HD Fundamentals

8:55 am-12:00 pm

Moderator: Andrew Davenport, MD

8:55-  Welcome – Madhukar Misra, MD

9:00      Practical Considerations in the Management of CRRT – Ashita Tolwani, MD

9:30     Maximizing AV Fistula Longevity –  Loay H Salman, MD

10:00    Covid 19 in the Dialysis Unit: Lessons Learned- Jeffrey Silberzweig, MD

10:30    Essentials of Phosphate management via HD prescription- John Daugirdas, MD

11:00    A practical approach to anemia management in maintenance HD- Jeffrey  Berns, MD

11:30    Discussion

12:00    Adjourn

Home Dialysis

9:00 am-11:00 am

9:00     Welcome – Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN, CNN

Moderator: Martin Schreiber, MD

9:10     Why Home Dialysis? – Eric Weinhandl, PhD

9:40     Challenges and Obstacles in Home Dialysis – Martin Wilkie, MD

10:10    Value-based Care Supporting Patients for Home Dialysis and Transplant – Bijal Patel, MD

10:45    Discussion

11:00    Break

Exhibit Hall and Virtual Posters

12 pm to 12:30 pm

Visit the exhibits or peruse the posters

Key Components to a Successful Home Program

11:30-1:00 pm

Moderator: Ramesh Khanna, MD

11:30    Integrating Urgent Start PD and Support Team: Making it Work – Shani Shastri, MD

12:10    Remote Patient Management – Compliance Management – Vikram Aggarwal, MD

12:50    Discussion

1:00     Break

Educating Patients and Care Providers

1:30-3:30pm

Moderator: Graham Abra, MD

1:30     Advancing American Kidney Health Improve Engagement between Patients and Providers – Eugene Lin, MD

2:00     National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDE) and Alternative Models: What Works Best? – Vanessa Ratcliff, FNP-BC, CNN

2:30     Kidney Life Plan: An Effective Tool in Making the Right Decisions – Dori Schatell, MS

3:00     Home Dialysis Project ECHO Program – Christopher Chan, MD

3:30     Break

Optimizing Home Dialysis Management and Patient Retention

4:00-6:00 pm

Moderator: LaVonne Burrows, MSN, RN

4:00     Providing the Right Prescription – Brent Miller, MD

4:30     Implementing a Consistent and Flexible Training Program for Patients and Care Partners – Lisa Koester, MSN, RN

5:00     Interdisciplinary Team Participation in Managing Patients – Frank O’Brien, MD

5:30     Alleviating Patient and Care Partner Burden: Experience from the First US-based Staff Assisted Program – Wael Hussein, MD

6:00     Adjourn

Networking

6 pm to 7 pm

Take time to network with your colleagues

Networking

9 am to 10 am

Take time to network with your colleagues

General Session – Keynote Presentations

9:45 am-12:00 pm

9:45      Welcome – Ramesh Khanna, MD, ADC Conference Chair

Moderators: Brad Warady, MD and Jessica Geer, MSN, C-PNP, CNN-NP, RN

10:00    The Life Saving Art and Science of Effective Communication – Rachel Callander: Author, Inspirational Speaker, Artist, Photographer

10:50    Q & A

11:00    Preventing the Next Pandemic – Peter Hotez, MD, PhD

11:50    Q & A

12:00    Break

Exhibit Hall and Virtual Posters

12 pm to 12:30 pm

Visit the exhibits or peruse the posters

Controversies in Home Dialysis Management

12:30-2:00pm

Moderator: Brent Miller, MD

12:30    Virtual Visit for Home Patients: Is This the Way of the Future? – Prakash Gudsoorkar. MD, FASN, FNKF

12:50    Virtual Visit: Expanding the Distance Between Patient and Physician – Michael Shoemaker-Moyle

1:10     Discussion

1:15     Dialyzing Solo at Home Is Safe – Vikram Aggarwal, MD

1:35     Home Dialysis Patients Should Require Care Partners – Preethi Yerram, MD

1:55     Discussion

2:00     Break

PD Access Management

12:30-2:00pm

Moderator: George Jarad, MD

12:30    PD Access Placement Techniques: Surgical, Laparoscopic, Percutaneous Techniques – John Crabtree, MD

1:15     Trouble Shooting a Non-functioning PD Catheter – Nupur Gupta, MD

1:45     Q and A

2:00     Break

Implementing Evidence-based Clinical Practice

Presented in Cooperation with Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)

12:30-2:00pm

Moderator: Ramesh Khanna, MD

12:30    Dialysis Initiation – Laura Dember, MD

12:55    Home Dialysis – Jeffrey Perl, MD

1:20     Symptom-based Complications in Dialysis – Sarah Davison, MD

1:45      Discussion

2:00      Break

12:30-2:00 pm

Phosphate and Beyond

Moderator:  Karen Wiesen, MS, RD

12:30    Moving Beyond Phosphate Binders: Is it Possible? – Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD PhD

1:00     All You Need to Understand about Phosphate Removal on HD – Richard Sherman, MD

1:30    Do Plant-Based Diets Provide Adequate Nutrition and Better Phosphate Control in Dialysis Patients? – Shivam Joshi, MD

2:00     Break

Exhibit Hall, Virtual Posters, and Showcase Lounge

2 pm to 4 pm

Be sure to visit exhibitors, take in a poster session or visit the showcase lounge for the latest.

Advances in Dialysis

4:00-6:00pm 

Moderator: Preethi Yerram, MD

4:00     An Update on Implantable Kidneys – William Fissel, MD

4:30     Innovations in AVGs – Anil Agarwal, MD

5:00     “Real Time” Infection Screening in PD – Janelle Kaneda, MS

5:30     Discussion

6:00     Adjourn

4:00-6:00 pm

Mitigating Cardiovascular Risk on HD 

Moderator: Madhukar Misra, MD

4:00    Cardio Protection in HD by Pharmacotherapy: State of the Art – Carmine Zoccali, MD

4:30     Harnessing Technology for Predicting Intradialytic Hypotension – Chris McIntyre, MBBS, DM

5:00     Disturbing the Rhythm- Intradialytic Hypotension and Its Consequences -Finnian R. Mc Causland, MD

5:30     How to Remove All That Fluid?:  Novel Strategies – Jennifer Flythe, MD, MPH, FASN

6:00     Break

Dialysis Treatment Life Plan

4:00-6:00pm

Moderator: Kunal Malhotra, MD

4:00     From CKD Management to Dialysis – Incremental CKD Treatment Plan – Mariana Murea, MD, FASN

4:30     Preservation of Residual Renal Function: How Significant Is This? – Yoshitsugu Obi, MD

5:00     Overcoming Patients’ Resistance to Increasing Dialysis – Thomas Golper, MD

5:30     How to Operationalize Dialysis Facilities to Accommodate Varying Dialysis Schedules – Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD

6:00     Adjourn

Vascular Access

4:00-6:00pm

Moderator: Loay Salman, MD

4:00     Snuffbox AVF- A Debate – Pro/Con

Pro – Viraj Pandit MD, RPVI

Con – Tan Tze-Woei, MD

4:40     Vascular Access Preservation Strategy in AKI – Tushar Vachharajan, MD

5:10     Cannulating Endovascular Accesses – Neghae Mawla, MD, FASDIN

5:25     Role of Ultrasound in Guiding Difficult Access Cannulation – Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD, FNKF

6:00     Adjourn

Networking

6 pm to 7 pm

Take time to network with your colleagues

10:00-12:00 pm

An Update on AKI 

Moderator: Anita Vijayan, MD

10:00  AKI in Covid 19- Where do we Stand? – Paul M Palevsky, MD, FASN

10:30    Anticoagulation Strategies in CRRT for Covid 19 Patients – Frank Liu

11:00    Extracorporeal Support for Patients with Acute on Chronic Liver Failure – Andrew Davenport, MD

11:30    Fluid and Drug Management in AKI: What Are the Controversies? – Marlies Ostermann

12:00  Break

10:00-12:00

Moderators:  Prayus Tailor, MD and Brendan Bowman, MD

10:00    Introduction – Prayus Tailor- MD

10:05    Transitional Dialysis: What Is It and Why Do We Need It? – A Physician and Patient Experience

The History and Future of Transitional Care Dialysis – Brendan Bowman, MD

A Patient Experience Without Transitional Care – Vanessa Evans

A Patient Experience with Transitional Care – Chelsea Roman

10:25    How to Start a Transitional Care Unit: Practical and Financial Considerations

Transitional Care Unit Models and Sample Curricula – Stacy Cigliana, RN

Operational and Financial Considerations of Transitional Care Dialysis – Suzanne Pryzbyla, MBA

10:45    Transitional Care Unit Outcomes: What Do We Know and Which Ones Matter?

A Review of the Current Literature = Brendan Bowman, MD

Outcomes from Our Experience – Brendan Bowman, MD and Prayus Tailor, MD

Suggestions for Future Research (PROM’s, Clinical and Value-based Measures – Prayus Tailor, MD

11:05    The Role of TCU Value-based Payment Model – Brendan Bowman, MD

11:20    Panel Discussion – Prayus Tailor, MD, Brendan Bowman, MD, Stacy Cigliana, RN, Suzanne Pryzbyla, MBA, Vanessa Evans, Chelsea Roman

12:00    Break

Caring for the Caretaker: Effective Strategies to Recruit and Maintain Staff in Dialysis

Joint Session with Renal Healthcare Association (RHA)

10:00-12:00

Moderator: Bridget, Pfaff, MS

This session will identify unique challenges in sustaining staff in the acute and outpatient dialysis facilities and recognize strategies on developing competence and confidence in the dialysis workforce.  Presentations will focus on hiring, orientation and training, engagement, and retention strategies.  Additionally, the session will discuss the impact the pandemic has had on mental health as we continue to deal with the aftermath as well as identify coping strategies in dealing with future disasters.

