Detailed Programme

Day 1: 18th October 2025, Saturday
0730 - 0830 Registration
  Medical Track Allied Health/Nursing Track APSDA Concurrent Session
 

Symposium 1
Kidney and It’s Friend – The Heart   
Moderator: Dr Emmett Wong

Symposium 2
A 360° Perspective on Renal Care:
Integrating Heart, Mind, and Nutrition
Moderator: APN Esther Huang

Symposium 3
Dialysis Catheter Insertion by Nephrologist

Part 1: Peritoneal Dialysis
Moderator: Dr Allen Liu

0830 - 0840

Using Anti-Proteinuria Medication – The Cardiologist Way
Speaker: Dr William Kristanto

Empowering Heart and Kidney Health through Patient-Centered Strategies
Speaker: A/Prof Yeo See Cheng

Variety of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion Techniques: Does it Matter?
Speaker: Dr David Voss 

0840 - 0850

Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion: The Indonesia Experience
Speaker: Dr Atma Gunawan 

0850 - 0900

Dialysis in Patients with End Stage
Heart Disease
(LVAD & Devices)
Speaker: Dr Manish Kaushik

Balancing the Tide: Mastering Fluid and BP Control in CKD
Speaker: Dr Phang Chee Chin

Urgent Start Peritoneal Dialysis: How to Do It Right?
Speaker: Prof Goh Bak Leong 

0900 - 0910

Dysfunctional Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter: Innovative Ways to Approach
Speaker: Dr Eddie Tan 

0910 - 0920

Non-Vitamin K Anticoagulation
Use in CKD Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Speaker: A/Prof Tan Ru San

Fuelling Kidney Health: Precision  Nutrition in CKD Care
Speaker: Ms Chow Pek Yee

Panel Discussion
0920 - 0930

Part 2: Haemodialysis catheter
Moderator: A/Prof Lina Choong

 Choosing the Right Haemodialysis

Catheters: Does Tip Design Matters?
Speaker: Dr Frederick Ogbac 

0930 - 0940

CKD Associated Cardiovascular Disease -Vascular Calcification
Speaker: Prof Sinee Disthabanchong 

Beyond the Diagnosis: Holistic Psychosocial Care from CKD to Dialysis
Speaker: Ms Janelle Chan

Insertion of Tunnelled Haemodialysis
catheter: Tips and Tricks
Speaker:  Dr Umer Farooq Khan

0940 - 0950

Prevention of Catheter-related Infection: Anything New?
Speaker: Dr Suryati Yacob 

0950 - 1000

Role of Vitamin K and Mg in Vascular
Calcification
Speaker: Prof Sinee Disthabanchong

Growing with CKD: Tailoring Paediatric Care
Speaker: A/Prof Lau Yew Weng Perry

Approach to Malfunction Tunnelled Haemodialysis Catheter
Speaker: Dr Lai Boon Cheok

1000 - 1010 Panel Discussion
1010 - 1040 Morning Tea Break & Poster Viewing
1040 - 1100

Opening Ceremony

1100 - 1110

SSN & APSDA Presidents Welcome Address
A/Prof Jason Choo and Dr Sampath Kumar

1110 - 1155

Plenary Lecture: Xenotransplantation
Speaker: Prof Vineeta Kumar

1155 - 1215 Lunch Break
1215 - 1315

Lunch Symposium
(Educational Grant from Everest Medicines)
Moderator: A/Prof Jason Choo


Transcending Classics: Pioneering a New Era in IgAN Treatment
Speaker: Prof Sydney Tang

Lunch Symposium
(Educational Grant from BD)
Moderator: A/Prof Tan Chieh Suai

Chronic Dialysis Catheters - When Do I Use It?
Speaker: Dr Trung Toan Duong

No Two PTA Balloons Are The Same!
Speaker: Dr Keerati Hongsakul

The Last Stand for AVF/AVG - Covera
Speaker: Dr Pang Suh Chien

Lunch Symposium
(Educational Grant from Novo Nordisk)

Obesity and kidney health: Metabolic modulation as the next frontier

Speaker: Dr Roger Tan

 

  Research Free Paper Presentation
(Trainees & Fellows)  
Moderator: Dr Regina Lim

Symposium 4
Navigating ESRD Part 1: Peritoneal Dialysis
Moderator: APN Kelly Lim

Research Free Paper Presentation (Open Category)
Moderator: Dr Wong Siow-Yi

1315 - 1340

Revolutionizing Peritoneal Dialysis: New Techniques and Breakthrough Innovations – AWAk
Speaker: A/Prof Marjorie Foo

1340 - 1405

Precision in PD: Advanced Fluid and BP Management Strategies
Speaker: Dr Penelope Maxine Wong

1405 - 1430

Travelling on PD, Maximise Fun, Minimise Risk
Speaker: Dr Nigel Fong

1430 - 1515

Tea Time Symposium
(Educational Grant from AstraZeneca)

