Board of Directors Roster

Term: January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009

President
David M. Ward, MD, FRCP
Professor, Division of Nephrology
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA 92103

President-Elect
Alan H. Wilkinson, MD, FRCP
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Secretary
Angelita Tichachati, RN, MA
Administrative Director
Cerritos Dialysis Center
Cerritos, CA 90703

Treasurer
Jeffrey B. Davis, MBA
Account Executive
Baxter Healthcare
Upland, CA 91784

Past-President
Allen R. Nissenson, MD
Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean,
Director Dialysis Program
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA 90095
 
MRB Chairman
Robert C. Kopelman, MD
Medical Director
Bakersfield Dialysis Center
Bakersfield, CA 93309

PAC Chair
Jeffrey B. Davis, MBA
Account Executive
Baxter Healthcare
Upland, CA 91784

PAC Co-Chair
pending

Directors
Michael Cervantes, MA, LCSW
Clinical Social Work Supervisor
FMC – San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Jason Colby, MSW
Facility Administrator
DaVita – Yucaipa Dialysis Center
Yucaipa, CA 92399

Clarence E. Foster, III, MD
Chief, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation
University of California, Irvine
Orange, CA 92868

Woldemariam Gebreselassie, MD
Medical Director
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana
Fontana, CA 92335

Kathleen Hogan, RN, BSN, CCTC
Transplant Specialist
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA 92111

Kathy Laws, RN, BS
Area Manager
FMC – Chula Vista Dialysis Center-South
San Diego, CA 92130

M. Anne Matining, RN
Facility Administrator
DaVita – University Park Dialysis Center
Los Angeles, CA 90037

Okechukwu N. Ojogho, MD, MMM, FACS
Director and Surgeon-in-Chief
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Transplantation
Loma Linda, CA 92354

Leonard Shapiro, MD
DaVita – Huntington Beach Dialysis
Huntington Beach, CA 92649

Mary Jane Smith, RN, BSN, CNN
Clinic Manager
FMC – La Jolla
San Diego, CA 92130

Beverly J. Trebesch, LCSW
Social Worker
DaVita – Main Place Dialysis Center
Orange, CA 92868

Kant Tucker, MD
CEO
Kidney Center Inc.
Simi Valley, CA 93065

Anthony Wolfe, MD
Medical Director
Kidney Dialysis Center of San Luis Obispo, LLC
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401