Indian Academy of Neurology Newsletter Vol. No. 27 Issue No. 02 September, 2017 IAN Executive Committee The Secretary Writes President Dear IAN Members, Dr. A. V. Srinivasan, Chennai The “Silver Jubilee”, 25th Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurology President Elect (IANCON 2017) at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai is fast approaching and we hope to Dr. Sanjeev Thomas, Thiruvananthapuram see you at the Conference. Without doubt, excing scienfic and social programs await Past Presidents your aenon. Dr. A. V. Srinivasan, President, Indian Academy of Neurology, has the Dr. Arabinda Mukherjee, Kolkata unique disncon of being the Chairman of the Scienfic Commiee of Conference on Dr. Subhash Kaul, Hyderabad behalf of the IAN as well as being on the Local Organising Commiee. He has craed an Secretary elaborate scienfic program based on the inputs from members via the online Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Ludhiana symposium proposal portal (We received over 40 session proposals this year). Treasurer The Organising Commiee led by Dr. C U Velmurgendran (Chairman, Organising Dr. Nirmal Surya, Mumbai Commiee) and Dr. U. Meenakshisundaram (Organising Secretary) are working very Editor hard to ensure every comfort and the very best scienfic, social and culinary offerings to the delegates. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology Dr. Satish V. Khadilkar, Mumbai Many aspects of the scienfic program deserve menon. The Conference will feature Executive Committee Members four Oraons, 24 scienfic symposia with over 180 talks by leading experts, 8 breakfast Dr. Ajit Sowani, Ahmedabad sessions, a very popular IAN BAR-B-Quiz for students, Clinico-pathological Conference, Dr. Sudhir Shah, Ahmedabad CME, video sessions, a journal update known as “Hot topics in Neurology”, 12 oral free Dr. Sudhir Kothari, Pune paper sessions with 72 papers and convenonal and e-poster sessions, in which 290 Dr. Manjari Tripathi, New Delhi papers will be presented. The Residents' forum and HODs' (Heads of the Departments) forum, two sessions which were well-appreciated last year will also be held during the CME Conveners conference. Dr. Kalyan B. Bhattacharyya, Kolkata Dr. R. Lakshmi Narasimhan, Chennai Not to forget menon of two events on the lighter side in the life of a neurologist: “Neu Ro Ga Ma”, a unique cultural program in which members will display their singing and musical talents on Saturday, September 09 evening and “Running for Neurology”- Secretariat : inving all delegates to take part in a running acvity preceded by a session extolling the Research & Development Centre Dayanand Medical College & Hospital benefits of running. Civil Lines, Ludhiana-141001, Punjab E-mail : [email protected] We look forward to meeng you during IANCON-2017. www.ian.net.in Contact : 98780-24460/98765-11974 Best Wishes, Fax : +91-161-2300082 Gagandeep Singh 25th Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Neurology to be held on September 07-10, 2017 Venue : ITC Grand Chola, Chennai Contact : Dr. U Meenakshisundram, Organising Secretary E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.iancon.net, www.iancon2017.org In this issue: l Report on EOLC l Scienfic Programme IANCON 2017 l Report on Summer School Vol. No. 27 Issue No. 02 September, 2017 Congratulations Prof. M. Gourie Devi was Dr. J.B. Agadi has been Dr. Binay Kartak was awarded conferred with "2018 elected as Hon. Secretary of B.C. Roy National Award for the Bangalore Neurological Kugelberg Award" by the "Development of Specialities Society, Bangalore for the International Federation of in different branches of second term for 2017 to Clinical Neurophysiology Medicine" by the Hon'ble 2019. (IFCN). President of India. Dr. Debashish Chowdhury has taken charged as Head of Dr. P.T. Acharya, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Neurology at G.B. Pant Institute of Post Dept. of Neurology, M.S. Graduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi Ramaiah Medical College, from June, 2017 and also nominated as a Member of Bangalore was elected Editorial Board of CGRP forum Education and Research President, Bangalore Neurol- from Asia. ogical Society, Bangalore. Dr.Manvir Bhatia has been awarded by AAPIOS (American Dr. Amitabh Verma and other neurologists from Delhi Association of Physicians of Indian Origin) on the 4th June 2017, neurological association met Sh. Pranab Mukherji, President of Boston, for “Extraordinary Contribution in Sleep Medicine” for the India on the occasion of World Brain Tumour Day to apprise him year 2017, for increasing the awareness of sleep medicine on the causes and prevention of brain tumours. throughout India, research and training of sleep experts in India. Report: IAN Summer School-2017, Kolkata IAN summer school was held on June 3rd and 4th at the Vivekananda Instute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata.The school was aended by 85 post graduate students persuing DM/DNB in Neurology courses from all across India. Dr Arabinda Mukherjee abd Dr Angsuman Mukherjee conducred the event as