THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 |
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8:30 AM - 3:45 PM
| Allied Health Pre-Conference -
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
| Welcome Reception
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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016 |
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7:00 AM - 7:50 AM
| Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
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7:50 AM - 8:00 AM
| Welcome & Opening Remarks
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| The Broad Domain of Vascular Access
Moderators: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD and Jack Work, MD
- Setting the Stage: CKD Prevalence and ESRD (Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD)
- ‘Vascular Access’ Society of Vascular Surgery Initiatives (Thomas Huber, MD, PhD)
- Society for Interventional Radiology Efforts (Gordon McCLenan, MD)
- Association of Transplant Surgeons ‘Vascular Access Training and Efforts’ (Stuart Greenstien, MD)
- American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology ‘Current Challenges and Goals’ (Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH President-Elect)
- NIH ‘Efforts and Opportunities’ (Daniel Gossett, PhD, NIH)
- The FDA Perspective (Robert Lee, MD, FDA)
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9:00 AM - 9:35 AM
| International Scenario
- ESRD Burden and Management Pattern in EU (Matthias K. Widmer, MD, VAS President)
- ‘Vascular Access’ in Japan (Dr. Hideki Kawanishi, MD, JSDA President)
- Role of Journal of Vascular Access (Jan Tordoir, MD, PhD)
- International Society of Hemodialysis: What Do We Do? (John Daugirdas, MD)
- Mexico and Latin American Perspective (Jaime Velez, MD)
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9:35 AM - 9:45 AM
| VASA Presidential Address
Surendra Shenoy, MD, Ph.D
(Introduction by Fred Schild, MD, first VASA President)
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9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
| Morning Break
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10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
| A VASA Conversation on Vascular Access Training Cross Disciplines
Moderator: Marc Glickman, MD
Panelists: Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD
Miltos Lazarides, MD
Scott Trerotola, MD
Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH
Dirk M. Hentschel, MD
Competency in vascular access training: How is it defined? How should it be measured? Should there be benchmarks? Who should judge it? How should it be maintained?
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10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
| What’s New With Guidelines?
Moderators: Deborah J. Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN
Ingemar J. Davidson, MD
- KDOQI Guidelines: What Needs to Be Updated? (Charmaine Lok, MD)
- Kidney Health Initiative: Vascular Access Research: Toward a Common Lexicon and Rules of Engagement (Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD)
- VQI: National Vascular Access Registries: Do They Improve Patient Care and Safety? (Karen Woo, MD)
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11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
| Unintended Consequences of Vascular Access Intervention
Moderators:
William C. Jennings, MD
Gordon McClennan, MD
- Angioplasty of Asymptomatic Central Vein Stenosis (Scott O. Trerotola, MD)
- Cerebral Hypertension and Other Consequences of Central Venous Catheters (Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH)
- Clots That Go Where You Don’t Want Them To and What To Do About It (John E. Aruny, MD)
- Stents in the Puncture Zone and Across Joints? (Dheeraj Rajan, MD)
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
| Lunch
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
| Lunch Satellite Symposium
Bard
Peripheral Vascular
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1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
| Too Deep to Cannulate: Which Surgical Technique is Best?
Moderators: Earl Schuman, MD
Matthias K. Widmer, MD
- Lipectomy Should Always Be Considered (Pierre Bourquelot, MD)
- Vwing Is Best (William C. Jennings, MD)
- Vein Transposition Is Standard of Practice (Mitchell Henry, MD)
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1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
| High Flow Fistulas-When and How to Intervene
Moderators: Stephen Edward Hohmann, MD
Miltos Lazaridis, MD
- Inflow Versus Outflow: Which Should You Change? (Dirk M. Hentschel, MD)
- Effectiveness of Banding Long-Term Results of the Rudi Technique (Jan HM Tordoir, MD, PhD)
- Renal Transplant Patient with High Flow AVF (Stuart Greenstein, MD)
- How I Decrease Flow Without Sacrificing the Fistula (Eric K. Peden, MD)
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2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
| Vascular Access Surveillance: Is It Passe? / Complexities of Vascular Access Coordination
Moderators:
Charmaine Lok, MD
Hideki Kawanishi, MD
Vascular Access Surveillance: Is It Passe?
