- Kidney Transplantation
- Living Kidney Donation
- Meet the Team
- Kidney Transplantation
- Living Kidney Donation
- Meet the Team
Nephrologists
Sun-Young Ahn, MD
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Celina Brunson, MD
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Anuradha Amar Gajjar, MD
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Aadil Kausarali Kakajiwala, MD,MSCI
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Melissa Reba Meyers, MD
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Asha Moudgil, MD
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Marva Monique Moxey-Mims, MD
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Catherine Kyungwon Park, MD
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Nutritionists

Kristen Sgambat PhD, RD
- Clinical Dietitian, Expert
Kristen Sgambat PhD, RD
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- English
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Biography
Kristen Sgambat, Ph.D., R.D., is a registered dietitian nutritionist and has provided medical nutrition therapy to children with kidney disease at Children’s National Hospital since 2002. She received her Ph.D. in nutrition from the University of Maryland and is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology. Her studies have focused on cardiovascular outcomes in children with CKD and after kidney transplant, as well as effects of carnitine supplementation on cardiovascular function in children receiving HD and CRRT.
Psychologists
Kaushalendra Amatya, PhD
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Social Workers

Julia Tuvin LSGW
- Nephrology Social Worker
Infectious Diseases Specialists

Benjamin Robert Hanisch, MD
- Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases Program
- Infectious Diseases Specialist
Benjamin Robert Hanisch, MD
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Surgeons

Jennifer Ehlin Verbesey, MD
- Surgical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
- Primary Surgeon
Jennifer Ehlin Verbesey, MD
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Nursing Team
Christy Engstrom Petyak, NP,MB,ChB
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Sherwil Tafalla BSN, RN
- Clinical Program Coordinator

Stephanie Ward BSN, RN
- Clinical Program Coordinator
Coordinators

Michele Boone
- Financial Coordinator

Laurie Midgley
- Transplant Coordinator