2026 Conference Speakers

Allison Brown, BSN, RN, CNN, is a Nurse Surveyor with the National Dialysis Accreditation Commission (NDAC), where she evaluates dialysis facilities nationwide for regulatory and accreditation compliance. She brings prior experience as a Facility Administrator with DaVita, with a strong background in clinical operations and survey readiness. Allison has been published multiple times in the Nephrology Nursing Journal and has also contributed to a chapter in the Nephrology Nursing Core Curriculum (forthcoming). She is committed to advancing quality and safety in nephrology care. 

Anne has more than 26 years of experience in medical social work. For thirteen years, Anne Pugh worked as the patient services manager for two End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks. Most recently, as the patient services manager for ESRD Network 18, she processed grievances from a patient population of 48,000+ dialysis patients, 23,000+ transplant patients, and provided support to 487 ESRD facilities. She led quality improvement initiatives prescribed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to improve health and care for and with ESRD patients in Southern California.

Prior to that, for thirteen years, she worked as a unit-based dialysis social worker in Hayward, CA. At present, she works halftime as a hospital-based Women and Infants’ social worker for Sutter Health and is forming a private psychotherapy practice centered on coping with chronic disease, pain, and pregnancy/post-partum issues.

She appreciates the opportunity to continue to present and learn from you, while supporting CKCA. She considers herself a “foodie,” and loves spending time with her fiancé, Jason, and their two dachshunds, Jimi Mack and Tinkerbell.

Annmarie has over 40 years of clinical nutrition experience including 27 years working as a renal dietitian, caring for both in-center and home dialysis patients. Her career has included experience as a nutrition support dietitian, research coordinator and member of advisory boards and speakers’ bureaus. She has a passion for education and 
has served as an adjunct professor, preceptor for dietetic interns and new renal dietitians. ​​​​​​​​​​​​

Cameron Lillie-Liberto is a Patient Experience Consultant, speaker, and kidney patient advocate whose perspective on healthcare has been shaped by a lifetime of living with kidney failure. Born with a rare kidney disease that caused his kidneys to fail before birth, Cameron has spent much of his life navigating dialysis, transplantation, and the realities of chronic illness.

What makes Cameron's perspective unique is that he has experienced kidney care from both sides. After spending more than 10,000 hours receiving dialysis treatment as a patient, he later worked as a dialysis technician and modality educator, helping others navigate their treatment options and healthcare decisions.

Today, Cameron partners with healthcare organizations, dialysis providers, and patient advocacy groups to help professionals better understand the patient experience and build more compassionate, patient-centered systems of care. He is the founder of The Dialysis Mindset and leader of the Saddleback Kidney Support Group, where he works to empower people living with kidney disease to find purpose, resilience, and fulfillment despite the challenges they face.

Through a combination of lived experience, professional insight, and authentic storytelling, Cameron challenges audiences to see healthcare through the eyes of the people they serve and inspires meaningful changes that improve both patient experience and outcomes.

Dr. Chatoth is the Chief Medical Officer of Fresenius Kidney Care and serves as Chair of the Pharmaceutical & Therapeutics Committee. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Nephrology, a 16-member physician practice in Atlanta, GA.

Dr. Chatoth has also served in different leadership roles at the Gwinnett Health System in Georgia, including serving as the Chair of the Department of Medicine.

He is also the former Co-Chair of the East Division Medical Advisory Board for Fresenius Medical Care. He has worked with the K-DOQI workgroup for Peritoneal Dialysis and currently serves as a member of the PDOPPS US Advisory Workgroup. He served on the Technical Expert Panel for bone and mineral disorder quality measurement convened by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

He has a keen interest in promoting home dialysis and Hemodiafiltration as modalities of choice for patients requiring renal replacement therapy.

Before joining USRC, she most recently served as Chief Medical Officer of In-Center Dialysis Services and Vice President of Quality and Clinical Programs at Satellite Healthcare, amongst other roles. She provided collaborative oversight of the corporate quality program, developed the organization’s quality strategy with the data analytics teams, and steered clinical improvement programs that improve the lives of those living with kidney disease. Dr. Green also co-managed pharmacy and therapeutics utilization, medical policy, oversight of high acuity admissions, and a broad range of medical-clinical affairs. She now continues many of these activities as part of U.S. Renal Care’s Medical Office. She is a strong advocate for quality and patient-centered care with a focus on physician and patient education.​

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Kristi Foy is a member of the California State Bar. She graduated with honors from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law where she received her Juris Doctor degree. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from UCLA.​ Prior to joining Arnold & Associates, Ms. Foy was employed in the legal department of Western Farm Credit Bank in Sacramento. She also served as a Legislative Intern to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Dr. Odama is a board-certified internist and transplant-trained nephrologist and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow. Dr. Odama is a Physician leader with experience in public health, bioethics, and health policy. She has over 20 years of progressively responsible experience at large-scale clinical health systems, state operations, and federal health policy. Dr. Odama has demonstrated success advising a U.S. Senate HELP & Finance Committee Member on Medicare, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Organ transplantation, Rural health, Chronic diseases, Health Security, and emerging health policy issues, and providing strategic counsel to senior federal and state policymakers. She has served in Physician executive leadership roles in state public health operations and in one of the nation’s largest kidney care organizations, where she led multidisciplinary clinical teams and translated policy into safe, high-quality, accessible health care.

