Thursday, February 26, 2026 

Pediatric Nursing “Meet and Greet”  

12:00- 12:50pm 

12:55pm: Welcome – Steven Alexander, MD 

Session 1: Fundamentals and Advances in Dialysis for Children, Part 1 

1:00pm–3:00pm 

1:00 Physiology of Blood Purification  

1:40 Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription and Adequacy Monitoring  

2:20 Hemodialysis Prescription and Adequacy Monitoring  

3:00-3:30 pm      Break 

Session 2: Fellows Case Conference: Stump the Consultants 

3:30-5:00pm 

Moderator: John Mahan, MD   

Pediatric Nephrology Fellows can receive a waiver of full meeting registration by submitting an unusual case to the Stump the Consultants session. Three best cases will be selected and presented to a select group of Pediatric Faculty (consultants) to see if the consultants can make the diagnosis. Authors of the three best cases will each receive a $500 award. 

5:00pm Adjourn 

Friday, February 27, 2026 

Session 3: General Session – Awards and Keynotes  

8:00-10:00am 

10:00am Break 

Session 4: Fundamentals and Advances in Dialysis for Children, Part 2 

10:30am-12:00pm 

10:30 Pediatric Dialysis Nutrition Guidelines  

11:00 Growth and Growth Hormone Therapy  

11:30 Cardiovascular Complications  

12:00 Lunch 

Session 5: Nursing Breakout 1 

12:15- 1:45 pm 

12:15 Fundamentals for PD access 

12:35 Fundamentals for HD access 

1:00 Perspectives on Treatment Modality Selection  

1:30 Questions and Discussion  

Session 6: Nutrition Breakout 1  

12:15- 1:45pm 

Session 7: Fundamentals and Advances in Dialysis for Children, Part 3 

2:00-4:00pm 

2:00 Management of Bone Disease in Children on Dialysis: The Basics  

2:40 Renal Anemia: The Basics  

3:20 Major Infectious Complications  

4:00 Break 

Session 8: Nutrition Breakout 2 

2:00-4:00 pm 

From Tools to Practice: Resources and Case Study in Pediatric Renal Nutrition for Dialysis 

Faculty Guided Tours of the Pediatric Posters 

4:30-6:00pm 

Pediatric Faculty will give small group tours of the pediatric posters, interacting with the poster presenters.  

6:00 Adjourn 

Saturday, February 28, 2026 

Session 9: Pediatric Keynote and Best Abstracts 

8:00-10:00am 

8:00 Best Five Pediatric Abstracts 

9:15 Pediatric Keynote: Freestanding Children’s Hospitals in America: How Can We Continue to Afford Them? Alexandro Quiroga, MD; CEO, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri 

10:00  Break 

Session 10: Initial Dialysis for Neonates Weighing <3kg: Should it be PD or HD? 

10:30am-12:00pm 

• Hemodialysis Therapies (Carpe, Aqua, CKRT) Are the Best Way to Manage These Babies Until They Reach 3-4kg   

• Peritoneal Dialysis (manual, low volume) Is the Best Way to Manage These Babies     

Session: 11: Nutrition Breakout 3 

10:30-12:00pm 

12:00 Lunch Break 

Session 12: Nursing Breakout 2  

12:15-1:45pm 

12:15 Utilization of Dialysis Technicians in the Pediatric Unit  

12:45 Training and Best Practice for Maintaining Competency  

1:30 Discussion 

Session 13: Hot Topics  

2:00-4:00pm 

2:00 Epoprostinal: The Return of the Prostacyclins 

2:30 The Selective Cytophorectic Device (SCD) 

3:00 Hemodiafiltration Is the Chronic Hemodialysis Modality of Choice for Pediatric Patients: Why Aren’t We Using It In the US?  

3:30 Home Hemodialysis for Children in North America…Where Has It gone?   

Session 14: Nutrition Breakout 4 

2:00 – 4:00 pm  

4:00pm Break 

Session 15: Fundamentals for Families 

4:30-6:00pm 

6:00pm       Adjourn  

Sunday, March 1, 2026 

Session 16: Symposium: Mental Health Issues in the Pediatric Dialysis Program 

8:00-10:00am 

10:00-10:30am – Break 

Session 17: United for Better Outcomes: A multidisciplinary approach to tackling fluid overload in pediatric dialysis. 

10:30-12:00 pm 

12:00 Meeting Concludes