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  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    7:50 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session I: Central Venous Stenosis and Occlusion Revisited
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Moderator: Larry Scher, MD – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Panelist: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Panelist: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Panelist: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE
    Panelist: Theodore F. Saad, MD – Nephrology Associates, P.A.
    Panelist: Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA – The Cleveland Clinic
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    7:50 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome Remarks
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:00 AM - 8:06 AM East Coast USA Time
    CVO: Scope of the Problem
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:06 AM - 8:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    Aggressive Interventional Procedures
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:12 AM - 8:18 AM East Coast USA Time
    Techniques of Lower Extremity Access
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:18 AM - 8:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    Who is Truly Catheter Dependent?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Theodore F. Saad, MD – Nephrology Associates, P.A.
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:24 AM - 8:39 AM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Panelist: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Panelist: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:39 AM - 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Upstairs: Surfacer and HeRO in All Cases
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:45 AM - 8:51 AM East Coast USA Time
    Downstairs: Leg Access is Best
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA – The Cleveland Clinic
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:51 AM - 8:53 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:53 AM - 8:55 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA – The Cleveland Clinic
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    8:55 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentations
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Matthew Smeds, MD – Saint Louis University
    Case Presenter: Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA – The Cleveland Clinic
    Case Presenter: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE
    Case Presenter: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Case Presenter: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Case Presenter: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session II: Percutaneous versus Open Dialysis Access Revisited
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Monnie Wasse, MD, MPH – Rush University Medical Center
    Moderator: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Panelist: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Panelist: Dheeraj Rajan, MD, FRCPC, FACR – University of Toronto
    Panelist: Rishi Razdan, MD – Azura Vascular Care of Jacksonville
    Panelist: Matthew Smeds, MD – Saint Louis University
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:00 AM - 10:06 AM East Coast USA Time
    How My pAVF Experience Built My Surgical Practice?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:06 AM - 10:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    WavelinQ: Current Global Results
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Dheeraj Rajan, MD, FRCPC, FACR – University of Toronto
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:12 AM - 10:18 AM East Coast USA Time
    Why Did Ellipsys Go Away?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Rishi Razdan, MD – Azura Vascular Care of Jacksonville
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:18 AM - 10:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    Literature Update: Just Because I Can Make an Anastomosis Doesn't Make it a Fistula
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:24 AM - 10:39 AM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Panelist: Dheeraj Rajan, MD, FRCPC, FACR – University of Toronto
    Panelist: Rishi Razdan, MD – Azura Vascular Care of Jacksonville
    Panelist: Matthew Smeds, MD – Saint Louis University
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:39 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    pAVF: Technology Failed These Patients
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Matthew Smeds, MD – Saint Louis University
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:45 AM - 10:51 AM East Coast USA Time
    pAVF: Industry Failed These Patients
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:51 AM - 10:53 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Matthew Smeds, MD – Saint Louis University
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:53 AM - 10:55 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    10:55 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentations
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Case Presenter: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE
    Case Presenter: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Case Presenter: Matthew Smeds, MD – Saint Louis University
    Case Presenter: Neghae Mawla, MD
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    SAVE at CIDA!
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Thiago Barroso, MD – Afya Dialysis Access Center
    Panelist: Leonardo Oliveira Harduin, Professor - MD - MSc - PhD – Federal Fluminense University
    Panelist: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    11:30 AM - 11:36 AM East Coast USA Time
    "Big BAM"
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Leonardo Oliveira Harduin, Professor - MD - MSc - PhD – Federal Fluminense University
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    11:36 AM - 11:42 AM East Coast USA Time
    Femoral Vein Transposition - the SAVE Registry
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    11:42 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Cases from Brazil
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Leonardo Cortizo, MD
    Case Presenter: Thiago Barroso, MD – Afya Dialysis Access Center
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session III: What do the Patients and Cannulators Want from Their Access?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Karthik Ramani, MD, MBA, MHA,CPE,FASN,FASDIN,FACP – University of Michigan
    Moderator: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Panelist: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Panelist: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Panelist: Dalia Dawoud, MD – Nephrology Associates Medical Group / AZURA
    Panelist: Adina Voiculescu, MD – MassGeneralBrigham
    Panelist: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Panelist: Vanessa Evans – Fresenius Medical Care - Home Products