Sarah Crow is the Division Chief over the Medi-Cal Eligibility Division at the Department of Health Care Services. In this role, she leads the implementation of Medi-Cal eligibility policies across the Medi-Cal program, providing direct oversight and monitoring over all Medi-Cal eligibility policy and system operations as it relates to the administration of the Medi-Cal program. Sarah's 20+ year career has focused on the social safety net for California's children and families, and she has held senior and leadership positions in multiple public and non-profit organizations. 

Dr. Jeff Giullian is the Chief Medical Officer for DaVita, a global healthcare provider for people living with kidney disease and transplant. As a nephrologist, he architects patient-centered strategies to deliver higher levels of safety, quality, and symptom relief.

Throughout his tenure at DaVita, Dr. Giullian has championed a holistic, integrated approach to both fee-for-service and value-based care that addresses the deep clinical and psychosocial needs of patients. Under his clinical leadership, DaVita has consistently delivered safety and quality enhancements. Most recently, DaVita produced industry-leading 5-star clinical quality metrics, significant mortality reductions in the US and abroad, global safety enhancements, and 5.5% reduction in total cost of care within value-based care arrangements. 

A Certified Physician Executive (CPE) and Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS), Dr. Giullian holds a Doctorate of Medicine from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and an Executive MBA from the University of Colorado at Denver.

Dedicated to fostering the next generation of healthcare and economic leadership, Dr. Giullian serves on the Board of Advisors to the University of Colorado at Denver School of Business and the National Kidney Foundation of Colorado & New Mexico.

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Dr. Dalia Zaky Dawoud, MD, MSc., FASDIN, is an Interventional Nephrologist specializing in the critical maintenance, management, and treatment of vascular accesses for dialysis patients. She is the Vascular Access Center Medical Director. She also performs minimally invasive treatments for a broad range of vascular conditions.

Dr. Dalia Zaky Dawoud is a graduate of Ain Shams University College of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt. After earning her medical degree, she completed internal medicine residency training at Capital Health Regional Medical Center, followed by an interventional nephrology fellowship at the University of Alabama.

Dr. Dalia Zaky Dawoud is board-certified in nephrology and internal medicine.

Dr. Ramya Malchira is a Nephrologist and Internal Medicine physician who practices in Santa Clarita. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. In addition to her outpatient practice, she also sees patients at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. She is the Medical Director at DaVita Valencia Dialysis.

Dr. Malchira’s clinical interests include Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis—including peritoneal dialysis and Hemodialysis, Hypertension, Diabetes, Cholesterol, Kidney Stones, Kidney Transplant, Glomerulonephritis and primary care. She received her medical degree from the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangalore, India. She completed her Internship in Internal Medicine at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey, and her Internal Medicine Residency at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. She completed her Nephrology Fellowship at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.

In June 2026, Broaddus was appointed to the National Forum of ESRD Networks Board of Directors and elected Chair of the Executive Director Advisory Council, expanding her role in supporting collaboration and quality improvement across the nation's ESRD Networks.

She has also served on the Forum's Kidney Patient Advisory Council since January 2026. The council works to bring the experiences and perspectives of people with kidney disease to the forefront, helping bridge the gap between patient experience and provider performance and ensuring the patient voice remains part of conversations with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Broaddus joined the Qsource ESRD Network Division in 2016 as a Quality Improvement Director and became an ESRD Network Executive Director in 2019.

Her connection to kidney care began well before her leadership role. She started her career on the dialysis treatment floor as a patient care technician and later served as an Area Vascular Access Coordinator for a large dialysis provider, supporting 36 clinics across Indiana.

Today, Audrey serves as Executive Director of ESRD Networks 16 and 17, which support kidney care communities across Northern California, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Oregon.

Barbara is a Certified Nephrology Nurse that was been the Quality Improvement Director for ESRD Networks for 14 years. She has been published including in the Core Curriculum for Nephrology Nursing and various articles and toolkits. Barbara truly believes that partnership leads to better patient outcomes.

​After serving as an assistant professor of medicine at Erie County Medical Center at the State University of New York in Buffalo, Dr. Qazi came to Southern California to head the Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Program at Keck School of Medicine at USC. Dr. Qazi has received nearly $2 million in research grants and has several other studies submitted for approval. While in Buffalo, Dr. Qazi was invited to lecture on pancreas transplantation at several area medical centers and continued to author numerous peer reviewed articles and abstracts for medical journals. Educated in India, Dr. Qazi was consistently one of the academic leaders among his medical school classmates and he continues to demonstrate his talents and devotion to medicine as an educator, researcher and practitioner.