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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, October 30, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:50 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session I: Central Venous Stenosis and Occlusion Revisited
    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: Stephen Hohmann, MD – Baylor Scott and White Health
    Panelist: Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA – The Cleveland Clinic
    Main Session
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break with the Exhibitors
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session II: Percutaneous versus Open Dialysis Access Revisited
    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
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    SAVE at CIDA!
    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
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Break & Visit the Exhibits
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    NON-CME Industry Satellite Lunch Symposia
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session III: What do the Patients and Cannulators Want from Their Access?
    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
    Main Session
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break with the Exhibitors
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Simulation of Dialysis Access
    SODA
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Networking Reception with the Exhibitors
  • 7:15 PM - 8:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    NON-CME Industry Satellite Evening Symposia
  • Friday, October 31, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    NON-CME Industry Satellite Breakfast Symposia
  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session IV: Peritoneal Dialysis
    Moderator: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    Moderator: Rick Mishler, MD – Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC
    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
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break with the Exhibitors
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session V: Back to the Basics: Management of Fistula and Graft Infections
    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
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Keynote Address: Reflections on Five Decades of Hemodialysis Access
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Break & Visit the Exhibits
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    NON-CME Industry Satellite Lunch Symposia
  • 1:30 PM - 2:12 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session VI: Stump the Experts
    Moderator: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Moderator: Dirk Hentschel, MD – MassGeneral Brigham
    Main Session
  • 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    "It's Academic Access" - Jeopardy!
    Moderator: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break with the Exhibitors
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Simulation of Dialysis Access
    SODA
  • Saturday, November 1, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    NON-CME Industry Satellite Breakfast Symposia
  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session VII: Where Did I Go Wrong?
    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
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break with the Exhibitors
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session VIII: New Innovations, Trials, Techniques & Devices
    Moderator: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
    Moderator: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
    Main Session
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Break & Visit the Exhibits
  • 1:30 PM - 3:05 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session IX: Unresolved Issues - An Update
    Moderator: Stephen Hohmann, MD – Baylor Scott and White Health
    Moderator: Neghae Mawla, MD
    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