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President's Message

Why Dialysis access? And why we need a society for dialysis access?

BECAUSE IT IS BIG. Now is the era where chronic illnesses being the greatest healthcare problem, confronting both patients and any medical system. Demand for dialysis access is huge with the increasing prevalence of end stage renal disease ESRD worldwide. The demand further expands as life expectancy of many ESRD patients is improving resulting in longer dialysis life years. Dialysis access, plays a decisive role in the survival and quality of life of dialysis patients from months to decades. Not only the patients themselves but also their families are beneficiaries or victims of the dialysis access care. Dialysis access service also has big impact on.

BECAUSE IT IS COMPLEX. Many consider dialysis access an easy subject. In fact, on the contrary, it is a very complex and sophisticated matter. Its complexity is in three dimensions. Firstly, dialysis access is neither a normal body condition nor a disease state. It is an abnormal access created to interact with the outside environment to achieve renal replacement therapy. Our understanding of the (patho)physiology of dialysis access is limited. The solutions to deal with problems of dialysis access are still in developmental stage. Secondly, patients requiring dialysis access are of a wide age spectrum, different social backgrounds, often with one or many medical co-morbidities. Thus, patients’ clinical needs and challenges may differ from one another tremendously. A good dialysis access strategy requires thorough evaluation and understanding of individual patient’s medical, anatomical, physiological and psycho-social status. Thirdly, the planning, creation, usage and maintenance of dialysis access involve a wide range of knowledge as well as skillsets that its span covers medical, surgical, nursing, imaging, interventional and more. There is no single healthcare expert or specialty that can provide all the services dialysis access requires. Good collaboration between the various healthcare professionals is needed but it is by no means easy to achieve.

BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED. Dialysis access service is one of the very deficient areas in healthcare despite the huge demands. Unfortunately, attention, training, resources and audit for dialysis access are lacking in most specialties involved. The overall outcomes are still unsatisfactory in both developing and developed countries. Different nations are facing their unique set of challenges in dialysis access. Furthermore, communication and close collaboration of various healthcare disciplines are rarely happening resulting in dis-coordination, and adverse outcomes.

It is a time for all of us who feel strongly for the ESRD patients and who share the passion to provide better dialysis access service to come together. The society can amplify the voices of our common concerns. It will form a platform for all members to share precious knowledge, concepts, ideations, experiences and skillsets about dialysis access. Members can obtain valuable resources for professional development from the society, but more importantly, contribute in many different ways to advance dialysis access services.

I look forward to your active participation and contribution at the SoDAS and let’s progress together.

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Jackie Ho Pei
President

Executive Committee

  • Jackie Ho Pei

    President

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  • Anil Gopinathan

    Vice President

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  • Vikram Vijayan Sannasi

    Honorary Secretary

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  • Wong Weng Kin

    Honorary Treasurer

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  • Christopher Leo

    Education Secretary

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  • Rajesh Dharmaraj

    Education Secretary

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  • Harvinder Raj Singh Sidhu

    Industry Liaison

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  • Sanjay Desai

    Industry Liaison

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  • Tze Tec Chong

    Membership Secretary

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  • Chieh Suai Tan

    Executive Committee

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  • Benjamin Leong

    Executive Committee

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  • Danny Cho

    Executive Committee

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  • Wong Weng Kin

    Executive Committee

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  • Boonying Siribumrungwong

    Executive Committee

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  • Khin Maung Htay

    Executive Committee

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  • Lillian Lou

    Executive Committee

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  • Founding Members

  • Mohan Arkanath

    Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore

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  • John Chang Chien-hwa

    Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taiwan

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  • Cheng Shin Chuen

    Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore

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  • Danny Cho

    Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong

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  • Edward Choke Tieng Chek

    Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

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  • Chong Tze Tec

    Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

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  • Chu Sung-Yu

    Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

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  • Ingemar Davidson

    CiDA/Tulane University, United States

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  • Rajesh Babu Dharmaraj

    National Uniersity Health System, Singapore

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  • Arlene Duque

    National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippines

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  • Anil Gopinathan

    National University Hospital, Singapore

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  • Jackie Ho Pei

    National University Hospital, Singapore

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  • Behram Ali Khan

    National University Hospital, Singapore

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  • Ko Po Jen

    Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

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  • Lam Kuan Yong

    National University Hospital, Singapore

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  • Christopher Leo Cheang Han

    National University Hospital, Singapore

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  • Liew Ngoh Chin

    University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

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  • Liu Yang Dong

    Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China

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  • Alexander Meyer

    Knights of St. John Hospital, Duisburg

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  • Milind Nikam

    Fresenius Medical Care, Singapore

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  • Pua Uei

    Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

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  • Sundeep Punamiya

    Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

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  • Kittipan Rerkasem

    Chiang Mai University, Thailand

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  • Shi Yaxue

    Langua Hospital, Shanghai
    University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, China

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  • Harvinder Raj Singh Sidhu

    Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore

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  • Tan Chieh Suai

    Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

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  • Jimmy Tan Wei Hwa

    Tainan Municipal An-Nan Hospital, Taiwan

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  • Tiong Ho Yee

    National University Hospital, Singapore

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  • Vikram Vijayan Sannasi

    Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore

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  • Wong Weng Kin

    National University Hospital, Singapore

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  • Zhang Yuqiang

    Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military University, China

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  • Zhang Lan

    Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

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  • Honorary Members

  • Bart Dolchman

    El Camino Hospital, United States

  • Charmaine Lok

    Toronto General Hospital, Canada

  • John Swinnen

    Westmead Hospital, Australia

  • Scott Trerotola

    Penn Medicine, United States

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