Home Dialysis Pre-conference

8:00 am-5:00 pm

Welcome: Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN

Moderator:  Eugene Lin, MD

8:00     Past, Present and Future of Home Dialysis-Related Policies and Legislation – Eugene Lin, MD

8:30     Panel Discussion: Understanding and Successfully Implementing New Policy Initiatives

Panelists:  Brent Miller, MD; Eric Weinhandl, PhD; Suzanne Watnick, MD, FASN

9:30     Break

Moderator: Susanne Watnick, MD, FASN

10:00    Reshaping Dialysis Care for Decades to Come – Brigitte Schiller, MD, FACP, FASN

10:45    Transformation of Nephrology Practice  to Improve Care- Leslie Wong, MD, MBA, FACP, FASN

11:15    Panel Discussion:  Leslie Wong, MD, MBA, FACP, FASN, Brigitte Schiller, MD, FACP, FASN, Mark Shapiro, MD

12:00    Lunch

Moderator: Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD

1:00     Forum on the Role of the ESKD Team

Discussants:  Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD; Graham Abra, MD; Lisa Koester, ANP, CNN-NP; Mihran Naljayan, MD, FASN, FNKF

2:00     Effective Education and Training of Home Dialysis Care Providers

Nephrology Fellows – Maria Camilla Bermudez, MD

Nurses – Lisa Koester, ANP, CNN-NP

Physicians – Christopher Chan, MD, FRCPC

3:00     Break

Moderator:  Brigitte Schiller, MD, FACP, FASN

3:15     Recent Breaking Trends in Home Dialysis – Eric Weinhandl, PhD

3:45     Best of the Home Dialysis Literature – Graham Abra, MD

4:15     Value-based Home Dialysis Care – Growing a Home Program: Adding Value for Patients, Care Partners, and Providers – Michael Kraus, MD, FACP

4:45     Discussion

5:00     Adjourn