Carissa Baker-Smith
Dr. Baker-Smith (MD MPH FAHA FACC FAAP) is a board-certified (Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology) physician and physician-scientist. She is a nationally recognized Preventive Pediatric Cardiologist who specializes in the management of youth with risk factors for premature cardiovascular disease (CVD), including obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension (HTN). She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the […]
Tammy Brady
Dr. Tammy Brady is a Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University where she serves as the Vice Chair for Clinical Research and the Medical Director of the Harriet Lane Kidney Center Pediatric Hypertension Program. As of February 1, 2026, she will be the Director of Hypertension and Kidney Health Research in the […]
Rahul Chanchlani
Dr. Rahul Chanchlani is a pediatric nephrologist, clinician-researcher, and epidemiologist at McMaster University, Canada, where he serves as an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and a staff nephrologist at McMaster Children’s Hospital. He is cross-appointed as a Scientist at ICES and the Population Health Research Institute.Dr. Chanchlani’s research centers on childhood hypertension, a critical and modifiable […]
Renata Cifkova
Prof. Cifkova Renata, MD, PhD, FESC Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and Thomayer University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic Renata Cifkova completed her medical education at Charles University, Prague and in 1986 earned a PhD in internal medicine with emphasis on cardiology. In 1992, Dr. Cifkova was appointed Head, […]
Tim Doulton
Daniel Feig
Dr. Daniel Feig is a pediatric nephrologist and hypertension researcher. He has been at University of Alabama, Birmingham, Heersink School of Medicine since 2011. He is currently Director of both the Division of Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology Training Program.
Joseph Flynn
Dr. Joseph Flynn is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and a member of the Division of Nephrology at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He completed his pediatric nephrology training at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA, and later received an MS in Clinical Research from the Albert Einstein […]
Mieczyslaw Litwin – Congress Co-Chair
Mieczyslaw Litwin, MD, PhD Professor at Department of Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation and Arterial Hypertension, the Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw and professor at Chair of Pediatric Nephrology in Posgraduate Medical Center, Warsaw. Consultant in pediatrics, nephrology, pediatric nephrology, arterial hypertension. Author and co-author of more then 230 full papers on chronic kidney disease and arterial […]
Mark Mitsnefes
Mark Mitsnefes, MD, MS is pediatric nephrologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Professor of Pediatrics and Program Director of Clinical Translational Research Center at University of Cincinnati. Dr. Mitsnefes is an established clinical investigator with expertise in understanding the development of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in children with hypertension and chronic kidney […]
Brian Rayner
Brian Rayner is an emeritus Professor and Senior Scholar of the University of Cape Town (UCT). He is past Head of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town (UCT) and established the Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit in 2016. He is a past President of the […]