RPS Committees 2019
New Chairs Former Chair (Serving as co-Chair) * Committee Members WG Members
Communications and Website Committee
Committee Members
- * Matthew Palmer, MD, PhD - Cmt Chair
- * Mariam Priya Alexander, MD
- * Liying Fu, MD, PhD
- * Geetika Singh, MD
- * Lynn Cornell, MD
- * Carrie Philips, MD
Social Media Working Group
- * Lynn Cornell, MD - WG Chair
- * Liying Fu, MD, PhD
- Loren Herrera, MD
- Preethi Sekar, MD, DNB, PDCC
- Albadri, Sam, MB, ChB, MS
Website Update Working Group
- * Matthew Palmer, MD, PhD - WG Chair
- Maria Soares, MD
- Evan Farkash, MD, PhD
Case of the Week Working Group
- * Matthew Palmer, MD, PhD - WG Chair
- * Fadi Salem, MD, PhD - Chair
- * Geetika Singh, MD
- Maria Soares, MD
- Shana M. Coley, MD, PhD
Clinical Trial Webpage Working Group
- * Carrie Philips, MD - WG Chair
- Lois Arend, MD, PhD
- Sandrine Florquin, MD, PhD
- Patrick Walker, MD
Research and Scientific Committee
Committee members
- * Jeffrey Hodgin, MD, PhD - Cmt Chair
- * Astrid Weins, MD
- * Amelie Dendooven, MD
- * Joseph Gaut, MD, PhD
- * Terry Cook, MD
- * Sanjeev Sethi, MD, PhD
- * Behzad Najafian, MD
- * Mark Haas, MD, PhD
Harmonized Nomenclature Working Group
- * Mark Haas, MD, PhD - WG Chair
- Kirstin Amann, MD
- Ingeborg Bajema, MD, PhD
- Laura Barisoni, MD
- Jan Ulrich Becker, PD
- Zeng Caihong, MD, PhD
- Charles Jennette
- Kensuke Joh, MD, PhD
- Danica Ljubanovic, MD, PhD
- Ian Roberts
- Joris Roelofs, MD, PhD
- Surya Seshan, MD
- Sanjeev Sethi, MD, PhD
Harmonized Coding Working Group
- * Amelie Dendooven, MD - WG Chair
- Sabine Leh
- Mark Helbert
- Han Peetermans
Preanalytic and Analytic Histology Variation Working Group
- * Joseph Gaut, MD, PhD - WG Chair
- Joris Roelofs, MD, PhD
- Joel Henderson, MD, PhD
- Surya Seshan, MD
- Shreeram Akilesh, MD, PhD
Pre-analytic and Analytic EM Variation Working Group
- * Behzad Najafian, MD - WG Chair
- Parker Wilson, MD, PhD
- Giovanna Crisi, MD, PhD (liaison with ultrastructural society)
- David Howell, MD, PhD (liaison with ultrastructural society)
- Guillermo Herrera, MD (liaison with ultrastructural society)
Renal Biopsy Work up and Reporting of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance Working Group
- * Sanjeev Sethi, MD, PhD - WG Chair
- Samih Nasr, MD
- Chris Larsen, MD
- Virginie Royal, MD
- Maria Picken, MD, PhD
- Nelson Leung
- Helen Lachman
- Glen Markowitz, MD
- Kelly Smith, MD, PhD
- Ashutosh Wechalekar
- An S. De Vriese
- Richard Glassock
- Frank Bridoux
- Vincent Rajkumar
- Gerald Appel, MD
- Pierre Ronco
- Giampaolo Merlini
- Fernando Fervenza
- Vivette D’Agati, MD
IgA & Vasculitis Working Group
- * Mark Haas, MD, PhD - WG Chair
- Charles Alpers, MD
- Carmen Avila-Casado, MD, PhD
- Ingeborg Bajema, MD, PhD
- Antonella Barreca
- Jan Ulrich Becker, PD
- Jessica Comstock
- Terry Cook, MD
- Virgilius Cornea
- Karen Eldin, MD
- Franco Ferrario, MD
- Agnes Fogo, MD
- Jean Hou, MD
- J. Charles Jennette, MD
- Kensuke Joh, MD, PhD
- Mercury Lin, MD
- Nidia Messias, MD
- Andrea Onetti Muda
- Ian Roberts
- Avi Rosenberg, MD, PhD
- Aurelie Sannier
- Sanjeev Sethi, MD, PhD
- Maria Fernanda Soares, MD
- Suxia Wang, MD, PhD
- Caihong Zeng, MD, PhD
TMA Working Group (chair TBD)
- Surya Seshan, MD
- Jan Ulrich Becker, PD
- Helen Liapis, MD
- Terry Cook, MD
- Joseph Gaut, MD, PhD
- Sanjeev Sethi, MD, PhD
- Marjan Afrouzian, MD
- Kirstin Amann
- Thorsten Wiech
Education Committee
Committee members
- * John Tomaszewski, MD - Cmt Chair
- * Kammi Henriksen, MD
- * Mazdak Khalighi, MD
- * Marian Clahsen-van Groningen, MD, PhD
- * Pablo Cannata-Ortiz, MD
