Interventional Nephrologists at the Lab:
Dr. Jyotheen Karam
Dr. Stanley Lee
Dr. Matt Leavitt
Dr. Hany Rezk
Dr. Ashish Soni
Dr. Ling Yu
Schedule Preventative Evaluation If:
- Total access flow lower than desired (ask your dialysis staff about monitoring)
- High venous pressure
- The thrill or “buzzing” of your fistula or graft has stopped or not as strong
- Hyperpulsatile or bounding pulse
- Loss of access blood flow during dialysis or need to decrease dialysis pump speed
- Frequent alarms during dialysis
- Difficulty sticking or cannulating your dialysis access
- Prolonged bleeding from your dialysis access (more than 20 minutes) or break-through bleeding
- Difficulty achieving high quality dialysis treatments (ask your dialysis staff about Kt/V and URR)
- Arm, fingers or hand swollen, cold or numb
- Visible changes in access, including aneurysm formation
IF YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR DIALYSIS ACCESS, PLEASE CALL 615-356-3838.


Vascular Access Associates
1272 Garrison Drive
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129
Thursdays 7:00am – 4:00 pm
238 Orlando Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee 37209
Monday thru Friday 7:00am – 4:00 pm