Annual Dialysis Conference
Program
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The symbol to the left of each session title indicates its relevance to hemodialysis 
, peritoneal dialysis 
, or both 
. [#] after the time denotes the session number.
Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
7:00
Assisted PD - Tom Golper, MD, Matthew Oliver, MD, Presiding
8:00 - 10:00am • {900}
- 8:00
Assisted PD: What Is It and How Is It Done? - Wai Kei Lo, MD
- 8:20
Assisted PD in Canada - Matthew Oliver, MD
- 8:40
Assisted PD in Europe - Olof Heimburger, MD
- 9:00
Assisted PD in USA - Thomas Golper, MD
- 9:20
Assisted APD and CAPD: Pros and Cons of Each Jose Diaz-Buxo, MD
- 9:40
Discussion
- 10:00
Adjourn
Dealing with Medical Complications in ESRD
Dimitrios Oreopoulos, MD, Georges Saab, MD
8:00 - 10:00am • {901}
- 8:00
Vascular Calcifications in Dialysis Patients: Implications and Management - Bryan Kestenbaum, MD
- 8:20
Resistant Hypertension in ESRD - Isaac Teitelbaum, MD
- 8:40
Pulmonary Complications in ESRD - Pranay Kathuria, MD
- 9:00
Reducing Fractures in Dialysis Patients: Any Effective Therapy? - Jean Holley, MD
- 9:20
Successful Pregnancies in Dialysis - Dana Negoi, MD
- 9:40
Discussion
- 10:00
Adjourn
Hemodialysis Access - John Crabtree, MD
8:00 - 10:00am • {902}
- 8:00
Review of IV Catheters for HD - Stephen Ash, MD
- 8:20
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire: Is It Just Glitter? - Michael Tal, MD
Fistula First Initiative - Does It Improve Blood Access Overall Results?
- 8:40
Canadian Experience - Charmaine Lok, MD
- 9:00
USA Experience - Jeffrey Sands, MD
- 9:20
Innovative Surgical Approaches to Maximize Fistula Creation - Surendra Shenoy, MD
- 9:40
Discussion
- 10:00
Adjourn
Pain Management and Withholding or Stopping Dialysis
Allen Nissenson, MD, John Stivelman, MD, Presiding
8:00 - 10:00am • {903}
- 8:00
A Pharmacology of Analgesics in Dialysis Patients - Ingegerd Odar-Cederlof, MD
- 8:20
Practical Approach to Pain Management - Sara Davison, MD
- 8:40
Experience with Conservative Treatment of Stage V Chronic Kidney Disease - Andrew Davenport, MD
- 9:00
Withholding/Euthanasia or Trial/Withdrawing - Carl Kjellstrand, MD
- 9:20
Deciding Whom Not to ‘Code’ on Chronic Dialysis - Sara Davison, MD
- 9:40
Discussion
- 10:00
Adjourn
Global Dialysis in the Sixties: Down Memory Lane,
Part 1 – The Beginnings: Memories of the Beginning of Chronic Dialysis in Seattle, March 9, 1960
Carl Kjellstrand, MD, Zbylut Twardowski, MD, Presiding
8:00 - 10:00am • {904}
- 8:00
Introduction
- 8:05
Dr. Belding Scribner's Early Life - Christopher Blagg, MD
- 8:10
Dr. Scribner and the University of Washington Division of Nephrology - James Burnell, MD
- 8:20
How Dr. Scribner Learned of Teflon Tubing and the Role of David Dillard - Loren Winterscheid, MD
- 8:30
The Original Teflon Shunt - Wayne Quinton
- 8:40
The First Dialysis - Bob Hegstrom, MD
- 8:50
Nurses and the First Dialysis - JoAnn Albers, RN
- 9:00
Early Dialysis: The Technical Side - Jack Cole
- 9:10
Clyde Shields' Son and the Effects on the Family (Clyde was the world's first chronic HD patient) - Tom Shields
- 9:20
What It Was Like To Be a Patient in Seattle in the Early Days - Robin Eady, MSc
- 9:30
Later Developments from the Seattle Program - Christopher Blagg, MD
- 9:40
Discussion
- 10:00
Adjourn
PD Nursing Workshop IV
Nancy, McAfee, MN, RN, Presiding
8:00 - 10:00am • {905}
- 8:00
Cloudy Effluent: It’s Not Always Peritonitis - Nasser Hebah, MB
- 8:30
Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: Is There a Role for Screening? - Edwina Brown, MD
- 9:00
Diagnostic Procedures for PD Problems - Lucy Todd, MSN, ACNP-BC
- 9:30
