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professional associations including the Radiological Society of North America and the American College of Radiology and has also been named a fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology and Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology Society of Europe.



Chieh Suai Tan, is the Head of Department of the Department of Renal Medicine in Singapore General Hospital and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Duke-National University of Singapore School of Medicine. He did his fellowship on Interventional Nephrology in Massachusetts General Hospital under Dr Steven Wu. Upon his return, he set up the multi-disciplinary interventional nephrology program in Singapore General Hospital and had trained a number of nephrologists in interventional nephrology both locally and around the region. Dr Tan has received research grants from the National Kidney Foundation of Singapore and the Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) for development of novel devices for dialysis access interventions and is actively involved in clinical trials. He is an active member of a number of professional associations in Asia, including the Asia Pacific Society of Dialysis and Society of Dialysis Access Specialist.



Dr Gerald A Beathard graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas receiving both an MD and a PhD degree. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Pathology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Interventional Nephrology. Dr Beathard has been involved with endovascular procedures performed for dialysis vascular access maintenance procedures since 1985. He has published more than 100 articles in peer reviewed medical journals, writes 14 topics for UpToDate, has authored 62 book chapters and 12 monographs. He is currently a full time member of the Staff of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where is involved with the Interventional Nephrology program.





Dr. Harold Park is an interventional radiologist in Dallas, Texas and is affiliated with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where he most recently served as the Medical Director of Interventional Radiology. He received his medical degree from Drexel University, completed residency training in diagnostic radiology at Lenox Hill Hospital, and completed advanced fellowship training in interventional radiology at Emory University.