Dialysis Care Team

The dialysis care team at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is highly trained in caring for children with kidney disease and uses state-of-the-art equipment. The team is made up of health care professionals with different specialties to help ensure your child gets the best care possible.

Dialysis Center Leaders

• Cynthia Wong, MD – Medical Director
• Anne Terry, RN, BSN – Outpatient Dialysis Nurse Manager
• Marlys Ludlow, RN – Acute Dialysis Nurse Manager
• Dean Peterson – Biomedical Engineer

Pediatric Nephrologists

• Steven Alexander, MD – Division Chief, Pediatric Nephrology
• Scott Sutherland, MD
• Elizabeth Talley, MD
• Gia Oh, MD
• Abanti Chaudhuri, MD
• Paul Grimm, MD
• Ha Tran, MD
• Mary Leonard, MD

Psychologist

• Kate Dahl, PhD

Hemodialysis Nurses

• Paul Bayona, RN, BSN
• Jeanne Shaffer, RN, BSN, CNN
• Vivien Paquia, RN, BSN, CNN
• Dennis Zorilla, RN, BSN, CNN
• Corazon Pinuela, RN, BSN

Peritoneal Dialysis Nurses

• Lonisa McCabe, RN, BSN, CNN
• Michelle Espirito, RN, MSN

Certified Dialysis Technician

• Veronica Lowery

Dietitian

• Bonnie Fainman, RD

Social Worker

• Molly Keane, MSW

Child Life Specialist

• Kirsten Cotton CCLS, CTRS

Coding Charge Entry Analyst

• Marison Miller