Topics:

• Overview: Staffing Strategies in Dialysis – How to Hire and Get the Right People to Stay – Maria Regnier, MS, RN
• Dialysis Staffing Strategies for Outpatient, Acute and Home Dialysis Facilities – Bridget Pfaff, MS
• Navigating Staffing for Small and Rural Providers – Lynn Riesenberg
• Impact of the Pandemic and Strategies to Support the Mental Health of Staff in Dialysis – Julie Williams, BSA

Exhibit Hall and Virtual Posters

12 pm to 12:30 pm

Visit the exhibits or peruse the posters

12:30-2:00 pm

Anemia of CKD

Moderator: Jeffrey Berns, MD

12:30    Functional Iron Deficiency: Do We Understand it Better in 2022? – Jodie Babitt, MD

1:00     Oral vs. Iron Therapy in CKD: Have We Advanced our Understanding? – Csaba Covesdy, MD, FASN

1:30     HIF-PH Inhibitors: Do Specific Patient Sub-populations Matter? – Jay Wish, MD

2:00     Break

Palliative Care in Nephrology

Moderators: Mary Beth Callahan, ACSW/LCSW-APHSW-C and Lisa Koester, MSN, RN

12:30-2:00 pm

12:30     What, When and How of Palliative Care for Adults with Kidney Disease – Debra Hain, PhD, ARNP, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FNKF

1:00     Delivering Palliative Care in Dialysis: It’s a Team Effort – LaVonne Burrows, MSN, RN

1:20     A Family Member’s Perspective on Palliative Care – Sue Shirk and Marcos Rothstein, MD

1:40     Q and A

2:00     Break

System Changes to Maximize Staff Utilization in Home Programs

12:30-2:00

Moderator: Joanna Neumann, BSN, RN

12:30    Group Training for Home Dialysis – Susan Ostrzycki, RN

1:00     Role Delineation of Patient Care Technicians in Home Programs – Keith Lester and Anthony Dominguez

1:45     Q and A

2:00     Break

12:30-2:00 pm

Innovative Approaches in Nutritional Management of CKD

Moderator: John Daugirdas, MD

12:30    Potassium Homeostasis in CKD – Biff Palmer, MD

1:00     Plant-based Diet and Mortality in Dialysis Patients – Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD

1:30     Pearls for Managing Hyperkalemia with Newer Potassium Binders – Roberto Pecoits Filho, MD

2:00     Break

Exhibit Hall, Virtual Posters, and Showcase Lounge

2 pm to 4 pm

Be sure to visit exhibitors, take in a poster session or visit the showcase lounge for the latest.

4:00-6:00 pm

The ESKD Patient in the Dialysis Unit

Moderator: Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD

4:00     How to Make a Difference in Reducing Hospital Readmissions?  – Jay Wish, MD

4:30     Preventing C-Difficile Spread in Outpatient HD – Erika D’Agata, MD, MPH

5:00     Depression on Dialysis: Any Tools of Trade? – Karli Kondo, PhD

5:30     Dialysis Symptoms: Exercising Some Control – Clara Bohm, MD, MPH, FRPC

6:00     Adjourn

Nursing Workshop

4:00-6:00pm

Moderator: Lisa Koester, MSN, RN

This session will discuss some of the most difficult situations nurses encounter in their clinical practice.  Panelists will offer strategies on how nurses should utilize evidence-based practice and how patients can better be engaged in their medical care.  Topics to be discussed will include:

4:00 pm. Obtaining Kinetic Measurements in PD Patients – Amanda Northrup, RN

4:30 pm Home Records: Why Do We Need Them? – Jennifer Ravert, RN

5:00 pm Practical Strategies to Implement Best Practices to Reduce Infections in PD and Home HD – Sharon Ayers, RN

5:30 pm Discussion

Fellows Forum

4:00-6:00 pm

Moderator:  Shweta Bansal, MD

Judges: Finnian R. McCausland, MD, Shweta Bansal, MD, Nupur Gupta, MD

4:00-4:10              Introduction

4:10-4:20            Miraculous Recovery of Kidney Function after 16 Months of Dialysis – Hanny Sawaf, MD

4:20-4:25              Questions

4:25-4:35            Peritoneal Dialysis Related Encapsulating Sclerosing Peritonitis – Amara Sarwal, MD

4:35-4:40              Questions

4:40-4:50              A Rare Case of Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Ralstonia Mannitolilytica in an Adult Peritoneal Dialysis Patient – Litty Thomas, MD

4:50-4:55              Questions

4:55-5:05              Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following COVID-19 in a Patient on Peritoneal Dialysis – Victor Canela, MD

5:05-5:10              Questions

5:10-5:15            All In One – Rapid Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy, Access Problems in the Form of CRBSI, Fibrin Sheath and Thrombosis of Catheter Tip, Primary Failure of AV Fistulae – Chilaka Rajesh, MD

5:15-5:20              Questions

5:20-5:30              Clinical Challenges to Prescribe Effective Hemodialysis in a Patient with Advance Liver Cirrhosis – Manoj Datta, MD  

5:30-5:35            Questions

5:35-5:45              Judges Convene

5:45                        Announce Winner/Adjourn

Networking

6 pm to 7 pm

Take time to network with your colleagues