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Dr Tushar Vachharajani Tushar J. Vachharajani, MD, FASN is Professor & Chair of the Department of Medicine at John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Vice Chair for the Department of Medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.He has held several leadership positions with the ISN focusing on dialysis access care, education and procedural skills training worldwide. Currently, he chairs the Core Programs Committee ans has previously led Interventional Nephrology (IN) Committee, the Education Workgroup, and was the Founder Editor of the ISN Academy. He has also chaired the Interventional Nephrology hands-on workshops at the World Congress of Nephrology. Dr. Vachharajani has organized symposiums and workshops with ASN, NKF, ASDIN, AVATAR, ISHD, EMAN, KRA, AFRAN and has contributed to various committees, including the Fistula First Initiative, NKF 2019 Vascular Access Guidelines, ASN's Nephrologists Transforming Dialysis Safety initiative and as international expert for the Standardized Outcomes Research in Nephrology (SONG). He has been recognized with numerous awards including Gerald Beathard Award (ASDIN, 2016), The AVATAR Hero Award (2017), the ISN Roscoe Robinson Award (2021) and Guru Dronacharya Award (AVATAR Foundation, 2023) for excellence in teaching and scholarly activity. He has published 250 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and reviews and serves on the editorial boards of the Kidney International Reports, Seminars in Dialysis, Journal of Vascular Access, Frontiers in Nephrology and Indian Journal of Nephrology.
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