Hyperphosphatemia as an Infection Risk Factor in PD Patients - Ana Figueiredo, PhD, RN
- 10:00
Adjourn
NephrologyNursing VI
Janet Peterie, RN, Presiding
8:00 - 10:00am • {906}
- 8:00
Experience with the HeRO Catheter - Lesley Dinwiddie, MSN, RN, FNP
- 9:00
The Importance of Preserving Residual Renal Function in Dialysis Patients - Lisa Koester, MSN, RN
- 9:30
Novel Ways to Improve Albumin Levels - Linda McCann, RD, CRS, LD
- 10:00
Adjourn
Panel Discussion: Meeting the Challenges of Implementing the New Regulations for Patient Assessment and Plan of Care
Glenda Payne, MS, RN, Presiding
8:00 - 10:00am • {907}
- 8:00
Updated CMS Regulations - Glenda Payne, MS, RN
- 8:30
Plan of Care - It Takes a Team - Beth Witten, MSW
- 8:50
Medical Care - Robert Winrow, MD
- 9:05
Nursing Care - Eva-Juel Medina, RN, ARNP
- 9:20
Nutritional Requirement - Katherine Harvey, MS, RD
- 9:35
Social Service - Barbara Dickhaus, MSW
- 9:50
Discussion
- 10:00
Adjourn
Update on PD Solutions
Edwina Brown, MD, Olof Heimburger, MD
10:45am - 12:15pm • {220}
- 10:45
Vasoactive Components of PD Solutions - Raymond Krediet, MD
- 11:05
Long-Term Experience with Icodextrin in Europe - Olof Heimburger, MD
- 11:25
The Need for Low Sodium PD Solutions: How Important Is It? - Edwina Brown, MD
- 11:45
Mixed Bicarbonate: Lactate Buffered Solutions - Matthew Oliver, MD
- 12:05
Discussion
- 12:15
Adjourn
Update on Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF)
Steven Guest, MD, Georges Saab, MD, Presiding
10:44 - 11:25am • {221}
- 10:45
NSF: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatment
Georges Saab, MD
- 11:25
Adjourn
Debate: In Patients with Refractory Congestive Heart Failure Requiring Ultrafiltration (UF)
Steven Guest, MD, Georges Saab, MD, Presiding
10:45am - 12:15pm • {226}
- 11:25
PD is the Preferred Therapy - Salim Mujais, MD
- 11:45
Extracorporeal UF is Preferred - Suhail Ahmad, MD
- 12:05
Discussion
- 12:15
Adjourn
ESRD: A Global Perspective
Fredric Finkelstein, MD, Presiding, Bryan Kestenbaum, MD
10:45am - 12:00pm • {222}
- 10:45
Global ESRD Practices - DOPPS and Beyond: An Overview of Dialysis Practice Worldwide - Rajiv Saran, MD
- 11:05
Anemia Management in the Developing World: EPO Bio-Similars - Ajay Singh, MD
- 11:25
Delivering ESRD Care in Poor Countries: Ethics and Economics - John Stivelman, MD
- 11:45
Discussion
- 12:00
Adjourn
Global Dialysis in the Sixties: Down Memory Lane, Part 2 - Memories from other Locations and the Impact of Developments in Seattle - Carl Kjellstrand, MD, Zbylut Twardowski, MD, Presiding
10:45am - 12:00pm • {223}
- 10:45
Carl Kjellstrand, MD
- 10:52
Robert Lindsey, MD
- 10:59
Zbylut Twardowski, MD
- 11:06
Eli Friedman, MD
- 11:13
Dimitrios Oreopoulos, MD
- 11:20
Karl Nolph, MD
- 11:27
Jose Diaz-Buxo, MD
- 11:34
Jack Moncrief, MD
- 11:41
Ramesh Khanna, MD
- 11:48
Discussion
- 12:00
Adjourn
Joint Nutrition and Nursing
Panel Discussion: Managing Patients with Gastrointestinal Problems - Panel and Interactive Discussion
Karen Wiesen, MS, RD, Presiding
10:45am - 12:00pm • {224}
- 10:45
Chronic Pancreatitis and Short Bowel Syndrome - Ann Cotton, MS, RD
- 11:20
Gastroparesis: Pharmacologic Management - Julie Crantz, MSN
- 11:35
Gastroparesis: Nutrition Management - Kathleen Hunt, MS, RD
- 11:50
Discussion
- 12:00
Adjourn
Nephrology Nursing Workshop VII
Developing Cultural and Linguistic Competence in the Renal Field - Robin Siegal, MA, MSW, Leanne Peace, MSW, Presiding
10:45am - 12:15pm • {225}
This workshop will address the racial and ethnic disparities that exist in health care and will help attendees gain knowledge and self-awareness in cultural and linguistic competency to increase effectiveness in their practice.
