Highlights
More programme highlights will follow. Graphics in German.
Why this symposium
Our dialysis patients are getting older, more often multimorbid and have frequently undergone multiple vascular procedures. There is no longer a single standard approach to vascular access that fits every situation.
Sustainable solutions come from collaboration between disciplines. That is why the Cologne symposium focuses on real cases and open discussion.
Schedule
Wednesday, 16 December 2026
Workshops
Endovascular access techniques and surgical AV access creation: hands-on training on anatomically realistic models.
09:00–16:00 · Bettenhaus (Building 9), Room 5.059
Fee €200 incl. catering
Thursday, 17 December 2026
Symposium
Lectures and discussion on current developments in access surgery, nephrology and interventional treatment.
09:00–15:30 · CIO (Building 70), Seminar Room 3
Free of charge, registration required
Programme · 17 December 2026
Lecture titles translated from German for orientation. Original programme in German.
Session I Nephrology and surgical care structures
- 09:00Welcome and introduction
V. Matoussevitch - 09:15The right time to plan vascular access – the nephrologist’s perspective
L. Butt - 09:35Access surveillance and interdisciplinary care of the dialysis access
T. M. Meyer - 09:55Complex access creation and revisions
G. Krönung - 10:20Access surgery in 2027 – between outpatient care, hybrid DRG and economic viability
A. Meyer - 10:40Coffee break and industry exhibition
Session II Complex access and new techniques
- 11:05Thigh access for haemodialysis
F. Frizen - 11:30Xeltis aXess graft – first clinical experience
D. Liebetrau - 11:50Dialysis patients under exceptional conditions – lessons from the COVID‑19 pandemic
V. Matoussevitch - 12:10Interventional thrombectomy of the dialysis access – possibilities and limits
M. Burbelko - 12:30Cephalic arch stenoses – types and therapeutic consequences
V. Reichert - 12:50Lunch break and industry exhibition
Session III Registry, economics and the patient’s perspective
- 13:50The German Vascular Access Registry – progress, first results and outlook
H. P. Lorenzen - 14:10Economics of vascular access surgery – current reimbursement and future perspectives
T. Haasler - 14:30Living with a dialysis access – the patient’s perspective
S. Neuhäuser - 14:50Interdisciplinary closing discussion: care, quality and economics
All speakers - 15:10Summary and closing remarks
V. Matoussevitch
Speakers
- Dr. Linus Butt – Medical Director, Dialysis and Vascular Access Centre, Department II of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne
- Dr. Torsten M. Meyer – Head of the Interdisciplinary Dialysis Access Centre, Department of Nephrology, Braunschweig Municipal Hospital; Chair of the IAD
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard Krönung – Chief of Vascular Access Surgery, Helios HSK Wiesbaden
- Dr. Alexander Meyer – Chief Physician, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Coloproctology and Vascular Access Surgery, Johanniter Hospital Rheinhausen, Duisburg
- Dr. Franziska Frizen – Senior Physician, Vascular Access Surgery, Helios HSK Wiesbaden
- Dr. Dominik Liebetrau, MHBA – Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Artemed Klinikum München Süd
- Dr. Vladimir Matoussevitch – Managing Senior Physician, Head of the Vascular Access Unit, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Cologne
- Dr. Michael Burbelko – Head of Interventional Radiology, Vivantes, Berlin
- Dr. habil. (RUS) Viktor Reichert – Chief of Vascular Surgery, Leonberg Hospital / Sindelfingen Clinics
- Dr. Hans Peter Lorenzen – Head of Angiology and the Interdisciplinary Vascular Centre, KRH Klinikum Siloah, Hannover
- Dr. Thomas Haasler – Clinical Affairs and Crisis Management, University Hospital Cologne
- Stefanie Neuhäuser, Ass. jur., M.A. – Patient representative, Cologne
Who should attend
Everyone involved with dialysis access – in hospitals, outpatient practices and dialysis centres:
- Vascular surgery
- Nephrology
- Interventional radiology
- Consultants
- Residents
- Dialysis nursing
- Patients
Material to share
The programme flyer and graphics for the symposium are available for download here. We would be pleased if you shared them with your team and network. All materials are in German.
Registration & contact
Prior registration is required: registration form (in German).
Scientific direction: Dr. Vladimir Matoussevitch
Phone: +49 221 478-32420 and +49 221 478-32434
Email: oa-sekr-gch@uk-koeln.de or kontakt@shuntsymposium-koeln.de
Workshop fee: €200 incl. catering, payable in advance by bank transfer to: Bank für Sozialwirtschaft, IBAN DE04 3702 0500 0008 1500 00, BIC BFSWDE33XXX, reference “Shuntsymposium SON 00570”. Attendance at the symposium on 17 December is free of charge.
Sponsors and industry exhibition
Achim Schulz-Lauterbach VMP GmbH¹ · Medistim Deutschland GmbH¹ · Medtronic GmbH¹ · Merit Medical GmbH¹ · Philips GmbH² · VentureMed¹
Financial support of the event: ¹ up to €1,000, ² €1,000 to €2,000