Don't be Haunted by Delays: Early Intervention for Hyperkalaemia and aHUS
Speaker: Prof Desmond Yap

Tea Time Symposium
(Educational Grant from Vifor Pharma)
Moderator: Dr Tan Sye Nee

Advances in CKD-aP: Latest Insights in CKD-aP Diagnosis and Care
Speaker: Dr Tan Sye Nee

CKD-aP in Practice: A Deep dive into Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies
Speaker: Dr Kelly Chenlei Li

Tea Time Symposium
(Educational Grant from DKSH)

Simplifying Care, Sustaining Outcome: The Role of Long-acting Darbepoetin in Empowering Chronic Kidney Failure Patients with Anemia
Speaker: Dr Roger Tan

 

Symposium 5
Osteoporosis in CKD + CKD MBD
Moderator: Dr Leanne Wong

Symposium 6
Comprehensive Kidney Care Across the Continuum
Moderator: NC Zhang Yan

Symposium 7
Part 1:  Opportunities in Interventional Nephrology
Moderator: Dr Charles Ng

1515 - 1525

Osteoporosis vs CKD-MBD
Speaker: Dr Wong Jiunn

Renal Transplantation
Transplanting the Untransplantable
Speaker: A/Prof Terence Kee

Arteriovenous Access Creation by Nephrologist: Is it Safe and Necessary?
Speaker: Dr J. Balasubramaniam 

1525 - 1535

Setting Up an Interventional Nephrology Program
Speaker: Dr Davina Lie

1535 - 1545

Bone biopsy –
Is There a Role in Clinical Practice?
Speaker: Prof Grahame Elder

Renal Transplantation Securing the Gift: Addressing Infections and Cancer in Transplant Survivors
Speaker: A/Prof Hersharan Kaur Sran

Arteriovenous Access Physical Examination: Are We Doing and Teaching it Right?
Speaker: Dr Yong-Soo Kim

1545 - 1555

Haemodialysis Access Surveillance: Is it still Recommended?
Speaker: Dr Christopher Leo

1555 - 1605

Bone Disease in Kidney Transplant
Speaker: Prof Grahame Elder

AKI & Critical Care Nephrology Hybrid Therapies in Acute Kidney
Failure Patients
Speaker: Dr Liew Zhong Hong

Point-of-care ultrasound in Nephrology: How to do it Right?
Speaker: Dr Nurul Zaynah 

1605 - 1615 Panel Discussion
1615 - 1625

Treatment Option for Osteoporosis in CKD
Speaker: Dr Linsey Utami Gani

AKI & Critical Care Nephrology 
Applying Biomarkers to Aid the Contemporary Management of Acute Kidney Injury
Speaker: A/Prof Chua Horng Ruey

Part 2: Challenges in Interventional Nephrology
Moderator: Dr Pang Suh Chien

1625 - 1635

Ultrasound Guided Angioplasty: Is it Suitable for Everyone
Speaker: Dr Sato Takashi 

1635 - 1645

Approach to fragility fracture in patient with ESKD - Real world experience and case discussion
Panel discussion

Renal Supportive Care Humanising Renal Care-From Technology to Person Focused Care
Speaker: Dr Kog Zheng Xi

The Art of Endovascular Thrombectomy
Speaker: Dr Shahbaj Ahmad

1645 - 1655

Complications during Endovascular Intervention of Arteriovenous Access: How to Save Ourselves
Speaker: Dr Lee Hiu Yu

1655 - 1705

Renal Supportive Care Advanced CKD Symptom Relief: Pharmacological Approach
Dr Priscilla How

Far Infrared Therapy for Arteriovenous Fistula – the Taiwan Experience
Speaker: Dr Lin Chih Ching

1705 - 1715
Panel Discussion
End of Day 1

 

Day 2: 19th October 2025, Sunday
  Medical Track Allied Health/Nursing Track APSDA Concurrent Session
 

Symposium 8
 Genetic and Rare Kidney Diseases
Moderator: Dr Lee Tung Lin

Renal Nursing Primer Workshop
(Choose 2 out of 4 workshops)

Symposium 9
 Improving Outcomes of Arteriovenous Access Intervention
Moderator: A/Prof Tan Chieh Suai

0830 - 0840

Genetic Testing in Kidney Diseases – Current Landscape in Singapore
Speaker: A/Prof Ng Kar Hui

Station 1: Restoring Flow: Unblocking
Hemodialysis Catheters
Content Focus: Demonstration and hands-on practice in the use of thrombolytics (e.g. Urokinase & Alteplase) to unblock HD tunnelled catheters.

Anti-coagulation after successful thrombolysis – what it the evidence?
Speaker: Dr Gan Chye Chung 

0840 - 0850

Central Vein Stenosis: The Old Threat, Any New Remedy?
Speaker: Dr Toshihide Naganuma 

0850 - 0900

Fabry Disease
Speaker: Dr Chin Hui-Lin

Station 2: Precision Placement:
Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation and
Plastic Cannulation
Content Focus: Demonstration and hands-on practice on ultrasound basics, including probe handling and practice on ultrasound-guided needle placement, image interpretation, proper cannulation techniques, and avoiding complications like infiltration or dislodgement.

