Clinical Practice Session
Transforming the "Achilles Heel" of Hemodialysis Access into a "Lifeline That Lasts for a Lifetime", Including the Burton D. Rose, MD, Endowed Lectureship
October 22, 2026 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Room 501, Convention Center
Session Description
This session highlights challenges and opportunities in the field of hemodialysis vascular access, including identification of gaps in knowledge and training, and proposed solutions to overcome these barriers. The session also describes updates in the management of complex hemodialysis vascular access, with an emphasis on translational research and innovations.
ASN gratefully acknowledges Wolters Kluwer (publisher of UpToDate), the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Medicine Foundation, the Rose Family, and several of Dr. Rose's colleagues for supporting this lectureship.
ASN thanks the ASN Transforming Dialysis Access Together Initiative.
Learning Objective(s)
- Describe challenges and opportunities in hemodialysis vascular access
- Identify gaps in the education of the nephrology workforce and potential solutions to bridge them
- Summarize translational research and innovations in dialysis access
Learning Pathway(s)
- Interventional Nephrology
- Dialysis
Moderators
Presentations
- Transforming Dialysis Access Together: Reflections and the Path Ahead
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
- Formulating a Dialysis Access Curriculum: Bridging the Gap in Education and Training: The Burton D. Rose, MD, Endowed Lectureship
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
- Dialysis Access Dilemmas: A Case-Based Approach to Complicated Patients
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
- Transcriptional Dynamics in Dialysis Access: Bridging Translational Research and Molecular Biology
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
- Innovation in Dialysis Access: The Future Is Now
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
- Q&A
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM