Network Committees

Executive Committee 2008-2009

  • Chair – Melvin Laski, MD, Nephrologist, Lubbock, TX
  • Vice Chair – Dionicio Alvarez, MD, Nephrologist, El Paso TX
  • Secretary – Amy Hackney, Dallas, TX
  • Treasurer – Larry S. McGowan, II, College Station, TX
  • Member at Large – Laura Yates, RN, CNN, Harlingen, TX
  • Member at Large – Charles Orji, MD, Tyler, TX
  • Member at Large – Leigh Anne Tanzenberger
  • Immediate Past Chair – Richard Gibney, MD, Nephrologist, Waco, TX
  • MRB Chairman – Ruben Velez, MD, Nephrologist, Dallas, TX

Medical Review Board 2008-2009

Nephrologists
  • Ruben Velez, MD, Chair ,Dallas, TX
  • Donald Molony, MD, Vice Chair, Houston, TX
  • Robert Hootkins, MD, Immediate Past Chair, Austin, TX
  • Clyde Rutherford, MD, Corpus Christi, TX
  • Navid Saigal, MD, Live Oak, TX
  • Mohanram Narayanan, MD, FASN, Temple, TX
Pediatric Nephrologists
  • Mazen Arar, MD, San Antonio, TX
  • Stuart Goldstein, MD, Houston, TX
Transplant Surgeons
  • Ingemar Davidson, MD, Dallas, TX
  • Jacqueline Lappin, MD, Houston, TX
Nurses
  • Deborah Heinrich, RN, CDN, Austin, TX
  • Camille May, RN, CNN, Dallas, TX
  • Kaylynne Duran, RN, Laredo, TX
  • Trish White, RN, CNN, Gainesville, TX
Social Workers
  • Mary Beth Callahan, ACSW/LCSW, Dallas, TX
  • Joyce Hernandez, LMSW, San Antonio, TX
Dietitians
  • Jennie Lang House, RD, CSR, LD, Midland, TX
  • Jane Louis, RD, CSR, LD, Galveston, TX
PAC Representatives
  • Anna Gonzalez, San Antonio, TX
  • Dianne Morgan, Dallas, TX
Technician
  • John Dahlin, Farmers Branch, TX

Patient Advisory Committee 2010-2011

Please be aware that this is a voluntary committee and the contact information should be used for the sole purpose of contacting PAC members for assistance with patients, support groups or ESRD information/resources.