Cephalic Arch Stenosis: Drug-coated balloon or Stent Graft?
Speaker: Dr Yong-Soo Kim

0900 - 0910
0910 - 0920

Thrombotic Microangiopathy
Speaker: Dr Goh Su Mein

Station 3: Peritoneal Dialysis Essentials
Content Focus: Demonstration and hands-on practice on alarms management and troubleshooting for CAPD & APD modalities (Baxter & FMC)

The use of Paclitaxel-coated Balloons to Improve Arteriovenous Access Outcomes
Speaker: Dr Pang Suh Chien

0920 - 0930

The use of Sirolimus-coated Balloons to Improve Arteriovenous Access Outcomes
Speaker: A/Prof Tan Chieh Suai

0930 - 0940

Genetic Testing in Kidney Transplant
Speaker: Dr Liew Ian Tatt

Station 4: CRRT (Continuous Renal
Replacement Therapy) Fundamentals
Content Focus: Demonstration and hands-on practice on alarms management and troubleshooting, troubleshooting for CRRT modalities (Baxter, FMC & BBruan)

Management of EPS in PD patients 
Speaker: Dr Hideki Kawanishi    

 Salvage of dysfunction PD catheter – tips and tricks 
Speaker: Dr Charmaine Sia

0940 - 0950

Management of Aneurysmal and High Flow Fistula
Speaker: Prof Yoshiaki Takemoto 

Panel Discussion
0950 - 1025 Morning Tea Break & Poster Viewing
1025 - 1030

In Remembrance of Dr Beatrice Chen

1030 - 1050

SSN 2025 Achievement Award Presentation
A/Prof Tan Chieh Suai

1050 - 1120

18th Lim Cheng Hong Lectureship
Roots and Reason: Bridging Fields and Faculties
A/Prof Chua Horng Ruey

1120 - 1150

APSDA Plenary Lecture
Growth of Interventional Nephrology in India
Speaker: Dr Sampath Kumar

1150 - 1220 Lunch Break
1220 - 1320 Lunch Symposium
(Educational Grant from Otsuka)

Shared decision making: Involving patients in their ADPKD treatment journey and using Tolvaptan as a disease-modifying treatment
Speaker: Prof Andrew Mallet






Lunch Symposium
(Educational Grant from Novartis)

Deep Dive into IgA Nephropathy: From The Past to The New Era
Chairperson: Dr Tan Hui Zhuan

Clinical Landscape of IgAN
Speaker: A/Prof Cynthia Lim 

Case-based Approach in IgA Nephropathy
Speaker: Prof Sydney Tang

 

Lunch Symposium
(Educational Grant from Boston Scientific)


Clinical Data on Cutting Balloon and DCB in Fistulas - Local Studies
Speaker: Dr Zhuang Kun Da

Dialysis Access Management - DES Stenting in Fistulas
Chairperson: A/Prof Jackie Ho

Overview of Mechanical Thrombectomy in Thrombosed Fistulas Management
Chairperson: Dr Leong Sum

 

Symposium 10
KDIGO Updates
Moderator: Dr Umer Khan

Symposium 11
 Navigating ESRD Part 2: Haemodialysis
Moderator: APN Koh Peisi

Symposium 12
Innovations in Dialysis Care
Moderator: Dr Alvin Tng

1320 - 1340

KDIGO Updates - Minimal Change Disease & Nephrotic Syndrome in Children
Speaker: Prof Yap Hui Kim & A/Prof Yeo See Cheng

Beyond Dialysis: Long-Term
Rehabilitation and Quality Care in ESRD
Speaker: DD (APN) Dr Lim Su Fee
Patient Selection for WavelinQ (sponsor talk)
Speaker: Dr Panagiotis Kitrou
1340 - 1400

EndoAVF Creation
Speaker: A/Prof Jackie Ho

1400 - 1420

KDIGO Updates –Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
Speaker: Prof Andrew Mallett

Wound Care Approach Among Haemodialysis Patients
Speaker: SNC Goh Cheng Cheng

Outcomes of EndoAVF in Asia Population
Speaker: A/Prof Tan Chieh Suai

1420 - 1440

Tackling barrier to PD uptake in Singapore - A success story
Speaker: Dr Yeon Wen Xiang

1440 - 1500

KDIGO Updates – IgA Nephropathy
Speaker: Prof Jonathan Barratt

EndoAVF Cannulation Mastery: Precision  Techniques in Modern Vascular Access
Speaker: Dr Pang Suh Chien

Portable Haemodialysis: Where are we now?
Speaker: Mr Christian Bluechel

1500 - 1520 Panel Discussion
1520 - 1550 Award Presentation: Best Free Paper Presentation, Best Poster Presentation, Chapter of Renal Physicians Award
APSDA Handover Ceremony
End of Conference
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