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    1:30 PM - 1:36 PM East Coast USA Time
    What Does the Patient Want from Their Access: Creation, Maturation and Maintenance?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    1:36 PM - 1:42 PM East Coast USA Time
    What Do I Want from My Access?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    1:42 PM - 1:48 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Role of Ultrasound: How Can We Make the Cannulator's Life Easier?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Dalia Dawoud, MD – Nephrology Associates Medical Group / AZURA
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    1:48 PM - 1:54 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Cannulator to the Surgeon: How Can You Make My Life Easier?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    1:54 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Patient Selection for Home Hemodialysis
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Adina Voiculescu, MD – MassGeneralBrigham
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    2:00 PM - 2:06 PM East Coast USA Time
    Access Maintenance and Interventional Issues from the Patient's Perspective
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    2:06 PM - 2:12 PM East Coast USA Time
    How to Keep Your Patient Happy with their Access
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Vanessa Evans – Fresenius Medical Care - Home Products
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    2:12 PM - 2:27 PM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Panelist: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Panelist: Dalia Dawoud, MD – Nephrology Associates Medical Group / AZURA
    Panelist: Adina Voiculescu, MD – MassGeneralBrigham
    Panelist: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Panelist: Vanessa Evans – Fresenius Medical Care - Home Products
    Main Session
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    2:27 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Live Patient Demonstration
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Instructor: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session IV: Peritoneal Dialysis
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Rick Mishler, MD – Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC
    Moderator: Jason K. Wagner, MD, FACS, FSVS – Sarasota Memorial Hospital / Sarasota Vascular Specialists
    Panelist: Dirk Hentschel, MD – MassGeneral Brigham
    Panelist: Mohamed Ali Sheta, MD, FASN, FASDIN – Houston Kidney Specialists
    Panelist: Karthik Ramani, MD, MBA, MHA,CPE,FASN,FASDIN,FACP – University of Michigan
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:00 AM - 8:06 AM East Coast USA Time
    Economics of PD in 2025: Who Benefits?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Dirk Hentschel, MD – MassGeneral Brigham
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:06 AM - 8:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    Who Is and Who Is Not a Candidate?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Mohamed Ali Sheta, MD, FASN, FASDIN – Houston Kidney Specialists
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:12 AM - 8:18 AM East Coast USA Time
    Trouble Shooting the Dysfunctional PD Patient
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Jason K. Wagner, MD, FACS, FSVS – Sarasota Memorial Hospital / Sarasota Vascular Specialists
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:18 AM - 8:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    Long-term Results of PD: Does it Really Last?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Karthik Ramani, MD, MBA, MHA,CPE,FASN,FASDIN,FACP – University of Michigan
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:24 AM - 8:39 AM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: Dirk Hentschel, MD – MassGeneral Brigham
    Panelist: Mohamed Ali Sheta, MD, FASN, FASDIN – Houston Kidney Specialists
    Panelist: Jason K. Wagner, MD, FACS, FSVS – Sarasota Memorial Hospital / Sarasota Vascular Specialists
    Panelist: Karthik Ramani, MD, MBA, MHA,CPE,FASN,FASDIN,FACP – University of Michigan
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:39 AM - 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Percutaneous PD is Always the First Option
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Mohamed Ali Sheta, MD, FASN, FASDIN – Houston Kidney Specialists
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:45 AM - 8:51 AM East Coast USA Time
    Laparoscopic PD is Better in Almost All Cases
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Jason K. Wagner, MD, FACS, FSVS – Sarasota Memorial Hospital / Sarasota Vascular Specialists
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:51 AM - 8:53 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Mohamed Ali Sheta, MD, FASN, FASDIN – Houston Kidney Specialists
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:53 AM - 8:55 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Jason K. Wagner, MD, FACS, FSVS – Sarasota Memorial Hospital / Sarasota Vascular Specialists
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    8:55 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentations
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Case Presenter: Himanshu Verma, MBBS, MS, FEVS – Fortis Memorial Research Center
    Case Presenter: Mohamed Ali Sheta, MD, FASN, FASDIN – Houston Kidney Specialists
    Case Presenter: Jason K. Wagner, MD, FACS, FSVS – Sarasota Memorial Hospital / Sarasota Vascular Specialists
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session V: Back to the Basics: Management of Fistula and Graft Infections
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Leonardo Oliveira Harduin, Professor - MD - MSc - PhD – Federal Fluminense University
    Moderator: Neghae Mawla, MD
    Panelist: Gerald A. Beathard, MD, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch
    Panelist: Dalia Dawoud, MD – Nephrology Associates Medical Group / AZURA
    Panelist: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: Thiago Barroso, MD – Afya Dialysis Access Center
    Panelist: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Panelist: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:00 AM - 10:06 AM East Coast USA Time
    Access Infections: Scope of the Problem
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Gerald A. Beathard, MD, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:06 AM - 10:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    When is the Access Infected and When Is It Not?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Dalia Dawoud, MD – Nephrology Associates Medical Group / AZURA
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:12 AM - 10:18 AM East Coast USA Time
    Management of Graft Infection
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:18 AM - 10:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    Management of Fistula Infection
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Thiago Barroso, MD – Afya Dialysis Access Center
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:24 AM - 10:39 AM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: Gerald A. Beathard, MD, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch
    Panelist: Dalia Dawoud, MD – Nephrology Associates Medical Group / AZURA
    Panelist: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: Thiago Barroso, MD – Afya Dialysis Access Center
    Panelist: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Panelist: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:39 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Catheters Really Aren't as Bad as We Think
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM - 10:51 AM East Coast USA Time
    Catheters Are the Work of the Devil
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:51 AM - 10:53 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:53 AM - 10:55 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    10:55 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentations
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE
    Case Presenter: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Case Presenter: Neghae Mawla, MD
    Case Presenter: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Case Presenter: Thiago Barroso, MD – Afya Dialysis Access Center
    Case Presenter: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Keynote Address: Reflections on Five Decades of Hemodialysis Access
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Neghae Mawla, MD
    Keynote Speaker: Larry Scher, MD – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    1:30 PM - 2:12 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session VI: Stump the Experts
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Moderator: Dirk Hentschel, MD – MassGeneral Brigham
    Panelist: Marcio Filippo, MD – Clinica VENE
    Panelist: Dalia Dawoud, MD – Nephrology Associates Medical Group / AZURA
    Panelist: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Panelist: Theodore F. Saad, MD – Nephrology Associates, P.A.
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    1:30 PM - 1:36 PM East Coast USA Time
    Selected Cases
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    1:36 PM - 1:42 PM East Coast USA Time
    Selected Cases
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    1:42 PM - 1:48 PM East Coast USA Time
    Selected Cases
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    1:48 PM - 1:54 PM East Coast USA Time
    Selected Cases
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    1:54 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Selected Cases
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    2:00 PM - 2:06 PM East Coast USA Time
    Selected Cases
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    2:06 PM - 2:12 PM East Coast USA Time
    Selected Cases
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    2:15 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    "It's Academic Access" - Jeopardy!
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    2:15 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Team Interventional Nephrology
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: Dirk Hentschel, MD – MassGeneral Brigham
    Panelist: Adina Voiculescu, MD – MassGeneralBrigham
    Panelist: Karthik Ramani, MD, MBA, MHA,CPE,FASN,FASDIN,FACP – University of Michigan
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    2:15 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Team Interventional Radiology
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: Rishi Razdan, MD – Azura Vascular Care of Jacksonville
    Panelist: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
    Panelist: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Main Session
  • Friday, Oct 31st
    2:15 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Team Surgery
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Panelist: Jason K. Wagner, MD, FACS, FSVS – Sarasota Memorial Hospital / Sarasota Vascular Specialists
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session VII: Where Did I Go Wrong?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Nicholas Morrissey, MD – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Moderator: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: Larry Scher, MD – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Panelist: Gregg Miller, MD – Azura
    Panelist: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Panelist: Monnie Wasse, MD, MPH – Rush University Medical Center
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:00 AM - 8:06 AM East Coast USA Time
    Malpractice in Dialysis Access
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Larry Scher, MD – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:06 AM - 8:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    Declots and Other Maintenance Procedures
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Gregg Miller, MD – Azura
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:12 AM - 8:18 AM East Coast USA Time
    Pitfalls of the "Inside Out" Technique
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:18 AM - 8:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    Avoiding Emergencies and Missed Lesions in the Dialysis Unit
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Monnie Wasse, MD, MPH – Rush University Medical Center
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:24 AM - 8:39 AM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: Gregg Miller, MD – Azura
    Panelist: Larry Scher, MD – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Panelist: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Panelist: Monnie Wasse, MD, MPH – Rush University Medical Center
    Panelist: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:39 AM - 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Houston, We Have a Problem: These Patients Belong in the University
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:45 AM - 8:51 AM East Coast USA Time
    Houston, We Have a Problem: These Patients Belong in a Dedicated Dialysis Access Center
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:51 AM - 8:53 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:53 AM - 8:55 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rebuttal
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    8:55 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentations
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Case Presenter: Scott Trerotola, MD – Penn Medicine
    Case Presenter: Monnie Wasse, MD, MPH – Rush University Medical Center
    Case Presenter: Gregg Miller, MD – Azura
    Case Presenter: Himanshu Verma, MBBS, MS, FEVS – Fortis Memorial Research Center
    Case Presenter: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session VIII: New Innovations, Trials, Techniques & Devices
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Moderator: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:00 AM - 10:06 AM East Coast USA Time
    Practical Steps in Setting Up a Medical Device Start Up in Dialysis Access
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Michael Tal, MD, MBA – Hadassah Medical Center
