about
Dialysis Advisory Group
Chair
- Lynda A. Szczech, MD (2010)
Members
- Rajiv Agarwal, MBBS, MD (2010)
- Paul Bolin, MD (2008)
- Alfred K. Cheung, MD (2010)
- Michel B. Chonchol,MD (2009)
- Robert T. Kunau, Jr., MD (2009)
- Edgar V. Lerma, MD (2009)
- Rajnish Mehrotra, MD (2009)
- Gerald Schulman, MD (2010)
- Suzanne Watnick, MD (2009)
Council Liaison
- William L. Henrich, MD (2008)
Staff Liaison
Charge
- Inform the ASN Council and Board of Advisors about issues of importance to
- the advisory group’s constituents
- Respond to special requests from the ASN Council in areas of interest
- to the advisory group
- Work with the ASN Education, Program, and Postgraduate Education
- Committees to ensure that the Society’s educational activities (Renal Week, Renal WeekEnds, and Annual Board Review Course and Update)—which also includes e-learning, web-based education, and other educational resources—meet the needs of the advisory group’s constituents
- Promote collaboration (and opportunities for partnerships) among the
- advisory group’s constituents (such as research activities)
- Work with other ASN advisory groups, as appropriate
- Facilitate dialogue concerning issues of interest to the advisory group's
- constituents, develop recommendations about these issues for the ASN Council to consider, and publish position papers in ASN’s periodicals
- Ensure that the ASN Public Policy Board is meeting the needs
- of the advisory group’s constituents
- Help guarantee that the ASN website meets the needs of the advisory
- group's constituents
- Assist ASN’s efforts to generate external support for its activities
- Interact with other organizations that relate directly to the advisory
- group's constituents
Members
No number of members defined. In consultation with the chair of the advisory group, the council liaison will nominate members for the council to consider appointing to the advisory group.
Term
Members serve staggered three-year terms.