course directors. The faculty consisted of senior teachers from reputed instutes of the country. The topics discussed included headache (Debashish Chowdhury), stroke (Subash Kaul, MV Padma), epilepsy (Sanjeev Thomas, Manjari Tripathi), movement disorders (Shyamal K Das), demena (Amitabha Ghosh, Subarna Alladi), Gait and balance (Sudhir Kothari), Neuro ophthalmology (Arabinda Mukherjee, Ambar Chakrabarty), Neuromuscular diseases (Sash Khadilkar). Gagandeep Singh and Vivek Lal conducted interacve teaching sessions (grand rounds). Sash Khadilkar gave an educave talk on "how to write a paper".Neuroquiz ,conducted by Kalyan B Bhataacharya evoked lot of enthusiasm amongst all parcipants. On 2nd day a self assesment MCQ was conducted, most of the students performed well. Overall the students found this school interesng and a good learning experience. 2 Vol. No. 27 Issue No. 02 September, 2017 Vol. No. 27 Issue No. 01 April, 2017 Report: End of Life Care (EOLC) End of Life Care: An Emerging Paradigm. Over the weekend of April 29-30, 2017, in Naya Medicity, Mathura, a group of people from various states met to discuss End of Life Care (EoLC) issues in India. Doctors were represented by intensivists, oncologists, general surgeons, family physicians, pulmonologists, nephrologists, neurologists, palliave care physicians; there was a lawyer who gave a talk on the legal aspects of end-of- life care, two experts who spoke on the spiritual aspects and a sprinkling of lay persons in the audience. At the end of the seminar, there was clarity on the differences and commonalies between EoLC and palliave care. (Euthanasia/mercy-killing is outside the purview of these topics). Being holisc and respecul of the paent’s wishes and preferences in EoLC aims to help the paent to live as well as possible unl natural death occurs. The paent’s family, care-givers and significant others are included in the process. There is an urgent need of awareness amongst the public, for steps to be taken by the government and medical professionals, so that those suffering from terrible pain and discomfort due to chronic or untreatable illnesses, especially at the end of life, are spared some of the agony. The Indian Society of Crical Care Medicine, the Indian Academy of Neurology and the Indian Associaon of Palliave Care formed the End- of-Life Care India Taskforce (ELICIT) and at its first meeng in Mumbai, in mid-August 2015, decided to move the central government to dra and enact an EoLC legislaon. Carrying that forward, at Naya Medicity, Mathura, moderated by Dr. Roop Gursahani, Member ELICIT and neurologist, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, the following talks were presented : • ‘Beyond Liberty: Autonomy, Privacy and the Indian Constuon’ by Ms Sarasu Thomas, Assoc. Prof. NLSIU, Bengaluru. • ‘An EoLC Law for a Changing India’, by Dipankar Gupta, Sociologist, former Prof, JNU. • ‘Public Health Care: Can It do EoLC’ by Ravi Duggal, Country Co-ordinator, Sr Program Officer, Internaonal Budget Partnership. • ‘The Costs of Dying in a Hospital’ by Raj K Mani, Chairman ELICIT, Pulmonologist and Intensivist, CEO, Naya Healthcare. • When Ethics and Economics Collide: Making Choices’ by Dr Sridevi Seetharam, Pathologist, Palliave Care Provider, Mysuru. • ‘Life, Death, Autonomy: the Karmic View’ by Dr Devdu Paanaik, mythologist. • ‘A Raonal Soluon for Spiritual Pain’ by Arul Dhas, Chaplain and Sr Lecturer, CMC, Vellore. • Offering siritual solace- the experience of Karunashraya by Dr. Nagesh Simha, Member ELICIT and Medical Director Karunashraya. • ‘Towards a Uniform Definion of Death: Why It Maers’ by Dr Sunil Shroff, Prof of Urology, Chennai, founder- Mohan Foundaon. • ‘Idenfying Fulity and Transions in Care Across Specialies: Possible Protocols’ by Dr Jeremy Johnson, Director, Research and Educaon, Karunashraya, Bengaluru. • ‘Ideas for India: Capacity Building in Palliave Care’ by Dr M R Rajagopal, Chairman, Pallium India. There were concerns that many doctors believe they must prolong life despite financial burdens and ‘worse than death’ treatments. Many a me doctors know of, but may offer no alternave to arficial venlaon and intensive care when a paent is breathless. 3 Vol. No. 27 Issue No. 02 September, 2017 Compassionate communicaon a n d a p p r o p r i a t e u s e o f morphine, for example, are not what they have studied or seen in medical or nursing schools. Corporate versus Government medical care raised other points of economic burdens due to illness. In addion to doctors, nursing aides and social workers needed to be trained in palliave care to help care-givers. The outcome of the seminar led to the ‘Cizens’ Acon Needed for Dignity in Death’ (CANDID); that, with ELICIT, brought together for the first me, individuals from varied walks of life, who signed a ‘Mathura Declaraon’ that aims to promote palliave and EoLC to the terminally ill and dying. The Mathura Declaraon states that: 1. Quality of life is a right guaranteed under the Constuon to every cizen of India and must be upheld, including at the end of life. 2. Palliave and EoLC are important means to ensure this.