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:06 AM - 10:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    First in Human Results of the DESCOVER AV Access Randomized trial of PTA vs Sirolimus Coated Covered Stent
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Leonardo Oliveira Harduin, Professor - MD - MSc - PhD – Federal Fluminense University
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:12 AM - 10:18 AM East Coast USA Time
    Endovascular Suture-free AV Anastomosis
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Ari Kramer, MD – Spartanburg Hospital System
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:18 AM - 10:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    Mid-term Results of the VENOS-2 Feasibility Study of the Velocity pAVF System
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Rishi Razdan, MD – Azura Vascular Care of Jacksonville
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:24 AM - 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    ACCESS 2: One-Year AVF Outcomes from a Multinational Randomized Trial of Peri-Adventitial Sirolimus Delivery
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:30 AM - 10:36 AM East Coast USA Time
    Semi-Automated 3D Ultrasound for AVF Maturation Assessment and Cannulation Guidance
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Ari Kramer, MD – Spartanburg Hospital System
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:36 AM - 10:42 AM East Coast USA Time
    24-Month Clinical Outcomes for a New AV Graft Designed to Resist Occlusion & Infection
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:42 AM - 10:48 AM East Coast USA Time
    Distal Staging Fistula to Reduce Tunneled Catheter Dependency in ESRD Patients
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Ari Kramer, MD – Spartanburg Hospital System
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:48 AM - 10:54 AM East Coast USA Time
    Innovative Breakthroughs in Dialysis: A Novel Restorative Conduit for Dialysis Access
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    10:54 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Trials Update for SelfWrap, a Novel Bioabsorbable Perivascular Wrap to Improve AVF Maturation and Patency
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    11:00 AM - 11:06 AM East Coast USA Time
    Clinical Experience in Improving Dialysis Access Outcomes With a Fistula Support Implant
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    11:06 AM - 11:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    Use It or Lose It: How Physician Leadership Shapes Reimbursement Realities
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Terry Litchfield, MPA, CPC – Access Solutions
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    11:12 AM - 11:18 AM East Coast USA Time
    Interim Initial Results from the CONNECT AV Trial
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    11:18 AM - 11:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    AVF Covered Stent 12-Month Results from AVeNEW PAS
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    11:24 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Comparison of 12-Month Reintervention Outcomes Following Treatment With a Novel Cell-impermeable Endoprosthesis Versus Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    11:30 AM - 11:36 AM East Coast USA Time
    Blood Flow Mediated Vein Dilation Using Extra Corporeal Pump Prior to Fistula Creation - Effective Technique for Increasing AVF Maturation
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    11:36 AM - 11:42 AM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract 1: Surgical Management of a Calcified Multianeurysmal Radiocephalic Fistula: A Case Report
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Flavia Gentile, MD – Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    11:42 AM - 11:48 AM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract 2: A Structured, Reproducible Educational Model for Patient-Led Detection of Critical AVF Stenosis in Hemodialysis Access Surveillance
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Himanshu Verma, MBBS, MS, FEVS – Fortis Memorial Research Center
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    11:48 AM - 11:54 AM East Coast USA Time
    Quantitative Angiographic Segmental Analysis of a Cell-Impermeable Endoprosthesis
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Moderator: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    1:30 PM - 3:05 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session IX: Unresolved Issues - An Update
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Neghae Mawla, MD
    Moderator: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
    Panelist: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Panelist: Robert E. Lee, MD – Echelon Development Group
    Panelist: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Panelist: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Panelist: Rick Mishler, MD – Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    1:30 PM - 1:36 PM East Coast USA Time
    Update on Drug Coated Balloons
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    1:36 PM - 1:42 PM East Coast USA Time
    Alternatives to Radiation for Access Intervention
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    1:42 PM - 1:48 PM East Coast USA Time
    Critically Assessing Device Effectiveness
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Robert E. Lee, MD – Echelon Development Group
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    1:48 PM - 1:54 PM East Coast USA Time
    Device Permeability or Not?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    1:54 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Interrupted vs. Continuous Suturing
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    2:00 PM - 2:06 PM East Coast USA Time
    How Much Surgery Should a Non-surgeon Be Doing?
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Rick Mishler, MD – Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    2:06 PM - 2:21 PM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Panelist: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
    Panelist: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Panelist: Robert E. Lee, MD – Echelon Development Group
    Panelist: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Panelist: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Panelist: Rick Mishler, MD – Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    2:21 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentations
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Case Presenter: Rick Mishler, MD – Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC
    Case Presenter: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
    Case Presenter: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Main Session
  • Saturday, Nov 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:05 PM East Coast USA Time
    Closing Remarks
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Moderator: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session