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   Debate: Observational Research Generates Many New Insights into Dialysis
  Friedrich K. Port, MD, MS
   Debate: Hemodialysis Adequacy: Observational Research Results are Often Misleading!
  John T. Daugirdas, MD
   After Debate Discussion
  Friedrich K. Port, MD, MS., John T. Daugirdas, MD
   Debate: The New K/DOQI Guidelines Provide Safe and Adequate Standards
  Joanne M. Bargman MD FRCPC
   Debate: The 2006 K/DOQI Guidelines for Peritoneal Dialysis Adequacy Are Not Adequate
   James Winchester, MD
   After Debate Discussion
  Joanne M. Bargman MD FRCPC., James Winchester, MD
   Debate: The Treatment Time and Ultrafiltration Rate Are More Important in Dialysis Prescription than Small Molecule Clearance
  Zbylut J. Twardowski, MD, PhD, FACP
   Debate: The Treatment Time and Ultrafiltration Debate
  Frank Gotch, MD
   After Debate Discussion
  Zbylut J. Twardowski, MD, PhD, FACP., Frank Gotch, MD
   Fighting Sudden Death in Dialysis Patients: A Cardiologist’s Perspective
  Charles A. Herzog, MD
   Emphasizing kidney donation: the long-term outcome of living donors
  Amit X. Garg MD, MA (Education), FRCPC, FACP, PhD


   Does size matter ? How new studies on body composition can improve understanding of outcomes in dialysis patients
 Peter Kotanko , MD
   Biofilms are evrywhere: What is its relevance for CKD, PD and HD?
  Steven Offenbacher, DDS, PhD, MMSc
   Changing the fate of diabetics in the dialysis unit
   Behrooz Broumand, MD., FACP
   Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Practice Recommendations for Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: What Will They Do For Patient Management?
   Robert G. Nelson, MD, PhD
   Group Discussion
  Peter Kotanko, MD., Steven Offenbacher, DDS, PhD, MMSc., Behrooz Broumand, MD., FACP., Robert G. Nelson, MD, PhD
   Does genetics explain the international differences in dialysis mortality?
   Tetsuo Shoji, MD, PhD
   Nanotechnology and Dialysis: Now, ten years, or never?
   William H. Fissell, MD
   A Practical Approach to Pharmacokinetics in CKD Patients
  Bruce A. Mueller, Pharm.D., FCCP
   Fistula First - Catheter Out! Barriers and Solutions
   Jeffrey J. Sands, MD.
   Vit C Neglect in HD: Sailing Between Scylla and Charybdis
   Garry Handelman, PhD


   Understanding the Finances of the Individual Dialysis Facility
  Peter DeOreo , MD, FACP
   How To Survive The Hemodialysis Unit Survey
  Terry Sullivan, RN, MS
   The Survey of a Hemodialysis Unit as seen by the Federal Government
   Judith Kari, MSSW
   What should the target Hgb Level be?
   Steven Fishbane, MD
   Impact of the Change in CMS Billing Rules for Erythropoietin on Hemoglobin Outcomes in Dialysis Patients
   Norma J. Ofsthun, Ph D
   A Kinetic Model of Calcium Mass Balance During Dialysis Therapy
   Frank Gotch, MD
   Guidelines for Practice Guidelines
  Richard Amerling, MD
   Coronary Artery Calcifications - A Critical Assessment of Imaging Techniques
   Alexander Lembcke, MD


   How Dialysis Machines Work
   Thomas Roy, PHD
   Water quality and dialysis fluid composition
   Nicholas Hoenich, MD
   Difficulties in Providing Adequate Dialysis
   Jose Diaz-Buxo, MD
   What is Now Expected from Medical Directors? 2007
   Robert Provenzano, MD
   Practical Approaches to Management of Hyperphosphatemia
   Martin K. Kuhlmann, MD
   The Management of Dialysis Units The European Perspective
   Andrea Stopper, MD




 






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