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Scientific Program
DAY-1 : 27 SEPTEMBER 2024
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| 9.00 -9.30 AM | “ The Future – not something we enter – but something we create” Where are we headed in the field of Transfusion Medicine ? - an Introductory session to TRANSMEDCON 2024 |
Organising team | |||||||||
| 9.30 -10.15 AM | Dr. B C Sangal Oration – Dr. R N Makroo |
Chairs : Dr. Debasish Gupta Dr. Rati Ram Sharma |
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| 10.15-11.00 AM | Plenary 1 –“The magic of Intersections” – Transforming patient care with clinical lab interfaces in transfusion medicine Dr. Krishan Kumar |
Chairs : Dr. Aseem Kumar Tiwari Dr. S Subash |
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| 11.00 -11.30 AM | Coffee | ||||||||||
| Hall A | Hall B | Hall C | |||||||||
| 11.30-1.00PM | Mountain peaks – meant to be scaled - Immune Challenges in Obstetrics | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Rajbharath Dr. Sangeeta Pathak |
11.30-1.00 PM | Technology with prudence –where the art and science of Transfusion medicine meet | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Prashant Agarwal Dr. K M Radhakrishnan |
11.30 -1.00 PM | Moving from good to better? Donors and the donation experience | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Uma S Dr. Tirtha Chaliha |
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| 11.30-1.00PM | A clinical lab panel discussion | (Panelists) Dr. Preethi Dr. Prasun Bhattacharya Dr. Maheswari Dr Kamini Khillan Dr. Ashish Jain Dr. Vijayalakshmi |
11.30-11.50 AM | Transfer of blood / products via the Pneumatic system | Dr. Joy mammen | 11.30-11.50 AM | Iron stores and blood donations – is there an effect? | Dr. Ravneet Kaur Bedi |
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| 11.50-12.10 PM | Enhancing transfusion safety –from lab to Bedside | Dr. Hem Chandra Pandey | 11.50-12.10 PM | Interventions that reduce adverse donor reactions | Dr. Suchet Sachdeva |
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| 12.10 -12.30 PM | Automation – a vehicle to enhance quality in component production? | Dr. Diptiranjan Rout | 12.10-12.30 PM | Donor haemovigilance- Data and impact on practice | Dr. Nidhi Bhatnagar |
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| 12.30-1.00 PM | Panel Discussion | Moderator Dr. Joy Mammen |
12.30-1.00 PM | Panel discussion The ideal repeat voluntary donor base- What will make it tick? | Moderator Dr. Rekha Hans Panelists |
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| 1.00-2.00 PM | Lunch | ||||||||||
| Hall A | Hall B | Hall C | |||||||||
| 2.00-3.00 PM | When the balance tilts - Bleeders, liver disease and more in pregnancy | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Sangeeta Pahuja Dr. Sreelatha |
2.00-3.00 PM | Safety – Not a gadget, but a state of mind – a holistic approach to blood safety | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Sangeeta Agarwal Dr. Smita Mahapatra |
2.00-3.00 PM | Weaving better tapestry for our patients - Enhancing blood safety , accessibility and moving towards personalised medicine | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Prerna Mohan Dr. Sudha Ranganathan |
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| A clinical lab panel discussion | (Panelists) Dr. Prasanna N Kumar Dr. Santosh Benjamin Dr. Sitalakshmi Subramanian Dr. Aikaj Jindal |
2.00-2.20 PM | Occult hepatitis B – Still a challenge for transfusion services? | Dr. Hari Krishan Dhawan |
2.00-2.20 PM | Rationalising policy for blood donation in the context of emerging and re emerging infection – is there a method to the madness? | Dr. Arun R |
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| 2.20-2.40 PM | Pathogen Inactivation - An Indian Experience | Dr. Tulika Chandra | 2.20-2.40 PM | Innovative methods to enhance accessibility of blood in remote areas | Dr. Babita Raghuwanshi |
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| 2.40-3.00 PM | Past ID testing to precision medicine in Transfusion – a holistic approach to blood safety | Dr. Shamee Shastry |
2.40-3.00 PM | An update on the ISTM SIG groups | Dr. Aseem Tiwari / Dr. Deepti Sachan | ||||||
| Hall A | Hall B | Hall C | Hall D | ||||||||
| 3.00-4.15 PM | The apotheosis of challenges- Liver disease & transfusions – newer perspectives | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Jayashree Sharma Dr. Shanthala Devi AM |
3.00-4.15 PM | Informatics and data science in Transfusion Medicine – A panacea or a path to be tread with caution? | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Joy Mammen Dr. Satyam Arora |
3.00-4.15 PM | Peering thro a kaleidoscope? – the constantly evolving roles of Apheresis | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Anil Khetarpal Dr. R Krishnamoorthy |
