The Case for Pro-Active Access Management

Pre-emptive Access Management” is far superior than the current standard practice of “Crisis Management” when it comes to ESRD patients on hemodialysis. Proper maturation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of AV Fistulas and Grafts have been proven to be a cost-effective way to prevent premature access failure, reduce the need for tunneled catheters, improve dialysis adequacy and outcomes, reduce morbidity and mortality, and enhance patient quality of life.

Sanjay Mohindra, MD

Medical Director, Dialysis Vascular Specialists of Indiana

Gap Analysis – A Critical Look at Need and Opportunities to Improve Care (90 min.)

Joe provides a discussion on

– Automation – are we better?

– Social Media – A Crisis or opportunity?

– Why can’t we get patients Home?

– The Bundle, QIP and changes in the delivery of care

Joe Sala, FNKF

Chief Strategy Officer, Nephrology Educational Consortium

From Pressure to Purpose: Leading with Authentic Excellence

Learn how you can recognize your leadership as someone who influences patients daily. Shift from pressure-driven performance to values-based leadership, to model and teach self-leadership to their patients with authentic excellence.

Anupama Mohanram, MD, MPH, FASN

Physician, Major Hospital, Shelbyville Indiana

Stents – Not Just for Treating Stenoses!

An “outside-the-box” look at creative ways our innovative practice has employed stents to help patients with challenging accesses achieve success on hemodialysis. Learn how stents can be used to treat elastic recoil, repair pseudoaneurysms, mature fistulas, soften acute angles/ extreme curves/ “hitches” & “kinks”, pry open stiff valves, treat “steal”, fortify/ repair fatigued graft segments, improves radial strength of easily compressible accesses, exclude flow-diverting collaterals, treat recurrent intrastent intimal hyperplasia, achieve central vein reconstruction, and prevent potentially fatal bleeding complications.

Sanjay Mohindra, MD

Medical Director, Dialysis Vascular Specialists of Indiana

Gap between Interdisciplinary Team Harmony & Maximizing Clinical Outcomes/Patient Satisfaction

This session will take an immersive look at the unique and challenging dynamic between members of the Interdisciplinary Team, with a focus on harmony and overall patient outcomes/satisfaction. It will include didactic and attendee participation elements.

Joe Sala, FNKF

Chief Strategy Officer, Nephrology Educational Consortium

Courage Over Perfection: Leading with Authenticity and Resilience

Learn how to recognize shame and perfectionism to unlock greater impact, connection and purpose in your work and patient relationships.

Anupama Mohanram, MD, MPH, FASN

Physician, Major Hospital, Shelbyville Indiana