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  Keynote Address: Prevention of sudden cardiac death in dialysis patients: drugs, defibrillators or what else?
  Rod Passman, MD
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  Blood volume in hemodialysis—absolute or relative measurements and how to use them
  Stephan Thijssen, MD
  Diastolic function in CKD: Diagnosis and relevance for outcomes
  Francesca Tentori

  National CKD Surveillance System Launch of New Website by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
   Rajiv Saran, MD
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  Spooky sodium balance
  Jens Titze MD
  Debate: Tight volume control accelerates loss of renal function but the price is right - Yes
  Robert M. Lindsay, MD
  Debate: Tight volume control accelerates loss of renal function but the price is right - No
   John Daugirdas, MD


  Debate: Protein restriction is effective to retard CKD progression and to improve outcomes - Yes
   George A. Kaysen, MD
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  Debate: Protein restriction is effective to retard CKD progression and to improve outcomes - No
  Bertram L. Kasiske, MD
  Is intervention in periodontal disease in CKD worthwhile?
  Roberto Pecoits Filho, MD
  Hans-Dietrich Polaschegg Lecture: Is it technology or process that will improve dialysis outcomes?
   Richard A. Ward


  Multifaceted hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in pediatrics
  Carla M. Nester, MD
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  A perspective on the Frequent Hemodialysis Network trials: what are the practical lessons? 
  Nathan W. Levin, MD
  Hemodiafiltration: what do the latest RCTs tell us?
  Bernard Canaud, MD
  Keynote Address: Do live kidney donors put themselves at measurable risk? Part-01 and Part-02
   Warren Kupin, MD


  PD DOPPS: Organization and early findings
  Bruce Robinson, MD
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  The identification and effect on outcome of vascular calcification 
  Gerard M. London, MD
  Roles of FGF23 in Mineral Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease in CKD
  Myles Wolf, MD
  What are the optimal bicarbonate levels in HD and PD?
   John Burkart, MD
  Keynote Address: After 30 years of dialysis quantitation—where are we now?
   Frank Gotch, MD
  Can volume removal in dialysis become a science (or scientifically respectable)?
   Peter Kotanko, MD


  Approach to renal biopsy
  Agnes B. Fogo, MD
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  New diagnostic tests and new therapies for idiopathic nephrotic syndrome 
  Gerald B. Appel, MD
  Debate: Lipid management is effective in all stages of CKD (Yes)
  Vito M. Campese, MD
  Debate: Lipid management is effective in all stages of CKD (No)
   N.D. Vaziri, MD
  Peritoneal dialysis in the pediatric ICU setting: techniques, quantitations and outcomes
   Melvin Bonilla-Felix, MD


  Quality Incentive Program (QIP)
  Eduardo Lacson, Jr., MD
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  ESRD outlook for 2014 
   Peter B. DeOreo, MD
  Accountable Care for Renal Disease
   Franklin W. Maddux, MD

  Ports for vascular access in dialysis
  Frank Prosl, MD
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  Extracorporeal methods to reduce inflammation in acute sepsis 
   Rodney S. Kenley, MS, MBA
  HIF-1 stabilizer drugs for the treatment of anemia
   K. Peony Yu, MD
  Keynote Address: Development and clinical use of remote ischaemic pre conditioning for cardioprotection
  Chris W. McIntyre, MD
  Discussion
 Drs. Prosl, Kenley, Yu, and McIntyre

  Welcome
  Peter Kotanko, MD
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  Novel PD solutions—what are the clinical implications? 
  Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD
  A Technical Overview of Sorbent
  Steve Merchant, PhD
  The MONitoring Dialysis Outcomes (MONDO) initiative: what is it and what have we learned so far?
  Len Usvyat, MCP
  Nutritional resilience—a novel concept
  Franklin W. Maddux, MD
  Discussion
  Drs. Himmelfarb, Merchant, Usvyat, and Maddux
 
 
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