2018 Symposium

The VASA Symposium is designed for all transplant, vascular and general surgeons, nephrologists, interventional radiologists, nurses, and allied health professionals who are interested in the management of vascular access. The 2018 Symposium will include:

State of the art lectures
Scientific abstract presentations
Vascular access nursing & allied health content
Information on new devices & technologies
Video presentations
Poster session

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Discuss the factors predictive of fistula outcomes, optimal surgical & interventional techniques to create and/or maintain fistula
Explain current graft surgery techniques, materials, & devices
Describe current catheter technologies & best practices for catheter site care
Identify suitable patients for peritoneal dialysis; understanding of surgical and percutaneous methods for peritoneal dialysis catheter implantation
Outline systems and processes of care to coordinate & communicate between key providers involved in dialysis access care

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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 — ALLIED HEALTH PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM	Introduction Speaker: Michele Inglese, MSN, RN
08:30 AM - 08:40 AM	Vascular Access Anatomy and Access Circuit Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS
08:40 AM - 08:55 AM	Vessel Mapping: What Are Key Elements, How Are They Interpreted and Findings Shared with the Dialysis Access Care Team Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS
08:55 AM - 09:45 AM	Name That Access Speakers: Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC; Janet Holland, RN, CNN; Forest Rawls, Jr., CCHT-A, FNKF; Nancy Foss, CNP; Michelle Carver, BSN, RN; Judy Geissler, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, CNN; John Lucas III, MD, FACS; Rebecca McGlawn, RN
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM	Break
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM	One Minute Check: Novice to Expert Level for Health Care Professionals (AVF/AVG/CVC) Speaker: Nancy Foss, CNP
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM	Demonstration: How to Teach the One Minute Check to a Patient (role play) and Demonstration: How to Use and Teach the Use of the Weekly AVF Maturing or AVG Healing Tools with Dialysis Staff and Patients Speakers: Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC; Janet Holland, RN, CNN; Forest Rawls, Jr., CCHT-A, FNKF; Nancy Foss, CNP; Michelle Carver, BSN, RN; Judy Geissler, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, CNN; Michelle Inglese, MSN, RN; John Lucas III, MD, FACS; Rebecca McGlawn, RN
11:20 AM - 11:25 AM	Review the Sleeves-Up Protocol Used for Any Patient with Lower Loop Graft to Identify Potential AVF When the AVG is Failing Speaker: Janet Holland, RN, CNN
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM	PD Catheter 101: The Good Catheter! Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM	Lunch on your own
12:45 PM - 01:00 PM	Brief Overview of Access Surveillance Speaker: Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM	ESRD Network- QIP process Speaker: Linda Duval, BSN, RN, ESRD Network 13
01:30 PM - 01:45 PM	Coordination of Care: Creating a Vascular Access Program Speaker: Forest Rawls, Jr., CCHT-A, FNKF
01:45 PM - 02:00 PM	Surgical Perspective: Creating a VAC Role and Model of Practice Speaker: Judy Geissler, DNP, Vascular Access Advanced Practice Provider
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM	Vascular Access Center Perspective Speaker: Michelle Carver, BSN, RN
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM	Panel Discussion Speaker: All Faculty
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM	Tools and Educational Material Sharing Speaker: Janet Holland, RN, CNN
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Access Emergencies: Are You and Your Patients Prepared? Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM	Open Forum: What Do You Want to See Next? Speakers: Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC; Janet Holland, RN, CNN; Forest Rawls, Jr., CCHT-A, FNKF; Nancy Foss, CNP; Michelle Carver, BSN, RN; Judy Geissler, DNP; John Lucas III, MD, FACS
05:30 PM - 07:30 PM	VASA Symposium Welcome Reception

