Brenda Kurnik received her undergraduate degree from MIT. She received her M.D and did her nephrology training at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes hospital in St Louis. She joined the faculty of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Camden campus in 1985 and was appointed Division Head of Nephrology in 1994 and Associate Chief of Medicine in 1999. In 2001, Brenda was recruited to become Vice Chair of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine and Chief of Nephrology at Hahnemann hospital in Philadelphia. While in academics Brenda did clinical research and was recognized internationally for her work in the area of radio-contrast induced acute renal failure.

In 2005, Brenda left academics for private practice and partnered with two national dialysis corporations to open three “state of the art” dialysis centers. She served as Senior Vice President for Business Development and Government Relations for DSI. More recently she was a  Principal and investor in Sanderling Renal Services , the first company to offer tele-nephrology services to rural hospitals .  Brenda continues to practice nephrology in southern NJ and has an interest in mentoring young entrepreneurs and angel investing.