Back Row: Left to right: Renata Sledge, Xiaofan Niu, Katelyn Boyer, Gregg Bush, Kendall Chenevert, Rhonda Victor, Lisa Parnell, Anna Sumner, Lionelle Miller, Alison Viehmann, Tammy Turner, Bill Morrissey, Tiffany Scheffler.
Front Row: Left to right: Susan Townsend, Beth Witten, Meghan VanSlyke, Beatrice Hill, Jennifer Fleeman, Leanne Peace
The Advisory Council provides expert direction to the director and staff of MoKP. The council advocates for and champions continued support of the program on behalf of all Missourians affected by kidney disease.
Council membership are individuals with knowledge, expertise and experience from organizations and health care disciplines with a direct interest in serving people with kidney disease, including patient advocates and a member-at-large from the Missouri General Assembly.
See Council by-laws here.
MoKP Advisory Council Members
Catherine Ashbaugh, ACNS, BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist
University of Missouri,
Columbia |
Xiaofan Niu, PhD, MHA
Director of Research Activities
University of Missouri,
Columbia |
Shakelia Bolden
Patient Advocate
St. Louis |
Leanne Peace, MSW, MHA
Area Operations Administrator
Mid-MO Dialysis Clinics, Inc.,
Columbia
|
Katelyn Boyer R.D. L.D.
Renal Dietitian,
Regional Manager Region 81
U.S. Renal Care,
Wright City
|
Marie Philipneri, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine/Nephrology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine,
Saint Louis
|
Kathleen Harris, RN, BSN
Facility Administrator
U.S. Renal Care,
Saint Charles
|
Morgan Schoer, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Associate Program Director for Nephrology,
Washington University School of Medicine,
Saint Louis
|
Beatrice “Bea” Hill
Patient Advocate
Columbia
|
Renata Sledge, PhD, LCSW
Assistant Professor
University of Missouri,
Saint Louis
|
Kunal Malhotra, MD
Associate Professor,
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension,
Department of Internal Medicine,
Saint Louis University School of Medicine,
Saint Louis
|
Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Social Worker
Kansas City, Metro Area |
MoKP Advisory Council Legislative Member
Missouri State Representative Gregg Bush, RN
District 050-Boone County,
Columbia, MO
|
MoKP Advisory Council Partners
Virginia Beatty
DHSS, MO Organ and Tissue Donor Program,
Senior Program Specialist,
Jefferson City |
Susan Townsend
Missouri SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program),
Regional Liaison (Central MO),
Columbia
|
Jennifer Fleeman
Kilgore’s Medical Pharmacy,
Manager, MoKP Division
Columbia
Bill Morrissey, PharmD
Kilgore’s Medical Pharmacy, Columbia
|
Meghan VanSlyke, RD, CSR, LD
Quality Improvement Specialist
Quality Insights
ESRD Network 12,
Carthage |
Tiffany Scheffler
National Kidney Foundation,
Executive Director
Kansas City
|
Mark Wakefield, MD
University of Missouri School of Medicine,
Columbia
|
