Sarita completed her Master's Degree in nutrition and PhD from University of Delhi, Delhi India. She worked as a post-doctoral fellow for couple of years before joining the dietetic internship at IUPUI/IU health.

She started working as a clinical dietitian with a focus on patients with kidney failure. She has been working in the medical intensive care unit for the last 30+ years. The patients in her unit are complex with multiple organ failure including kidney failure and invariably on renal replacement therapy.

She appreciates the medical complexity of the patient population on her unit and is passionate about nutrition support for such challenging patients. Sarita is also passionate about diagnosis of malnutrition and identification of deficiency of micronutrients/NFPE in intensive care unit.

Michele is an experienced registered dietitian with over 20 years of experience across clinical nutrition, therapeutic sales, and home care, and more than 10 years as a renal dietitian. She currently serves as a Clinical Dietitian Specialist at Compass Group USA in Longview, Texas, where she provides expert care in acute settings, specializing in nutrition assessment, intervention planning, and nutrition support, as well as MNT-Associates, LLC, providing telehealth nutrition counseling to patients with CKD and diabetes.

Michele holds the Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition (CSR) credential. She earned her degree in Food & Nutrition from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and is actively involved in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Renal DPG and the National Kidney Foundation. She is recognized as a volunteer leader committed to community service and peer mentorship.

Cate Rhodes is an RDN and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) and has been working in renal nutrition for 18 years. Cate began her career as a renal dietitian at outpatient dialysis clinics in North Carolina and Virginia but has spent the last 15 years in the acute care setting.

She is currently a Clinical RD 3 for the Cone Health System in Greensboro, N.C. She is also a member of the Cortrak Enteral Feeding Access Team, where she places small bore feeding tubes. Cate feels very fortunate to work with the some of the most challenging patient populations including those with cardiorenal syndrome, CKD stages I-IV, ESKD on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, and patients with AKI requiring CRRT.

Cate is very passionate about caring for people with kidney disease and enjoys helping them in all aspects of nutrition care, including assessment of micronutrient deficiencies. She is an active member of the Renal Practice Group of the Academy where she currently serves as the Policy and Advocacy Leader.

Ann has over 40 years of clinical practice spanning level one trauma, critical care, gastrointestinal surgery and acute and chronic dialysis. She completed her dietetic internship at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati and a Master of Science degree from The Ohio State University with research focused on identifying a nutrition screening tool for the chronic hemodialysis population.

Ann has been an invited speaker to many symposiums, webinars and has authored chapters on AKI and Nutrition for the Clinical Guide to Nutrition Care in Kidney Disease and the Core Curriculum for the American Nephrology Nurse's Association. For six years, Ann served on the National Kidney Foundation Council of Renal Nutrition Executive Committee.

Ann has been a Clinical Dietitian Specialist in Critical Care for the Surgical Trauma Critical Care unit at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis for 18 years. She is also adjunct faculty for the Metabolism in Human Nutrition graduate course at Indiana University at Indianapolis.