Board Members

Doug Johnson, MD – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Lauren Hollingsworth – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Thomas Kleyman, MD- University of Pittsburgh Physicians – Nephrology

Jane Schell, MD – University of Pittsburgh Physicians – Nephrology

Jan Donis – Director of Value Based Program for UPMC

Nimish Naik, MD – Advanced Nephrology Associates

Amit Nahata, MD – DCI Employed Physician

Kevin Fowler – Consumer Advocate or Beneficiary Representative

Medical Director:

Nimish Naik, MD

Key Clinical and Administrative Leaders

Executive Director: Douglas Johnson MD – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Chief Medical Officer: Robert Taylor, MD – Renal Consultants

Chief Financial Officer: Donovan Schultz – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Director of Operations: Lauren Hollingsworth – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Senior Medical Director: Leanna Tyshler, MD – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Strategic Partnerships Program Manager: Kristy Calvert – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Senior Program Manager (Operations): Rick Craven – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Compliance Office: Erin Gier – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Clinical Data Officer: Chris Lovell – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

Director of Information Technology: Ken Jessen – Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

KCE Participants and Preferred Providers

  • Advanced Nephrology Associates, P.C.
    • Samuel Baroody, DO
    • Nimish Naik, MD
    • Parineesha Nath, MD
    • Gabriel Weinberg, DO
    • Monica Mallik, MD
    • Valerie Dodd, CRNP
    • Marah Campbell, CRNP
  • DCI Renal Services of Pittsburgh, LLC
    • Bankseville
    • Five Points
    • Harmar Village
    • North Versailles
    • Oakland/UPMC
    • Wilkinsburg/Point Breeze
  • Joseph DeJonckheere, MD
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
    • DCI Chippewa
    • DCI Hempfield
    • DCI Mount Pleasant
    • DCI New Kensington
    • DCI North Hills
    • DCI Parks Bend
    • DCI Seven Fields
    • DCI Washington
    • DCI Wexford
    • DCI Canterbury
  • Amit Nahata, MD
  • University Pittsburgh Physicians
    • Blaise Abramovitz, DO
    • Syeda Ahmad, MD
    • Amar Bansal, MD
    • Filitsa Bender, MD
    • Helbert Rondon Berrios, MD, FACP, FASN
    • Julie Bitner, PA
    • Renee Burr, PA
    • Robert Denshaw, MD
    • Ranil Desilva, MD
    • Yan Dorneich, MD
    • Manisha Jhamb, MD, MPH
    • Hoda Kaldas, MD
    • Lauren Kester, PA-C
    • Thomas Kleyman, MD
    • Joan Marszalek, PA
    • Maura McGinley, PA-C
    • Sora Okumura, PA
    • Christopher Passero, MD
    • Amoghavarsha Puli, MD
    • Evan Ray, MD, PhD
    • Ramya Sahasranamam, MD
    • Jane Schell, MD
    • Nirav Shah, MD
    • Cary Shiwarski, MD, PhD
    • Roderick Tan, MD, PhD
    • Elizabeth Vesely, PA
    • Jessica Yuhasz, PA
    • Suzanne Ward, PA
    • Crystal Wagner, PA
  • University of Pittsburgh Physicians – Transplant Providers
    • Sundaram Hariharan, MD
    • Fadi Lakkis, MD
    • Rajil Mehta, MD, FASN
    • Chethan Puttarajappa, MD, MS
    • David Rothstein, MD
    • Akhil Sharma, MD
    • Puneet Sood, MD
    • Christine Wu, MD
    • Armando Ganoza-Salas, MD
    • Vikraman Gunabushanam, MD
    • Christopher Hughes, MD
    • Abhinav Humar, MD
    • Michele Molinari, MD
    • Amit Tevar, MD
    • Martin Wijkstrom, MD
    • Maria Chavara, PA-C
    • Michelle Coombs, PA
    • Rebekah Donnelly, PA-C
    • Carrie Haran, CRNP
    • Shelly Hendrick, PA
  • UPP Vascular Surgery – Legal Name: University Pittsburgh Physicians
    • Georges Al-Khoury, MD
    • Fanny Alie-Cusson, MD
    • Kimberly Anderson, CRNP
    • Rabih Chaer, MD
    • Raymond Eid, MD
    • Eric Hager, MD
    • Steven Leers, MD
    • Nathan Liang, MD
    • Carol Madia, PA-C
    • Michael Madigan, MD
    • Michel Makaroun, MD
    • Ryan McEnaney, MD
    • Melissa Pearson, CRNP
    • Christine Pellegrini, CRNP
    • Kathryn Reiter, PA-C
    • Ulka Sachdev-Ost, MD
    • Michael Singh, MD
    • Natalie Sridharan, MD 
    • Lauren Tankesley, PA-C
    • Edith Tzeng, MD
    • Theodore Yuo, MD
    • Elizabeth Zinn, PA-C
    • Katelyn Ghastin, PA-C
    • Amanda Lombardi, ACNP-BC
    • Charity Rowland, CRNP
    • Stephanie Lozier, PA-C
    • Abigayle Dranko, PA-C
    • Catherine Go, MD