Life Options Rehabilitation Advisory Council (LORAC)
The Life Options Rehabilitation Program is guided by the Life Options Rehabilitation Advisory Council (LORAC). This multidisciplinary expert panel includes a variety of professionals who are leaders in renal care—researchers, physicians, nurses, social workers, dietitians—and patients. A list of our current and emeritus Council members is posted below.
Council Members
- Bryan Becker, MD, FACP (Madison, Wisconsin) - Chair
- Mary Beth Callahan, MSSW, ACSW, LMSW-ACP (Dallas, Texas)
- Sally Burrows-Hudson, MSN, RN, CNN (Thousand Oaks, California)
- Jerry Fuller, MSW, LCSW (Jackson, Mississippi)
- Nancy Hoffart, PhD, RN (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Kirsten L. Johansen, MD (San Francisco, California)
- Carol A. Keller, MPA (Omaha, Nebraska)
- Paul L. Kimmel, MD, FACP (Washington, D.C.)
- Michael Klag, MD, MPH (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Jill Lindberg, MD, FACP (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Donna Mapes, DNSc, RN (Thousand Oaks, California)
- Stephanie McIntyre, RD (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Frank Messana (Thousand Oaks, California)
- Anita Molzahn, PhD, RN (Victoria, British Columbia)
- Jo Reeder, PT, MCSP (Charlottesville, Virginia)
- Wendy Funk Schrag, LMSW, ACSW (Newton, Kansas)
- Nancy Spaeth, RN (Seattle, Washington)
- Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, PhD, RN, CNN (Burlington, New Jersey)
Emeritus Members
- Christopher Blagg, MD (Seattle, Washington)
- Kenneth Chen, MS (Thousand Oaks, California)
- Ann Compton, RN, MSN, CNN (Richmond, Virginia)
- Karen Daniels, MM (Thousand Oaks, California)
- Peter DeOreo, MD (Mentor, Ohio)
- Nancy Gallagher, BSN, RN, CNN (Tacoma, Washington)
- Peter Howell, MEd, MPA (Landrum, South Carolina)
- Karren King, MSW, ACSW, LCSW (Kansas City, Missouri)
- Nancy Kutner, PhD (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Derrick Latos, MD, FACP (Wheeling, West Virginia)
- John Lewy, MD, FAAP (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Maureen McCarthy, MPH, RD, CS (Wilsonville, Oregon)
- Anthony Messana, BSC (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania)
- Spero Moutsatous, MS (Tampa, Florida)
- John Newmann, PhD, MPH (Reston, Virginia)
- Brian O'Moore (Petaluma, California)
- Edith Oberley, MA (Madison, Wisconsin)
- Patricia Painter, PhD (San Francisco, California)
- George Porter, MD (Portland, Oregon)
- Rosa Rivera-Mizzoni, MSW, LCSW (Tampa, Florida)
- John Sadler, MD (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Michael Savin, PhD (Thousand Oaks, California)
- Theodore Steinman, MD (Brookline, Massachusetts)
- Sharon Stiles, RN, BSN, MS, CNN (Denver, Colorado)
- Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW (Overland Park, Kansas)