VASA 2024 Symposium

May 16-18, 2024
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

The Vascular Access Society of the Americas will be holding its 2024 Vascular Access for Hemodialysis Symposium, May 16-18, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 2024 VASA Symposium will feature leading edge presentations and exciting content, including:

State-of-the-art, comprehensive lectures covering all major areas in dialysis access
Diverse multi-disciplinary faculty, including prominent international speakers
Scientific abstract presentations sharing the newest finding and technological advancements in dialysis access
Vascular access nursing and allied health content
Interactive case discussions
Spotlight on new devices and technologies

Target Audience: Transplant, vascular and general surgeons, nephrologists, interventional radiologists, nurses, and dialysis technicians who are interested in the management of vascular access.

Registration Rates

Registration Type	Member Rate	Non/Member Rate
Physician Registration	$850	$1,145
Allied Health	$249	$349
Non-Physician Industry Representative	$1,000	$1,000
Trainee (Resident, FIT, etc.)	$50	$50
Allied Health Pre-Conference Session ONLY!	$50	$50

Hotel Information

The last day to book your room at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta is Friday, April 26, 2024. VASA's Practicum group rate is $209 USD per night.

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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2024 — ALLIED HEALTH PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP - DISPLAY TODAY'S DETAILS
07:45 AM - 08:00 AM	Introduction
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM	Discuss CKD, Assisting Patients to be Prepared for Dialysis, and Their Role with ESKD Life Plan and Access Plan. How to Become One Team for the Total Patient Experience/Satisfaction. Speaker: Debbie Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN
08:30 AM - 09:15 AM	Overview of Vascular Access Creation Overview AV Access Creation, HD Catheter and PD Placement. Speaker: John Lucas, MD
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM	Break and Time to get Patients into the Stations.
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Patient Models at Stations One Minute Check with Patients - Physical Exams Ultrasound with Patients Cannulation Stations with Fake Arms Speakers: Rodella Brown, CD-LPN; Judy A Geissler, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC; Crystal T Fahner, CCHT; Amber Parker, CHT; Jacquelyn N. Hall, CCHT; Debbie Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM	VASA Toolkit for Show & Tell (Including Bottle Cap) Speakers: John Lucas, MD; Dirk Hentschel, MD
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch On Your Own
12:45 PM - 01:45 PM	CDC Infection Control in Dialysis Access Speakers: TBD
01:45 PM - 02:00 PM	Break
02:00 PM - 02:45 PM	How to Triage and Refer the Vascular Access to the Appropriate Provider IR or IN Surgeon Another Issue is Anticoagulation Medications. Type and How Much is too Much (Medication Management) Speakers: Vicki Teodorescu, MD; Dirk Hentschel, MD
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM	Home Dialysis Updates Teaching patient/care givers to self-cannulate Cannulation is not difficult - patient to share their story PD catheter - patient to share their story Speakers: David Rush, HHD Patient; Linda Toney, HHD Nurse
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM	Round Table Discussion with Q&A Session Speakers: All

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2024 — GLOBAL DIALYSIS ACCESS FORUM - DISPLAY TODAY'S DETAILS
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM	General Session 1 Introductory Address Speaker: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD Dialysis Access Initiatives in the United States Speaker: Dirk Hentschel, MD Updates in Dialysis Access Care in Japan Speaker: Hideki Kawanishi, MD Dialysis Access in European Nations Speaker: Matteo Tozzi, MD APSDA: Organizational Challenges in Asian Pacific Nations Speaker: Prof. Takashi Sato Dialysis access care in Latin America? Speaker: Prof. Carlos Hinojosa Challenges and Efforts to Organize Dialysis Access Care in India Speaker: Sanjiv Jasuja, MD Q&A/Discussion Moderators: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD; Mitchell Henry, MD
02:30 PM - 02:40 PM	Break
02:40 PM - 03:40 PM	General Session 2 Debate - Clash of Medical Titans: Debating the Future of Healthcare Speaker: TBD Device Development in the US. Why OUS Evaluation? Speaker: Marc Glickman, MD Challenges in Setting up a Multicentr Trial in Vascular Access in Europe Speaker: Paulo Neves, MD Is There a Need for Randomized Trials for All Devices Testing? Speakers: Bart Dolmatch, MD, Robert Lee, MD Q&A/Discussion Moderators: TBD
03:40 PM - 04:00 PM	Break
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM	Libations and Learning: Case Discussions
05:30 PM - 07:30 PM	Opening Reception Open to All Attendees

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024 - DISPLAY TODAY'S DETAILS
07:00 AM - 07:50 AM	Breakfast Symposium
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM	Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
08:00 AM - 08:09 AM	Welcome & Opening Remarks Speaker: John Lucas, MD
08:10 AM - 09:09 AM	Session 1 \| Access: Planning Ultrasound vs Venogram for Mapping Speaker: Eric Peden, MD Vein Preservation - How and Who Decides Speaker: Debbie Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN Access Planning with Central Venous Devices, Vein Dilation Pre Fistula Creation: A Device Based Approach Speaker: Bart Dolmatch, MD Vein Dilation Pre Fistula Creation: A Device Based Approach Speaker: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD Catheters without Biofilm Speaker: TBD Q&A/Discussion Moderator: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD
09:10 AM - 09:24 AM	Research Presentation #1 Safety of Pre-Op Venogram for Hemodialysis Planning in Pre ESRD Speaker: Lucinda Holden-Wingate In-Vivo Human Cephalic Vein Wall Shear Stress During FLow Mediated Vein Dilation Speaker: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD Moderator: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD
09:25 AM - 09:50 AM	VASA Presidential Address Speaker: Dirk Hentschel, MD Moderator: John Lucas, MD
09:51 AM - 10:14 AM	Break - Visit Exhibits
10:15 AM - 11:14 AM	Session 2 \| Access Creation: New Devices Surgical AVFs - Maximizing success Speaker: Michael Gallichio, MD Endo AVFs - Creation and Maturation Speaker: Ted Perry New Device for Creating Percutaneous AVFs Speaker: Robert Shahverdyan, MD Improving Primary Fistula Maturation with VasQ Speaker: Keith Ozaki, MD KDOQI Life Plan – Access Type, Access Location Speaker: Charmaine Lok Q&A/Discussion Moderators: John Lucas, MD; Charmaine Lok
11:15 AM - 11:29 AM	Research Presentation #2 Clinical Outcomes for a New AV Graft Designed to Resist Occlusion and Infection Speaker: John Ross, MD Initial Feasibility Study of SelfWrap-Assisted AVF - 24 Month Report Speaker: Ellen Dillavue Moderators: John Lucas, MD; Charmaine Lok
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Session 3 \| Accress Creation: How to Choose Patient-Centered Approach to Creation of Permanent AV Access Speaker: Karen Woo, MD, PhD Current State of Forearm AV Fistulas Speaker: Mohamad Hussain, MD. Ph.D. Who Do I Use a Graft for Speaker: Stephen Hohmann One Year First in Human (FIH) Outcome with aXess Vascular Graft Speaker: Matteo Tozzi, MD Access Creation in the Land of Catheters Speaker: Elisa Greco, MD Q&A/Discussion Moderators: Mohamad Hussain, MD, PhD; Keith Ozaki, MD
12:30 PM - 01:29 PM	Lunch with Exhibitors
12:30 PM - 01:29 PM	Lunch Symposium: Advancing Hemodialysis Access: Innovative Strategies for Maintenance and Longevity Speakers: Bart Dolmatch, MD; William Harris, MD
01:30 PM - 01:50 PM	The Holland Lecture Speaker: Forest Rawls, CCHT-A, FNKF
01:51 PM - 02:50 PM	Session 4 \| Access Use/Cannulation Buttonhole vs Rope Ladder Speaker: Amber Parker, CHT Self Cannulation at Home Patient: TBD Type and Location of Dialysis Access in Home Hemodialysis Speaker: Adina Voiculescu, MD Effect of Cannulation on Dialysis Access Speaker: Dirk Hentschel, MD A Target to Improve Cannulation Success Speaker: TBD Q&A/Discussion Moderators: Dirk Hentschel, MD; Forest Rawls, CCHT-A, FNKF
02:51 PM - 03:05 PM	Research Presentation #3 Predicting Long-Term Patency of Radiocephalic AVF with Machine Learning and the PREDICT-AVF Web App Speaker: James Fitzgibbon, MD Is there a minimum for flow volume necessary to provide adequate dialysis? Speaker: Atlee Baker, MD Moderators: TBD
03:06 PM - 03:35 PM	Break - Visit Exhibits
03:36 PM - 04:31 PM	Session 5 \| FDA and Trials in Dialysis Access How the FDA can use Foreign Data to Support Regulatory Decision Making Speaker: Nicole Schiavone Postmarked Issues: Clinician Input in Studies and Adverse Event Reporting Speaker: Robert Lee Ongoing/About to Start NIH Trials in Dialysis Access Speaker: Andrea Lubitz, MD Q&A/Discussion Moderators: Karen Woo, MD, PhD; Yana Etkin, MD
04:32 PM - 04:47 PM	Research Presentation #4 Implementation of Variojuus Measures to Help Reduce Radioation Exposure to Interventionist Conducting Access Procedures Speaker: Daniel Derylo Interpreting Efficacy Outcomes in Hemodialysis AVF Trials: Why Trial Design Matters! Speaker: Mohamad Hussain, MD. Ph.D. Moderators: Karen Woo, MD, PhD; Yana Etkin, MD
05:00 PM - 05:30 PM	VASA Business Meeting
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM	Reception in the Exhibit Hall Open to All Attendees

SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024 - DISPLAY TODAY'S DETAILS
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM	Breakfast Symposium
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM	Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
08:00 AM - 08:45 AM	Session 6 \| Access: Maintenance Balloon Angioplasty Speaker: TBD Stents and Stent Grafts Speaker: TBD Surgical Treatment of Outflow Obstruction Speaker: TBD Flex Scoring Catheter Speaker: Robert Shaverdian Q&A/Discussion Moderator: John Aruny, MD
08:50 AM - 09:12 AM	Research Presentation #5 Longitudinal Micro-incisions Before Angioplasty have Equitable Benefit for AV Access: Analysis by Race Cohorts Speaker: Omar Davis Local Liquid Delivery: A Potential New Approach for Treating AVF Venous Stenosis Speaker: Linda Liu Analysis of Inflation Times and Balloon Types in Dialysis Access: Implications for Post-Intervention Primary Patency Speaker: Christopher Zammit, OMS-III Moderator: John Aruny, MD
09:15 AM - 10:14 AM	Session 7 \| Access: Rescue/Revision Aneurysmorraphy: Does Size Matter? Speaker: Anuj Mahajan Surical Maturation of AVF Speaker: Homayoun Hashemi, MD Ramifications of High-Volume Flow in AV Access Speaker: Keith Ozaki, MD Monomelic Ischemia: A Devastating Complication of AVFs Speaker: Jaime Valdez Infection: Is Complete Excision Always Necessary? Speaker: Jay Miller Q&A/Discussion Moderators: Vicki Teodorescu, MD; Ronald Chang, MD
10:15 AM - 10:29 AM	Research Presentation #6 Safety of Uninterrupted Anticoagulation in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis Access Creation with Regional Anesthesia Speaker: Melissa Cruz Preliminary Experience Using Radial Artery Lithotripsy to Aid AVF Maturation in ESRD Patients with Significant Medial Calcinosis Speaker: Alexander Ushinsky, MD Moderators: Vicki Teodorescu, MD; Ronald Chang, MD
10:30 AM - 10:59 AM	Break - Visit Exhibits
11:00 AM - 11:29 AM	The Henry Lecture Speaker: William Jennings, MD
11:30 AM - 11:54 AM	Research Presentation #7 Snuff Box Arteriovenous Fistual as the First Choice: A Single Center Review Speaker: Amen Kiani, MBBS Assessment of Longitudinal Echo Parameters Following AVF Ligation in Stable Renal Transplant Patients Speaker: Alexander Toledo, MD Device Innovation: The EndoForce™ Journey Speaker: John Ross, MD Moderator: John Lucas, MD; Dirk Hentschel
11:55 AM - 12:00 PM	Poster Awards/Announcements
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM	Break - Visit Exhibits
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM	Lunch with Exhibitors
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM	Lunch Symposium: Speakers:
01:16 PM - 02:15 PM	Session 8 \| When to Change Course: Options for Challenging Situations Controversies (Transplant/High Output Cardiac Failure/IMN) Speaker: Ken Woodside, MD Central Venous Stenosis/Occlusion Speaker: Charles Kim, MD Medical Management of Recurrent Stenosis/Thrombosis (Anticoagulation) Speaker: Yana Etkin, MD Lower Extremity Access Speaker: John Lucas, MD Spinning a Vesselgraft Speaker: TBD Q&A/Discussion Moderators: Karen Woo, MD, PhD; Yana Etkin, MD
02:16 PM - 02:25 PM	Best Resident Presentation
02:26 PM - 02:35 PM	Best Oral Presentation
02:36 PM - 02:45 PM	Closing Remarks/Adjourn Speakers: John Lucas, MD; Dirk Hentschel, MD

Thank you to our 2024 Exhibitors

101 - Available
102 - BD
103 - Laminate Medical Technologies
104 - Available
105 - Humacyte Global
106 - LeMaitre Vascular, Inc
107 - Available
108 - Available
109 - Boston Scientific
110 - Cerulean Scientific
111 - Amplifi Vascular
112 - Healionics Corporation
113 - Available

114 - Renal Interventions
115 - Inari Medical
116 - Merit Medical Systems, Inc
117 - W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc
119 - Available
120 - Getinge
121 - Mozarc Medical
122 - Medtronic
124 - VentureMed Group
125 - Xeltis
126 - Voyager Biomedical
127 - Venova Medical