Elizabeth is a nephrology social worker at Sterling dialysis in Sterling, Virginia. She has been a renal social worker since 1991. Elizabeth has worked in both hospital and outpatient settings with endocrine, dialysis, and transplant patients. She is also a divisional lead social worker for DaVita in the Washington DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland area. Elizabeth has volunteered with DPC and NKF. Her journey with kidney disease has been both professional and profoundly personal. She was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in 1991 due to primary membranous glomerulopathy. Elizabeth feels passionate about education and patient empowerment.