- Surveillance of Arterial Venous Accesses With the Use of Duplex Doppler Ultrasonography (Marko Malovahr, MD PhD)
- Is BlueDop the Answer? (William Dean Paulson, MD)
Complexities of Vascular Access Coordination
- Vascular Access Planning and Patient Safety (David Shemesh, MD)
- Is the Role of Vascular Access Coordinators Changing? (Deborah J. Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN and Janet Holland)
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
| Afternoon Break
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3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
| Subcutaneous Arteriovenous Conduit: 40th Year Anniversary of Baker et al, ASAIO 1976
Moderators: John F Lucas, III, MD
Jan HM Tordoir, MD, PhD
- PTFE is the Best Choice: Evolution of AVG (Tom Huber, MD, PhD)
- Is There a Role for Biological Grafts? (Stephen Edward Hohmann, MD)
- Are the Early Cannulation Grafts for Everyone? (David Brian Kingsmore, MD)
- Will Bioengineered Grafts Replace PTFE? (Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD)
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
| Abstract Session 1
(Breakout sessions rooms 1,2,3,4)
Moderators: Marc Glickman, MD and Dirk M. Hentschel, MD
John E. Aruny, MD and Deborah J. Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN
Eric K. Peden, MD and Charmaine Lok, MD
Janet Holland and Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD
Room 1
- Use of a Handheld Ultrasound Device to Substantiate Landmark Assessment of Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation (Lillian Pryor, RN)
- Early Use of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Assists in Fistula Maturation (Tej Singh, MD, MBA)
- Effect of Early Needling on Survival of Arteriovenous Fistulae (Teun Wilmink)
- Outcome of AV Fistulas – A Single Centre Experience (Vladimir Matoussevitch, MD)
- Benefits of Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation on AV Fistulas and Grafts (JN Chua)
- Results of Nontransposed Brachiobasilic and Brachiobrachial Fistula Creation: Implications for Single- Versus Two-Stage Procedure (Karl Illig, MD and Mary Ottinger, MD)
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- Proximal Ulnar Artery Arteriovenous Fistulas, Indications and Outcomes (William Jennings, MD)
- Basilic Elevation Transposition for Superficialization of Basilic Arteriovenous Fistula Veins (Shouwen Wang, MD, PhD)
Room 2
- Managing Infectious Complications of Vascular Access: Etiology, Risk Factors and Intervention (Frederick Schild, MD, FACS )
- Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons for the Treatment of Dysfunctional Dialysis Access. Six-Month Follow-up Results of a Single-Center Retrospective Analysis (Panagiotis Kitrou, MD, PhD)
- Prevention of Infection in AV Fistula Buttonhole Access July 2009 to December 2015 (Stuart Mott)
- Our Experience with the Snuffbox Arteriovenous Fistula Using Side-to-Side Anastomosis Without Ligation of the Distal Vein (Tomohiro Nakamura, MD)
- Use of VWING Vascular Needle Guide to Overcome Challenging and Unsafe Cannulation in Cephalic Vein Fistulas: A Review of 29 Consecutive Patients (Eric Gardner, MD)
- Declining Popularity of the Radio Cephalic Arteriovenous Fistula (Mireia Cusso, MD)
- Improving Practical Technique in Stent Cannulation (Ultrasound Guided Cannulation into Stents in Haemodialysis (Jian Li, RN)
- Pressure Fluctuations Could Cause the Thrill in Arteriovenous Fistulas - An In Vitro Study (Ulf Krueger, PhD)
Room 3
- Identifying Patterns of Vascular Access Experts Care Utilized in a Timely Catheter Removal Project (Michele Inglese, MSN, RN)
- Vascular Access Time Based Process Metrics as a Novel Identifier in the Dialysis Access Care Continuum (Walead Latif, DO, MBA)
- Associations between Coordinated Vascular Care Visits and Decreased Rates of Hospitalizations and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients (Hao Han, MS)
- Strategies for Improving Paediatric Vascular Access (Petrut Gogalniceanu, BSc, MEd, MRCS)
- Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters Used as a Vascular Access in Elderly Patients on Hemodialysis (Vesna Gerasimovska, MD, PhD)
- A Novel Classification System for Autogenous Arteriovenous Fistula Aneurysms in Renal Access Patients (Domenico Valenti, DMChir, PhD, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Ed), FEBVS)
- Indications and Outcomes of Nonhemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistulas in Pediatric Patients (Christopher Carsten, MD, FACS)
- Are Creation of Pre-Dialysis Arteriovenous Fistula in Elderly Patients a Reasonable Choice? (Vesna Gerasimovska, MD, PhD)
- Structure and Reimbursement for Dialysis Access Surgery in the US: Opportunities for Improvement and Change (Gary Gelbfish, MD)
Room 4