- * Agnieszka Perkowska-Ptasinska, MD, PhD
Satellite Meeting(s) Working Group
- * John Tomaszewski, MD - WG Chair
- * Mazdak Khalighi, MD
- * Marian Clahsen-van Groningen, MD, PhD
- * Pablo Cannata-Ortiz, MD
- Giovanna Crisi, MD, PhD (liaison with ultrastructural society)
Webinar Clinical Case Presentation & Lectures Joint Working Group [Training Cmt]
- * John Tomaszewski, MD - WG Chair
- * Kammi Henriksen, MD
- Jolanta Kowalewska, MD, PhD
- Ivy Rosales, MD
- Leal Herlitz, MD
International RPS congress – [Former ad-hoc cmt]
- * Agnieszka Perkowska-Ptasinska, MD, PhD - WG Chair
- Virginie Royal, MD
- Ian Roberts
- Cynthia Nast, MD - WG - Co-Chair
Training Committee
Committee members
- Virginie Royal, MD - Cmt Chair
- * Alton Brad Farris, MD
- * Thorsten Wiech
- * Dominick Santoriello, MD
- * Shreeram Akilesh, MD, PhD
- * Benjamin Adam, MD
Webinar Clinical Case Presentation & Lectures Joint Working Group | [educational cmt]
- * Virginie Royal, MD - WG Chair
- * Alton Brad Farris, MD
- * Thorsten Wiech
- * Dominick Santoriello, MD
- * Benjamin Adam, MD, FRCPC
- * Shreeram Akilesh, MD, PhD
- * Clarissa Cassol, MD, FRCPC, FCAP
- Mei Lin Bissonnette, MD, PhD, FRCPC
- Laura Kidd, MD
- Marjan Afrouzian, MD
American Board of Pathology (ABP) Questions Working Group
- * Cornell, Lynn, MD - WG Chair
- * Carla Ellis, MD
- * Erika Bracamonte, MD
- * Kammi Henriksen, MD
- * Jolanta Kowalewska, MD, PhD
- * Surya Seshan, MD
Program Committee
Committee members
- Serena Bagnasco, MD - Cmt Chair
- * Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD
- * Zoltan Laszik, MD, PhD
- * Caihong Zeng, MD, PhD
- * Andrea Angioi, MD, FASN
- * Ibrahim Batal, MD
Financial Committee
Committee members
- Avi Rosenberg, MD, PhD - Cmt Chair
- * Gilbert Moeckel, MD, PhD
- * Sergey V Brodsky, MD, PhD
- * Loreto Gesualdo
- * Jolanta Kowalewska, MD, PhD
- * David Thomas, MD
Fundraising Committee
Committee members
- Isaac Stillman, MD - Cmt Chair
- Erika Bracamonte, MD
- * Helen Liapis, MD
- * Chris Larsen, MD
- * Lynn Cornell, MD
Membership Committee
Committee members
- David Howell, MD, PhD - Cmt Chair
- * Kuang-Yu Jen, MD, PhD
- * Miguel Palma Diaz, MD
- * Sonu Nigam, MD, FRCPA
- * Jean-Paul Van, MD, PhD
- * Timothy Fields, MD, PhD
Code of Conduct Working Group
- * Lois Arend, MD - WG Chair
- * Robert Colvin, MD
- * Helen Liapis, MD
- * Parmjeet Randhawa, MD
- * David Howell, MD, PhD
International Committee
Committee members
- Renate Kain, MD, PhD - Cmt Chair
- Jan Ulrich Becker, PD
- * Ritambhra Nada, MD
- * Oluwole Odujoko, MD
- * Diana Taheri, MD
- * Joichi Usui, MD, PhD
- * Suxia Wang, MD, PhD
- * Anna Di Palma, MD
- *J. Daniel Carpio, MD
- * Arvydas Laurinavičius, MD
Liaison with ISN Working Group
- * Jan Ulrich Becker, PD
- Loreto Gesualdo
- Ian Roberts
Liaison with European Nephropathology Working Group
- * Renate Kain, MD, PhD
- Carmen Avila Casado, MD, PhD
- Kerstin Amann, MD
- Ingeborg Bajema, MD, PhD
- Helen Liapis, MD
Nominating Committee
Committee members
- James Pullman, MD, PhD - Cmt Chair
- * Lorraine Racusen, MD
- * Robert Colvin, MD
Historian Committee
Committee members
- Helen Liapis, MD
About RPSThe RPS promotes excellence in diagnosis, fosters basic, clinical and translational research, encourages training and education in renal disease, sponsors US based and international conferences and symposia, and brings news and updates pertaining to renal pathology to its members around the world. | ContactsOffice of the Secretary Carmen Avila-Casado, MD, PhD. Office of the Treasurer Carla Ellis, MD, MS. IT support Raul Suarez |