Gerald B. Appel, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director of Clinical Nephrology
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, New York

John M. Flack, MD, MPH
Professor and Interim Chairman
Department of Internal Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Principal Investigator
Center for Urban and African American Health
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Director of Research
The Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles, California