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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the  Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint  sponsorship of Medical Education Resources and the North American Society for Dialysis and Transplantation.Medical Education Resources is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for  physicians.

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NORTH AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM FOR DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION
27th ANNUAL MEETING
RITZ-CARLTON KAPALUA BAY HOTEL
MAUI, HAWAII

JULY 13-17, 2008

Program of Events

Sunday, July 13

 

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Registration & Meeting Packets

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception
Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Monday, July 14

Moderator: Dr. J. Harold Helderman (President, NASDAT)

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Expanding the Live Donor Pool:  The Columbia Experience
Dr. Lloyd Ratner

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Discussion

9:15 - 9:45 a.m.

NKF-KDOQI 2006 Clinical Practice Recommendations for Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr. Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

9:45 - 10:00 a.m

Discussion

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.

BREAK

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Expanded Criteria Donor Kidney Transplantation
Dr. V. Ram Peddi

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.

Discussion

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Calcineurin Inhibitors: Can We Live Without Them?
Dr. William Bennett

11:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Discussion

11:45 - 1:00 p.m.

ABSTRACTS

1:00 p.m.

Adjourn

Tuesday, July 15

Moderator: Dr. Wadi N. Suki 

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

New Advances in IV Iron Therapy in Hemodialysis Patients with Elevated  Serum Ferritin, Low TSAT, and Receiving Adequate Epoetin Therapy
Dr. Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh 

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Discussion

1:45 - 2:15 p.m.

Uremic Malnutrition as a Model for Wasting Syndrome: Causes and Treatment Options
Dr. T. Alp Ikizler

2:15 - 2:30 p.m..

Discussion

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

BREAK

2:45 - 3:15 p.m.

Use of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Dr. Emil Paganini

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Discussion

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Enhancing Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: (CKDState 5-Nephrology) Optimizing Treatment Options for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: Applying Current Survival Data to Clinical Practice
Dr. Myles Wolf

4:00 - 4:15 p.m.

Discussion

4:15 p.m.

Adjourn

Wednesday, July 16

Moderator: Dr. Robert Mendez

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Transplantation in the Sensitized Patient
Dr. Lloyd Ratner

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Discussion

1:45 - 2:15 p.m.

Polyoma Virus Nephropathy – Dilemma for the Clinicians
Dr. William Bennett

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.

Discussion

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

BREAK

2:45 - 3:15 p.m.

Hereditary Diseases and Transplantation
Dr. Robert Mendez

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Discussion

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Transplantation in Older Recipients:  Does Age Matter?
Dr. V. Ram Peddi

4:00 - 4:15 p.m.

Discussion

4:15 p.m.

Adjourn

Thursday, July 17

Moderator: Dr. J. Harold Helderman

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

The Rebirth of Home Hemodialysis – Trading Convenience for Efficacy?
Dr. Emil Paganini

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Discussion

9:15 - 9:45 a.m.

Vitamin D and PTH:  Moving Targets in Kidney Disease
Dr. T. Alp Ikizler

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.

Discussion

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.

BREAK

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Phosphate Binders:  How do You Choose?
Dr. Wadi N. Suki

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.

Discussion

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Enhancing Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: (CKD State-5 Nephrology) Examining Emerging Evidence on Vascular Calcification in the CKD Patient
Dr. Myles Wolf

11:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Discussion

11:45 - 12:15 p.m.

Immunologic Tolerance
Dr. Hal Helderman

12:15 - 12:30 p.m.

Discussion

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn

For all inquires, contact Laura Brazil-Nichols at the Executive Director's office
phone: (281) 997-1944    e-mail: lbrazil@nasdat.org
4010 Bentley Dr., Pearland, TX 77584

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