Gordon McLennan, MD, FSIR
9500 Euclid Ave., ND 3-28
Cleveland, OH 44195
mclenng@ccf.org or gmclenna@me.com
Topics of Expertise: Imaging to promote AVF use, dialysis access interventions, vein preservation, venous intervention, peripheral vascular disease in ESRD patients, AVF cannulation, physical exam of the dialysis access, molecular biology of access failure.
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable
Vo D. Nguyen, MD
2501 Wedgewood Ct., SE
Olympia, WA 98501
vdnguyen9@pol.net
Topics of Expertise: Selection of suitable vessels for AVF surgery by Doppler mapping. Multidisciplinary strategies to achieve 90% AVF, 10% catheters. Role of HD unit staff in AVF creation and maintenance. Monitoring AVF function by physical exam.
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the Us and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes
Timothy A. Pflederer, MD
Renal Intervention Center
430 Maxine Dr.
Morton, IL 61550
tap@renalcarassoc.com
Topics of Expertise: Dialysis vascular access issues, endovascular procedures, catheter procedures
Georgraphic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes
Sean P. Roddy, MD
43 New Scotland Ave. MC 157
Albany, NY 12208
roddys@albanyvascular.com
Topics of Expertise: Coding and reimbursement for AV access
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes
Clifford Sales, MD, FACS
433 Central Ave.
Westfield, NJ 07090
csales@TCVCG.com
Topics of Expertise: Dialysis access, fistula monitoring, appropriate use of vascular lab, endovascular interventions
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable
Dori Schatell, MS
Medical Education Institute, Inc.
414 D'Onofrio Drive, Ste. 200
Madison, WI 53719
schatell@meiresearch.org
Topics of Expertise: Needle fear, body image, patient perspective on vascular access
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable
W. G. Schenk, III, MD
Department of Surgery, University of Virginia
PO Box 800709
Charlottesville, VA 22908
wgs@virginia.edu
Topics of Expertise: Vascular Surgery, pre-op ultrasound
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel Eastern US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable
Larry A. Scher, MD
Montefiore Medical Center, Vascular Surgery
111 E. 210 St.
Bronx, NY 10467
lscher@montefiore.org
Topics of Expertise: Vascular access surgery, fistula creation, strategies for access creation, complications of vascular access (steal syndrom)
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US
Honorarium Required: Negotiable
Marcia R. Silver, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine CWRU
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, G-530
Metro Health Medical Center
2500 Metro Health Dr.
Cleveland, OH 44109-1998
msilver@metrohealth.org
Topics of Expertise: Relationships between vascular access and survival in hemodialysis patients, systems approaches to saving veins for CKD patients and improving outcomes.
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable
Gerald B. Stephanz, Jr., MD, FACP
Central Utah Clinic - Nephrology
1055 N 500 W #222
Provo, UT 84604
gstephanz@centralutahclinic.com
Topics of Expertise: Nephrology
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US with direct flights from Salt Lake, no more than 3-4 hours.
Honorarium Required: Yes
Marwan Tabbara, MD, FACS
20101 NE 25th Ave.
Miami, FL 33180
mtabbara@med.miami.edu
Topics of Expertise: AV fistula creation, buttonhole cannulation, steal syndrome
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes
Louis C. Thibodeaux, MD, FACS
11155 Kenwood Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45242
dr.thibodeaux@gmail.com
Topics of Expertise: Hemodialysis access surgery, general and vascular surgery
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes
Scott Trerotola, MD
Interventional Radiology
1 Silverstein
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
streroto@uphs.upenn.edu
Topics of Expertise: Percutaneous management of failing hemodialysis grafts and fistulae, mechanical thrombectomy of hemodialysis grafts and fistulae, approaches to enhance maturation of immature fistulae, hemodialysis catheters (stressing minimal but necessary use), venous preservation in CKD patients.
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes
Tushar Vachharajani, MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
tvachhar@wfubmc.edu
Topics of Expertise: Hemodialysis vascular access, access examination, interventional nephrology
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable