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Successful Home Hemodialysis

Presented in Cooperation with the
International Society for Hemodialysis

Home hemodialysis numbers continue to grow, both worldwide and in the USA.  This program brings together representatives of successful home hemodialysis programs to discuss critical elements of effective home hemodialysis.

This full day pre-session will provide an overview of elements essential to successfully developing and maintaining a home Hemodialysis program for new, as well as for existing or expanding home dialysis programs.  The session will also allow interactive discussion with speakers and experts in the field

This meeting is intended for nurses, physicians, fellows, administrators, and other members of the healthcare team providing home dialysis as well as patients and the dialysis industry and manufacturers who support home hemodialysis.

Program:

Session I
Christopher Blagg, MD and Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN, Presiding
8:00 - 9:50am

• 8:00                       
  Introduction - Christopher Blagg, MD,
  Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN
• 8:15                       
  Home Hemodialysis Today: Update
  Christopher Blagg, MD
• 8:30                       
  Why I Chose Home HD
  Rick Berkowitz, RN, MSN, Jim Manning
• 9:00                       
  Selling the Therapy: Informed Consent
  Robert Lockridge, MD
• 9:20                      
  Why More is Better: Benefits - Brent Miller, MD
• 9:50                       
  Break

Session II
Lisa Koester, MSN, RN, John Moran, MB, Presiding
10:05am - 12:00pm

• 10:05     
  Bridges to Home Hemodialysis:
  PD - Leslie Wong, MD
  Self-Cannulation Practices - Debbie Brouwer, RN
  In-Center Self-Care - Susan Bray, MD
• 10:50     
  Designing Optimal Dialysis: Use of Kt/V and if not, What Should Replace It? - John Agar, MBBS
• 11:20     
  Clinical and Practical Challenges - Bessie Young, MD
• 11:50     
  Discussion
• 12:00     
  Lunch with the Experts

Session III      
John Agar, MBBS and Debbie Brouwer, RN, Presiding
1:30 - 3:30pm

• 1:30                       
  Administrative/Political/Advocacy Challenges
  Robert Provenzano, MD
• 2:00                       
  Role of the Social Worker - Mary Dooley, MSW
• 2:00                       
  Dietitian in Home HD Therapy - Karen Wiesen, MS, RD        
• 2:30                       
  Supporting Home HD Couples: How Can We
  Help? - Dorian Schatell, MS             
• 3:00                       
  Fulfilling the Promise: Helping Home Dialysis
  Patients Work - Beth Witten, MSW
• 3:30                       
  Break

Session IV
Sheila Doss, RN, Robin Eady, MSc, Presiding
3:45 - 5:30pm

• 3:45                       
  Preventing Dropout: Best Practices                
  Panelists: Lisa Koester, MSN, RN,
  Joan Leake-Nardeo, RN, Robert Lockridge, MD          
• 4:15                       
  Survival: Short Daily vs. Longer Dialysis
  Robert Pauly, MD
• 4:45                       
  Summary:  Where Do We Go From Here?
  Panelists: John Agar, MBBS, Christopher Blagg, MD, Lisa Koester, MSN, RN, Brent Miller, MD
• 5:30
  Adjourn

Note: These Saturday programs have a separate registration fee from the Dialysis conference.

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Contact

• Email
  Elaine Rogers at dialysis@health.missouri.edu
• Phone
  573-882-4105
• FAX
  573-882-5666

Chairs

• Conference Chair
  Karl D. Nolph, MD
• Hemodialysis Nursing Chair
  Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, BSHM, RN, CNN
• Peritoneal Dialysis Chair
  Ramesh Khanna, MD
  Dana Negoi, MD
• Hemodialysis Chairs
  Zbylut J. Twardowski, MD, PhD
  Madhukar Misra, MD, FRCP (UK)
• Pediatric Chair
  Steven R. Alexander, MD