Course Directors

David M. Ward, MD, FRCP, HP (ASCP)
Professor of Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Kidney Transplantation
Medical Director, Apheresis Program
University of California, San Diego

Amber P. Sanchez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Associate Medical Director, Apheresis Program
University of California, San Diego

Odette Ada, BSN, RN
Apheresis Nurse Manager
University of California, San Diego

UC San Diego Faculty

Sherlita Aguilar, RN, BSN, ONC
Clinical Nurse

Linda Awdishu, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Nadine Benador, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Pediatric Dialysis and Apheresis
UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital

Joe D. Cagayao, RN
Clinical Nurse

Robyn Cunard, MD, FRCP(C)
Assistant Professor, In Residence
Division of Nephrology-Hypertension

Patricia Kopko, MD
Professor of Pathology
Associate Director, Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy
Associate Director, Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory

Eileen Lischer, RN, MS
Manager, Acute Dialysis Program

Isagani I. Marquez, BSN, RN
Clinical Nurse

Cynthia Miracle, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Nephrology, UC San Diego
Director of Renal Clinics, VA Medical Center

Scott Mullaney, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship Program
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Daniel B. Patiag, BSN, RN, CNN
Clinical Nurse

Geoffrey L. Sheean, MD, MBBS
Professor
Department of Neurosciences
Director, Neuromuscular Division
Director, Neuromuscular Fellowship Program

Danuta Trzebinska, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology-Hypertension

Visiting Faculty

Rasheed A. Balogun, MD, FACP, FASN
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Keith Berman, MPH, MBA
Founder and Consultant
Health Research Associates
Pasadena, California

Donna Braun, RN
Nurse Manager-Acute Dialysis
Clinical/Classroom Instructor-Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
St Cloud Hospital
St. Cloud, Minnesota

Rubin Chandran, MD, FASN, HP (ASCP)
Northwest Renal Clinic
Portland Oregon

Rameh Follette RN, BSN
Director of Nursing, LDL-Apheresis Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston Heart Associates
Boston, Massachusetts

Jan C. Hofmann, MD
Department of Medicine
California Pacific Medical Center
UCB-UCSF Transfusion Medicine Program
San Francisco, California

Zoe Morelli, RN
Apheresis Manager
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Elizabeth M. Sales RN, BSN
Clinical Coordinator Photopheresis Service
Keck Medical Center of USC
Los Angeles, California

Ravi Sarode, MD
President, American Society for Apheresis (ASFA)
Professor of Pathology
Medical Director, UTSW Clinical Laboratory Services
Director, Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis Laboratory
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Dean M. Wingerchuk, MD
Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, Arizona