Vascular Access Society of the Americas

VASA 2022 Symposium

June 9-11, 2022
Charleston Marriott Hotel
Charleston, South Carolina

The VASA Symposium is designed for all transplant, vascular and general surgeons, nephrologists, interventional radiologists, nurses, and allied health professionals who are interested in the management of vascular access. The 2022 Symposium will include:

  • State of the art lectures 
  • Scientific abstract presentations
  • Vascular access nursing & allied health content
  • Information on new devices & technologies
  • Video presentations
  • Poster session

THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2022 — ALLIED HEALTH PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

08:00 AM - 10:00 AM

CONCURRENTS

The One Minute Check at the Expert Level


POCUS for Cannulation Mapping

Speakers: Amber Parker, CHT; Forest Rawls Jr., CCHT-A, FNKF; Judy Geissler, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC; Crystal Fahner, CCHT; Cynthia Roberts, RN, CNN; Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC


Name That Vascular Access Material/Device

Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS


Endovascular Procedures: What Are They and What Is Used to Perform Them?

Speaker: Dirk Hentschel, MD


Cannulation Simulator: Test Your Cannulation Skills

Speaker: Joseph Ravi Singapogu, PhD

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Break

10:20 AM - 10:50 AM

PD Catheter Placement and Post-op Care

Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM

Access Emergencies: Are You and Your Patients Prepared?

Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS

11:20 AM - 11:50 AM

Can an AV Access Have Too High of Flow and If So How is it Managed?

Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS

11:50 AM - 01:00 PM

Lunch On Your Own

01:00 PM - 01:15 PM

Cannulation Simulator Metrics - What We Have Learned About Successful Cannulation Techniques

Speaker: Joseph Ravi Singapogu, Ph.D.

01:15 PM - 01:40 PM

Self-Cannulation from the View of a Self-Cannulator

01:40 PM - 02:20 PM

Self-Cannulation from the View of the Trainer: Buttonhole or Rope Ladder Cannulation - How to Determine the Optimal Cannulation Method?

Speaker: Crystal Fahner, CCHT

02:20 PM - 02:50 PM

How Do You Change the Culture of Vascular Access Care?

Speakers: Kathryn King, RN, BSN

02:50 PM - 03:20 PM

Let’s Bring This All Together as a KDOQI 2019 ESKD Life-Plan and Access Plan

Speakers: Cynthia Roberts, RN, CNN

03:20 PM - 03:30 PM

Wrap Up/Open Panel Discussion

Speakers: Amber Parker, CHT; Forest Rawls Jr., CCHT-A, FNKF; Judy Geissler, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC; Crystal Fahner, CCHT; Cynthia Roberts, RN, CNN; Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC

THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2022 — INTERNATIONAL DIALYSIS ACCESS SYMPOSIUM

08:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Global Dialysis Access Forum

Moderators: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD; John Aruny, MD

01:30 PM - 01:37 PM

VASA: Future of Vascular Access in the US

Speaker: John Aruny, MD

01:38 PM - 01:45 PM

The Role of Ultrasound in Vascular Access Planning, Creation, Maintenance and Cannulations in Europe

Speaker: Robert Shahverdyan, MD

01:46 PM - 01:53 PM

Access Care in Latin American

Speaker: Jaime Velez, MD

01:54 PM - 02:01 PM

Hemodialysis Access in Korea

Speaker: Hoon Suk Park, MD

02:02 PM - 02:09 PM

Vascular Access View from Japan: Can AVF be Recommended for All ESKD Patients?

Speaker: Hideki Kawanishi, MD

02:10 PM - 02:17 PM

APSDA: Where Are We Today?

Speaker: Takashi Sato, MD, PhD

02:18 PM - 02:25 PM

JVA: Where to Publish Your Study?

Speaker: Maurizio Gallieni, MD, FASN

02:26 PM - 02:40 PM

Discussion

02:41 PM - 03:00 PM

Break

03:00 PM - 03:10 PM

Product Development in the US: From Start to Finish

Simon Mawer

03:00 PM - 04:30 PM

‘Innovation’: Thought to Realization

Moderators: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD; Robert Lee, MD

03:11 PM - 03:25 PM

Getting to a Feasibility Study: What FDA Needs to Know About Your Device

Speakers: Jhilmil Dhulekar, MD

03:26 PM - 03:40 PM

Designing Feasibility Study: What FDA Requires

Speakers: Robert Lee, MD

03:41 PM - 03:50 PM

Raising Capital: Financing Your Product

Speakers: Jeffery Lawson, MD, PhD

03:51 PM - 04:00 PM

Challenges for Product Development During COVID

Speakers: Nick Franano, MD

04:01 PM - 04:10 PM

Challenges with Clinical Trials in the UK/EU: Legislative Issues

Speakers: Emma Aitken, MD

04:10 PM - 04:30 PM

Discussion

05:30 PM - 07:30 PM

Opening Reception - Open to All Attendees

Convene in the exhibit hall for food and fellowship and catch up with friends and colleagues. Hors d’oeuvres and a hosted bar are provided.

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2022

07:00 AM - 07:50 AM

Breakfast Symposium: Dialysis Access: Evidence-Based Strategies for Creating and Maintaining a Lifeline for ESKD Patients

Speakers: Rashid Sharaf, MD; Ali Gardezi, MD; Wissam Saliba, MD

07:00 AM - 08:00 AM

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

08:00 AM - 08:10 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speakers: Dirk Hentschel, MD, 2022 Conference Chair, John Aruny, MD, VASA President

08:10 AM - 09:15 AM

Large Fistulas: Management of Size and Outflow

  • Dialysis Access TOS: Bone Is Stronger than Balloon
    Speaker: Karl Illig, MD
  • Debate Aneurysm: Aneurysmraphy is the Best Surgical Option
    Speaker: Anuj Mahajan, MD
  • Debate Aneurysm: Interposition Grafts Beat Old Skin
    Speaker: Ronald Chang, MD
  • Cephalic Arch Stenosis - Endovascular Management
    Speaker: Florian Toegel, MD
  • Lost Outflow: The Ultimate Solution to Untreatable Occlusion
    Speaker: Guillermo Escobar, MD, FACS
  • Discussion

Moderator: Victoria Teodorescu, MD, MBA, RVT

09:15 AM - 09:30 AM

Research Presentation #1

  • Bovine Carotid Artery Xenografts in Hemodialysis Access Revision
    Speaker: Patrick Heindel, MD
  • Real Life Outcomes of Endo-AVFs in a Tertiary Care Clinical Center with High Autogenous Access Creation
    Speaker: Adina Voiculescu, MD

09:30 AM - 09:55 AM

VASA Presidential Address

Speaker: John Aruny, MD, VASA President

09:55 AM - 10:25 AM

Break - Visit Exhibits | Poster Presentations #1-2

  • Managing AV Access Related Cutaneous Malignancies
    Speaker: Ifeanyi Okereke , MD
  • “March N’ Bend” Technique for Ultrasound Guided Access to the Distal Radial Artery
    Speaker: Michael Tal, MD

10:25 AM - 11:20 AM

Cannulation: Physiologically Mature to Clinical Use

  • Needle Placement in the Home Hemodialysis Patient
    Speaker: Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC
  • Endo-AVF: From Creation to Cannulation
    Speaker: Theodore Yuo, MD, MSc
  • This Access Is Ready for Use: How I Do It
    Speaker: Karl Illig, MD
  • Video: Patient Interview - Catheter and Fistula
    Speaker: Ted Saad, MD

Moderator: Theodore Yuo, MD, MSc

11:20 AM - 11:34 AM

Research Presentation #2

  • Clinical Evaluation of a Vascular Venous Anastomotic Connector for Minimally Invasive Connection of an Arteriovenous Graft for Hemodialysis
    Speaker: Alexander Yevzlin, MD
  • First in Human Evaluation of a Novel Biologic Regenerative Vascular Conduit for Hemodialysis Access
    Speaker: Monnie Wasse, MD, MPH

11:34 AM - 12:30 PM

ASDIN and VAS Session

  • US in Dialysis Access
    Speaker: Adina Voiculescu, MD, AB
  • Drug-Coated Balloons: Are We There Yet?
    Speaker: Daniel Patel, MD
  • KDOQI 2019 Dialysis Access Life Cycle: An Access Surgeon's Perspective
    Speaker: Victoria Teodorescu, MD, MBA, RVT
  • Procedural Sedation Without Kidneys: ESRD Challenges
    Speaker: Costin Negroiu, MD

Moderator: Guillermo Escobar, MD, FACS

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Lunch with Exhibitors

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Lunch Symposium: Creating and Maintaining Hemodialysis Access with Innovation

Speakers: Michael Tal, MD; Samuel Steerman, MD; Saravanan Balamuthusamy, MD

01:30 PM - 01:50 PM

The Holland Lecture - “Developing Vascular Access Knowledge in South America: Challenges and Opportunities”

Speaker: Wilmer Jim Escobar Torres

01:50 PM - 02:45 PM

Peritoneal Dialysis: Finally Coming to You

  • Regulatory Incentives Driving Dialysis Modalities
    Speaker: Terry Litchfield, MPA, CPC
  • Urgent Start Peritoneal Dialysis
    Speaker: Mohamed Sheta, MD
  • Advanced Techniques for Placing PD Catheter
    Speaker: Mark London, MD
  • Patient Experience on PD
  • Amplifi for Vein Dilation
    Speaker: Suren Shenoy, MD, PhD / ArtioMedical

Moderator: Mark London, MD

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

Research Presentation #3

  • Initial experience with the Surfacer device for intrathoracic outflow occlusion: Mid-term results
    Speaker: Karl Illig, MD
  • The Banked Graft: A Strategy to Avoid the Interim Central Line in Hemodialysis Patients
    Speaker: Worthington Schenk III, MD

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Break - Visit Exhibits | Poster Presentations #3-4

  • Managing AV Access Related Cutaneous Malignancies
    Speaker: Ifeanyi Okereke , MD
  • “March N’ Bend” Technique for Ultrasound Guided Access to the Distal Radial Artery
    Speaker: Michael Tal, MD

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

Equity in Dialysis Access

Moderator: Monnie Wasse, MD, MPH

Speakers: Monnie Wasse, MD, MPH; Christie Gooden, MD, MPH; Diane Anderson, RN, BSN, CDN; Pastor Fred Hill

  • Panel Discussion: Gender, Race, Age, and Other Social Constructs in Dialysis Access

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Industry Trial Presentation

  • VasQ U.S. Pivotal Study Propensity-Score Matched CMS Comparative Outcomes
    Speaker: Keith Ozaki, MD
  • FLEX AV Registry Study
    Speaker: John Aruny, MD

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM

Afternoon Symposium: Extending Time For AV Access Patients With FLEX Vessel Prep

Speakers: John Aruny, MD; John Ross, MD; Terry F. Litchfield, MPA, CPC; Jordan Knepper, MD, MSc

Balloon angioplasty is the standard of care in AV access maintenance. Although a successful PTA procedure may provide a positive immediate result, recurrent stenosis with reduced patency is common, and can often lead to repeat intervention with 6-month patency rates from 25-78%. This panel will discuss the use of FLEX Vessel Prep procedure demonstrating improved outcomes in real- world patients.

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Opening Reception

Open to All Attendees

Convene in the exhibit hall for food and fellowship and catch up with friends and colleagues. Hors d’oeuvres and a hosted bar are provided.

SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2022

07:00 AM - 08:00 AM

Breakfast Symposium: The Real Graft Algorithm – When Is an AV Access Graft Your Best Option?

Speakers: John Ross, MD, FACS, FASDIN

07:00 AM - 08:00 AM

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

08:00 AM - 09:05 AM

Breaking Boundaries: Collaborative Access Care

  • Dialysis Access Across the Country: What Stands Out
    Speaker: Kenneth Woodside, MD
  • Participating in Clinical Research
    Speaker: Shawn M. Gage, PA-C
  • Collaborative Access Care Cases With Cross Specialty Challenges
    Speaker: John Aruny, MD; John Ross, MD

Moderator: Rachel Forbes

09:05 AM - 09:20 AM

Research Presentation #4

  • Patient Driven Indications for AVF Ligation following Kidney Transplant
    Speaker: Alexander Toledo, MD
  • Development of an Ex Vivo Bioreactor System to Model Arteriovenous Fistula Hemodynamics
    Speaker: Linda Liu, BS

09:20 AM - 10:15 AM

Low Flow Access: Getting There, How, Why, and Challenges

  • Forearm Fistulas for Starters
    Speaker: Mohamad Hussain, MD, PhD
  • Distal to Proximal Access: How I Do It
    Speaker: Robert Shahverdyan, MD
  • Preventing High Flow: Surgical Choices
    Speaker: William (Tip) Jennings, MD, FACS
  • Flow Reduction: Banding, Distalization, and Interposition AVG
    Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS

Moderator: John Lucas III, MD, FACS

10:15 AM - 10:35 AM

Break

10:35 AM - 11:25 AM

Industry Session 2

  • SelfWrap-Assisted Arteriovenous Fistula
    Speaker: Tim Boire/VenoStent
  • Wearable Device for Non-invasive Continuous Fluid Status Monitoring
    Speaker: Forrest Miller/Alio, Inc
  • EchoMark LP Placement and EchoSure Measurements for AVF Evaluation
    Speaker: Alexander Yevzlin, MD/Sonavex
  • The InnAVasc Graft
    Speaker: Shawn M. Gage, PA-C/InnAVasc
  • Sirogen Access Trial: Phase 3 Study Results
    Speaker: Sriram Iyer, MD, FACC, FSCAI/Sirogen

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Research Presentation #5

  • A Staged Autogenous/Prosthetic Hemodialysis Access Creation Strategy to Maximize Upper Extremity Options
    Speaker: Patrick Heindel, MD
  • Comparing Post-Maturation Outcomes of Arteriovenous Grafts and Fistulas
    Speaker: Muhammad Saad Hafeez, MBBS

11:45 AM - 11:55 AM

Poster Awards/Announcements

11:55 AM - 12:00 PM

Best Resident Presentation

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM

Lunch with Exhibitors

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM

Lunch Symposium: Cost Effective Intervention at the Graft Vein Anastomosis: Choosing the Appropriate Algorithm

Join John E. Aruny, MD for a lunch symposium on choosing the appropriate algorithm for cost effective intervention at the graft vein anastomosis.

Speakers: John E. Aruny, MD

01:15 PM - 01:45 PM

The Henry Lecture

Speaker: Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC

01:45 PM - 02:00 PM

Research Presentation #6

  • The Evolution of Dialysis Access Surgery Over 38 Years: One Surgeon's Perspective
    Speaker: Stephen L. Hill, MD, FACS
  • What Is the Active Ingredient in DRIL?
    Speaker: Karl Illig, MD

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM

Afternoon Break

02:15 PM - 03:20 PM

Home Dialysis

  • Introduction
    Speaker: Robert Lee, MD
  • Home Dialysis with Wearable Devices: The Future?
    Speaker: Dirk Hentschel, MD
  • Certification for Cannulation: Staff, Caregiver and Patient
    Speaker: Judy Geissler, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC/Amber Parker, CHT
  • Patient Interview: How Is Home Dialysis Working for Me?
    Speaker: Dirk Hentschel, MD; Judy Geissler, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC; Amber Parker, CHT; Lissette Ramos-Multani

Moderator: Robert Lee, MD

03:20 PM - 03:25 PM

Closing Remarks/Adjourn