Program

ADVANCED PRACTITIONER TRACK

Interventional Nephrology Course

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | 7:30 am – 5:15 pm

Course Co-Directors: Jamie Ross, MD and Loay Salman, MD

Target Audience:
This course is designed for clinical nephrologists, nephrology fellows, advanced practitioners and other health care professionals caring for patients with chronic kidney disease and end stage renal disease.

Course Description:
This course provides a well rounded education about hemodialysis access, peritoneal dialysis and ultrasound principles. It is an introduction to a variety of interventional and diagnostic procedures used by interventional nephrologists to establish, monitor and maintain a healthy/functional dialysis access. These procedures include: diagnostic and ultrasound guided renal biopsy, placement of temporary and permanent central venous catheters for hemodialysis, placement of peritoneal dialysis catheters, vascular mapping, monitoring and surveillance of vascular access, salvage procedures for failing or thrombosed arterio-venous fistulas and grafts along with the indications and contraindications of deployment of intravascular coils and stents. In addition, hands-on training workshops will help the participant appreciate the full extent of the course by focusing on physical exam of the vascular access plus dummy training in insertion of tunneled dialysis catheters, percutaneous balloon angioplasty, mechanical Thrombectomy procedures and Ultrasound applications in renal patients.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Recognize the anatomy and examination of the vessels commonly used for hemodialysis access.
Identify the basic techniques used to diagnose and treat vascular access dysfunction.
Learn the techniques for hemodialysis and peritoneal catheter placement.
Learn the appropriate management of various types of hemodialysis vascular access dysfunctions (including access thrombosis).
Describe the approach for central venous stenosis and the role/Indications of intravascular stents.
Identify the logistics of starting a new Interventional Nephrology program.

Course Agenda
Time	Topic	Faculty
7:30am-8:00am	Welcome	Jamie Ross, MD and Loay Salman, MD
8:00am – 8:10am	ASDIN President’s Welcome	Tim Pflederer, MD
Planning New Access
8:10am -8:30am	Vascular Anatomy and Pre –op Planning Vascular Mapping	Steven Wu, MD
8: 30am-8:45am	Vascular exam	Kenneth Abreo, MD
8:45am – 8:55am	Venous preservation: when, how, why?	Jamie Ross, MD
8:55am-9:10am	Access monitoring and surveillance	Anatole Basarab, MD
Starting Vascular Access Procedures
9:10am -9:20am	Radiation Safety	Marius Fluorescu, MD
9:20am –9:30am	Sedation & Contrast in CKD	Adrian Sequira, MD
9:30am – 9:40am	Ultrasound principles and use	Joy Logan, MD
9:40am -9:55am	Setting up a vascular lab	Jack Work, MD
9:55am-10:10am	Requirements of Training and Credentialing	Tim Pflederer, MD
10:10am-10:20am	Cases and Q & A	Jamie Ross, MD and Loay Salman, MD
10:20am-10:40am	Break
Dysfunctional Access
10:40am-11:00am	PTA: Where and when	Vandana Niyyar, MD
11:00am- 11:20am	Percutaneous Thrombecomy	Aris Urbanis, MD
11:20am- 11:40am	Central Vein Stenosis	Loay Salman, MD
11:40am – 12:00pm	Venous stents pro and con	Arif Asif, MD
12:00pm-12:20pm	Ischemia and inflow problems	Alexander Yevzlin, MD
12:20pm – 12:30pm	Cases and Q & A	Jamie Ross, MD and Loay Salman, MD
12:30pm -1:30pm	Lunch
Central Venous Catheters
1:30pm -1:45pm	Tunneled Catheter placement	Amy Dwyer, MD
1:45pm-2:00pm	Short/long term catheter complications	Anthony Samaha, MD
2:00pm-2:15pm	Controversies in Catheter infections	Tushar Vachharajani, MD
Peritoneal Catheter Placement
2:15pm–2:30pm	Techniques of placing PD catheters	Bharat Sachdeva, MD
2:30pm-2:45pm	Identifying and treating PD Malfunction	Ivan D. Maya, MD
2:45pm-3:00pm	PD the first choice or the last resort?	Steven Ash, MD
3:00pm -3:15pm	Cases and Q & A	Jamie Ross, MD and Loay Salman,MD
3:30pm-5:00pm	WORKSHOPS	—
—	Workshop A Physical Exam	Kenneth Abreo, MD; Steven Wu, MD; Anatole Besarab, MD; Adrian Sequira, MD
—	Workshop B TDC Placement	Stephen Ash, MD ; Anthony Samaha, MD; Amy Dwyer, MD; Tushar Vachharajani, MD
—	Workshop C Ultrasound	Joy Logan, MD
—	Workshop D Endovascular Procedures	Vandana Niyyar, MD; Marius Florescu, MD; Ivan Maya, MD; Bharat Sachdeva, MD

REQUIRED: Additional registration fee of $175 / $75 for fellows and residents ($225 when registering for the course only); includes syllabus, breakfast, boxed lunch, and CME/CE credits.

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