Satellite Healthcare Will Present at the American Society of
Nephrology’s Renal Week –
Booth 527
November 4-9, 2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) October 31, 2008 --
Satellite Healthcare, Inc., one of the nation’s
first and largest providers of kidney dialysis services and a major
sponsor of nephrology research, today announced that its chief
researchers will present at the American Society of Nephrology’s
(ASN) 41st annual meeting and scientific
exposition during Renal Week, November 4-9, 2008 at the Pennsylvania
Convention Center in Philadelphia.
Renal Week is an annual event hosted by the ASN, a non-profit
organization dedicated to the study of nephrology. It will provide an
opportunity for some 14,000 nephrologists from throughout the world to
discuss their most recent research as well as attend educational
seminars relating to the evolution of patient care.
The Satellite Healthcare presentations will be held on Friday, November
7 and Saturday, November 8. The topics to be presented are:
Hemodynamic Response during Conventional HD Treatment Assessed by
Bio-Impedance Cardiography presented by Brigitte Schiller, MD; Archana
Dhawan, MD; Sheila Doss, RN & John Moran, MB, BS
Differences in Cardiovascular Markers and Hemodynamic Parameters
between Patients Undergoing Thrice Weekly or More Frequent HD presented
by Bhupinder Virk, MD; Sheila Doss, RN; John Moran, MB, BS; Brigitte
Schiller, MD
Efficacy of IV Ferumoxytol in CKD Patients with Persistent Anemia
Despite Oral Iron Therapy presented by Brigitte Schiller, MD: Paul
Miller, Jiannong Liu, Robert Brenner and Robert Provenzano
Effective Prevention of Catheter Tunnel Infection presented by
Bridget Schiller, MD and John Moran, MB, BS
Among the presenters are:
John Moran, MB, BS, Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs for
Satellite Healthcare and WellBound. Dr. Moran is a kidney disease expert
with more than 30 years of academic research and clinical trial
experience.
Brigitte Schiller, MD, Vice President for Scientific Affairs for
Satellite Healthcare and Clinical Director for Satellite Laboratory
Services. Dr. Schiller provides clinical leadership and leads internal
and contract research.
In addition to the presentations, Satellite Dialysis and Satellite
WellBound will be exhibitors in the Satellite Healthcare booth, which
will also serve as a source of information on Satellite Healthcare’s
joint venture partner program.
Satellite’s partnership program provides an
opportunity for nephrologists to join Satellite Healthcare in joint
ventures, which offer nephrologists up to 50% equity ownership. Through
the combination of Satellite WellBound and Satellite Dialysis, Satellite
Healthcare is able to provide its physician partners the opportunity to
support a complete range of dialysis treatments. This includes daily
peritoneal dialysis, all frequencies of home hemodialysis and in-center
hemodialysis.
About Satellite Healthcare
Satellite Healthcare, Inc. is one of the nation’s
first and largest providers of dialysis services and kidney disease
care. With its affiliated services Satellite WellBound, Satellite
Dialysis and Satellite Research, Satellite Healthcare provides early
patient wellness education, personalized clinical services and a
complete range of dialysis therapy choices. This comprehensive offering
allows Satellite Healthcare to advance the standard of chronic kidney
disease care so patients can achieve a better life. For more
information, www.satellitehealth.com
Better care. Better life. Better choice.™
About Satellite WellBound
Satellite WellBound, a service brand of Satellite Healthcare, is an
innovative leader in the dialysis community. As the first company
focused exclusively on the full continuum of self-care and home dialysis
options, WellBound frees chronic kidney disease patients from in-center
dialysis treatment regimens by offering multiple "self-care" treatment
options. The company's unique expertise in personalized self-care
training and patient wellness facilitates a higher quality of life and
improved clinical outcomes for CKD patients, while enabling physicians
to offer a new, superior level of care.
About Satellite Dialysis
Satellite Dialysis, a service brand of dialysis industry leader
Satellite Healthcare, is a non-profit organization with a legacy of more
than 35 years focused on meeting the long-term clinical needs of
patients and physicians in the field of chronic kidney disease. At its
centers, Satellite Dialysis provides first-rate clinical care to
patients requiring comprehensive clinical support during dialysis
treatments.
To learn more about Satellite Healthcare, Inc., please visit www.satellitehealth.com
or contact the company directly at 1.800.476.5450.
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