Fistula First Speakers Bureau

The Fisulta First Catheter Last (FF/CL) Speakers Bureau includes experts in the field of vascular access that are available to make presentations at local, regional, and/or national meetings. 

*The Speakers Bureau is a resource only, CMS and the FF/CL Workgroup Coalition do not pay for or endorse the speakers.  Presentations are the opinion of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of CMS, the sponsor of the FF/CL Workgroup Coalition.  

Anil K. Agarwal, MD, FACP, FASN

395 W. 12th Ave. Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43210
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Vascular access, CKD, Interventional Nephrology, Fistula First
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable

 

Chester A. Amedia, Jr., MD, FACP

4822 Market St., Ste. 300
Boardman, OH 44512
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Economic considerations of vascular access; elimination of catheter strategy
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable

 

John F. Angle, MD

1215 Lee St.
Charlottesville, VA 22908
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Fistulography, central venous access
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable

 

Arif Asif

1600 NW 10th Ave. (R7168)
Miami, FL 33136
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Hand ischemia, stents, immature fistulae, physical examination
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable

 

Lynda Ball, MSN, RN, CNN

12530 Admiralty Way, K-202
Everett, WA 98204-8000
[email protected]


Topics of Expertise: Vascular access assessment, cannulation, buttonhole training for patients and patient care staff.
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: No

 

Deborah Brouwer, RN, CNN

238 Station Square Blvd.
Lansdale, PA 19446
[email protected]


Topics of Expertise: Cannulation, general vascular access care, physical exam
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside US.
Honorarium Required: No

 

Deepa Chand, MD, MHSA

1 Perkins Square
Akron, OH 44124
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Fistula creation, surgical/nephrology/dialysis collaboration, pediatric fistula creation
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable

 

Vasana Cheanvechai, MD

501 S. Rancho Dr. F-38
Las Vegas, NV 89106
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Vein preservation and mapping, fistula creation
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable

 

Kim Deaver, RN, BSN, CNN

273 Rippetoe Lane
Swoope, VA 24479
[email protected]


Topics of Expertise: Vascular access and team development
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable

 

Stephen Fadem, MD, FACP

6624 Fannin, Ste. 1400
Houston, TX 77030
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Preparation and management of AV fistulas
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes

 

Chester H. Fox, MD

33 Wansfell Rd.
Amherst, NY 14226
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Fistula First and the primary care response, primary care recognition and treatment of CKD
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes

 

Rohit K. Gupta, MD

2300-B East 3rd St.
Chattanooga, TN 37404
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Interventional nephrology, CKD fistula clinics
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes 

 

William C. Jennings, MD

University of Oklahoma Collage of Medicine, Tulsa
Department of Surgery
4502 East 41st St.
Tulsa, OK 74135-2512
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Vascular access surgery
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable


Kambiz Kalantarinia, MD, MS


University of Virginia Health System, Division of Nephrology
Box 800133
Charlottesville, VA 22908
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: Hemodialysis vascular access
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable


Michael P. Lilly, MD


Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center
22 South Greene St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
[email protected]
 

Topics of Expertise: AV access, construction, maintenance and maturation; role of duplex ultrasound in pre-access planning, intra-op use and post construction assessment (maturation, lesions); Fistula First impact/direction
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable
 

Gordon McLennan, MD, FSIR

9500 Euclid Ave., ND 3-28
Cleveland, OH 44195
[email protected] or [email protected]
 

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

 

Stuart Mott

1846 County Road 360
Fulton, MO 65251
[email protected]

 

Topics of Expertise: Cannulation, Cushion, Touch, teaching self-cannulation, first time cannulation of AVFs, Buttonhole cannulation, pre-cannulation for patients.
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside the US.
Honorarium Required: Yes

 

Vo D. Nguyen, MD

2501 Wedgewood Ct., SE
Olympia, WA 98501
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]
 

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
[email protected]


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

W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center
1601 Brenner Avenue
Salisbury, NC 28144
[email protected] 

 

Topics of Expertise: Hemodialysis vascular access, access examination, interventional nephrology
Geographic Limitations: Willing to travel the US and outside US.
Honorarium Required: Negotiable

 

 

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