President
Lodovico Balducci, MD
Vice President/President Elect
Richard K. Spence, MD
Immediate Past President
Allen R. Nissenson, MD, FACP
Secretary/Treasurer
Andrew Artz, MD, MS
At-Large Members
Aryeh Shander, MD, FCCM, FCCP
William B. Ershler, MD
Members
Inder Anand, MD, FRCP, DPHIL
Jeffrey S. Berns, MD
Richard D. Brasington, Jr., MD
Paul W. Crawford, MD
Arnold J. Friedman, MD
Daniel E. Furst, MD
Wayne Levy, MD
Janet B. McGill, MD
Lillian M. Nail, PhD, RN, FAAN
Jerry L. Spivak, MD
Lloyd P. Van Winkle, MD
Bradley A. Warady, MD
Roslyn Yomtovian, MD
Paul W. Crawford, MD
NAAC At-Large Member
Adjunct Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Partner, Associates in Nephrology
Specialty: Nephrology
Paul W. Crawford is in private practice at Associates in Nephrology in Chicago, Ill, and has practiced nephrology for the last 28 years. He is a graduate of the Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine, and he completed an internal medicine residency at St. Joseph Hospital and a fellowship in nephrology at the University of Illinois Medical Center. Dr. Crawford is a diplomate of the American Board of Medicine with subspecialty certification in nephrology.
Dr. Crawford is Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University Medical School, Past-Chairperson of Medical Affairs for the American Kidney Fund and its African American Outreach Program, and Past President of the Medical Staff at Advocate Trinity Hospital. He is also Medical Director of the Fresenius Medical Care Evergreen Park Dialysis Unit and a board member of the Gift of Hope, formerly known as Regional Organ Bank of Illinois (ROBI).
Dr. Crawford is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and is the recipient of many awards, including the first Daniel Hail Williams Award of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago and the Lewis B. Russell Memorial Award of the American Heart Association for outstanding contributions to minority communities. He is a former president of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago.
Dr. Crawford founded the church-based hypertension program of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago, which led to the development of the national American Heart Association "Search Your Heart" program. In July 2001, he redirected the focus of his practice to the prevention of chronic kidney disease. He has coauthored many publications and presentations and has conducted many local and national media interviews.