Faculty & Staff Directory
Clinical and Research Faculty | Clinical Nursing and Advanced Practice Providers | Vascular Access Nurses | Faculty Alumni | Administration | Research/Clinical Staff | Statistician
UNC Kidney Center Directors
Ronald Falk, MD
Nan and Hugh Cullman Eminent Professor; Co-Director, UNC Kidney Center; Chairman, Department of Medicine
Office Location: 125 MacNider
919-843-6485
ronald_falk@med.unc.edu
Abhi Kshirsagar, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine; Deputy Director, UNC Kidney Center; Chief Medical Director, UNC Dialysis Care; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Siler City
Office Location: 7155 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2684
sagar@med.unc.edu
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, UNC Kidney Center
prabir_roy-chaudhury@med.unc.edu
Clinical and Research Faculty

Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology; Director, Laboratory of Renal Physiology and Vascular Biology
Office Location: 6341-B Medical Biomolecular Research Building
(919) 966-1067
arends@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor
Office Location: 5006 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2628
donna_bunch@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2621
emily_chang@med.unc.edu

Research Associate Professor, Department of Genetics
Office Location: Genetic Medicine Building (GMB) Room 5023A
919-843-6474
dominic_ciavatta@med.unc.edu

Professor of Medicine; Director, Hypertension Clinic
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-966-2561 x251
romulo_colindres@med.unc.edu
Dhruti Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5022-J Burnett-Womack
dhruti_chen@med.unc.edu

Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Pittsboro
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2673
cynthia_denu-ciocca@med.unc.edu

Associate Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5022-F Burnett-Womack
919-445-2637
vimal_derebail@med.unc.edu

Allan Brewster Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Director, Transplant Nephrology
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2674
randy_detwiler@med.unc.edu

Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 6004 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2671
kah@med.unc.edu

Associate Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Acute Dialysis Unit, UNC Hospitals
Office Location: 7007-C Burnett-Womack
919-445-2656
jenny_flythe@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor
Office Location: 5020 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2629
meghan_free@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2676
efuller@unch.unc.edu

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics; Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology
Office Location: Burnett-Womack
919-445-2638
kgibson@med.unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty
barbara_gillespie@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor
Office Location: 5022-E Burnett-Womack
919-445-2619
dorey.glenn@med.unc.edu

Doc J Thurston Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Director, Nephrology Training Program
Office Location: 7008 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2644
gerald_hladik@med.unc.edu

Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7009 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2679
susan_hogan@med.unc.edu

Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7017 Burnett-Womack
thostett@email.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine; Associate Program Director, Nephrology Training Program; Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Medicine
Office Location: 7026 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2681
koyal_jain@med.unc.edu

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Office Location 424 Brinkhous-Bullitt Bldg.
919-966-2421
charles_jennette@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-966-2561
victor_kim@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2731
mark_kleman@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2665
elizabeth.kotzen@med.unc.edu

Clinical Dietician
984-974-7899
judy.lester@unchealth.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
919-445-2719
surya.manivannan@unchealth.unc.edu

Associate Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5022-C Burnett-Womack
919-445-2641
amy_mottl@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5022-H Burnett-Womack
919-445-2667
shannon.mahoney@unchealth.unc.edu

Professor; Director, Division of Nephropathology;
Director, Nephropathology Training Program
919-966-2421
volker_nickeleit@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
919-966-1272
lori_obrien@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor
Office Location: 5021 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2630
poultonj@email.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5022-K Burnett-Womack
monica_reynolds@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5022-D Burnett-Womack
919-445-2678
manish_saha@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-445-6119
keia_sanderson@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
saad_shariff@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: Burnett-Womack CB #7155
919-445-2718
ptaus@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: Burnett-Womack CB #7155
919-445-2687
karin_true@med.unc.edu

Associate Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7007-D Burnett-Womack
919-445-2668
raven_voora@med.unc.edu

Office Location: 7020 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2669
kdw@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5009 Burnett-Womack
919-966-1142
ganx_xi@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7034 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2640
mariajose.zabalaramirez@unchealth.unc.edu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7007 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2699
evan_zeitler@med.unc.edu
Clinical Nursing and Advanced Practice Providers

Pediatric Transplant Coordinator
Office Location: 7015-C Burnett-Womack
919-445-2661
lynn_mccoy@med.unc.edu

Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2633
raquel.matias@unchealth.unc.edu

Adult Nurse Practitioner
Office Location: 3325 Garden Rd, Burlington, NC
336-538-4922
lucy_wessinger@med.unc.edu
Vascular Access Nurses
Cindy Roberts, RN
919-445-2653
cynthir@email.unc.edu
Faculty Alumni
Arthur Finn, MD
Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology
919-265-3682
afinn@med.unc.edu

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
gloria_preston@med.unc.edu

Associate Professor
Office Location: 5004 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2632
jjyang@med.unc.edu
Administration
Trina Pugh
Administrative Director
919-445-2648
trina_pugh@med.unc.edu

Administrative Coordinator
919-445-2646
katie_barnes@med.unc.edu

Communication Specialist
919-445-2642
jean_brown@med.unc.edu

Research Administrator
Office Location: 6006 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2640
Cell: 919-260-3918
suzie_hosman@med.unc.edu

Business Analyst
919-445-2645
agnes_kokot@med.unc.edu

Medical Coder II
919-445-2652
belissa_lee@med.unc.edu

Administrative Assistant
919-445-2662
debbie_morrow@med.unc.edu

Fellowship Coordinator/Administrative Specialist
919-445-2647
rochelle_moser@med.unc.edu

Administrative Specialist – Burlington Nephrology Clinic
336-538-4922
ebony.wrightjames@unchealth.unc.edu

Clinical Research Data Manager
919-445-2635
lmccabe@email.unc.edu

Cassandra Bowman, MHA
Research Projects Manager
919-445-6790
cassandra_bowman@unc.edu

Clinical Research Coordinator
919-445-2898
tcamero@med.unc.edu

Social/Clinical Research Assistant
919-445-2696
mary_collie@med.unc.edu

Clinical Research Coordinator
919-962-5450
jrdurham@email.unc.edu
Veronica Joseph, MPH
Research Coordinator
919-966-4615
veronica_joseph@med.unc.edu
Sarah Lewis
Research Technician
919-445-2730
sarah_lewis@med.unc.edu
Sara Kelley, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator
919-445-2658
sara_kelley@med.unc.edu
Young-Hyun Moon
Research Technician
919-445-6785
younghyun_moon@med.unc.edu

KEOP Program Coordinator
919-445-2618
jill_powell@med.unc.edu

Clinical Research Coordinator
919-445-2654
rehnuma_riana@med.unc.edu
Statistician
Yichun Hu, MS
919-445-2680
yichunhu@med.unc.edu