Ashita Tolwani

Dr. Ashita Tolwani is Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and holder of the Edwin A. Rutsky Endowed Chair in Nephrology. She holds a Master’s of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is Co-Director of Section of Critical Care Nephrology at UAB. Dr. Tolwani is the founder and Director of UAB Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) Academy where she oversees every aspect of the program. She also conducts CRRT training workshops internationally. Her dedication has resulted in her receiving numerous institutional teaching awards, including the 2025 Ellen Gregg Ingalls/UAB National Alumni Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching. In 2020, she was honored with the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), Robert G. Narins Lifetime Teaching Award in Education. In 2023, she was awarded the Vicenza International Critical Care Nephrology Award. Her research interests include acute kidney injury, ICU nephrology, and CRRT, with a focus on citrate anticoagulation. She holds the patent for 0.5% Citrate solution for CRRT which is available worldwide as Regiocit or Prismocitrate 18/0.

18th September 2026 Friday

Time	Session

08:00 10:00	Physician Track Session 1- CRRT Principle Opening Remark Ashita Tolwani Speaker Patient Selection, Modality, Dose (TBC) Manish Kaushik Speaker The ABC of the CRRT Prescription(TBC) Ashita Tolwani Speaker Access, Membrane, Circuit (TBC) Manish Kaushik Speaker Anticoagulation(TBC) Ashita Tolwani Speaker Q & A 101
10:30 12:30	Physician Track Session 2 - Advanced CRRT Management Solution and Fluid Balance(TBC) Nuttha Lumlertgul Speaker Dysnatremia and Acid-Base Disorders(TBC) Ashita Tolwani Speaker Connectology with Hybrid Systems: ECMO, Apheresis, ECCO2R(TBC) Keith Wille Speaker Hemadsorption and CRRT(TBC) Claudio Ronco Speaker Developing Quality Measures for CRRT Delivery(TBC) Ravindra Mehta Speaker 101
13:30 15:30	Physician Track 3 - CRRT Equipment Demonstration (Machine Setting), 4 Stations, 30 mins Each 1. Prismax (TBC) Ashita Tolwani Speaker Manish Kaushik Speaker 2. Multifiltrate Pro(TBC) John Prowle Speaker Lui Forni Speaker 3. CytoSorb (TBC) Claudio Ronco Speaker Thomas Rimmel Speaker 4. ECMO with CRRT, plasmaphresis(TBC) Keith Wille Speaker Nuttha Lumlertgul Speaker 101

19th September 2026 Saturday

Time	Session

07:30 08:15	Meet the Expert 3 Severe Hypernatremia and Hyperkalemia in AKI Requiring KRT(TBC) Ashita Tolwani Speaker Manish Kaushik Speaker 201BC
14:00 15:30	Workshop 1 - Session B Managing Patients With Combined Kidney and Liver Failure(TBC) Ashita Tolwani Speaker Mitra Nadim Speaker Room 1