Track: Main Session

Session VIII: New Innovations, Trials, Techniques & Devices

Saturday, November 1, 2025

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Moderator(s)

John Ross, Sr., MD

Founder of
Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
Dialysis Access Institute of Orangeburg
Bamberg, South Carolina, United States
Timothy Clark, MD

Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, United States

Presentations:

10:00 AM - 10:06 AM East Coast USA Time

Practical Steps in Setting Up a Medical Device Start Up in Dialysis Access
Presenter: Michael Tal, MD, MBA – Hadassah Medical Center
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
Presenter: Leonardo Oliveira Harduin, Professor - MD - MSc - PhD – Federal Fluminense University
10:12 AM - 10:18 AM East Coast USA Time

Endovascular Suture-free AV Anastomosis
Presenter: Ari Kramer, MD – Spartanburg Hospital System
10:18 AM - 10:24 AM East Coast USA Time

Mid-term Results of the VENOS-2 Feasibility Study of the Velocity pAVF System
Presenter: Rishi Razdan, MD – Azura Vascular Care of Jacksonville
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
Presenter: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
10:30 AM - 10:36 AM East Coast USA Time

Semi-Automated 3D Ultrasound for AVF Maturation Assessment and Cannulation Guidance
Presenter: Ari Kramer, MD – Spartanburg Hospital System
10:36 AM - 10:42 AM East Coast USA Time

24-Month Clinical Outcomes for a New AV Graft Designed to Resist Occlusion & Infection
Presenter: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
10:42 AM - 10:48 AM East Coast USA Time

Distal Staging Fistula to Reduce Tunneled Catheter Dependency in ESRD Patients
Presenter: Ari Kramer, MD – Spartanburg Hospital System
10:48 AM - 10:54 AM East Coast USA Time

Innovative Breakthroughs in Dialysis: A Novel Restorative Conduit for Dialysis Access
Presenter: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg
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
Presenter: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
11:00 AM - 11:06 AM East Coast USA Time

Clinical Experience in Improving Dialysis Access Outcomes With a Fistula Support Implant
Presenter: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
11:06 AM - 11:12 AM East Coast USA Time

Use It or Lose It: How Physician Leadership Shapes Reimbursement Realities
Presenter: Terry Litchfield, MPA, CPC – Access Solutions
11:12 AM - 11:18 AM East Coast USA Time

Interim Initial Results from the CONNECT AV Trial
Speaker: Eric K. Peden, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
11:18 AM - 11:24 AM East Coast USA Time

AVF Covered Stent 12-Month Results from AVeNEW PAS
Speaker: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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
Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute
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
Speaker: Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD
11:36 AM - 11:42 AM East Coast USA Time

Abstract 1: Surgical Management of a Calcified Multianeurysmal Radiocephalic Fistula: A Case Report
Speaker: Flavia Gentile, MD – Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg
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
Speaker: Himanshu Verma, MBBS, MS, FEVS – Fortis Memorial Research Center
11:48 AM - 11:54 AM East Coast USA Time

Quantitative Angiographic Segmental Analysis of a Cell-Impermeable Endoprosthesis
Speaker: Alexandra Lansky, MD
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Discussion
Moderator: John R. Ross, Sr., MD – Dialysis Access Center, Orangeburg SC
Moderator: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania