Faculty & Staff Directory

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

Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD
Drs. Ronald & Katherine Falk Eminent Professor in Nephrology; Co-Director, UNC Kidney Center
prabir_roy-chaudhury@med.unc.edu

 

Jennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Associate Director, UNC Kidney Center; Medical Director, UNC Hospitals Dialysis Services 
Office Location: 7016 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2656
jflythe@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 Orange County Home Therapies
Office Location: 7155 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2684
abhijit_kshirsagar@med.unc.edu

William Arendshorst, PhD
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

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

Emily Chang, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Sanford
Office Location: 7024 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2621
emily_chang@med.unc.edu

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

Romulo Colindres, MSPH, MD
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

Ana Cortez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
ana_cortez@med.unc.edu

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

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

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

Meghan Free, PhD
Associate Professor
Office Location: 5020 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2629
meghan_free@med.unc.edu

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

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

Barbara Gillespie, MD, MMD, FASN
Adjunct Faculty
barbara_gillespie@med.unc.edu

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

Gerald Hladik, MD
Doc J Thurston Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Mebane
Office Location: 7008 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2644
gerald_hladik@med.unc.edu

Susan L. Hogan, PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7009 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2679
susan_hogan@med.unc.edu

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

Koyal Jain, MD, MPH, FASN
Associate 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

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

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

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

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

Judy Lester, MS, RDN, CSG, LDN
Clinical Dietician
984-974-7899
judy.lester@unchealth.unc.edu

Surya Manivannan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Fresenius Garden Road
919-445-2719
surya.manivannan@unchealth.unc.edu

Amy Mottl, MD, MPH, FASN
Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5022-C Burnett-Womack
919-445-2641
amy_mottl@med.unc.edu

Shannon Murphy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Siler City
Office Location: 5022-H Burnett-Womack
919-445-2667
shannon.mahoney@unchealth.unc.edu

Lori O’Brien, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
919-966-1272
lori_obrien@med.unc.edu

John S. Poulton, PhD
Assistant Professor
Office Location: 5021 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2630
poultonj@email.unc.edu

Monica Reynolds, MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5022-K Burnett-Womack
monica_reynolds@med.unc.edu

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

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

Saad Shariff, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Lee County
saad_shariff@med.unc.edu

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

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

Unimunkh Uriyanghai
Senior Research Scientist
919-966-2561
unimunckh_uriyanghai@med.unc.edu

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

Katie Westreich, MD
Associate Professor
Office Location: 7020 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2669
kdw@med.unc.edu 

Hong Xiao, MD
Associate Professor
919-966-2421
hongx@med.unc.edu

Gang Xi, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 5009 Burnett-Womack
919-445-6342
ganx_xi@med.unc.edu 

Maria Jose Zabala Ramirez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7034 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2640
mariajose.zabalaramirez@unchealth.unc.edu

Evan Zeitler, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office Location: 7007 Burnett-Womack
919-445-2699
evan_zeitler@med.unc.edu

Rachel Collins, NP
rachel.collins@unchealth.unc.edu

Lazarina Baez Marinez, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner
lazarina_baez-marinez@med.unc.edu

Lynn Woodall McCoy, RN, CNN
Pediatric Transplant Coordinator
Office Location: 7015-C Burnett-Womack
919-445-2661
lynn_mccoy@med.unc.edu

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

Neetaben Saxena PA-C, MPH
Physician Assistant
Neeta_Saxena@med.unc.edu

Vascular Access Nurses

Kelley Downes, RN
kdownes@rriny.com

Faculty Alumni

Katherine H. Falk, MD
Professor of Medicine
kah@med.unc.edu

Steve Grossman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
steven_grossman@med.unc.edu

Margaret Kiser, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
margaret_kiser@med.unc.edu

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

William Primack, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics
wprimack@med.unc.edu

Jiajin Yang, MD
Associate Professor
jjyang@med.unc.edu

Administration

Trina Pugh
Administrative Director
919-445-2648
trina_pugh@med.unc.edu

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

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

Savannah Harris
Administrative Specialist
919-445-2642
Savannah_harris@med.unc.edu

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

Belissa Lee, CPC
Medical Coder II
919-445-2652
belissa_lee@med.unc.edu

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

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

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

Research/Clinical Staff

Lindsay Bailey, MPH
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
919-445-2654
lindsay_bailey@med.unc.edu

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

Madison Buff, MBA
Research Coordinator
919-445-2634
madimb@ad.unc.edu

Sahib Chandi
Research Assistant
919-966-2561
sachandi@email.unc.edu

Emmie Cole, MS, CCRP
Research Coordinator
919-445-2662
emmie_cole@med.unc.edu

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

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

Jasmine Durham
Clinical Research Coordinator
919-962-5450
jrdurham@email.unc.edu

Anne Froment, MSW
Clinical Research Manager 
919-445-2622
anne_froment@med.unc.edu

Sara Kelley, MPH
Clinical Research Manager
919-445-2658
sara_kelley@med.unc.edu 

Alex Kim-Rosenthal, MS
Clinical Research Assistant
919-445-2693
alex_kim-rosenthal@med.unc.edu

Sora Lee
Social/Clinical Research Specialist
919-445-2657
leesora@email.unc.edu

Sarah Lewis
Senior Clinical Research Data Coordinator
919-445-2730
sarah_lewis@med.unc.edu

Sarah McKee
Research Technician
919-966-2561
sarah_mckee@med.unc.edu

Kathryn Meeker-DeGuida
Clinical Research Regulatory Coordinator
919-445-7041
kathryn_meeker-deguida@med.unc.edu

Caroline J. Poulton, MSW
Research Program Director
919-445-2636
caroline_poulton@unc.edu

Jill Powell, MPH
Program Coordinator
919-445-2618
jill_powell@med.unc.edu

Annabel Rivera, MS
Research Specialist
919-966-2561
annariv@email.unc.edu

Amanpreet Singh
Research Assistant
919-966-2561
aksingh8@email.unc.edu

Shivani Surati
Research Coordinator
919-445-2653
shivani_surati@med.unc.edu

Christine Wai
Research Technician, Roy-Chaudhury Lab
919-966-1142
cwai@email.unc.edu

Czesty Williams
Clinical Research Coordinator
919-445-2696
cewill@email.unc.edu