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Ayse Akcan-Arikan , MD Houston, TX USA Dr Akcan Arikan is a dual trained pediatric intensivist and nephrologist and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics with tenure at Baylor College of Medicine. She also serves as the Medical Director of the Critical Care Nephrology and Acute Dialysis and the Medical Director of the Extracorporeal Liver Support programs at Texas Children’s Hospital, one of the largest children’s hospitals in North America with a busy renal support program, averaging more than 6000 acute dialytic procedures annually. The program also houses the inaugural postdoctoral advanced training in pediatric critical care nephrology in North America as well as a unique quality assurance and improvement program in acute renal extracorporeal therapies based on active surveillance of patient safety, both under Dr Arikan’s leadership. Her research focus is on recognition and management of acute kidney injury in the critically ill, pharmacokinetics in extracorporeal therapies, management of multiple organ failure, as well as sepsis resuscitation and outcomes. She is an associate editor for renal critical care for the journal Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.