Kidney Associates of Kansas City Providers
Physicians
Ahmed I. Al-Absi, M.D.
Kelly R. Alford, M.D.
Karid Nieves Borrero, M.D.
Dr. Nieves completed her undergraduate training at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. She received her medical degree from University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. Her medical training programs included an Internal Medicine residency at University District Hospital, Puerto Rico, Nephrology Fellowship and a Transplant Nephrology Fellowship at UCLA, California. She is bilingual in Spanish and English.
Pranakumar Dalal, M.D., MPH
Mohammed Mohialdeen, M.D.
William J. Peterson, M.D.
Richard S. Muther, M.D. -Emeritus
Founding Partner
Timothy K. Neufeld, M.D. -Emeritus
Nurse Practitioners
Valerie Helm-Barrero, ANP-C
Valerie is an Adult Nurse Practitioner. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska in 2008. She completed her Master’s in Nursing at the University of Missouri- Kansas City in 2014.
Jacinta Ismert, APRN
Jacinta obtained her Associates in Nursing from Johnson County Community College, her Bachelor’s in Nursing from the University of Kansas Medical Center, and her Master of Science in Nursing (Family Practice) from Rockhurst University. She specializes in adult and geriatric acute care, critical care, dialysis and case management. She works with all ages of patients and completed her residency in Primary Care and Walk-In Care at Pittsburg State University and Community Health Center of South-East Kansas.
Nicole Romine, FNP-C
Nicole obtained her Associate’s Degree in Nursing from Moberly Area Community College in Missouri. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. She completed her Master’s Degree in Nursing, specializing as a Family Nurse Practitioner, from Graceland University in Independence, Missouri.