TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

DEBATE: Acute kidney injury following cardiovascular procedures is an important concern, Amit Amin, MD

DEBATE: Fear of acute kidney injury should not limit cardiovascular procedures, Steven G. Coca, DO

AKI Prevention Strategies: What Works and What Does Not?, Prakash Balan, MD

Does preventing AKI improve future outcomes?, Paul Palevsky, MD

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The cardiometabolic impact of COVID-19, Anand Prasad, MD

SGLT-2 inhibitors: Cardio-renal-metabolic drugs for the Ages, Ralph DeFronzo, MD

Diabetic Kidney Disease: Current Status, George Bakris, MD

SGLT-2 inhibitors: From a Simple Glucodiuretic to a Complex Nephroprotective Agent, Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Obesity Epidemiology: Where are we in 2020?, Robert Chilton, DO

Review of the Mediterranean Eating Pattern, Stephanie De Leon, MS, RD

Benefits of a Ketogenic Diet: Fact or Fiction, Christiane Meireles, PhD, RD

Does Weight Loss Surgery Have the Potential to Protect the Heart and Kidneys?, Richard Peterson, MD

Fish, Omegas, and Triglycerides, Alberto Chavez-Velazquez, MD

ASCVD Risk stratification in patients with CKD, Rushit Kanakia, MD

Latest in Lipid Management for CKD and CVD patients, Anand Prasad, MD

Aspirin: The Controversy and New Guidelines, Kathleen A. Lusk, PharmD

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Why is the Measurement and Technique of Blood Pressure so Important?, Matthew Weir, MD

Exploration of Optimal Blood Pressure Level, George Bakris, MD

Dietary Potassium as a Savior for Hypertension, Tareq Nassar, MD

Dietary Sodium Restriction: How much is Clinically Meaningful and Feasible?, Shweta Bansal, MD

Secondary Hypertension Workup, Chandandeep Takkar, MD

Pregnancy and Hypertension, Ildiko Agoston, MD

Device Therapy for Hypertension, Ahmed Almomani, MD

Influence of Race and Ethnicity on HTN Prevalence, Outcomes, and Management, Katherine Dodd, MD, MPH

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Vascular and Valvular Calcium in Renal Disease, Wajeh Qunibi, MD

Endovascular Treatment Options for Vascular Calcium, Chadi Alraies, MD, MPH

Peripheral Arterial Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, Esther Kim, MD

Renal Considerations in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Kianoush B. Kashani, MD, MS

Atrial Fibrillation management in Chronic Kidney Disease: Anticoagulation and LAAO, Manoj Panday, MD

Update on Dual Antiplatelet Therapy, Amit Amin, MD

Sleep Apnea: Impact on the heart and kidneys, Sonja D. Brune, MSN, APRN, CCNS

GLP1 Agonists and Cardiorenal Disease, Curtis Triplitt, Pharm

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Keynote: Integration of Cardiorenal Medicine, Claudio Ronco, MD

Obesity and Cardiorenal Failure, Matthew Weir, MD

SGLT-2 Inhibitors and Heart Failure, Allen Anderson, MD

Diuretics Resistance in Advanced Heart and Kidney Failure, Shweta Bansal, MD

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

The Story after the Story: Making Sense of Life, Meaning, and Medicine Post-COVID-19, Abraham Verghese, MD

Racism in Health Care and the Clinical Learning Environment: “A Call to Action”, Ruth E. Berggren, MD

Health Disparities and Inequalities in 2020, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc

COVID-19 Pandemic: Health, Education, and Economy, Mayor Ron Nirenberg

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Going Beyond Restricting Potassium Intake: Newer Potassium Binders, Pablo Pergola, MD, PhD

Latest in Phosphate Binders, Wajeh Qunibi, MD

Low Protein Diet in CKD: Have We Reached a Consensus?, William Mitch, MD

Fidelio-DKD trial: Effects of Finerenone on CKD in Type 2 Diabetes, George Bakris, MD

Precision Medicine: How can it Impact my Patients?, Kumar Sharma, MD

APOL1, PLA2R: New Approaches to GN Management, Balakuntalam Kasinath, MD

COVID-19 and the Kidneys, Kumar Sharma, MD

Percutaneous Fistulas in 2020, Rajeev Narayan, MD

Tolvaptan in ADPKD: In Whom and When?, Ashley Garcia-Everett, MD

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Cardiovascular Disease Before and After Kidney Transplantation, Matthew Weir, MD

Preoperative Cardiac Assessment Prior to Renal Transplant, Anjlee Mehta, MD

Renal Transplantation in 2020, Suverta Bhayana, MD

Expanding the Living Kidney Donation Program in South Texas, Elizabeth M. Thomas, DO

Renal Considerations in VAD and Heart Transplant Patients, Michael Kwan, MD

Presidential Executive Order: Dialysis, Transplant and the Future of Kidney Care Payments, Qasim Butt, MD

CKD, Dialysis in Women: Gender Specific Considerations, Silvi Shah, MD, MS

Heart-Kidney Interaction in COVID-19 Patients, Claudio Ronco, MD

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Case-based Discussion: Heart Failure, Sonja D. Brune, MSN, APRN, CCNS

Case-based Discussion: SGLT-2 Inhibitor Initiation, Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD

Case -based Discussion: AKI and CVD, Shweta Bansal, MD

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Innovations in Heart Failure Drugs, Ripa Chakravorty, MD

Resynchronization Therapy in CKD and ESRD Patients, Jayasree Pillarisetti, MD

Amyloidosis: A Not So Rare Cause of Heart Failure, Phillip Habib, MD

Reducing Readmissions in Heart Failure, Jason Phillips, MD

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