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C14: Real Talk- Textbook Versus Practice: Forearm Dialysis Access

Friday, June 12, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
Location: Hynes CC, Third Level, Ballroom A

This session explores real-world management of common dialysis access challenges with an emphasis on practical decision making and technical considerations. The session encourages discussion and experience-sharing to improve patient care.

This interactive session brings together an international panel of experts to provide practical, case-based instruction on forearm hemodialysis access. Through focused talks, operative videos, and debates, attendees will learn cutting-edge techniques in vessel mapping, AVF creation, graft optimization, maturation strategies, salvage of failing accesses, and the integration of new devices.

Presentations:

  • 2:00 PM - 2:01 PM ET
    Welcome and Opening Remarks

    Speaker: Lucyna Price, MD

    Speaker: Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Speaker: Linda Le, MD

  • 2:01 PM - 2:32 PM ET
    Session 1: Fundamentals & Technical Mastery
  • 2:01 PM - 2:08 PM ET
    Imaging Success Before and After Access Creation

    Speaker: Adina Voiculescu, MD (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 2:09 PM - 2:16 PM ET
    Creating the Optimal Distal AVF: Radiocephalic and Beyond

    Speaker: Ellen D. Dillavou, MD (she/her/hers) – WakeMed Hospital

  • 2:17 PM - 2:24 PM ET
    Optimizing Forearm AV Graft Outcomes

    Speaker: Stephen E. Hohmann, MD (he/him/his) – Texas Vascular Associates

  • 2:24 PM - 2:32 PM ET
    Panel Discussion
  • 2:33 PM - 3:13 PM ET
    Session 2: Complications, Flow Strategy & Debate
  • 2:33 PM - 2:40 PM ET
    Flat to Flowing: When and How to Intervene on Non-Maturing Forearm AVFs

    Speaker: Nicole Ilonzo, MD

  • 2:41 PM - 2:48 PM ET
    Flow Modulation in the Forearm Accesses for High Flow or Steal

    Speaker: C. Keith Ozaki, MD

  • 2:49 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    Every Patient Deserves a Forearm Access First

    Speaker: Dirk M. Hentschel, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 2:56 PM - 3:03 PM ET
    Forearm Access is Inefficient - Brachial Should Be the Standard

    Speaker: Jason Burgess, MD

  • 3:03 PM - 3:04 PM ET
    Rebuttal (Every Patient Deserves a Forearm Access First)

    Speaker: Dirk M. Hentschel, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 3:04 PM - 3:05 PM ET
    Rebuttal (Forearm Access is Inefficient - Brachial Should Be the Standard)

    Speaker: Jason Burgess, MD

  • 3:06 PM - 3:13 PM ET
    Panel Discussion
  • 3:13 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Session 3: Case Spotlights
  • 3:13 PM - 3:18 PM ET
    Case 1: Snuffbox AVF — A Technical Walkthrough

    Speaker: John F. Lucas, III, MD

  • 3:19 PM - 3:21 PM ET
    Discussion
  • 3:22 PM - 3:27 PM ET
    Case 2: Forearm AVF Success in the Setting of Central Venous Obstruction

    Speaker: Linda Le, MD

  • 3:28 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Discussion