The Good, The Bad and the Iatrogenic: Renal Med Dosing

Kim Zuber, PA-C spends her time traveling and teaching "all things kidney" with over 400 oral presentations, 64 peer-reviewed articles, 8 guest editorships. She volunteers clinically as a consultant for a senior citizen group and is the past executive editor for PA Clinics. Kim graduated from UCSD with a bachelor’s in molecular biology, picked up a teaching credential at San Diego State University and taught high school for many years. Deciding that medicine had to be easier than teaching teenagers, Kim attended the St. Louis University PA program. Kim is an AAPA Distinguished Fellow and was selected as both the Renal Professional of the year and Outstanding PA of the Year in 2014

Marissa Miller, PA-C, spends her free time training her dogs, drawing dogs, and all things dogs. She enjoys multiple types of arts and crafts as well as watching professional sporting events. Marissa graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2015 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Exercise Science. She then worked as an Exercise Physiologist for 4.5 years in North Texas before being accepted to PA school at UAMS, where she graduated with a MPAS in 2020. She decided to stay in Arkansas because the need for medical professionals was higher. She enjoys the more laid back pace, abundance of nature, and lack of traffic here in Central Arkansas. She was the first PA in Arkansas to join the American Academy of Nephrology PA’s (AANPA). Marissa has been working with Nephrology Associates, P.A., for 3 years. Specializing in In-Center Hemodialysis, she enjoys being able to see her patients every week and building a relationship with them. Recently she has started seeing patients in CKD clinic and teaching the “Kidney Smart” class to patients diagnosed with CKD who want to prevent disease progression.