- Comparison of Outcomes of HeRO Grafts and Transposed Femoral Vein Fistulas (Eric Ladenheim, MD)
- First 100 Early Cannulation Graft for Reduce the Central Venous Catheter: Results of Single Center Four Years Experience (Matteo Tozzi, MD)
- Histological Evaluation of Prosthetic Vascular Access: Early Cannulation vs. Standard EPTFE (Matteo Tozzi, MD)
- In Search of an Optimal Screening Program for Detecting Stenosis and Predicting Incipient Thrombosis in Arteriovenous Grafts (Nicola Tessitore, MD)
- Two-Stage Brachiobasilic Arteriovenous Fistula – Is It Really Worth the Effort? (Roberta Brambilla, MD)
- Hybrid Vascular Grafts for Vascular Access Salvage and Creation in Patients with Challenging Anatomy (David Leeser, MD)
- Percutaneous Endovascular Treatment of Steal Syndrome Secondary to AV Graft Placement (Marcello Borzatta, MD, FACS, RPVI)
- Direction and Angle-Assisted Cannulation of AV-Fistula in HemoÂDialysis Patients – A Randomized Controlled Study (Marit Rønning, RN)
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5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
| VASA General Meeting
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5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
| Reception & Poster Presentations
All attendees, faculty and exhibitors invited
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016 |
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
| Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
| Breakfast Symposiums
Merit Medical
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7:55 AM - 8:00 AM
| Daily Welcome
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8:00 AM - 8:40 AM
| Vascular Access Training Across Disciplines
Moderators: Mitchell Henry, MD
John E. Aruny, MD
- The Physician information Deficit (John Ross, MD)
- How We Can Improve Vascular Access Training (Ingemar Davidson, MD)
Vascular Access Training Using Simulation - A Debate
- Next Best Thing to Sliced Bread (Mary Ottinger, MD)
- Needs a Lot of Improvement Before It Becomes Mainstream (Eric K. Peden, MD)
Discussion
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8:40 AM - 9:00 AM
| Endovascular Interventions
Moderators: Dirk M. Hentschel, MD
Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH
- The Art of Cephalic Arch and Central Vein Stenting (Dheeraj Rajan, MD)
- Stent Grafts: Are Bare Metal Stents Obsolete: When Do I Bail? (John E. Aruny, MD)
- Discussion
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9:00 AM - 10:05 AM
| Abstract Session 2
Moderators: John E. Aruny, MD
Eric K. Peden, MD
- Outcomes of 1644 Consecutive Hemodialysis Accesses by a Single Surgeon (John Lucas III, MD)
- Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon Angioplasty for the Treatment of Symptomatic Central Venous Stenosis in Dialysis Access. Results from a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial (Panagiotis Kitrou, MD, PhD)
- Arteriovenous Fistulae Are Not Always the Lowest Cost Choice for Dialysis Access (Theodore Yuo, MD, MSc)
- Cephalic Arch Restenosis after Percutaneous Intervention in Hemodialysis Patients with Upper Arm Cephalic Vein AV Fistulas (Rishi Razdan, MD)
- Placement of Secondary Fistulas in the Ipsilateral Extremity Without Ligation of the Primary Failing Access (Eric Ladenheim, MD, MBA)
- Training Dialysis Technicians - Can We Do Better? (Earl Schuman, MD)
- Use of the UCLA/RAND Appropriateness Method to Develop a Tool for Standardizing and Optimizing Vascular Access Procedure Selection (David Cull, MD)
- Results of Early Cannulation Prothetic Vascular Access in Elderly: Single Center Experience (Matteo Tozzi, MD)
- Changing Paradigms in Health Care Delivery: Moving from Multidisciplinary to Multi Organizational Based Care (David Leeser, MD, EMBA)
- Usability of the Endovascular AV Fistula: Initial Outcomes of the Novel Endovascular Access Trial (NEAT) (Charmaine Lok, M.D., FRCPC)
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10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
| Morning Break
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10:35 AM - 11:15 AM
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Arterio Venous Fistula Maturation
Moderators: Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD
- Role of Nitric Oxide in AVF Maturation (Jan HM Tordoir, MD, PhD)
- Does Shear Stress Influence AVF Maturation? (Andrea Remuzzi, MD)
- Arterial Elasticity Predicts AVF Maturation (William Dean Paulson, MD)
- How Important is a Dedicated Surgeon? (John F Lucas, III, MD)
- Discussion
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11:15 AM - 11:55 AM
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Evolving Fistula Strategies
Moderators: Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH
Selcuk Baktiroglu, MD
Surgeons No Longer Needed!
