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Kidney Week

Friday, October 23, 2026

Special Sessions

  • Adeera Levin, MD, FRCPC, FACPKidney Week Faculty
  • Matthias Kretzler, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Jordana B. Cohen, MD, MS, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts, PhDKidney Week Faculty

John P. Peters Award, Homer W. Smith Award, Donald W. Seldin Young Investigator Award and Address, State-of-the-Art Lecture Note: Continuing education credits are not being offered for this session.

Posters

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Poster Sessions

  •  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  •  Exhibit Hall, Convention Center
  •  Posters

Poster sessions will be posted on October 2. Note: Continuing education credits are not being offered for these sessions.

Non CE Events

Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

  • Matt G. Sampson, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Jan Halbritter, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Adriana Hung, MD, MPHKidney Week Faculty
  • Olivier Devuyst, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty

Complex Genetics of Kidney Diseases

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 4D, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

This session highlights the complexities of the genetic basis of kidney diseases. Presentations feature cutting-edge research on the genetics of complex kidney traits and showcase a diverse range of approaches and insights emerging from large biobank-scale genetic analyses.

Clinical Practice Sessions

  • Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Ana Lucia Cortez, DOKidney Week Faculty
  • Evelien Snauwaert, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • David M. Higgins, MD, MPH, MSKidney Week Faculty

Beyond the Diagnosis: Centering the Patient, Family, and Social Context in Pediatric CKD

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 4A, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

Pediatric CKD is shaped not only by biology, but also by lived experience, social context, nutrition, and preventive care. This session centers the voices of patients and families while integrating emerging evidence on social drivers of disease progression, advances in pediatric CKD nutrition, and challenges such as vaccine hesitan...

  • Sarah Faubel, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Marlies Ostermann, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Javier A. Neyra, MD, MS, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Benjamin R. Griffin, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty

CKRT in AKI: Removing the Good with the Bad Could Get Ugly

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Four Seasons Ballroom 2, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

CKRT is the preferred modality of kidney replacement therapy for critically ill patients with AKI. Because solutes and proteins up to 30 kDa may be removed during CKRT, important and unexpected factors may also be removed, including amino acids, micronutrients, phosphorus, beneficial proteins, and even analytes used for diagnostic ...

  • Helbert Rondon Berrios, MD, MS, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Annabelle M. Warren, MBBS, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Ewout J. Hoorn, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Mirjam Christ-Crain, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty

Evidence-Based Updates in the Diagnosis and Management of Dysnatremia

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 1D, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

This session provides a comprehensive update on dysnatremias, moving beyond traditional physiology to evidence-based practice. Experts debate the utility of the "DDAVP (desmopressin) clamp" strategy, present new paradigms for diagnosing diabetes insipidus (arginine vasopressin [AVP] deficiency) using copeptin, evaluate effective th...

  • Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, MD, MPHKidney Week Faculty
  • Philip K.T. Li, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Anoop Sheshadri, MD, MSKidney Week Faculty
  • Stephanie E. Thompson, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty

Frailty in Adults with CKD: Clinical Management and Implications for Goals of Care

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Four Seasons Ballroom 4, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

Frailty is common among adults with CKD and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Assessment and management of frailty in patients with CKD require a multidisciplinary approach, with important implications for care planning. This session discusses measures and management of frailty and interventions to address it, a...

  • Prem P. Varma, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Nicole M. Bhave, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Rupal Mehta, MD, MS, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Adeera Levin, MD, FRCPC, FACPKidney Week Faculty

Heart in Harmony: Managing Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Four Seasons Ballroom 1, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has emerged as a major contributor to the global heart failure burden. The rising prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and an aging population has significantly increased the incidence of HFpEF. This session offers a structured overview of HFpEF, highlighting its chan...

  • Kristina L. Penniston, PhD, RDNKidney Week Faculty
  • Xiangling Wang, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Mathew D. Sorensen, MD, MSKidney Week Faculty
  • David J. Sas, DO, MPHKidney Week Faculty

Multidisciplinary Management of Kidney Stones

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 1A, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

The pathogenesis of kidney stones is multifactorial. Thus, a multidisciplinary team is needed to assess underlying biochemical and genetic risk factors, understand behavioral and environmental contributions, and design an individualized treatment strategy. Access to skilled urologic care is also essential for symptomatic, large, or...

  • Mariam P. Alexander, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • John Sperati, MD, MHS, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Carla M. Nester, MD, MS, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Kenar D. Jhaveri, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty

The ABC's of Thrombotic Microangiopathy

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 2, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

This session reviews thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), including its anatomic pathology, and distinguishes between renal-limited and systemic TMA. Experts discuss the modern classification of TMA and the latest updates on complement inhibition for the management of TMA and drug-induced TMA.

Oral Abstract Sessions

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High-Impact Clinical Trials - 1

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Bluebird Ballroom, Convention Center
  •  Oral Abstract Sessions

High-Impact Clinical Trials - 1 Note: Continuing education credits are not being offered for this session.

Translational Sessions

  • Thelma BarberKidney Week Faculty
  • Sumit Mohan, MD, MPH, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Darshana M. Dadhania, MD, MSKidney Week Faculty
  • Michael Heung, MD, MS, FASNKidney Week Faculty

Delayed graft function (DGF) remains a frequent complication after kidney transplantation. Its duration and severity correlate with downstream outcomes, yet the heterogeneity of DGF creates uncertainty in prognostication and postdischarge care. This session summarizes the data and defines clinically meaningful DGF.

  • Jeffrey Perl, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Jennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Michel Chonchol, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Suzanne Watnick, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty

Bringing Precision Medicine to Dialysis Care, Including the Garabed Eknoyan, MD, Endowed Lectureship

  •  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  •  Room 501, Convention Center
  •  Translational Sessions

There is growing interest in making dialysis care more individualized, moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach. This session proposes strategies for achieving more personalized care that better aligns with the characteristics, risk factors, and goals of patients receiving maintenance dialysis.

Non CE Events

Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

  • Talat Alp Ikizler, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Marion Pépin, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Clara Bohm, MD, MPHKidney Week Faculty
  • Manisha Jhamb, MD, MPH, FASNKidney Week Faculty

Addressing Outcomes of Interest in Dialysis Care

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Room 501, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

Comprehensive care for patients receiving dialysis extends beyond adequate dialysis and pharmacologic interventions. This session focuses on nutrition, cognition, and physical conditioning as key components of dialysis care. The session also examines the management of common symptoms experienced by people on dialysis.

  • Nisha Bansal, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Sydney Tang, MD, MBBS, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Laetitia Koppe, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Neera K. Dahl, MD, PhD, FASNKidney Week Faculty

Best of ASN Journals: JASN, CJASN, and Kidney360

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Four Seasons Ballroom 4, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

This annual session, now in its ninth year, highlights innovative clinical, translational, and basic research in nephrology and presents diverse, novel, and clinically applicable science across multiple nephrology disciplines. High-impact articles published in JASN, CJASN, and Kidney360 in 2026 are presented by the journal editors.

  • Yuki Oka, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Daniela Carnevale, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Kathleen D. Liu, MD, PhD, FASNKidney Week Faculty

Beyond the Silos: Mechanisms of Interorgan Crosstalk in Kidney Health and Diseases

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Four Seasons Ballroom 2, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

Advancing the current management of kidney diseases and their secondary organ complications requires clarifying the kidneys' role in multiorgan interactions. This session moves beyond organ-specific silos to explore the complex signaling networks that connect organ systems, including the kidneys, brain, heart, and lungs. By integra...

  • Maximilian F. Konig, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Saira Z. Sheikh, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Meghan E. Sise, MD, MSKidney Week Faculty

Cellular Therapies for Autoimmune Kidney Diseases

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 1A, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

Cellular therapies are rapidly reshaping the treatment landscape for autoimmune kidney diseases. This session explores emerging data on chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T), bispecific T-cell engagers, and related immune-reprogramming strategies; highlights mechanisms, early clinical experience, and safety consideration...

  • David A. Long, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Rebecca R. Foster, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Laura Perin, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Gabriel M. Cara-Fuentes, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty

Challenging the Podocyte-Centric Model: The Endothelium Strikes Back

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Four Seasons Ballroom 1, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

Despite recent breakthroughs in the field of podocytopathies, the mechanisms of podocyte injury remain incompletely understood. Most studies focus on podocyte biology; however, there is growing evidence of the endothelium's role in these conditions. Understanding the mechanisms by which the endothelium may alter podocyte health off...

