Kidney Week

Clinical Practice Session

Approach to Hypertension Treatment: Special Groups, Including the Sharon Silbiger, MD, Endowed Lectureship

November 06, 2025 | 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Location: Room 361A, Convention Center

Session Description

This session presents clinical approaches and challenges faced in treating hypertension in patients receiving dialysis, kidney transplant recipients, the older adult and frail population, and the pregnant population.

ASN gratefully acknowledges Women in Nephrology (WIN) and its contributors for support of the Silbiger Endowed Lectureship.

ASN thanks the Indian Society of Nephrology (ISN) and ISN Ambassador, Dr. Harbir Kohli.

Learning Objective(s)

• Identify challenges of hypertension management in special groups
• Describe approaches to hypertension management in patients receiving dialysis
• Describe approaches to hypertension management in pregnancy
• Compare approaches to hypertension management in kidney transplant recipients
• Describe approaches to hypertension management in the elderly and frail population

Learning Pathway(s)

• Hypertension and Cardiorenal Disorders
• CKD Non-Dialysis

Moderators

• Dina A. Abdellatif, MBChB, MSc, PhD
• Vivekanand Jha, MD

Presentations

• Challenges in Hypertension Management in Patients Receiving Dialysis
  02:00 PM - 02:29 PM
  
  • Harbir Singh Kohli, MD

Challenges in Hypertension Management in Patients Receiving Dialysis

November 06, 2025 | 02:00 PM - 02:29 PM

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• Approach to Hypertension Treatment in Older People Living with Frailty
  02:29 PM - 02:58 PM
  
  • Andrew C. Nixon, MBChB, PhD

Approach to Hypertension Treatment in Older People Living with Frailty

November 06, 2025 | 02:29 PM - 02:58 PM

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• Sharon Silbiger, MD, Endowed Lectureship Introduction by WIN President
  02:58 PM - 03:02 PM
  

Sharon Silbiger, MD, Endowed Lectureship Introduction by WIN President

November 06, 2025 | 02:58 PM - 03:02 PM

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• Hypertension and Pregnancy: The Sharon Silbiger, MD, Endowed Lectureship
  03:02 PM - 03:31 PM
  
  • Vesna D. Garovic, MD, PhD, FASN

Hypertension and Pregnancy: The Sharon Silbiger, MD, Endowed Lectureship

November 06, 2025 | 03:02 PM - 03:31 PM

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• Post-Transplant Considerations in Hypertension Management
  03:31 PM - 04:00 PM
  
  • Daniel C. Brennan, MD

Post-Transplant Considerations in Hypertension Management

November 06, 2025 | 03:31 PM - 04:00 PM

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