- Percutaneous Fistula Creation Is the Future (Dheeraj Rajan, MD)
- You Are Always Going to Need Someone Who Can Sew! (Mitchell Henry, MD)
Drug Eluting Angioplasty Balloons
- European Experience with Drug Coated Balloons (Dimitrios Karnabatidis, MD, PhD)
Fistulas Are Best
- Increased Frequency of Dialysis Is Good for Patients But Is It Good for Fistulas? (Charmaine Lok, MD)
Discussion
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11:55 AM - 12:30 PM
| Abstract Session 3
Resident Award Session
Moderators: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD
William C. Jennings, MD
- Arteriovenous Access Does Not Perform as Well for Non-Hemodialysis Uses (Mathew Wooster, MD)
- Does Regional Compared to Local Anaesthesia Influence Outcome After Arteriovenous Fistula Creation?: A Multi Centre Randomised Controlled Trial (Emma Aitken, MBChB (Hons))
- Determinants for Early Failure and Long-term Survival in Native Arteriovenous Fistulas for Hemodialysis (Rui Abreu, MD)
- Vein Mapping-related Contrast Dye Exposure, Contrast-Induced Nephropathy, and Time to Dialysis in CKD Patients (Patrick McGlynn, MD)
- Does High Bifurcation of the Brachial Artery Preclude Successful Upper Limb Fistula Creation? (William Chapman, Jr, MD)
- Cephalic Vein Fistulae in the Arm: Does Site Determine Long Term Outcome? (William Chapman, Jr, MD)
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
| Lunch
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
| Lunch Satellite Symposium
Gore
Peripheral Interventional
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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
| Henry Lecture: The Biology of Fistula Maturation
Sanjay Misra, MD
Introduction by John Aruny, MD
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
| Innovation in Vascular Access
Moderator: Marc Glickman, MD
- An Electromagnetic Percutaneous Device Enabling a Stent Graft Anastomosis for Fistula creation (Sorin Poppa, CEO, Stent-tek)
- New Anastomotic Device to Improve Avf (Tammy Gilon, MD, Laminate)
- Large-Bore Port Needle Access with Novel "Reverse Needle" Technology (John Butziger, Primo Medical)
- Proteon Update (Andrew Blair, MD, Proteon)
- Humacyte Update (Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD, Humacyte)
- Local Vascular Delivery of Sirolimus to Improve AV Fistula Outcomes (Sriram Iyer, MD, CEO, Vascular Therapies )
- Development of a Cannulation Simulator (Joseph Singapogu, MD, Clemson University)
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
| Afternoon Break
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3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
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A VASA Conversation: Vascular Access in the Elderly
Moderator: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD
Deborah J. Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN
Marc Glickman, MD
William C. Jennings, MD
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD
David Shemesh, MD
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3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
| Legal Issues and Health Care Reform Impact on Vascular Access Care
Moderators: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD
Jack Work, MD
- ESRD Seamless Care Organizations (ESCOs): How They Will Change Vascular Access Care in the US (Ari Kramer and Shennon Wofford, Dialysis Clinic, Inc.)
- Update on Regulatory Issues that Impact Vascular Access Care (Jason Greis, McGuireWoods)
- Discussion
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4:15 PM
| Conclude
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