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PAST NEPHROLOGY DAYS

Nephrology Day #115
May 6, 2011

8:30am – 9:00am Registration

9:00am – 9:05am Welcome and Introduction

9:05am – 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles Alpers, MD

10:00am - 11:00am
New Insights into the Pathogenesis of SLE and some Clinical Pearls
Grant Hughes, MD

11:00am – 11:30am    Morning break

11:30am – 12:30pm
Update on Treatment of Lupus Nephritis
Ellen Ginzler, MD, MPH

12:30pm – 1:30pm      Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm
Approach to the Older Adult with a low eGFR
Ann O’Hare, MD

2:30pm – 3:30pm
Special Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of GN in Older Persons
Christine Abrass, MD

3:30pm Adjourn


Nephrology Day #114
September 24, 2010

8:30am – 9:00am Registration

9:00am – 9:05am Welcome and Introduction

9:05am – 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles E Alpers, MD

10:00am – 11:00am
Identification of the Pathogenic Antigen in Membranous Nephropathy
Laurence H Beck, MD PhD

11:00am – 11:30am Morning break

11:30am – 12:30pm
Update on Treatment of Membranous Nephropathy
J. Ashley Jefferson, MD

12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm – 2:20pm
FSGS: Classification and Pathogenesis
Jeffrey Kopp, MD

2:20pm – 2:35pm Afternoon break

2:35pm – 3:30pm
Minimal Change Disease and FSGS: New Approaches to Therapy
Jeffrey Kopp, MD

3:45pm  Adjourn


Nephrology Day #113
May 7, 2010

8:30am – 9:00am Registration

9:00am – 9:05am Welcome and Introduction

9:05am – 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Kelly Smith, MD and Charles Alpers, MD

10:00am – 11:00am
To TREAT or not to TREAT, that is the question
Robert D. Toto, MD

11:00am – 11:30am Morning break

11:30am – 12:30pm
The nature and the mechanisms of adverse renal and cardiovascular consequences of ESAs
N.D. Vaziri, MD

12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm
ESAs and Cancer: Potential Dangers and Biologic Mechanisms
C. Anthony Blau, MD

2:30pm – 3:30pm
Panel Discussion: When and how to use ESAs in the Post-TREAT Era
Robert D. Toto, MD, N.D. Vaziri, MD and C. Anthony Blau, MD


Nephrology Day #112
January 29, 2010

8:30am – 9:00am Registration

9:00am – 9:05am Welcome and Introduction

9:05am – 10:00am
The life saving benefits of preemptive renal transplantation  
Ulf Meier-Kriesche, MD

10:05am – 11:00am
Education about Preemptive Transplantation: Lessons Learned
Amy Waterman, MD 

11:00am – 11:30am Morning break

11:30am – 12:15pm
Becoming a living Kidney Donor:  Risky Business?
Connie Davis, MD

12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm
Renal Pathology Conference
Jolanta Kowalewska, MD and Charles Alpers, MD

2:30pm – 3:15pm
Cash for Kidneys? 
Sally Satel, MD

3:15 – 4:00
Panel Discussion: Increasing Pre-Emptive Kidney Transplantation
Ulf Meier-Kriesche MD, Connie Davis MD, Amy Waterman, MD and Sally Satel, MD


Nephrology Day #111
September 25, 2009

8:30am – 9:00am Registration

9:00am – 9:05am Welcome and Introduction

9:05am – 10:00am
Malglycemia: How to Interpret the Recent Trials and what this means for your Patients.
Irl Hirsch, MD

10:05am – 11:00am
Novel Therapies for Diabetic Kidney Disease…….And a few Thoughts about Old Matters.
Katherine Tuttle, MD

11:00am - 11:30am Morning break

11:30am – 12:15pm
Inpatient Glucose Management- Targets and Strategies.
Irl Hirsch, MD

12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm
Renal Pathology Conference
Jolanta Kowalewska, MD and Charles E Alpers, MD

2:30pm – 3:15pm
Economics of Clinical Nephrology Practice.
Alan Kliger, MD

3:15pm – 4:00pm
Panel Discussion:  New Regulations and what this means for your clinical practice.
Alan Kliger, MD, John Stivelman, MD and Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD


Nephrology Day #110
January 23, 2009

8:30am – 8:55am Registration

8:55am – 9:00am Welcome and Introduction

9:00am – 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles Alpers, MD

10:00am – 10:45am
Pathophysiology of Mineral Bone Disease
Kevin Martin, MD

10:45am – 11:15am Morning break

11:15am – 12:00pm
CKD, Bone and Aging:  Differences between Young and Old
Donald J Sherrard, MD

12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm – 1:45pm
The new KDIGO guidelines on CKD-MBD
Susan Ott, MD

1:45pm – 2:30pm
Vitamin D and the Kidney
Kevin Martin, MD

2:30pm – 3:15pm
Mineral Bone Disease in 2009: Clinical Case Discussions
Donald J Sherrard, MD, Susan Ott, MD and Kevin Martin, MD

