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Thursday, March 7, 2013
7:00 am Breakfast and Registration
8:00 am Welcome and Introduction, David M. Ward, MD
ESSENTIALS FOR APHERESIS PRACTITIONERS (Session 1) – Chair: Amber P. Sanchez, MD
8:10 Therapeutic Apheresis: Methods, Anticoagulation, Prescription, David M. Ward, MD
8:55 Conventional Apheresis Machine Technology, Rasheed A. Balogun, MD
9:35 Q&A for ESSENTIALS FOR APHERESIS PRACTITIONERS (Session 1)
9:50 Refreshment Break / Visit the Exhibitors
ESSENTIALS FOR APHERESIS PRACTITIONERS (Session 2) – Chair: Odette Ada, BSN, RN
10:10 Selective Apheresis Modalities, Amber P. Sanchez, MD
10:45 Transfusion Science and Practicalities for Apheresis Practitioners, Patricia Kopko, MD
11:25 Complications and Adverse Events During Therapeutic Apheresis, Danuta Trzebinska, MD
12:00 pm Q&A for ESSENTIALS FOR APHERESIS PRACTITIONERS (Session 2)
12:15 Lunch Provided
APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – PLASMAPHERESIS (Session 1) – Chair: David M. Ward, MD
1:15 ASFA, ASFA Guidelines and How to Manage Uncertain Indications, Rasheed A. Balogun, MD
1:45 Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), Ravi Sarode, MD
2:30 Q&A for APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – PLASMAPHERESIS (Session 1)
2:45 Refreshment Break / Visit the Exhibitors
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT – Chair: Cynthia Miracle, MD
3:00 Patient Safety and Satisfaction – The Nurse’s Perspective, Daniel B. Patiag, BSN, RN, CNN and Sherlita Aguilar, BSN, RN
3:30 Building an Apheresis Program, David M. Ward, MD and Odette Ada, BSN, RN
4:00 Physician Billing and Facility Reimbursement for Apheresis Procedures, Keith Berman, MPH, MBA
4:40 Q&A for PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
5:00 pm Adjourn
Friday, March 8, 2013
7:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Announcements
APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – PLASMAPHERESIS (Session 2) – Chair: Danuta Trzebinska, MD
8:05 Advances in Apheresis Therapy for ANCA and Vasculitis, Rasheed A. Balogun, MD
8:50 Apheresis for Renal Diseases – Updates and Controversies, David M. Ward, MD
9:35 Q&A for APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – PLASMAPHERESIS (Session 2)
9:50 Refreshment Break / Visit the Exhibitors
SPECIAL ASPECTS – Chair: Rubin Chandran, MD
10:10 Medication Management in Plasmapheresis, Linda Awdishu, PharmD
10:45 Therapeutic Apheresis in Children - The Unique Issues of Pediatrics, Nadine Benador, MD
11:30 Case-Based Vignettes: Operator’s Technical Challenges, Isagani I. Marquez, BSN, RN and Joe D. Cagayao, RN / Eileen Lischer, RN, MS
12:00 pm Q&A for SPECIAL ASPECTS
12:15 Lunch Provided
APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – THE APHERESIS YEAR IN REVIEW / PHOTOPHERESIS – Chair: Robyn Cunard, MD
1:15 Apheresis Literature Review – Highlights From the Last 12 Months, Jan C. Hofmann, MD
2:00 Extracorporeal Photopheresis Principles and Practice, Amber P. Sanchez, MD
2:30 Q&A for APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – THE APHERESIS YEAR IN REVIEW / PHOTOPHERESIS
2:45 Refreshment Break
WORKSHOPS – DEMONSTRATION OF APHERESIS MACHINES
3:00 - 5:20 Hands-On Workshops

These small group workshops will offer the attendees a unique hands-on opportunity to study various techniques and machines used in therapeutic apheresis and learn about modalities that can be performed by different types of apheresis equipment, such as centrifugal machines, membrane separators, and selective plasma processing methods including photopheresis systems. Attendees will rotate through stations and will be provided with opportunities to address specific questions and practicalities.
5:20 pm Adjourn
Saturday, March 9, 2013
7:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Announcements
APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – PLASMAPHERESIS (Session 3) – Chair: David M. Ward, MD
8:05 Autoimmune Neuromuscular Disease, Geoffrey L. Sheean, MD
8:50 Apheresis for CNS Demyelinating Diseases (MS, NMO, etc.), Dean M. Wingerchuk, MD
9:35 Q&A for APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – PLASMAPHERESIS (Session 3)
9:50 Refreshment Break
APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – SPECIAL APHERESIS PROCEDURES (Session 1) – Chair: Amber Sanchez, MD
10:05 White Cell and Platelet Depletion Cytapheresis, Jan C. Hofmann, MD
10:30 The Old and the New of Erythrocytapheresis (Red Cell Exchange), Ravi Sarode, MD
11:05 Prophylactic RBC Exchange for ABO Mismatched Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants, Robyn Cunard, MD
11:25 Refreshment Break
APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – SPECIAL APHERESIS PROCEDURES (Session 2) – Chair: David M. Ward, MD
11:40 Case-Based Vignette: Medical Decision Challenge, Scott Mullaney, MD
12:00 LDL-Apheresis, Amber P. Sanchez, MD
12:40 pm Q&A for APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES – SPECIAL APHERESIS PROCEDURES
12:55 Concluding Comments, David M. Ward, MD
1:00 pm Final Adjournment

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