Basic PD Nursing IV
Jeannine Farina, MSN, RN, Presiding
8:00am - 12:00pm • {330}
- 8:00
PD-Related Infections: Prevention and Management -Judith Bernardini. BSN, RN
- 9:00
Non-Infectious Complications of PD - Maria Luongo, MSN, RN
- 10:00
Break
- 10:45
Multidisciplinary Support in the Management of the PD Patient - Valerie Price, RN
- 11:15
Developing/Maintaining Successful PD in an Extended Care Facility - Candace Regua, BSN, RN
- 11:45
Discussion
- 12:00
Adjourn
PD FUNDAMENTALS, DAY 3
8:00am - 12:00pm • {331}
Infections in PD - Dana Negoi, MD, Kathy Tuttle, MD
- 8:00
PD Catheter Exit-Site Care and Treatment Protocols for Exit-Site Infection - Beth Piraino, MD
- 8:20
Diagnosis and Treatment of Peritonitis in APD - Dana Negoi, MD
- 8:40
Catheter Removal in Peritonitis: Why, When and For How Long? - W. Kirt Nichols, MD
- 9:00
Prevention of Fungal and Bacterial Peritonitis - William Salzer, MD
- 9:20
Culture Negative Peritonitis and other Causes of Cloudy Dialysate - Michael Rocco, MD
- 9:40
Discussion
- 10:00
Break
PD in Problem Patients - John Burkart, MD,
Kunal Chaudhary, MD
- 10:45
Oral Hypoglycemic in Diabetics on PD - Kathy Tuttle, MD
- 11:05
PD in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Ascites - Steven Guest, MD
- 11:25
PD in Patients with Challenging Problems (Polycystic kidney disease, post abdominal surgeries, abdominal aortic aneurysm, abdominal stomas, etc) - Leslie Wong, MD
- 11:45
PD in Large, Anuric Patients - John Moran, MB
- 12:00
Adjourn
Twenty-First Annual Symposium on Pediatric
Dialysis, Day 3 - Linda Jones, MSN, RN, Franz Schaefer, MD, Presiding
8:00 - 10:00am • {908}
- 8:00
State of the Art: Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Infants - Jordan Symons, MD
Hot Topics
- 8:40
Vitamin D-25 is Good for Your Patients’ Heart Daljit Holthi, MD
- 9:00
New Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents - Peter Yorgin, MD
- 9:20
Antihypertensive Therapy: Are There Newer and Better Agents for Children? - Joseph Flynn, MD
- 9:40
Hepcidin and Iron Management in Children - Joshua Zaritzky, MD
- 10:00
Adjourn
Pediatric Renal Nutrition Symposium V:
Nutritional Support during CRRT
Donna Secker, PhD, RD, Presiding
Ann Connell Lipkin, MSRD, CD, CNSD
9:00 - 10:00am • {990}
Pediatric Renal Nutrition Symposium VI:
Improving Transplant Readiness: Nutritional Perspective
Ruth McDonald, MD, Tom Nemeth, PharmD,
Kirsten Thompson, RD, CD, MPH
10:45am - 12:00pm • {227}
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