HANDS-ON PRE-COURSE 
Friday, February 13, 2015
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

ADVANCED PRACTITIONER HANDS-ON PRE-COURSE!
8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration Mediterranean Foyer

SESSIONS and LEADERS Mediterranean 5
Stent Deployment Micah Chan, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and Kenneth Abreo, MD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
Snare: Foreign Body Retrieval Jesse Hansen, Merit Medical, South Jordan, UT
Coils Ziv Haskal, MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
Peritoneal Dialysis Fluoroscopic Technique Peter Van, MD, Northlake Nephrology Institute, Covington, LA
Peritoneal Dialysis Peritoneoscopic Technique Stephen Ash, MD, HemoCleanse, Inc., Lafayette, IN
Port Catheter Placement/Removal Adrian Sequeira, MD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA

9:00 am - 10:00 am Hands-On Session I
10:00 am - 11:00 am Hands-On Sessions II
11:00 am - 12:00 noon Hands-On Sessions III

12:00 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Hands-On Sessions IV
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Hands-On Sessions V
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Hands-On Sessions VI

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Pre-Course Lecture Mediterranean 7
Random Thoughts on Surgical Perspectives - John R. Ross, MD, Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC

FELLOWS HANDS-ON PRE-COURSE
8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration Mediterranean Foyer

9:00 am - 10:30 am Hands-On Session I Mediterranean 6
Renal Biopsy Anil K. Agarwal, MD, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Case Discussion: Peritoneal Dialysis – Placement and Management of Dysfunction – Bharat Sachdeva,
MD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA

10:30 am - 12 Noon Hands-On Session II Mediterranean 6
Central Venous Catheters Marius Florescu, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Case Discussion: Is Fistula Mature? Yael Vin, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

12:00 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Hands-On Session III Mediterranean 6
Physical Exam Anil K. Agarwal, MD, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Case Discussion: When and What AVF Do I Place? Dirk Hentschel, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Boston, MA

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Hands-On Session IV Mediterranean 6
Vascular Ultrasound Marius Florescu, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Case Discussion: Is the Catheter Infected? What Can I Do? Dirk Hentschel, MD

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Pre-Course Lecture Mediterranean 7
Random Thoughts on Surgical Perspectives
John R. Ross, MD, Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC