Workshops Dialysis Access (-07) The objectives of this workshop are to: 1. Understand causes of dialysis access failure and how
to screen for them. 2. Be able to discuss available methods for declotting dialysis grafts percutaneously including mechanical and chemical techniques. 3. Understand the role and limitations of metallic stents in hemodialysis access. 4. Understand the diagnosis and management of hemodialysis-related central venous stenosis. 5. Understand the relative roles of atherectomy and balloon angioplasty in the treatment of venous stenosis.
2. Case scenarios: clinical settings involving technical failures; and technical successes.
Faculty -Introductory and Advanced Embolotherapy A. Venbrux, MD' A. Meglin, MD P. Burrows, MD F. Osterman, Jr, MD C. Encarnacion, MD C. Owens, MD N. Harris, MD S. Savader, MD S. Hiremath, MD 1. Sproat, MD M. Johnson, MD K. Valji, MD S. Kazanjian, MD D. Warner, MD V. Lewis, III, MD
Grant Writing Workshop (-09) Participants at this workshop will gain an understanding of: 1. The role of grants in academic medical institutions
S. Trerotola, MD' T. Bocchini, MD F. Cohn, MD R. Gray, MD
D. Kumpe, MD G. Lund, MD M. Soulen, MD K. Valji, MD
M. Johnson, MD
T. Vesely, MD
a. When to apply (are you ready?) b. Strategies. c. Grantsmanship. 2. The NIH and other funding sources. 3. Components of the proposal including: titles,
Introductory Embolotherapy (-08i)
abstracts, specific aims, background and signifi-
Introductory workshops tend to be more structured,
cance, preliminary data/progress report, research
basic, and geared to the radiologist with little experi-
design and methods, and budgets.
ence in embolotherapy. TIle attendee will become familiar with:
W. Zeffiro, MD'
1. Embolic agents as equipment. 2. Indications/contraindications and complications of embolotherapy. 3. "On Call" cases (case scenarios, e.g. a patient with a GI hemorrhage, a patient with a hemorrhage after pelvic trauma, etc.)
Advanced Embolotherapy (-08) Advanced workshops will emphasize patient management with focus on therapeutic options available to solve a specific clinical problem. The attendee will become familiar with: 1. A wide range of clinical problems and options for
GU Intervention (-10) Participants in this workshop will become familiar with: 1. State-of-the-art updates on interventions in the urinary tract. 2. The evaluation and management of nephroureteral obstruction. 3. Current approaches and techniques for treatment of renal calculus disease. P. Ramchandani, MD' W. Bush, MD M. Darcy, MD R. Dyer, MD R. Gray, MD
A. LeRoy, MD M. Marx, MD D. Sacks, MD M. Scott, DO
management (e.g. a patient with an AVM, GI hemorrhage, etc.)
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