Faculty

Dheeraj Rajan

MD, FRCPC, FSIR, FACR
Professor and Division Head of VIR
University Health Network - University of Toronto

Dr. Dheeraj Rajan graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1994. He began his surgical residency at SUNY Syracuse and completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at Wayne State University in 1999 and Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology (VIR) at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. He is a Professor of Medical Imaging and the Division Chief of VIR at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rajan also sits on various committees for the Society of Interventional Radiology, the KDOQI rewrite and Implementations committees and formerly the CoreHealth Vascular Network of Ontario.

Over his career, he has published 130 manuscripts primarily focused on arterial and dialysis interventions, multiple book chapters and one textbook titled “Essentials of Percutaneous Dialysis Interventions”. Dr. Rajan formerly was an Associate Editor for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and reviews for multiple medical journals. Dr. Rajan’s prior focus was on the percutaneous creation of dialysis fistulas where he was one of the pioneers for the procedure itself which has subsequently been commercially adopted. He also serves as an advisor to multiple start-up and established companies with devices focused on arterial and dialysis interventions.

2027 Sessions

Guideline Directed Dialysis Access

Speaker

Wednesday, January 20 4:20–4:28 PM
Room Poinciana 3&4
Dialysis Access
Faculty

Dheeraj Rajan

MD, FRCPC, FSIR, FACR
Professor and Division Head of VIR
University Health Network - University of Toronto

Dr. Dheeraj Rajan graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1994. He began his surgical residency at SUNY Syracuse and completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at Wayne State University in 1999 and Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology (VIR) at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. He is a Professor of Medical Imaging and the Division Chief of VIR at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rajan also sits on various committees for the Society of Interventional Radiology, the KDOQI rewrite and Implementations committees and formerly the CoreHealth Vascular Network of Ontario.

Over his career, he has published 130 manuscripts primarily focused on arterial and dialysis interventions, multiple book chapters and one textbook titled “Essentials of Percutaneous Dialysis Interventions”. Dr. Rajan formerly was an Associate Editor for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and reviews for multiple medical journals. Dr. Rajan’s prior focus was on the percutaneous creation of dialysis fistulas where he was one of the pioneers for the procedure itself which has subsequently been commercially adopted. He also serves as an advisor to multiple start-up and established companies with devices focused on arterial and dialysis interventions.

Real-World Outcomes in Endovascular AVF Creation

Speaker

Wednesday, January 20 4:36–4:44 PM
Room Poinciana 3&4
Dialysis Access
Faculty

Dheeraj Rajan

MD, FRCPC, FSIR, FACR
Professor and Division Head of VIR
University Health Network - University of Toronto

Dr. Dheeraj Rajan graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1994. He began his surgical residency at SUNY Syracuse and completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at Wayne State University in 1999 and Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology (VIR) at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. He is a Professor of Medical Imaging and the Division Chief of VIR at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rajan also sits on various committees for the Society of Interventional Radiology, the KDOQI rewrite and Implementations committees and formerly the CoreHealth Vascular Network of Ontario.

Over his career, he has published 130 manuscripts primarily focused on arterial and dialysis interventions, multiple book chapters and one textbook titled “Essentials of Percutaneous Dialysis Interventions”. Dr. Rajan formerly was an Associate Editor for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and reviews for multiple medical journals. Dr. Rajan’s prior focus was on the percutaneous creation of dialysis fistulas where he was one of the pioneers for the procedure itself which has subsequently been commercially adopted. He also serves as an advisor to multiple start-up and established companies with devices focused on arterial and dialysis interventions.

Discussion: Is Innovation Stalling in Vascular Access?

Discussant

Moderator

Wednesday, January 20 6:04–6:20 PM
Room Poinciana 3&4
Dialysis Access
Faculty

Bart Dolmatch

Course Director

Alex Powell

MD, FSIR
Medical Director, Interventional Radiology
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Alex Powell, M.D., is an Interventional Radiologist and Medical Director of Interventional Radiology at the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. Dr. Powell received his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine and completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, where he was also Chief Resident. He completed a fellowship in interventional radiology at the University of California. Dr. Powell has numerous publications in scientific journals including book chapters and he has lectured in national and international conferences.

Dr. Powell holds academic positions including Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of South Florida and Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Faculty

Dheeraj Rajan

MD, FRCPC, FSIR, FACR
Professor and Division Head of VIR
University Health Network - University of Toronto

Dr. Dheeraj Rajan graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1994. He began his surgical residency at SUNY Syracuse and completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at Wayne State University in 1999 and Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology (VIR) at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. He is a Professor of Medical Imaging and the Division Chief of VIR at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rajan also sits on various committees for the Society of Interventional Radiology, the KDOQI rewrite and Implementations committees and formerly the CoreHealth Vascular Network of Ontario.

Over his career, he has published 130 manuscripts primarily focused on arterial and dialysis interventions, multiple book chapters and one textbook titled “Essentials of Percutaneous Dialysis Interventions”. Dr. Rajan formerly was an Associate Editor for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and reviews for multiple medical journals. Dr. Rajan’s prior focus was on the percutaneous creation of dialysis fistulas where he was one of the pioneers for the procedure itself which has subsequently been commercially adopted. He also serves as an advisor to multiple start-up and established companies with devices focused on arterial and dialysis interventions.

Course Director

Brian Schiro

MD
Interventional Radiologist
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Brian Schiro, MD, RPVI, FSIR is a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist with Baptist Heart and Vascular Care at the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami, FL. Dr. Schiro completed his fellowship training with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in 2010 following his diagnostic radiology residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2004. Dr. Schiro now serves as the Program Director for the Independent Interventional Radiology Residency with Miami Vascular and is also the medical director for the medical sonography program at Nova Southeastern University. He is the medical director of the System-Wide Quality Assurance Committee for the Noninvasive Vascular Lab at Baptist Hospital Health South Florida. He also serves on the IAC Vascular Testing Board of Directors as a representative of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). He has authored numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and his research interests include noninvasive imaging and diagnosis as well as aortic and peripheral vascular interventions.

Faculty

Robert Shahverdyan

Course Director

Daniel Clair

MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Vascular Surgery
Vanderbilt Health

Daniel Clair, M.D., received his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He then completed his internship and surgical residency, as well as a fellowship in vascular surgery, at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. He also completed a fellowship in clinical oncology with the American Cancer Society. He served in the U.S. Air Force as chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at Andrews Air Force Base before beginning his civilian practice at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He was named the division chief of Vascular Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Presbyterian Campus, and then later returned to the Cleveland Clinic as the department chair of Vascular Surgery, a position he held for 10 years. He was then named professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of South Carolina, where he completed a five-year term. He was recently named as the inaugural chair and professor of the Department of Vascular Surgery at Vanderbilt, specializing in innovative vascular disease care.

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