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)