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Debunking 5 Common Myths Around Peritoneal Dialysis
Recent policymaking and an increased awareness around patient-centric care are resulting in a renewed interest in home-dialysis as a treatment option for kidney failure. Peritoneal dialysis is a great option to facilitate the freedom of home renal replacement therapy. Despite the long-history of this treatment modality as a viable option for many patients, its use remains relatively low in comparison to in-center hemodialysis. Join us for this informative webinar as renowned home dialysis experts Dr Ankur Shah and Dr Natasha Dave review and counter common perceived barriers to utilizing peritoneal dialysis in various populations.
*Drs Natasha Dave and Ankur Shah are paid consultants of Otsuka Pharmaceutical & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC). Dr Aaron Emmel is an employee of OPDC.
Featured Speakers
Natasha N Dave, MD
Strive Health*
Natasha N Dave, MD is a nephrologist and medical director at Strive Health in Florida. She completed her internal medicine residency training at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago and then completed her Nephrology fellowship and chief year at Baylor in Houston. Post-fellowship she joined Baylor as an assistant professor of medicine primarily practicing at the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center prior to moving to Miami. While in Houston, her predominant interest included a quality improvement (QI) project assessing the impact of a monthly telehealth clinic for rural chronic kidney disease patients.
Dr Dave’s other clinical and educational interests include mentorship, social media/educational content generation, and as her Twitter profile (@NatashaNDave) suggests, electrolytes. She serves on the Executive Council of Women in Nephrology and is involved in a number of online projects and roles that began after she completed a one year social media internship with the Nephrology Social Media Collective (NSMC). Some of these roles include being a faculty contributor for the Renal Fellow Network and American Journal of Kidney Diseases blogs as well as partaking in social media activities with National Kidney Foundation, Nephrology Business Leadership University, Kidney Medicine, and NSMC.
Ankur Shah, MD
Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University*
Ankur Shah, MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Nephrology Fellowship training program at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He completed residency in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital, followed by fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as chief fellow and received advanced training in medical education. His primary interests are home dialysis including both peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis, topics in which he has published numerous peer reviewed articles as well as textbook chapters and has lectured both nationally and internationally. He is a decorated educator having mentored dozens of medical students, residents, and fellows and received the dean’s excellence in teaching award, department of medicine teaching award, and nephrology fellowship teaching awards at Brown and is a winner of the American Society of Nephrology’s Innovations in Kidney Education contest. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, the National Kidney Foundation, and the American College of Physicians.
Moderator
Aaron Emmel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS
Location
Online
