Faculty

Activity Director

Charis Eng, MD, PhD
Hardis Chair, Genomic Medicine Institute
Chair and Director, Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare
Cleveland Clinic

Co-Activity Director

Xiangling Wang, MD, PhD
Director, Renal Genetics Program, Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare
and Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute
Cleveland Clinic

Planning Committee

Alex Barnes, PA-C

Kimberly Clark, MA

Michelle Lard, CNP

Sarah Mazzola, MS, CGC

Mary-Beth Roberts, MS, CGC

Brian Stephany, MD

Cleveland Clinic Faculty

Katherine Dell, MD
Staff, Pediatric Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Vice Chair, Research, Pediatric Institute
Professor, Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Charis Eng, MD, PhD
Hardis Chair, Genomic Medicine Institute
Chair and Director, Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare

Angelika Erwin, MD, PhD
Contract Staff, Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare

Richard Fatica, MD
Vice Chair, Department of Kidney Medicine, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute

Crystal Gadegbeku, MD
Chair, Department of Kidney Medicine, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute

Sarah Mazzola, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor, Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare

John O’Toole, MD
Staff, Department of Kidney Medicine, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute and Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute
Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Mary-Beth Roberts, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor, Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare

John R. Sedor, MD
Ray W. Gifford, M.D., Endowed Chair in Kidney Research, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute
Professor, Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

James F. Simon, MD, MBA
Medical Director, Enterprise Analytics
Staff, Department of Kidney Medicine, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute

Xiangling Wang, MD, PhD
Director, Renal Genetics, Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare and Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute

Guest Faculty

Reza Bekheirnia, MD, FACMG
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics
Director, Renal Genetics Clinic
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

Anthony J. Bleyer, MD, MS
Leader, Rare Inherited Kidney Disease Team
Professor, Nephrology
Wake Forest School of Medicine

John C. Lieske, MD
Professor, Nephrology and Hypertension
Director, O'Brien Urology Research Center
Medical Director, Renal lab
Mayo Clinic

Lakshmi Mehta, MD, FACMG
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Genetics and Department of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

Richard J. Smith, MD
Director, Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories
Director, Iowa Institute of Human Genetics
Professor, Otolaryngology, Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Pediatrics and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
University of Iowa