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Thursday, October 30, 2025

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Controversies in Dialysis Access (CiDA) Day 1

7:30 AM 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
7:50 AM 8:00 AM Welcome Remarks
8:00 AM 9:30 AM SESSION I: Central Venous Stenosis and Occlusion Revisited Moderators:
8:00 AM 8:06 AM CVO: Scope of the Problem
8:06 AM 8:12 AM Aggressive Interventional Procedures
8:12 AM 8:18 AM Techniques of Lower Extremity Access
8:18 AM 8:24 AM Who is Truly Catheter Dependent?
8:24 AM 8:39 AM Discussion
Debate:
8:39 AM 8:45 AM Upstairs: Surfacer and HeRO in All Cases
8:45 AM 8:51 AM Downstairs: Leg Access is Best
8:51 AM 8:53 AM Rebuttal
8:53 AM 8:55 AM Rebuttal
8:55 AM 9:30 AM Case Presentations
9:30 AM 10:00 AM Refreshment Break & Visit the Exhibitors
10:00 AM 11:30 AM SESSION II: Percutaneous versus Open Dialysis Access Revisited Moderators:
10:00 AM 10:06 AM Anatomy and Imaging for pAVF
10:06 AM 10:12 AM WavelinQ: Current Global Results
10:12 AM 10:18 AM The Economics of Percutaneous Access: Why Did Ellipsys Go Away?
10:18 AM 10:24 AM Literature Update: Just Because I Can Make an Anastomosis Doesn’t Make it a Fistula
10:24 AM 10:39 AM Discussion
Debate:
10:39 AM 10:45 AM pAVF Will Survive!
10:45 AM 10:51 AM pAVF is a Failed Experiment
10:51 AM 10:53 AM Rebuttal
10:53 AM 10:55 AM Rebuttal
10:55 AM 11:30 AM Case Presentations Moderators:
11:30 AM 12:00 PM SAVE at CiDA Moderators:
11:30 AM 11:36 AM “Big BAM”
11:36 AM 11:42 AM Femoral Vein Transposition – the SAVE Registry
11:42 AM 12:00 PM Case Presentations Moderators:
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Industry Satellite Lunch Symposia & Visit the Exhibitors
1:30 PM 3:00 PM SESSION III: What do the Patients and Cannulators Want from Their Access? Moderators:
1:30 PM 1:36 PM What Does the Patient Want from Their Access: Creation, Maturation and Maintenance?
1:36 PM 1:42 PM What Do I Want from My Access?
1:42 PM 1:48 PM The Role of Ultrasound: How Can We Make the Cannulator’s Life Easier?
1:48 PM 1:54 PM The Cannulator to the Surgeon: How Can You Make My Life Easier?
1:54 PM 2:00 PM Patient Selection for Home Hemodialysis
2:00 PM 2:06 PM Practical Considerations for Home Hemodialysis
2:06 PM 2:12 PM Access Maintenance and Interventional Issues from the Patient’s Perspective
2:12 PM 2:27 PM Panel Discussion
2:27 PM 3:00 PM Patient Demonstration Moderator:
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break & Visit the Exhibitors
3:30 PM 5:00 PM Simulation of Dialysis Access (SoDA) Registration Required
5:00 PM 6:30 PM Welcome Reception

Friday, October 31, 2025

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Controversies in Dialysis Access (CiDA) Day 2

7:00 AM 8:00 AM Breakfast and Industry Session
8:00 AM 9:30 AM SESSION IV: Peritoneal Dialysis Moderators:
8:00 AM 8:06 AM Economics of PD in 2025: Who Benefits?
8:06 AM 8:12 AM Who Is and Who Is Not a Candidate?
8:12 AM 8:18 AM Trouble Shooting the Dysfunctional PD Patient
8:18 AM 8:24 AM Long-term Results of PD: Does it Really Last?
8:24 AM 8:39 AM Discussion
Debate:
8:39 AM 8:45 AM Percutaneous PD is Always the First Option
8:45 AM 8:51 AM Laparoscopic PD is Better in Almost All Cases
8:51 AM 8:53 AM Rebuttal
8:53 AM 8:55 AM Rebuttal
8:55 AM 9:30 AM Case Presentations Moderators:
9:30 AM 10:00 AM Refreshment Break with the Exhibitors
10:00 AM 11:30 AM SESSION V: Back to the Basics: Management of Fistula and Graft Infections Moderators:
10:00 AM 10:06 AM Access Infections: Scope of the Problem
10:06 AM 10:12 AM When is the Access Infected and When Is It Not?
10:12 AM 10:18 AM Management of Graft Infection: Early versus Late
10:18 AM 10:24 AM Management of Fistual Infection
10:24 AM 10:39 AM Discussion
Debate:
10:39 AM 10:45 AM Catheters Really Aren’t as Bad as We Think
10:45 AM 10:51 AM Catheters Are the Work of the Devil
10:51 AM 10:53 AM Rebuttal
10:53 AM 10:55 AM Rebuttal
10:55 AM 11:30 AM Case Presentations Moderators:
11:30 AM 12:00 PM Keynote Address Moderators:
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Industry Satellite Lunch Symposia and Visit with the Exhibitors
1:30 PM 2:15 PM SESSION VI: Stump the Experts Moderators:
2:15 PM 3:00 PM “It’s Academic Access” – Jeopardy! Host:
Team Surgery
Team Interventional Nephrology
Team Interventional Radiology
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Refreshment Break with the Exhibitors
3:30 PM 5:00 PM Simulation of Dialysis Access (SoDA) Registration Required

Saturday, November 1, 2025

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Controversies in Dialysis Access (CiDA) Day 3

7:00 AM 8:00 AM Breakfast and Industry Session
8:00 AM 9:30 AM SESSION VII: Where Did I Go Wrong? Moderators:
8:00 AM 8:06 AM Surgical Safety
8:06 AM 8:12 AM Declots and Other Maintenance Procedures
8:12 AM 8:18 AM Pitfalls of the “Inside Out” Technique
8:18 AM 8:24 AM Avoiding Emergencies and Missed Lesions in the Dialysis Unit
8:24 AM 8:39 AM Discussion
Debate:
8:39 AM 8:45 AM Houston, We Have a Problem: These Patients Belong in the University
8:45 AM 8:51 AM Houston, We Have a Problem: These Patients Belong in a Dedicated Dialysis Access Center
8:51 AM 8:53 AM Rebuttal
8:53 AM 8:55 AM Rebuttal
8:55 AM 9:30 AM Case Presentations Moderators:
9:30 AM 10:00 AM Refreshment Break with the Exhibitors
10:00 AM 12:00 PM SESSION VIII: New Innovations, Trials, Techniques & Devices Moderators:
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Industry Satellite Lunch Symposia and Visit with the Exhibitors
1:30 PM 3:05 PM SESSION IX: Unresolved Issues – An Update Moderators:
1:30 PM 1:36 PM Update on Drug Coated Balloons
1:36 PM 1:42 PM Alternatives to Radiation for Access Intervention
1:42 PM 1:48 PM Critically Assessing Device Effectiveness
1:48 PM 1:54 PM Device Permeability or Not?
1:54 PM 2:00 PM Interrupted vs. Continuous Suturing
2:00 PM 2:06 PM How Much Surgery Should a Non-surgeon Be Doing?
2:06 PM 2:21 PM Discussion
2:21 PM 3:00 PM Case Presentations Moderators:
3:00 PM 3:05 PM Adjourn – Closing Remarks