones-Szoldra, MSW, LCSW		Waterbury, CT	12/1/17	11/30/20	DaVita Greater Waterbury	Renal Social Worker
Daniel Landry, DO		Springfield, MA	12/1/17	11/30/20	Kidney Care & Transplant Services of New England P.C.	Nephrologist
Victoria Malara, RN		Stamford, CT	1/1/16	11/30/18	DaVita Health Care Partners	Group Facility Administrator
Karen Reid-Cleugh, RN		Burlington, VT	12/1/17	11/30/20	University of Vermont Medical Center	Nurse Manager
Caroline Rochon, MD, FACS		Hartford, CT	12/1/16	11/30/19	Hartford Hospital Transplant Program	Transplant Surgeon
Evan Smith, LCSW, MBA		Western MA	12/1/16	11/30/19	Fresenius Kidney Care	Director of Operations
Jie Tang, MD, M.Sc, MPH, FASN		Providence, RI	12/1/16	11/30/19	University Medicine, Brown School of Medicine	Nephrologist
Andrea Tosi, MBA, RD		Pittsfield, MA	12/1/17	11/30/20		Renal Dietitian

Grievance Committee

Bylaws state 5 year term. Chair term does not apply. No compensation provided for members.
Percent of Member Terms Ending by Year: 2018 (34%), 2019 (22%), 2020 (11%),  2021 (33%)

Member	Title/Committee	Location	Appointed	Term Ends	Affiliate	Position
Steve Bogatz, MBA, MSW, LCSW, NSW-C	Grievance Committee Chair/ESRD Divisional Board Member	Connecticut	01/1/13	11/30/18	Fresenius Kidney Care	Social Worker
Gilbert W. Bliss	ESRD Divisional Board Member	New Hampshire	01/1/13	11/30/18	N/A	Patient Representative
Megan Gervais, LCSW		Connecticut	12/1/15	11/30/19	DaVita	Social Worker
Heather C. Johnston Nichols, RN		Connecticut	01/1/13	11/30/18	DaVita	PD Renal Nurse
Heekyeong Ma, MPH, CNN, RN		Massachusetts	12/1/17	11/30/21	American Renal Associates	Renal Nurse
Ben Mahoney, LICSW		Massachusetts	12/1/15	11/30/19	Fresenius Kidney Care	Social Worker
James Reid, RN, CNN		Connecticut	12/1/17	11/30/21	Dialysis Clinics, Inc.	Facility Administrator
Evan Smith, LCSW, MBA	Medical Review Board Member	Massachusetts	12/1/16	11/30/20	Fresenius Kidney Care	Facility Administrator
Avram Traum, MD		Massachusetts	12/1/17	11/30/21	Independent	Nephrologist