Description of the Webinar

Diabetes is often associated with CKD, and for 45% of patients who receive dialysis therapy, diabetes is the primary cause of their kidney failure. It is important to recognize the impact of this combination of diagnoses because the risk of events and death from cardiovascular disease is significantly increased compared to patients without the combination. Management of diabetes includes many areas that may be influenced by the severity of a patient's kidney dysfunction, which will be discussed in this presentation, along with goals and recommendations on how to achieve them.

Webinar Webcast: 

This webinar was held on Friday, July 15th from 9AM - 10AM EST (New York time).

For those who missed the live version, you can view the webinar recording here:

About the Facilitator

Professor Roberto Pecoits-Filho -  Roberto Pecoits-Filho is a Full Professor at the School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, where he is the Director of the Graduate Progrma in Health Sciences. He was a Fellow at the University of Missouri and received his PhD in Nephrology at the University of São Paulo. Dr. Pecoits was a post doc Fellow at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He has published more than 160 articles in indexed journals (H factor of 30), and has lectured in over 40 countries. Curently, he is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and the American College of Physicians. .