  • Anna Kottgen, MD, MPHKidney Week Faculty
  • Saumya Das, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Maria Blasco, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Parker C. Wilson, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty

Expanding the Scope of Genetic Contributions to CKD

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 4D, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

This session discusses advances in our understanding of how changes in genetic material (e.g., chromosomes, DNA, RNA) can influence the development of CKD. The session highlights recent insights from the genetic mapping of declining kidney function. The effects of loss of genetic information, regulatory processing, and organelle dy...

  • Raven A. Voora, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Dena E. Rifkin, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Michelle L. Gumz, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Sandra J. Taler, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Mark J. Sarnak, MD, MSKidney Week Faculty
  • Jordana B. Cohen, MD, MS, FASNKidney Week Faculty

Great Debates in Hypertension

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 2, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

Clarity is elusive as hypertension treatment for patients with CKD evolves amid new guidelines, devices, and clinical trial data. In this interactive debate session, internationally recognized experts tackle the most pressing controversies: how aggressively to lower blood pressure in CKD, whether and when to adopt renal denervation...

  • Hans J. Anders, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Petter Bjornstad, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Bernhard Dumoulin, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Monika A. Niewczas, MD, PhD, MPHKidney Week Faculty

Immune Mechanisms in Diabetic Kidney Disease: From T Cells to Spatial Niches and Complement

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Room 205, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) has long been viewed primarily as a metabolic disorder with secondary inflammation. Recent advances now establish immune activation as a driver of disease progression. This session examines how adaptive and innate immune mechanisms contribute to DKD, focusing on T-cell recruitment and phenotypic states...

  • Abhijit S. Naik, MD, MPH, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Stuart J. Shankland, MD, MBAKidney Week Faculty
  • Motoko Yanagita, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Toren Finkel, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty

New Insights into Old Kidneys: Pathophysiology of Aging Kidneys and Potential Therapies

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Room 203, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

This session presents new data on the pathophysiology of aging kidneys across diverse cellular microenvironments, including cellular senescence, epigenetic changes, tertiary lymphoid structures, and DNA repair responses. The session also discusses how aging kidneys influence injury responses.

  • Christian Faul, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Mandy E. Turner, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Jason R. Stubbs, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Valentin David, MS, PhDKidney Week Faculty

Novel Regulators and Functions in Mineral Metabolism

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Room 405, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

CKD-MBD pathogenesis is poorly understood. This session covers recent discoveries about the regulation of phosphate metabolism and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) production, and their effects on CKD-MBD outcomes.

  • Markus M. Rinschen, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Alicia A. McDonough, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Felix Knauf, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Andrew Samuel Beenken, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Alan S.L. Yu, MBChBKidney Week Faculty

Translating Proximal Tubule Transport Physiology to Therapy

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 1D, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

This session explores how advances in kidney transport physiology have driven progress in nephrology. Experts review proximal tubule transport mechanisms, including strategies to target sodium handling to overcome diuretic resistance, insights into glucose transport and uremic toxin formation, calcium vs. magnesium absorption via c...

Clinical Practice Sessions

  • Arwa Nada, MD, MScKidney Week Faculty
  • Tahagod Mohamed, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Michelle Denburg, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Sameer Thadani, MDKidney Week Faculty

The Future Is Now: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Pediatric Nephrology

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 4A, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

Artificial intelligence (AI) and large-scale data resources are increasingly shaping pediatric nephrology research, offering new opportunities to study rare diseases, predict outcomes, and personalize care. This session introduces current pediatric nephrology studies that leverage AI and big data; reviews common data sources and an...

  • Lynn D. Cornell, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Mark Haas, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Parmjeet S. Randhawa, MD, MBBSKidney Week Faculty
  • Nada Alachkar, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty

Update on Glomerular Diseases in the Kidney Transplant Setting

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Room 605, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

This session focuses on glomerular diseases in the kidney transplant setting, including clinicopathologic features and treatment of recurrent glomerular diseases. The session also provides updates on transplant glomerulopathy and glomerulitis and discusses thrombotic microangiopathy in the kidney transplant setting.

  • Chip Brosius, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Varun Chawla, MD, MPHKidney Week Faculty
  • Syed Ali Husain, MD, MA, MPH, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Timothy A. Pflederer, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Jillian Caldwell, DO, MSKidney Week Faculty

Value-Based Care in Nephrology: Slow Death or Lessons to Learn?

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Room 603, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sunset the Kidney Care First program, while continuing the Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting (CKCC) model, albeit with major changes. More than 55% of Medicare-eligible beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage, and many are enrolled in value-based care (VBC) progra...

Translational Sessions

  • Mark A. Knepper, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Philipp Enghard, DrMedKidney Week Faculty
  • Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Ewout J. Hoorn, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty

Advances in Urinary Biomarkers and Their Use in Kidney Disease Management

  •  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  •  Room 107, Convention Center
  •  Translational Sessions

This session explores recent advances in urinary biomarkers and their expanding role in diagnosing, monitoring, and predicting kidney diseases. Experts highlight cutting-edge research, discuss its clinical utility across acute and chronic kidney conditions, and examine how novel biomarker panels may support personalized treatment s...

  • Yasar Caliskan, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Christie P. Thomas, MBBS, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Anuja Java, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Sundaram Hariharan, MDKidney Week Faculty

This session highlights key challenges in kidney transplantation driven by the complexity of genetic and immune-mediated diseases. Topics include genotype-phenotype mismatch in transplant candidates, practical applications of genetic testing, and evaluation of living related donors when variants of uncertain significance are identi...

Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

  • Cozumel S. Pruette, MD, MHSKidney Week Faculty
  • Louise Oni, MA, MBChB, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Rachel Lennon, MBBS, PhDKidney Week Faculty

Generating Evidence to Advance Care for Children with Kidney Diseases

  •  04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
  •  Room 107, Convention Center
  •  Basic/Clinical Science Sessions

Progress in pediatric CKD is limited by small patient populations, fragmented trial infrastructure, and uncertainty about meaningful end points. This session highlights strategies to advance the field by centering patient and family engagement, leveraging pediatric trial networks, and grounding surrogate end points in biological pl...

Clinical Practice Sessions

  • Anju Yadav, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Nathaniel Reisinger, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Abhilash Koratala, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Adina Simona Voiculescu, MD, FASNKidney Week Faculty

POCUS That Matters: Case-Based Insights for Nephrology Professionals

  •  04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
  •  Four Seasons Ballroom 4, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is becoming an essential extension of the physical examination, yet limited training and overconfidence can lead to misinterpretation and patient harm. This expert-led session uses real-world nephrology case studies to illustrate practical POCUS applications, emphasizing accurate interpretation...

  • Maria M. Picken, MD, PhD, FASNKidney Week Faculty
  • Nelson Leung, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Ashutosh Wechalekar, MDKidney Week Faculty
  • Heather Jolie Landau, MDKidney Week Faculty

Practical Update on Renal Amyloidosis

  •  04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
  •  Mile High Ballroom 2, Convention Center
  •  Clinical Practice Sessions

This session reviews the latest developments in amyloidosis that affect the kidneys. It starts with a review of the pathological features of renal amyloidosis, followed by a discussion of the necessary evaluation for patients suspected of having or diagnosed with amyloidosis. The latest treatments for light-chain amyloidosis (AL am...

Oral Abstract Sessions

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Oral Abstract Sessions

  •  04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
  •  Room TBD, Convention Center
  •  Oral Abstract Sessions

Oral abstract sessions will be posted on October 2. Note: Continuing education credits are not being offered for these sessions.

Translational Sessions

  • Paola Fioretto, MD, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Jonathan Rosen, PhDKidney Week Faculty
  • Janet B. McGill, MD, MAKidney Week Faculty
  • Petter Bjornstad, MDKidney Week Faculty

New Therapies for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes and CKD

  •  04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
  •  Four Seasons Ballroom 1, Convention Center
  •  Translational Sessions

Although new therapies for CKD associated with type 2 diabetes have emerged, many cannot be used by patients with type 1 diabetes. However, new clinical trials are assessing the efficacy and safety of novel interventions for CKD in patients with type 1 diabetes. This session reviews pathophysiological differences and similarities o...