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM	Breakfast Symposium Hosted by Artegraft
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM	Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
08:00 AM - 08:10 AM	Welcome & Opening Remarks Speakers: John Aruny, MD; Marc Glickman, MD
08:10 AM - 09:45 AM	Professor Seiji Ohira International Session on Vascular Access Vascular Access in North America Speaker: John Aruny, MD Vascular Access in Latin America Speaker: Carlos Hinojosa Vascular Access in Japan Speaker: Takashi Sato, MD, PhD Vascular Access in the United Kingdom Speaker: Nicholas Inston, MD Vascular Access in Europe Speaker: Maurizio Gallieni, MD, FASN Moderators: John Aruny, MD; Takashi Sato, MD, PhD; Maurizio Gallieni, MD, FASN
09:45 AM - 10:10 AM	VASA Presidential Address in Honor of Jack Work, MD Introduction Speaker: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD VASA - Past, Present and Future Speaker: Marc Glickman, MD What Have We Learned in the Last 30 Years About AV Access? Speaker: Mitch Henry, MD
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning Break
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Collaboration in AV Access The Interventional Nephrology Team Approach to AV Access Speaker: Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH Team Maturation of the Access and the Surgeon Speaker: Charles Keith Ozaki, MD Coordinating Teams from Access Creation to the Dialysis Center Speaker: Janet Holland, RN, CNN Team Approach to AV Access in Japan Speaker: Akira Miyata, MD Why Radiologists and Surgeons Need to Get Along Speaker: Charles Kim, MD, FSIR Moderators: Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH; Charles Keith Ozaki, MD
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Outcomes in AV Access How I Keep Track of my 10,000 Fistulas Speaker: John Lucas III, MD, FACS SVS/VQI Data Collection for AV Access Speaker: Karen Woo, MD What Does a Rand Analysis in AV Access Teach Us? Speaker: Janet Holland, RN, CNN Team Approach to AV Access in Japan Speaker: David Cull, MD Update on the New KDOQI Guidelines Speaker: Charmaine Lok, MD, FRCPC, MSc
12:30 AM - 01:30 PM	Lunch Symposium Hosted by Bard
01:30 PM - 02:15 PM	Abstract Session 1 Creating Arteriovenous Fistulas for Children in Guatemala{/show} Speakers: Jennings W¹, Lou-Meda R², Mallios A³, Méndez-Soveranis S⁴, Sosa-Tejada R⁵, Lucas III J⁶, Gradman W⁷ ¹The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, OK, USA ²Fundación para el Niño Enfermo Renal, Guatemala City, Guatemala ³Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France ⁴Hospital Roosevelt, Guatemala City, Guatemala ⁵Mariano Galvez University Roosevelt Hospital, Guatemala City, Guatemala ⁶Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Greenwood, MS, USA ⁷Private practice, Beverly Hills, CA, USA Left Ventricular Function Does Not Predict All-Cause Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients Speakers: Shintaku S¹, Kawanishi H¹, Moriishi M², Tsuchiya S¹ ¹Tsuchiya General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan ²Nkajima Tsuchiya Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan Comparison of the Axillary-Atrial Versus Axillary-iliac Arteriovenous Grafts for Hemodialysis Speakers: Lopez G, Anaya-Ayala J, Lizola R, Garcia J, Cuen, C, Hinojosa C Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico Saturday Multi-Disciplinary Hemodialysis Access Clinics to Enhance Patient Care{/show} Speakers: Levitsky L, Ruske J, Hentschel D, Nguyen L, Shah S, Ozaki C Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Intraoperative Pneumatic Tourniquet Use May Improve the Clinical Outcomes of Arteriovenous Fistula Creations Speaker: Wang S Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA Significance of a Protocol Based Arteriovenous Dialysis Access Site Maintenance Program{/show} Speakers: Blessios G¹, Diaz A² ¹Surgical Consulting PLLC, Buffalo, NY, USA ²Catholic Health internal medicine resident, Buffalo, NY, USA Hemodynamical Changes After Brachiobasilic Arteriovenousfistulas in Patients With and Without Previous Ipsilateralvascular Access{/show} Speakers: Zonnebeld N, van Loon M, Tordoir J Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands Simple Aneurysmorrhaphy Combined with a Novel Banding Technique Provides Good Short-Term Results{/show} Speaker: Browne B Balboa Institute of Transplantation, San Diego, CA, USA Moderator: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD
02:15 PM - 03:30 PM	Regulation and Industry Regulation, Safety and the US FDA Speaker: Robert Lee, MD How Big Companies Innovate New Products Speaker: Mark Ohan, MD Disrupting the Vascular Access Space with Start-Ups Speaker: Nick Franano, MD How CROs Can Help Accelerate the Approval of Drugs & Devices for Dialysis Patients Speaker: Barbara Gillespie, MD, MMS, FASN KHI Fostering Innovation in Vascular Access Care Speaker: Prabir Roy-Chaudhry, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin) The LDO View of Innovation in Vascular Access and Dialysis Care Speaker: Frank Maddux, MD Moderators: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD; Prabir Roy-Chaudhry, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin)
03:30 PM - 03:50 PM	Afternoon Break
03:50 PM - 05:00 PM	How I Treat It and Why AV Graft Outflow Vein Stenosis Speaker: Yael Vin, MD, MPH The Mega-Overflow Fistula Speaker: John Ross, MD Steel Speaker: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS Central Vein Obstruction Speaker: Charles Kim, MD, FSIR Thoracic Inlet Pathology Speaker: Karl Illig, MD AV Access in the Failing Transplant Patient Speaker: David Leeser, MD Moderators: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS; Karl Illig, MD
05:00 PM - 05:30 PM	VASA General Meeting
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM	Reception & Abstract Poster Presentations

