Meet the Team

Kaushalendra Amatya, PhD

Locations

• Main Hospital

Departments

• Advanced Cardiac Therapies and Heart Transplant Program
• Cardiology
• Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
• Kidney Transplantation
• Nephrology
• Psychology and Behavioral Health

Andrew Freiman, MS, CGC

Languages

• English

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute

Ashima Gulati, MD-PhD, MD

Locations

• Main Hospital

Departments

• Nephrology

Christina Pham Ho, MD

Locations

• Friendship Heights
• Main Hospital
• Prince George's County

Departments

• Colorectal
• Healthy Urinary Guidance & Support Clinic
• Prenatal Pediatrics Institute
• Spina Bifida Program
• Spina Bifida Transition Program
• Urinary Stone Program
• Urodynamics Testing
• Urology

Peter Lee, MD

Locations

• Main Hospital

Departments

• Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Michele L. Mietus Snyder, MD

Locations

• Main Hospital

Departments

• Cardiology
• Preventive Cardiology Program

Louise Clare Pyle, MD, PhD

Locations

• Rare Disease Institute at the Research & Innovation Campus
• Main Hospital

Departments

• Rare Disease Institute
• Positive Reevaluation of Urogenital Differences (PROUD) Clinic
• Prenatal Pediatrics Institute

Kristen Sgambat, PhD, RD

Locations

• Main Hospital

Languages

• English

Departments

• Clinical Nutrition Services
• Nephrology

Biography

• Kristen Sgambat, PhD, RD, is a registered dietitian nutritionist and has provided medical nutrition therapy to children with kidney disease at Children’s National Hospital since 2002. She received her PhD in nutrition from the University of Maryland and is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology. Her studies have focused on cardiovascular outcomes in children with CKD and after kidney transplant, as well as effects of carnitine supplementation on cardiovascular function in children receiving HD and CRRT.

Krista Wink

Locations

• Main Hospital

Languages

• English

Departments

• Inherited and Polycystic Kidney Disease Program