Fresenius Medical Care at the 63rd ERA Congress
The 63rd European Renal Association (ERA) Congress brings together the global nephrology community in Glasgow, June 3–6, 2026. Under the theme "Open Your Mind," the congress spans seven scientific tracks covering CKD, dialysis, transplantation, glomerular diseases, and AKI. Fresenius Medical Care presents new findings across multiple research and development areas, including hemodiafiltration, home dialysis, and artificial intelligence.
Explore our accepted abstracts, poster presentations, and oral sessions showcasing our commitment to advancing kidney health research and patient outcomes.
Fresenius Medical Care representatives will be available on site at the congress to discuss our research and offerings at our exhibits:
Research in Brief
Explore our Research in Brief video series, featuring nephrology experts at Fresenius Medical Care and the Renal Research Institute as they explain the key ideas in their research that help advance kidney disease care.
Online hemodiafiltration and medium cut-off dialyzers
Protein loss with high-flux and medium cut-off membranes
Hemodiafiltration and hospitalization burden in ESKD
Fresenius Medical Care’s abstract and oral presentations at this year’s ERA Congress cover a wide variety of topics, including hemodiafiltration, home dialysis, the use of artificial intelligence in dialysis care, among many others. A summary of all accepted abstracts appears below. For further details, read the press release about Fresenius Medical Care’s presence at ERA.
| Count | Sub. # | Title | Acceptance Type | Presenter | First Author | Session / Topic | Presentation Date | Presentation Time (BST) | Presentation Location | FME Affiliation(s) |
| 1 | ERA26-RES-2603 | Role of H‑NGAL Point‑of‑Care-Test in Peritoneal Dialysis‑Related Peritonitis (PDRP): A Multicentre Randomized Control Pilot Study Preliminary Report | Focused Oral | Tom Yuen | Lily Mushahar | Dialysis | 2026-06-04 | 16:00-17:00 | Focussed Oral Room 9 | Fresenius Medical Care |
| 2 | ERA26-RES-2954 | Using Peritoneal Dialysis Effluent Density to Assess Peritoneal Transport Status | Focused Oral | Peter Kotanko | Xiaoling Wang | Dialysis | 2026-06-04 | 17:57-18:03 | Focussed Oral Room 8 | Fresenius Medical Care |
| 3 | ERA26-RES-728 | A High-Precision Large-Language Model Approach for Abstract Screening in Systematic Reviews | Focused Oral | Karin Bergling | Karin Bergling | Chronic Kidney Disease | 2026-06-04 | 09:03-09:09 | Focused Oral Room #5 | RRI |
| 4 | ERA26-RES-926 | A Multi-Agent AI RAG System for Recipe Recommendation and Meal Planning | Focused Oral | Sheng-Han Yueh | Sheng-Han Yueh | Chronic Kidney Disease | 2026-06-05 | 08:57-09:03 | Focused Oral Room #7 | RRI |
| 5 | ERA26-RES-1511 | An LLM-Assisted Approach to Targeted Retrieval of Relevant Abstracts | Focused Oral | Karin Bergling | Karin Bergling | Chronic Kidney Disease | 2026-06-04 | 12:15-12:21 | Focused Oral Room #6 | RRI |
| 6 | ERA26-RES-1724 | Association of Central Venous Oxygen Saturation Patterns with Clinical Outcomes in In-Center AKI Patients | Focused Oral | Andrea Nandorine Ban | Andrea Nandorine Ban | AKI & Critical Care Nephrology | 2026-06-04 | 08:27-08:33 | Focused Oral Room #13 | RRI |
| 7 | ERA26-RES-1842 | Association of Fish Oil/Omega-3 supplementation with cardiovascular and related hospitalizations in adult hemodialysis patients | Focused Oral | Joanna Willetts | Joanna Willetts | Dialysis | 2026-06-04 | 09:27-09:33 | Focused Oral Room #9 | RRI |
| 8 | ERA26-RES-2875 | Changes in Ultrafiltration Rate During Hemodialysis Are Followed by a Delayed Response in Plasma Refill | Focused Oral | Felix Meigel | Felix Meigel | Dialysis | 2026-06-05 | 09:39-09:45 | Focused Oral Room #9 | RRI |
| 9 | ERA26-RES-1162 | Clinics’ Utilization of an AI-Based Model Predicting Peritoneal Dialysis Dropouts Is Associated with Lower Hospitalization Rates | e-Poster | Derek Blankenship | Thursday, June 4 Friday, June 5 | 08:15-18:15 | Research Zone: Hall 4 (Ground Floor) | RRI | ||
| 10 | ERA26-RES-646 | Comorbidity Patterns in U.S. Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease: Diabetes, Obesity, and Heart Failure in NHANES, 2005–2023 | Focused Oral | David Jörg | David Jörg | Chronic Kidney Disease | 2026-06-05 | 16:36-16:42 | Focused Oral Room #8 | RRI |
| 11 | ERA26-RES-2303 | Comparative Effectiveness of Potassium Binders in Hemodialysis Patients: Patiromer vs Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate and Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate | Focused Oral | Mei Zhou | Mei Zhou | Dialysis | 2026-06-04 | 17:27-17:33 | Focused Oral Room #9 | RRI |
| 12 | ERA26-RES-258 | Distinct Fluid Removal and Blood Volume Responses Preceding Outcomes in In-Center AKI Patients | Focused Oral | Andrea Nandorine Ban | Andrea Nandorine Ban | AKI & Critical Care Nephrology | 2026-06-04 | 17:15-17:21 | Focused Oral Room #13 | RRI |
| 13 | ERA26-RES-2486 | Do High-Frequency Hemodialysis Machine Data Provide Incremental Prognostic Information for Mortality Prediction? | Free Communication | Sheng-Han Yueh | Sheng-Han Yueh | FC22: Filters & Flows: Membranes, Modalities and More | 2026-06-05 | 17:39-17:51 | Forth Room | RRI |
| 14 | ERA26-RES-796 | Evolution of One-Year Renal Graft Failure Probabilities in the United States and Implications for Future Outcomes | e-Poster | TBD | David Jörg | Thursday, June 4 Friday, June 5 | 08:15-18:15 | Research Zone: Hall 4 (Ground Floor) | RRI | |
| 15 | ERA26-RES-2451 | External Validation of a Machine Learning Model for Estimating Body Water Compartments | Focused Oral | Sheng-Han Yueh | Sheng-Han Yueh | Dialysis | 2026-06-05 | 09:09-09:15 | Focused Oral Room #9 | RRI |
| 16 | ERA26-RES-923 | External Validation of a predictive Model for Overhydration in Hemodialysis Patients: A European–US Cohort Study | Focused Oral | Francesco Bellocchio | Francesco Bellocchio | Dialysis | 2026-06-04 | 17:21-17:27 | Focused Oral Room #10 | RRI |
| 17 | ERA26-RES-1854 | Fish Oil /Omega-3 use as a marker of treatment adherence and quality of life in hemodialysis patients | e-Poster | Suman Lama | Thursday, June 4 Friday, June 5 | 08:15-18:15 | Research Zone: Hall 4 (Ground Floor) | RRI | ||
| 18 | ERA26-RES-1694 | Functional Literacy in Kidney Care: Regional- and Sex-Dependent Differences | Focused Oral | Kaitlyn Croft-Kuhnert | Kaitlyn Croft-Kuhnert | Chronic Kidney Disease | 2026-06-05 | 08:45-08:51 | Focused Oral Room #8 | RRI |
| 19 | ERA26-RES-693 | Generative Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Medical Information Letter Drafting | Focused Oral | Sheng-Han Yueh | Sheng-Han Yueh | Dialysis | 2026-06-04 | 16:06-16:12 | Focused Oral Room #8 | RRI |
| 20 | ERA26-RES-2661 | Global antibiotic utilization patterns among hemodialysis patients in ApolloDialDb | Focused Oral | Felix Meigel | Felix Meigel | Dialysis | 2026-06-04 | 18:03-18:09 | Focused Oral Room #10 | RRI |
| 21 | ERA26-RES-1846 | Hydration Status and Pre-Dialysis Blood Pressure: Evidence of Unrecognized Overhydration from ApolloDialDb | e-Poster | Kaitlyn Croft-Kuhnert | Thursday, June 4 Friday, June 5 | 08:15-18:15 | Research Zone: Hall 4 (Ground Floor) | RRI | ||
