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Agenda

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
All times in Eastern Time
7:30 AM
 Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibits
8:00 am
Welcome & Announcements
Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd

Updates and Challenges in CKD Care (Part 1)
Moderator: Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd
8:15 AM
CKD KDIGO Guidelines Update
Yuliya Sharakova, MD
8:45 AM
Calciphylaxis and Skin Issues in CKD
Christine Warren, MD
9:15 AM
Anticoagulation in CKD and ESKD
Deborah Hornacek, MD
9:45 AM
Questions and Answers
Session Faculty
9:55 AM
Refreshment Break and Exhibits

Session II: Updates and Challenges in CKD Care (Part 2)
Moderator: Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd
10:15 AM
Nutrition and CKD
Holly Kramer, MD, MPH
10:45 AM
Hypertension Management in CKD
George Thomas, MD
11:15 AM
Obesity and CKD
Holly Kramer, MD, MPH
11:45 AM
Questions and Answers
Session Faculty
11:55 AM
Lunch & Non-CME Satellites *

Session III: More Practice Challenges: Dialysis Access and “Conservative” Care
Moderator: Matt McGuire, MD
1:00 PM
 Vascular Access Symposium: An Update for the Nephrologist
  • Basics of AV access: nomenclature, examination, common problems
  • Dialysis access decisions: where does endoAVF stand?
  • Innovations in TDC, Angioplasty, and stent/graft placement techniques
  • Challenges and best practices for a successfully vascular access program
Panel Discussion: Matt McGuire MD; Lee Kirksey MD; Sasan Partovi MD
2:10 PM
 Questions and Answers
Session Faculty
2:15 PM
Palliative Nephrology: How to talk to patients about conservative care
Krista Dobbie, MD
2:50 PM
Refreshment Break & Exhibits

Session IV: Journal Club
Moderator: Jonathan Taliercio, DO
3:10 PM
 Journal Club
Jagmeet Dhingra, MD and Jonathan Taliercio, DO
5:10 PM
 Adjourn
5:10 PM
Reception (Non-CME) *

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Thursday, April 24, 2025
All times in Eastern Time
7:30 AM
Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits and Non-CME Satellites *

Session V: Updates in Glomerular Diseases (Part 1)
8:15 AM
Update in Primary Nephrotic Syndrome Corey Cavanaugh, DO
8:45 AM
Genetics in Primary Nephrotic Syndrome
Xiangling Wang, MD
9:15 AM
Kidney Success: Clinical Trials in Nephrology
Brad Rovin, MD
9:45 AM
Questions and Answers
Session Faculty
9:55 AM
Refreshment Break and Exhibits

Session VI: Updates in Glomerular Diseases (Part 2)
10:15 AM
Lupus Nephritis Update
Brad Rovin, MD
10:45 AM
CAR-T for Autoimmune diseases
Len Calabrese, DO
11:15 AM
IgA Nephropathy Update
Andrew Bomback, MD
11:45 AM
Questions and Answers
Session Faculty
11:55 AM
Lunch & Non-CME Satellites *

Session VII: Kasperzak Lecture and Case Discussions

1:00 PM
Kasperzak Lecture: Complement in Kidney Diseases
Andrew Bomback, MD
1:50 PM
Clinicopathologic Case Discussions
Moderators: Leal Herlitz, MD and Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd
Panel: Brad Rovin, MD; Andrew Bomback, MD; Emily Littlejohn, DO; Corey Cavanaugh, DO
2:45 pm
Questions and Answers
Session Faculty
2:55 pm
Refreshment Break and Exhibits

Session VIII: Vasculitis Update and Case Discussions

3:15 PM
What’s New in Vasculitis
Salem Almaani, MBBS
3:45 PM
Vasculitis Mimics
Kinanah Yaseen, MD
4:15 PM
Clinicopathologic Case Discussions
Moderators: Leal Herlitz, MD and Scott Cohen, MD
Panel: Brad Rovin, MD: Andrew Bomback, MD; Rula Hajj-Ali, MD; Salem Almaani, MBBS
5:10 PM
Questions and Answers
Session Faculty
5:20 PM
 Adjourn

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Friday, April 25, 2025
All times in Eastern Time
7:30 AM
Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits and Non-CME Satellites*

Session IX: Update in Onco-nephrology

8:15 AM
Immunotherapy and the Kidneys
Sandra Herrmann, MD
8:45 AM
TKI and VEGF Inhibitors
Sandra Herrmann, MD
8:45 AM
Case Discussions in Onconephrology
Moderators: Leal Herlitz, MD and Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd
Panel: Sandra Herrmann, MD; Itunu Owoyemi, MBBS; Moshe Ornstein, MD, MA
10:00 AM
Questions and Answers
Session Faculty
10:10 AM
Refreshment Break and Exhibits

Session X: Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS)
10:25 AM
A Primer into MGRS: What a Nephrologist Should Know
Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd
10:50 AM
Case Discussions in MGRS
Moderators: Leal Herlitz, MD and Corey Cavanaugh, DO
Panel: Sandra Herrmann, MD; Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd; Scott Cohen, MD; Jack Khouri, MD
11:50 AM
Questions and Answers
Session Faculty
11:55 AM
Lunch & Non-CME Satellites *

Session XI: Obstetric Nephrology

1:00 PM
GN in Pregnancy/ CKD Pregnancy Counseling
Salem Almaani, MBBS
1:30 pm
AKI in Pregnancy
Mala Sachdeva, MD
2:00 PM
Case Discussions in Obstetric Nephrology
Moderator: Jonathan Taliercio, DO
Panel: Salem Almaani, MBBS; Mala Sachdeva, MD; Stacey Ehrenberg, MD
3:00 PM
Questions and Answers Session Faculty
3:10 PM
Refreshment Break and Exhibits

Session XII: Updates in the World of Kidney Transplantation

3:20 PM
Medical Updates in Kidney Transplant
Anne Huml, MD
3:50 pm
Surgical Updates in Kidney Transplant
Mohamed Eltemamy, MD
4:20 PM
Questions and Answers Session Faculty
4:30 PM
Adjourn

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