3:15pm Adjourn


Nephrology Day #109
September 26, 2008

8:30am – 8:55am Registration

8:55am – 9:00am Welcome and Introduction

9:00am – 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles E. Alpers, MD, Jolanta Kowalewska, MD, Kelly Smith, MD

10:00am – 10:15am
Home Hemodialysis Introduction and Update
Chris Blagg, MD

10:20am – 10:45am
Daily Dialysis at home: NxStage Primer, adequacy, and standard Kt/V
Bessie Young, MD

10:45am – 11:00am Morning break

11:00am – 11:45am
The benefits of nocturnal dialysis: review of the first U.S. nocturnal program
Robert Lockridge, MD

11:45am – 12:15pm
Anemia, PTH, and phosphate on daily therapies: The WellBound Experience
John Moran, MD

12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch (and home machines demo in lobby – NxStage; B Braun)
Nives Rigodanzo, RN

1:15pm – 1:45pm
Patient selection, recruitment, retention and adequacy, nocturnal versus short daily: WellBound experience
John Moran, MD

1:45pm – 2:30pm
Cardiovascular outcomes in nocturnal home hemodialysis: In search of the Holy Grail?
Christopher Chan, MD

2:30pm – 3:00pm
CV-markers in ESRD - Differences dependent on modality?
Brigitte Schiller, MD

3:00pm – 3:30pm
PD first or Home Hemo first, what is the best option for our patients?
Chris Chan, Robert Lockridge, John Moran, Brigitte Schiller (Mediator: Bessie Young)

3:30 Adjourn


NEPHROLOGY DAY #108
MAY 2, 2008

8:30am – 8:55am Registration  

8:55am – 9:00am Welcome and Introduction  

9:00am – 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles E Alpers, MD
Jolanta Kowalewska , MD
Kelly Smith, MD
University of Washington

10:05am – 10:55am
Phosphate and Phosphate Transporters in Vascular Calcification
Cecilia M. Giachelli, PhD
University of Washington

11:00am – 11:20am Morning break

11:20am – 12:10am
The Morbidity and Mortality of Vascular Calcification
Geoffrey A. Block, MD
Denver , Colorado

12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch

1:15pm – 2:00pm
TNF-alpha and BMP2-Wnt Signaling in Diabetic Vascular Disease
Dwight A. Towler, MD PhD
Washington University, St. Louis

2:10pm – 2:55pm
Clinical Consequences of Abnormal Phosphate Metabolism
Bryan Kestenbaum MD MS
University of Washington

2:55pm – 3:15pm Questions and Answers

3:15 Adjourn


NEPHROLOGY DAY #107
JANUARY 25, 2008

8:30am - 8:55am Registration

8:55am - 9:00am Welcome and Introduction

9:00am - 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles E Alpers, MD
Jolanta Kowalewska, MD
Kelly Smith, MD

10:05am - 10:45am
PD in the US: Utilization and Outcomes
Raj Mehrotra, MD

10:55am - 11:10am Morning break

11:10am - 11:50am
PD Adequacy: Beyond small solute clearance
Sarah Prichard, MD

12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm - 1:40pm
PD in patients with Severe Congestive Heart Failure
Raj Mehrotra, MD

1:50pm - 2:30pm
CAPD vs. APD: Soundly asleep or sleeping with sounds?
Sarah Prichard, MD

2:30pm - 2:45pm Afternoon Break

2:45pm - 3:20pm
Surgical Considerations for PD Catheters: New Options for an old technique
Steven Rosenblatt, MD

3:20pm - 3:45pm
Roundtable Discussion

3:45 Adjourn


NEPHROLOGY DAY #106
september 28, 2007

8:30am – 8:55am
Registration  

8:55am – 9:00am
Welcome and Introduction
Raimund Pichler, MD
University of Washington
 

9:00am – 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Jolanta Kowalewska, MD and Kelly Smith, MD
University of Washington
 

10:05am – 10:55am
AKI in the ICU: Lessons from Picard
T. Alp Ikizler, MD
Vanderbilt University  

11:00am – 11:30am Morning break  

11:30am – 12:15pm
Elephant in Uremia:The relationship between oxidative stress, inflammation and CVD in advanced CKD
T. Alp Ikizler, MD
Vanderbilt University  

12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch  

1:30pm – 2:15pm
Update on Diabetes Management: New Tools in the Shed
Dace Trence, MD
University of Washington  

2:30pm – 3:15pm
Update on Diabetic Kidney Disease
Raimund Pichler, MD
University of Washington

 3:30 Adjourn


NEPHROLOGY DAY #105
MAY 4, 2007

8:30am - 8:55am   Registration

8:55am - 9:00am
Welcome and Introduction
Raimund Pichler, MD

9:00am - 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles E Alpers, MD; Jolanta Kowalewska, MD and Kelly Smith, MD

Morning Session: Update on Gomerular Diseases

10:05am - 10:55am
Therapeutic Decision Making in Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Richard J Glassock, MD

11:00am - 11:30am   Morning break

11:30am - 12:15pm
Membranous Nephropathy: An Update
Richard J Glassock, MD

12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch

Afternoon Workshop: Vascular Access

1:30pm - 2:15pm
Principles of Vessel Mapping: Selection Criteria of suitable vessels for fistulas
Vo D Nguyen, MD

2:15pm - 3:15pm
Strategies to achieve 90% Fistula Rates
Vo D Nguyen, MD

3:15pm - 3:45pm   Afternoon break

3:45pm - 4:15pm
Successful Surgical Techniques for AV Fistulas: from Cimino Breschia to Transposition of Deep Veins and Multi-Outflow Fistulas
Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, MD

4:15pm - 4:45pm
Hands On Vein Mapping by Physical Exam
Vo D Nguyen, MD and Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, MD

5:00pm  Adjourn


Nephrology Day #104
January 26, 2007

8:30am – 8:55am
Registration

8:55am – 9:00am
Welcome and Introduction

9:00am – 10:15am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles Alpers, MD

10:20am – 11:00am
Vasculitis, Overview and Pathogenesis
Ronald Falk, MD  

11:00am – 11:30am
Morning break

11:30am – 12:15pm
Treatment update on Vasculitis
Ronald Falk, MD

12:30pm – 1:30pm
Lunch

1:30pm – 2:00pm
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
William B. White, MD

2:15pm – 2:45pm
Cardiorenal Effects of NSAIDS and Cox 2 Inhibitors
William B. White, MD

3:00 – 3:30pm
Afternoon break

3:30pm – 4:15pm
Hypertension, beyond the numbers
Suhail Ahmad, MD

4:30 Adjourn


Nephrology Day #103
September 22, 2006


8:30am - 8:55am Registration

8:55am - 9:00am Welcome and Introduction

9:00am -10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles Alpers, MD

10:05am - 10:45am
Recruiting more living donors: A "pandora's box" in this age of obesity
Connie L. Davis, MD

10:45am - 11:00am Morning break

11:00am -11:30am
Donor Specific Antibodies: Evaluating Risk
Karen Nelson, PhD

11:30am - 12:25pm
Humoral Rejection
Philip F. Halloran, MD PhD

12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm - 2:00pm
Update on BK Nephropathy
Nicolae Leca, MD

2:05pm - 2:35pm
Skin cancers in solid organ transplant recipients
Daniel Berg, MD

2:40pm - 3:00pm   Afternoon break

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
Philip F. Halloran, MD PhD

3:50pm - 4:40pm
Ethical Dilemmas in Living Donation
Cyrus Cryst, MD and Denise Dudzinski, PhD, MTS

4:45pm ADJOURN


Nephrology Day #102
May 5, 2006

8:30am - 8:55am Registration

8:55am - 9:00am Welcome and Introduction

9:00am - 10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles Alpers, MD

10:00am - 10:15am
Haviland Award Presentation
Joyce Jackson, President and CEO, Northwest Kidney Centers

Hypertension session chairs: Rex Ochi, MD and Suhail Ahmad, MD

10:15am - 11:00am
Molecular and Clinically Important Switches Regulating Sodium and Potassium Balance
David H. Ellison, MD

11:00am - 11:15am Morning Break

11:15am - 12:00pm
Hypertension Management in CNS Catastrophes
Arthur Eric Anderson, MD

12:15 - 1:00pm
New Approaches to Diuretic Resistance
David H. Ellison, MD

1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch

Renovascular Disease Session Chairs: Diana Perkinson, MD and Arthur Eric Anderson, MD

2:00pm - 2:45pm
Renal Artery Stenosis: Medical or Interventional Therapy
Katherine R. Tuttle, MD

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Renal Artery Angioplasty and Stenting
R. Torrance Andrews, MD

3:45pm - 4:00pm Afternoon break

4:00pm - 4:30pm
Radiological Assessment of Renal Artery Stenosis: Role of MRA
Jeffrey H. Maki, MD

4:30pm - 5:00pm
Panel Discussion: Intervention versus Medical Therapy and Imaging Modality of Choice
Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, R. Torrance Andrews, MD, Jeffrey H. Maki, MD


Nephrology Day #101
January 20, 2006

8:30am - 9:00am Registration

9:00am - 9:05am Welcome and Introduction

9:05am -10:00am
Renal Pathology Conference
Charles Alpers, MD

10:05am - 10:50am
The kidney transplant baby boom
Gabriel Danovitch, MD

10:50am - 11:10am Morning break

11:10am -12:00pm
Update on Lupus Nephritis
Gerald Appel, MD

12:00pm - 12:30pm
Serologic Testing for SLE
Mark Wener, MD

12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm - 2:10pm
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
Leah A. Haseley, MD

2:15pm - 2:45pm
New thoughts into causes of FSGS
Stuart J. Shankland, MD

2:45pm - 3:15pm Afternoon break

3:15pm - 3:45pm
Familial FSGS
J. Ashley Jefferson, MD

3:50pm - 4:40pm
Treatment of FSGS: an update
Gerald Appel, MD

4:45pm ADJOURN


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