Medical Review Board

Quality Insights Renal Network 3's 16-member Medical Review Board (MRB) is charged with overseeing the Network 3 quality program. Board activities include the following:

• Identifying Network-wide and dialysis facility-specific opportunities for improvement through routine monitoring of data profiles and pattern analysis
• Designing and implementing activities to address areas needing improvement and/or further examination
• Making recommendations to and assisting dialysis facilities in correcting identified problems and improving care
• Identifying "high-performing" dialysis facilities and working with them to identify benchmark practices to share with other facilities

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Medical Review Board, please contact Christopher Brown at (609) 490-0310 ext. 2426 or cbrown@qualityinsights.org.

Members

Ann Panten, RD
Fresenius Medical Care Renal Institute
New Jersey

Heather Lefkowitz, MD
DaVita Parkside Dialysis
New Jersey

Joshua Kaplan, MD
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey

Joy Duarte
Patient Representative
New Jersey

Juan Nieto, CBET
Certified Biomedical Nephrology Technician
New Jersey

Keith Norris, MD
Atlantis Healthcare Group
Puerto Rico

Lenna Lipman, RN
Fresenius Medical Care 
New Jersey

Lisandro Montalvo, MD
Fresenius Medical Care
Puerto Rico

Cythia Portalatin, MSW, LSW
Roy Schneider Hospital
US Virgin Islands

Mani Swaminathan
Patient Representative
New Jersey

Michael Yudd, MD
VA Hospital
New Jersey