Advisory Board

Walter Andrews, M.D.
The Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO

Mr. Terry Benson
Lyric of Life
Overland Park, KS

Lauralee Brown, RN, MHSA, CPHQ
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
Plano, TX

Dennis Diederich, M.D.
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS

Michael R. Dunaway
Senior VP of Field Operations, Missouri Hospital Association
Kansas City, MO

Saad Ehtisham, RN, MBA, MHA Senior VP, Chief Nursing Officer
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Wichita, KS

Jameson Forster, M.D.
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS

David P. Fritz, M.D.
Topeka Neurology Associates
Topeka, KS

Nancy D. Long, RN, BA, CCTC Director , CVOR/Cardiac Transplant
Saint Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City, MO

Alan Luger, M.D.
University Hospital
Columbia, MO

A. Rauf Mir, M.D. (retired)
Midwest Nephrology Consultants
Leawood, KS

Erik Mitchell, M.D.
Shawnee County Coroner
Topeka, KS

Dan Murillo, M.D.
Transplant Institute, Research Medical Center
Kansas City, MO

Zahid Nana, VP Marketing/Hospitality
Crown Center
Kansas City, MO

Venkataraman Ramachandran, M.D.
University Hospital
Columbia, MO

Gilbert Ross, M.D.
University Hospital
Columbia, MO

Charles Shield, M.D.
Wichita Surgical Specialists
Wichita, KS

David Theis
Garnett, KS

Mark Wakefield, M.D.
University Hospital
Columbia, MO

Patricia Webster, M.D.
The Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO