THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 |
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
| Allied Health Pre-Conference - Click here for more information
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5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
| Welcome Reception
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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 |
7:00 AM - 7:50 AM
| Breakfast Symposium
Hosted by Artegraft
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
| Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
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8:00 AM - 8:100 AM
| Welcome & Opening Remarks
John Aruny, MD; Marc Glickman, MD
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8:10 AM - 9:45 AM
| Professor Seiji Ohira International Session on Vascular Access
Moderators: John Aruny, MD; Takashi Sato, MD, PhD; Maurizio Gallieni, MD, FASN
- Vascular Access in North America: John Aruny, MD
- Vascular Access in Latin America: Carlos, Hinojosa
- Vascular Access in Japan: Takashi Sato, MD, PhD
- Vascular Access in the United Kingdom: Nicholas Inston, MD
- Vascular Access in Europe: Maurizio Gallieni, MD, FASN
- Panel Discussion: All
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9:45 AM - 10:10 AM
| VASA Presidential Address in Honor of Jack Work, MD Introduction by Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD
VASA - Past, Present and Future: Marc Glickman, MD
What Have We Learned in the Last 30 Years About AV Access? - Mitch Henry, MD
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10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
| Morning Break
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
| Collaboration in AV Access
Moderators: Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH; Charles Keith Ozaki, MD
- The Interventional Nephrology Team Approach to AV Access: Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH
- Team Maturation of the Access and the Surgeon: Charles Keith Ozaki, MD
- Coordinating Teams from Access Creation to the Dialysis Center: Janet Holland, RN, CNN
- Team Approach to AV Access in Japan: Akira Miyata, MD
- Why Radiologists and Surgeons Need to Get Along: Charles Kim, MD, FSIR
- Panel Discussion: All
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11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
| Outcomes in AV Access
Moderators: David Cull, MD; Charmaine Lok, MD, FRCPC, MSc
- How I Keep Track of my 10,000 Fistulas: John Lucas III, MD, FACS
- SVS/VQI Data Collection for AV Access: Karen Woo, MD
- What Does a Rand Analysis in AV Access Teach Us? David Cull, MD
- Update on the New KDOQI Guidelines: Charmaine Lok, MD, FRCPC, MSc
- Panel Discussion: All
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
| Lunch Symposium
Hosted by Bard
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
| Lunch with Exhibitors
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1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
| Abstract Session 1
Moderator: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD
000018 CREATING ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULAS FOR CHILDREN IN GUATEMALA
Jennings W1, Lou-Meda R2, Mallios A3, Méndez-Soveranis S4, Sosa-Tejada R5, Lucas III J6, Gradman W7
1The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, OK, USA
2Fundación para el Niño Enfermo Renal, Guatemala City, Guatemala
3Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France
4Hospital Roosevelt, Guatemala City, Guatemala
5Mariano Galvez University Roosevelt Hospital, Guatemala City, Guatemala
6Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Greenwood, MS, USA
7Private practice, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
000053 Left ventricular function does not predict all-cause mortality in incident hemodialysis patients
Shintaku S1, Kawanishi H1, Moriishi M2, Tsuchiya S1
1Tsuchiya General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
2Nkajima Tsuchiya Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan
000051 Comparison of the axillary-atrial versus axillary-iliac arteriovenous grafts for hemodialysis
Lopez G, Anaya-Ayala J, Lizola R, Garcia J, Cuen, C, Hinojosa C
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
000068 Saturday Multi-Disciplinary Hemodialysis Access Clinics to Enhance Patient Care
Levitsky L, Ruske J, Hentschel D, Nguyen L, Shah S, Ozaki C
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
000043 Intraoperative Pneumatic Tourniquet Use May Improve the Clinical Outcomes of Arteriovenous Fistula Creations
Wang S
Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
000049 Significance of a protocol based arteriovenous dialysis access site maintenance program
Blessios G1, Diaz A2
1Surgical Consulting PLLC, Buffalo, NY, USA
2Catholic Health internal medicine resident, Buffalo, NY, USA
000020 Hemodynamical changes after brachiobasilic arteriovenousfistulas in patients with and without previous ipsilateralvascular access
Zonnebeld N, van Loon M, Tordoir J
Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands
000065 Simple Aneurysmorrhaphy Combined with a Novel Banding Technique Provides Good Short-Term Results
Browne B
Balboa Institute of Transplantation, San Diego, CA, USA
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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
| Regulation and Industry
Moderators: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD; Prabir Roy-Chaudhry, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin)
- Regulation, Safety and the US FDA: Robert Lee, MD
- How Big Companies Innovate New Products: Mark Ohan, MD
- Disrupting the Vascular Access Space with Start-Ups: Nick Franano, MD
- How CROs Can Help Accelerate the Approval of Drugs & Devices for Dialysis Patients: Barbara Gillespie, MD, MMS, FASN
- KHI Fostering Innovation in Vascular Access Care: Prabir Roy-Chaudhry, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin)
- The LDO View of Innovation in Vascular Access and Dialysis Care: Frank Maddux, MD
- Panel Discussion: All
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3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
| Afternoon Break
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3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
| How I Treat It and Why
Moderators: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS; Karl Illig, MD
- AV Graft Outflow Vein Stenosis: Yael Vin, MD, MPH
- The Mega-Overflow Fistula: John Ross, MD
- Steel: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS
- Central Vein Obstruction: Charles Kim, MD, FSIR
- Thoracic Inlet Pathology: Karl Illig, MD
- AV Access in the Failing Transplant Patient: David Leeser, MD
- Panel Discussion: All
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5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
| VASA General Meeting
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6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
| Reception & Abstract Poster Presentations
All attendees, faculty and exhibitors invited
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SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2018 |
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
| Breakfast Symposium Hosted by Merit Medical
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
| Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
| Education in Vascular Access Care
Moderators: Ingemar Davidson, MD; Aris Urbanes, MD
- Can You Really Teach Surgeons/Nephrologists About Vascular Access? Ingemar Davidson, MD
- What Do Radiologists Need to Know About Vascular Access? Bart Dolmatch, MD
- Teaching the Bigger AV Access Team: Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC
- How Do You Train PAs/NPs to Be Access Providers: Shawn Gage, MD
- How do Interventional Nephrologists Learn Their Craft? Aris. Urbanes, MD
- Panel Discussion: All
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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
| Fistulas
Moderators: William Jennings, MD, FACS; Dirk Hentschel, MD
- Fistulas in Challenging Patients - Central Vein Obstruction and Obesity: William Jennings, MD, FACS
- What’s Up with Fistula Side Branch Ligation? Dirk Hentschel, MD
- Percutaneous Fistulas - The NEAT Update: Dheeraj Rajan, BSc, MD, FRCPC
- Percutaneous Fistulas - The Ellipsys Trial: Jeffery Hull, MD
- Proteon - An Update on AV Fistula Maturation: Charles Keith Ozaki, MD
- Panel Discussion: All
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10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
| Morning Break
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10:20 AM - 11:30 AM
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AV Grafts
Moderators: Marc Glickman, MD; David Kingsmore, MD
- The Evolution of AV Graft Technology: Marc Glickman, MD
- How I Use Early Cannulation Grafts: David Kingsmore, MD
- Does Surface Coating or Flow Modification Alter AV Graft Function: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS
- Biologic Vascular Grafts: Marc Glickmann, MD
- HeROs and Hybrids: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS
- Panel Discussion: All
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11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
| Abstract Session 2
Moderator: Deborah Brouwer-Maier RN, CNN, FMC
000057 Endovascular Proximal Forearm Fistula: Early Experience in Birmingham, England
Inston N, Khawaja A, Tullett K, Dutton M, Jones R
Queen Elizabeth Hospitals Birmingham; University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
000036 Variations in catheter rates are poorly explained by differences In patient characteristics
Blanchard T, Usvyat L, Hymes J, Maddux F
Fresenius Medical Care North America, Waltham, MA, USA
000004 ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
Zulkarnaev A, Vatazin A, Fominikh N, Strugailo E, Stepanov V, Yankovoy A
Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
000037 AFE System Rapidly Dilates Ovine Cephalic Veins Before AVF Surgery and Enhances AVF Maturation
Franano F1, Loree H2, Richardson J2, Groth D3, Larrabee R4, Szenay L4, Hutto B5,
Dixon B6, Shenoy S
1Flow Forward Medical, Inc., Fairway, KS, USA
2Flow Forward Medical, Inc., Lowell, MA, USA
3Dale Groth Preclinical Consulting, LLC, Forest Lake, MN, USA
4Surpass, Inc., Osceola, WI, USA
5CIRTEC Medical Corp., Los Gatos, CA, USA
6University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
7Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
000005 AVF BANDING: AMBIGUOUS CONSEQUENCES
Zulkarnaev A, Vatazin A, Fominikh N, Strugailo E, Stepanov V, Yankovoy A
Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
000073 Is the Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) ultrasound assessment a valuable parameter to predict outcomes during hemodialysis access creation?
Torres-Machorro A, Anaya-Ayala J, Garcia-Alva R, Cuen-Ojeda C, Lopez-Mendez A, Luna L,
Lizola-Crespo R, Hinojosa, C
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, Mexico City, Mexico
000064 Dialysis nurse’s perspective on potential patient benefits from an endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF)
Tullett K, Khawaja A, Jones R, Inston N
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
| Lunch Symposium
Hosted by W.L. Gore
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12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
| Lunch with Exhibitors
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1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
| The Henry Lecture
Moderator: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD
- The Real HFM Story...Do Fistulas Mature, When, If and How Often? Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin)
- Panel Discussion: All
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1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
| Innovation in AV Access
Moderators: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD; Scott Trerotola, MD
- The Laminate VasQ AVF Stent: Mitch Henry, MD
- Vascular Therapies: Siriam Iyer, MD, FACC, FSCAI
- DCB: PTA Version 2.0: Dr. Scott Trerotola, MD
- Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels for Dialysis Access: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD
- Fist Assist: Tej Singh, MD, MBA
- The Chameleon Technique- New Approaches to Access Maintenance: Jeffrey Hoggard, MD
- Panel Discussion: All
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3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
| Afternoon Break
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3:20 PM - 4:30 PM
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Clinical Cases: "Best Case Ever" or "I Would Never Do That Again!"
Moderators: Ted Saad, MD; John Aruny, MD; Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS
- The Best/Worst Case Ever: John Ross, MD
- The Best/Worst Case Ever: Ted Saad, MD
- The Best/Worst Case Ever: John Aruny, MD
- The Best/Worst Case Ever: Bart Dolmatch, MD
- The Best/Worst Case Ever: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS
- Panel Discussion - “Lessons Learned from the Mistakes I’ve Made”: All
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4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
| Closing Remarks
Moderators: John Ross, MD; Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD
- 40 Years of Doing Dialysis Access - What Have I Learned? John Ross, MD
- Closing Remarks and Future of VASA: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD
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4:45 PM
| Adjourn
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