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2018
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM	Breakfast Symposium Hosted by Merit Medical
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM	Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM	Education in Vascular Access Care Can You Really Teach Surgeons/Nephrologists About Vascular Access? Speaker: Ingemar Davidson, MD What Do Radiologists Need to Know About Vascular Access? Speaker: Bart Dolmatch, MD Teaching the Bigger AV Access Team Speaker: Deborah Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FMC How Do You Train PAs/NPs to Be Access Providers Speaker: Shawn Gage, MD How do Interventional Nephrologists Learn Their Craft? Speaker: Aris. Urbanes, MD Moderators: Ingemar Davidson, MD; Aris Urbanes, MD
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Fistulas Fistulas in Challenging Patients - Central Vein Obstruction and Obesity Speaker: William Jennings, MD, FACS What’s Up with Fistula Side Branch Ligation? Speaker: Dirk Hentschel, MD Percutaneous Fistulas - The NEAT Update Speaker: Dheeraj Rajan, BSc, MD, FRCPC Percutaneous Fistulas - The Ellipsys Trial Speaker: Jeffery Hull, MD Proteon - An Update on AV Fistula Maturation Speaker: Charles Keith Ozaki, MD Moderators: William Jennings, MD, FACS; Dirk Hentschel, MD
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Morning Break
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM	AV Grafts The Evolution of AV Graft Technology Speaker: Marc Glickman, MD How I Use Early Cannulation Grafts Speaker: David Kingsmore, MD Does Surface Coating or Flow Modification Alter AV Graft Function Speaker: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS Biologic Vascular Grafts Speaker: Marc Glickmann, MD HeROs and Hybrids Speaker: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS Moderators: Marc Glickman, MD; David Kingsmore, MD
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	Abstract Session 2 Endovascular Proximal Forearm Fistula: Early Experience in Birmingham, England Inston N, Khawaja A, Tullett K, Dutton M, Jones R Queen Elizabeth Hospitals Birmingham; University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Variations in Catheter Rates are Poorly Explained by Differences in Patient Characteristics Blanchard T, Usvyat L, Hymes J, Maddux F Fresenius Medical Care North America, Waltham, MA, USA Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Hemodialysis Patients Zulkarnaev A, Vatazin A, Fominikh N, Strugailo E, Stepanov V, Yankovoy A Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation AFE System Rapidly Dilates Ovine Cephalic Veins Before AVF Surgery and Enhances AVF Maturation Franano F¹, Loree H², Richardson J², Groth D³, Larrabee R⁴, Szenay L⁴, Hutto B⁵, Dixon B⁶, Shenoy S ¹Flow Forward Medical, Inc., Fairway, KS, USA ²Flow Forward Medical, Inc., Lowell, MA, USA ³Dale Groth Preclinical Consulting, LLC, Forest Lake, MN, USA ⁴Surpass, Inc., Osceola, WI, USA ⁵CIRTEC Medical Corp., Los Gatos, CA, USA ⁶University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA ⁷Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA AVF Banding: Ambiguous Consequences Zulkarnaev A, Vatazin A, Fominikh N, Strugailo E, Stepanov V, Yankovoy A Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation Is the Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) ultrasound assessment a valuable parameter to predict outcomes during hemodialysis access creation? Torres-Machorro A, Anaya-Ayala J, Garcia-Alva R, Cuen-Ojeda C, Lopez-Mendez A, Luna L, Lizola-Crespo R, Hinojosa, C Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, Mexico City, Mexico Dialysis nurse’s perspective on potential patient benefits from an endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF) Tullett K, Khawaja A, Jones R, Inston N Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Moderator: Deborah Brouwer-Maier RN, CNN, FMC
12:15 AM - 01:15 AM	Lunch Symposium Hosted by W.L. Gore
01:15 PM - 01:45 PM	The Henry Lecture The Real HFM Story...Do Fistulas Mature, When, If and How Often? Speaker: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin) Moderator: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD
01:45 PM - 03:00 PM	Innovation in AV Access The Laminate VasQ AVF Stent Speaker: Mitch Henry, MD Vascular Therapies Speaker: Siriam Iyer, MD, FACC, FSCAI DCB: PTA Version 2.0 Speaker: Dr. Scott Trerotola, MD Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels for Dialysis Access Speaker: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD Fist Assist Speaker: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin) The Chameleon Technique-New Approaches to Access Maintenance Speaker: Jeffrey Hoggard, MD Moderators: Jeff Lawson, MD, PhD; Scott Trerotola, MD
03:00 PM - 03:20 PM	Afternoon Break
03:20 PM - 04:30 PM	Clinical Cases: "Best Case Ever" or "I Would Never Do That Again!" The Best/Worst Case Ever Speaker: John Ross, MD The Best/Worst Case Ever Speaker: Ted Saad, MD The Best/Worst Case Ever Speaker: John Aruny, MD The Best/Worst Case Ever Speaker: Bart Dolmatch, MD The Best/Worst Case Ever Speaker: Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS The Best/Worst Case Ever Speaker: David Leeser, MD Moderators: Ted Saad, MD; John Aruny, MD; Stephen Hohmann, MD, FACS
04:30 PM - 04:45 PM	Closing Remarks