| 22 | ERA26-RES-1601 | Identifying Multidimensional Risk Profiles in Dialysis Patients Using Unsupervised Machine Learning Clustering | Free Communication | Melanie Wolf | Melanie Wolf | FC17: Dialysis Goes Mobile: Home Therapies, Wearables & Freedom | 2026-06-05 | 16:12-16:24 | Lomond Auditorium | RRI |
| 23 | ERA26-RES-TBD | Immunosuppression Persists After Graft Failure—but Does It Matter? | Free Communication | TBD | Oshini Shivakumar | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | RRI |
| 24 | ERA26-RES-466 | Impact of Matching and Weighting Strategy on Patient Retention and 3-Year Mortality in Real-World Hemodialysis and Hemodiafiltration | e-Poster | Karin Bergling | Thursday, June 4 Friday, June 5 | 08:15-18:15 | Research Zone: Hall 4 (Ground Floor) | RRI | ||
| 25 | ERA26-RES-3090 | Improving Confidence in Home Hemodialysis Through Conversational AI-Driven Knowledge Access | Free Communication | TBD | Radomir Popovic | FC17: Dialysis Goes Mobile: Home Therapies, Wearables & Freedom | 2026-06-05 | 16:00-16:12 | Lomond Auditorium | RRI |
| 26 | ERA26-RES-2272 | Lean Tissue Mass, Not Adiposity, Determines Achievable Substitution Volume in Hemodiafiltration | Free Communication | Yan Zhang | Yan Zhang | FC14: Smart Dialysis: AI, Data Streams & Beating Intradialytic Hypotension | 2026-06-05 | 09:09-09:21 | Session Room: Carron | RRI |
| 27 | ERA26-RES-741 | Not in my graveyard: a qualitative study on donated haemodialysis machines in developing countries | Focused Oral | TBD | Vincent Peters | Dialysis | 2026-06-04 | 08:15-08:21 | Focused Oral Room #8 | RRI |
| 28 | ERA26-RES-3412 | Potential of Bioimpedance-Guided Volume Assessment and Blood Volume Monitoring to Reduce Intradialytic Hypotension Events in Hemodialysis Patients | e-Poster | Mei Zhou | Thursday, June 4 Friday, June 5 | 08:15-18:15 | Research Zone: Hall 4 (Ground Floor) | RRI | ||
| 29 | ERA26-RES-TBD | Recovery Time Responses Among In-center Hemodialysis Patients at a Large Dialysis Organization | Focused Oral | Linda Ficociello | Linda Ficociello | Dialysis | 2026-06-05 | 09:15-09:21 | Focused Oral Room #9 | RRI |
| 30 | ERA26-RES-2564 | Regional and Temporal Variations of eGFR at Dialysis Initiation: A Retrospective Analysis of a Global Dataset | e-Poster | Mei Zhou | Thursday, June 4 Friday, June 5 | 08:15-18:15 | Research Zone: Hall 4 (Ground Floor) | RRI | ||
| 31 | ERA26-RES-1648 | Stroke Volume derived from Cardiopulmonary Recirculation and Access Flow as Predicator of Mortality and Hospitalization Outcomes in Hemodialysis | Focused Oral | Francesco Bellocchio | Francesco Bellocchio | Dialysis | 2026-06-05 | 17:51-17:57 | Focused Oral Room #9 | RRI |
| 32 | ERA26-RES-1463 | Superior Hemoglobin Stability with History-Based ESA Dosing in Simulated Anemia Therapy | Focused Oral | David Jörg | David Jörg | Dialysis | 2026-06-05 | 15:09-15:15 | Focused Oral Room #9 | RRI |
| 33 | ERA26-RES-2449 | The association between patient-reported dialysis recovery time and missed treatments | Focused Oral | Rachel Lasky | Rachel Lasky | Dialysis | 2026-06-04 | 16:48-16:54 | Focused Oral Room #10 | RRI |
| 34 | ERA26-RES-534 | Timing of Intradialytic Arterial Oxygen Saturation Instability: Observations in a Large U.S. Patient Cohort | Focused Oral | Andrea Nandorine Ban | Andrea Nandorine Ban | AKI & Critical Care Nephrology | 2026-06-04 | 11:15-11:21 | Focused Oral Room #8 | RRI |
| 35 | ERA26-RES-TBD | Your Smartest Kidney-Friendly Recipe Planner: An AI-Powered iOS/Android App for Personalized Renal Meal Planning | e-Poster | Radek Holik | Thursday, June 4 Friday, June 5 | 08:15-18:15 | Research Zone: Hall 4 (Ground Floor) | RRI |