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| 3.00-3.15 PM | The fragile balance of coagulation test interpretation and transfusion management in liver disease | Dr. Meenu Bajpai | 3.00-3.30 PM | The need for Standards for Traceability & more | Mr. Eoin McGrath | 3.00 -3.15 PM | Plasma exchange in Neurological conditions – Whats new? | Dr. Vijay Kumawat | |||
| 3.15-3.30 PM | Complexities of transfusion support in liver transplant | Dr. Deepti Sachan | 3.30-3.45 PM | AI in Transfusion Medicine | Dr. Rounak Dubey | 3.15-3.30 PM | Unexpected Wins - Unusual indications and responses to therapeutic plasmapheresis | Dr. C. Shivaram | |||
| 3.30-3.45 PM | The clinical laboratory interface- criticality for patient care | Dr Ashish Goel |
3.45-4.15 PM | Panel discussion/Q&A with Panel | (Panelists) Dr. Satyam Arora Dr. Suvro Sankha Datta Dr. Ganesh Mohan |
3.30-3.45 PM | The art and science of apheresis -Rodenticide poisoning and PLEX- the story | Dr. C E Eapen | |||
| 3.45-4.15 PM | A clinical lab panel discussion | (Panelists) Dr. Ashish Goel Dr. Brinda Kakkar Dr. Mohandass |
3.45-4.00 PM | Tandem Apheresis | Dr. Mohit Chowdhry |
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| 4.00-4.15 PM | The hub and spoke model -? The on ground reality | Dr. Mangaiyarkarasi | |||||||||
| 4.15-5.15 PM | The precarious quagmire of trauma and the transfusion service | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Suganthi Dr. Maitrey Gajjar |
4.15-5.15 PM | When in a quandary – try a molecular plaform! Molecular applications in Tx medicine | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Latha Jagannathan Dr. Rekha Hans |
4.15-5.15 PM | Transfusion akin to marriage? The criticality of Risk Mitigation in this critical space – a panel discussion | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. C. Shivaram (Panelists) Dr. Sangeeta Agarwal Dr. Ajay Baranwal Dr. Richa Gupta |
4.00-5.15 PM | Free Paper presentation Come and enjoy listening to recent work done in various aspects of transfusion medicine |
(Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Veena Shenoy Dr Yashovardhan |
| 4.15-4.35 PM | Pathogenesis of trauma induced coagulopathy and implication on blood product usage | Dr. Arulselvi S |
4.15-4.35 PM | Clinical Implications of molecular blood grouping | Dr.Gayathiri KC | ||||||
| 4.35-4.55 PM | Scoring systems & clinical indicators to assess probability of massive transfusion in trauma – A clinical viewpoint | Dr. Joses Dany James | 4.35-4.55 PM | Application of molecular typing for blood donors in Australia | Dr. Genghis Lopez | ||||||
| 4.55-5.15 PM | Discussing a case of trauma | Dr. Rahul Chaurasia | 4.55-5.15 PM | iPscs to red cells – the journey! | Dr. Ramachandran Shaji | ||||||
| 5.15-6.00 PM | Coffee | ||||||||||
| 6.00-7.00 PM | Inaugural | ||||||||||
DAY-2 : 28 SEPTEMBER 2024
| Day 2 | ||||||||
| Hall A | ||||||||
| 9.00- 10.00 AM | In the darkest of nights- you see the stars. A story of how the army hospitals drive path breaking research and innovation and work on accessibility to safe blood amidst the most challenging of circumstances |
(Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Ravneet Kaur Dr Joshua Daniel |
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| Topics: Tracing the history of transfusion medicine in armed forces Automated red cell cryopreservation |
Speakers: Col Dr Ajay kumar Baranwal Col Dr. Alok Deepak Sen |
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| 10.00- 11.00 PM | Plenary 2 -Making a transplant program work – the imperceptible, but incremental role of interdisciplinary togetherness. Professor Mohamed Rela |
(Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Vinod Panicker, Dr. Latha B |
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| 11.00-11.30 AM | Coffee | |||||||
| 11.30- 12.30 PM | “The old order changeth- yielding place to the new” – Recent advances surrounding the area of transfusion Medicine. Topics: Molecular typing for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): the Australian experience Dr. Genghis Lopez |
(Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Vinod Panicker, Dr. Latha B |
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| 12.30-2.00 PM | Lunch | |||||||
| Hall A | Hall B | Hall C | ||||||
| 2.00-3.30 PM | The miniaturising revolution : | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Niddhi Mehtaa Dr. Sangeeta Pathak Dr. Abhinav Verma Summarising the best of abstract submissions into a 5 minute mini oral presentation |
2.00-3.30 PM | Does egalitarianism exist? Choosing the best donor for renal transplant and HSCT | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Latha B Dr. Ankit Mathur |
2.00-2.45 PM | Diverging fields – offshoots of transfusion medicine | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. K Selvarajan Dr. Poonam Shrivastava |
| 2.00-2.15 PM | CAR-T cell therapy – the Indian Scenario | Dr. Rahul Katharia |
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| 2.15-2.30 PM | Creating a registry for platelets | Dr. Priti Desai |
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| 2.30-2.45 PM | PRP – new and emerging roles | Dr. Dheeraj Khetan |
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| 2.45-3.00 PM | PRP in orthopaedics | Dr. Somnath Mukherjee |
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| 2.00-2.20 PM | HLA and anti HLA antibodies, the traditional and newer tools available in transplant settings | Dr. Aseem Tiwari | 3.00-3.30 PM | Award papers | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Ganesh Mohan Dr. Neetu Kukar Come and enjoy listening to recent work by award winning youngsters |
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| 2.20-3.30 PM | A clinical lab panel discussion | (Panelists) Dr. Edwin Fernando Dr. Ram Mohan Jaiswal Dr. Shashank ojha Dr. Aruna Rajendran Dr. Dolly Daniel Dr. Anil Handoo |
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| 3.30-4.00 PM | Coffee | |||||||
| Hall A | Hall B | Hall C | ||||||
| 4.00- 5.00 PM | Unravelling the enigma - advances in Neonatal & Paediatric Transfusion practice A clinical lab panel discussion | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. S. Subash Dr. Mayadevi S |
4.00-5.00 PM | The oft encountered byzantine behaviour of antibodies – a panel discussion on Complex Immunohaematology | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Veena shenoy Dr. Sudipta Sekhar Das |
4.00-5.15 PM | Free paper presentation Come and enjoy listening to recent work done in various aspects of transfusion medicine |
(Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Subrat Chandra Dr. Prasanna N kumar |
| 4.00- 4.40 PM | Complex case scenarios in the neonatal and paediatric population | (Panelists) Dr. Santhanam Sridhar Dr. Ravindra Prasad Thokala, Dr. Amit Sharma Dr. Sangeeta Pathak Dr. Swathandran Hamsavardhini |
Complex Immunohaematological challenges – a panel discussion | (Panelists) Dr. Priti Elhence Dr. Umesh D Dr. Suresh Babu Dr. Shanthi Dr. Sanmukh Joshi |
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| 4.40-5.00 PM | Consolidating guidelines for RBC transfusion in the paediatric population – identifying the exceptions | Dr. Satyam Arora | ||||||
| 5.30 PM | AGBM | |||||||
DAY-3 : 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
| DAY 3 | |||||||||||
| Hall A | Hall B | Hall C | Hall D | ||||||||
| 8.30-9.30 AM | Synonymous with serendipity ? – Ensuring quality assurance and accreditation in transfusion medicine | (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Anila Mathan |
9.30-10.30 AM | Why we do what we do – a Talk, A buzzer MCQ and a discussion – all rolled into one.
Thrombocytopenic patient – request for platelets received DVR 2 years ago on anticoagulant with a bleed Patient post BMT with Platelet refractoriness Persistent haemolysis in an infant born to an alloimmunised mother |
(Chairs/ Moderators) Col. Alok Sen Dr. Mohandass Dr. Ashish Dhoot |
8.30-9.30 AM | The criticality of looking at the larger picture | Chairs Dr Vinita Srivastava Dr Krishnamoorthy |
8.30-10.30 AM | Quiz finals Come watch the grand finale of the Transfusion medicine PG quiz |
(Chairs/ Moderators) Dr. Aikaj Jindal |
| 8.30-9.15 AM | Blood services and its relevance in health systems | Dr Subash | |||||||||
| 9.15-9.30 AM | Q and A | ||||||||||
| 8.30-9.30 AM | A Panel discussion: | (Panelists) Dr. Vimarsh Raina Dr. Gajendra N Gupta Dr. Narinder Naidu Dr. Joy Mammen Dr. Rajesh Sawant |
9.30-10.30 AM | Small steps lead to big journeys - Licensing & Haemovigilance Panel discussions | (Chairs/ Moderators)
Dr. Deepti Sachan Dr. Chaitanya Kumar (Panelists) Dr. Krishan Kumar Dr. Rati Ram Sharma Ms. Akansha Bisht Dr. Gopal Patidar |
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| 9.30-10.30 AM | Understanding informed consent in Transfusion Practice | (Chairs/ Moderators)
Dr. Rajesh Sawant (Panelists) Dr. Anil Khetarpal Dr. Nidhi Bhatnagar Dr Sudipta Sekhar Das Dr Sudha Ranganathan |
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| 10.30-11.00 AM | Coffee | ||||||||||
| 11.00-12.15 PM | |||||||||||
| Kindling embers in the field of transfusion medicine – A panel discussion on education- The future and the path ahead | |||||||||||
| (Chairs/ Moderators) Dr Amit Sharma |
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| (Panelists) Dr. Anupam Verma, Dr. Abhishek B, Dr. Nidhi Bhatnagar Dr. Ashish Jain (rishikesh) Dr. Gita Negi Dr. Rajendra Kulkarni |
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| 12.15-1.00 PM – Valedictory | |||||||||||
