North America and the Caribbean

The North America and the Caribbean region is represented by the ISN North America and the Caribbean Regional Board. The members of the board are the ‘eyes and the ears of ISN’ within the region and across the whole range of activities.

Regional Board Members

First NameLast NameRoleSecondary Role 
Lori-AnnFisherChairJamaica
EdgarLermaDeputy ChairUnited States
MarcelloTonelliExCom LiaisonCanada
BhanuPrasadAffiliated Society RepresentativeCanadian Society of NephrologyCanada
FabriceMac-WayAffiliated Society RepresentativeSociété Québécoise de NéphrologieCanada
EnriqueOrtiz KiddAffiliated Society RepresentativePuerto Rico
ShuchiAnandMemberUnited States
AgnesFogoMemberUnited States
AdeeraLevinMemberCanada
AminuBelloMemberCanada
TusharVachharajaniMemberUnited States
MicheleTraskMemberCanada
JohnGillMemberCanada
IkechiOkpechiMemberCanada
Li-LiHsiaoMemberUnited States
RobertoPecoits-FilhoMemberUnited States
RacquelLowe-JonesMemberJamaica
DavidFriedmanMemberUnited States
SusanFurthMemberUnited States
AnilAgarwalMemberUnited States
MichaelWalshMemberCanada
StephanieThompsonMemberCanada
CarmenAvila-CasadoMemberCanada
SuryaSeshanMemberUnited States
HassinaMohammedMemberTrinidad and Tobago
IanThomasMemberAntigua and Barbuda
SumanBeheraMemberCanada
MichelleWongMemberCanada
RahulChanchlaniMemberCanada
AdrianSawyerMemberBahamas
AlexandraCambierMemberCanada
AvinashRao UllurMemberCanada
Chi-yuanHsuMemberUnited States
LisaRadixMemberUnited States
MelvinBonilla FelixMemberUnited States
MitchellRosnerMemberUnited States
RupeshRainaMemberUnited States
SabineKaramMemberUnited States
MitchellRosnerMemberUnited States
SusanFurthMemberUnited States
HassinaMohammedMemberTrinidad and Tobago
JohnGillMemberCanada
AlessiaFornoniMemberUnited States
CarolineStigantMemberCanada
LauraDemberMemberUnited States
Christopher E.Atwater SrMemberUnited States
PounehDokouhakiMemberCanada
StephanieTorres RodriguezMemberUnited States
HectorMadariagaMemberUnited States
JavierNeyraMemberUnited States
LiliaCervantesMemberUnited States
DavidGoldfarbMemberUnited States
Wilmer JimEscobarMemberPeru
RashaHassan HusseinObserverUnited States
Ana CatalinaAlvarez EliazObserverUnited States
Tae WonYiObserverCanada
Carmen ElenaCervantesObserverUnited States

Represented countries and regions

Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, US and UK Virgin Islands.

Contact Us

If you are interested in our nephrology training and education programs and would like to get involved in expanding nephrology in the North America and the Caribbean, contact the North America and the Caribbean Regional Board Staff Liaison at advocacy@theisn.org