Session Hall Date TIME TOPIC SPEAKER CHAIRPERSON Name
08 Dec. 2017 08.00 - 09.00 A.M. Registration
A 08 Dec. 2017 NRP: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Session 1 A 08 Dec. 2017 09.00 - 09.30 A.M. Indian Guidelines of NRP Dr. Sunil Mehendiratta Dr. Lalan K. Bharti/Dr. Naveen Garg Session 1 A 08 Dec. 2017 09.30 - 10.00 A.M. NRI –App Dr. Satish Deopujari Dr. Subendu Dey (Kolkata)
Session 2 A 08 Dec. 2017 10.00 - 10.30 A.M. New ILCOR recommendations for newborn babies-How practical? Dr. Kiran More (New Zealand) Dr. S P Srivastava
Session 2 A 08 Dec. 2017 10.30- 11.00 A.M. From theory to practice: What’s new in neonatal resuscitation? Dr. Ramesh Vidavalur (USA)
NON INVASIVE VENTILATION: CURRENT PERSPECTIVE
Session 3 A 08 Dec. 2017 11.00- 11.30 A.M. Non Invasive Ventilation: What are the options? Dr. Peter Davis (Australia) Dr. Nigam P Narain
Session 3 A 08 Dec. 2017 11.30- 12.00 P.M. Nasal High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV ) in NICU - A New Concept Dr. Vladimiras Chijenas (Lithuania) Dr. Sandip Burman
Session 4 A 08 Dec. 2017 12.00-12.30 P.M. HFNC where are we now-Oxford Experience Dr. Amit Gupta (Oxford UK) Dr. T. Murli
Session 4 A 08 Dec. 2017 12.30-01.00 P.M. Oxygen targeting preterm infants Dr. Anurag Singh (Jodhpur) Dr. Mamta Jajoo
Session 5 A 08 Dec. 2017 01.00 - 01:30 P.M Research priorities in India Dr. Ramesh Agrawal Dr. Atanu Bhadra(Kolkata)
Session 5 A 08 Dec. 2017 01:30 - 02:00 P.M Evidence pyramid - when the gold standard is not necessarily the best Dr. V.C. Manoj Dr. Bhaswati Ghoshal
Session 6 A 08 Dec. 2017 Debate 1: NIMV(Nasal Intermittent mandatory ventilation) vs. CPAP in management of preterm RDS as primary Dr. Rangasamy Ramanathan (California) Vs. Dr. Guru Expert: Dr. Manish Mannan 02:00 - 02:30 PM mode Prasad (Davengere, India) Session 6 A 08 Dec. 2017 Debate 2: Pain medications should/ should not be used in the NICU Dr.Vivek Narendran (USA) VS. Dr. Sunny Anand (USA) Expert: Dr. Manish Mannan 0 2:30 - 03:00 PM A 08 Dec. 2017 LUNG CLUB
Session 7 A 08 Dec. 2017 3:00 - 03:30 PM Preterm NICU Graduates: What are their short and long term respiratory outcomes? Dr. Lex Doyle (Australia) Dr. Ashok Talapatra
Session 7 A 08 Dec. 2017 03.30 - 04.00 P.M. Difficult airway in newborn: How to get out of difficult situation Dr Monica Kaushal - Dubai Dr. Yogesh Sarin
Session 8 A 08 Dec. 2017 04:00 - 04.30 P.M. Chronic lung disease of prematurity - recent advances in understanding and management Prof V Samuel Rajaduraj (Singapore) Dr. Sharwan Kumar
Session 8 A 08 Dec. 2017 04.30 – 05.00 P.M. Surfactant in RDS - How to choose the best one Dr. Rangasamy Ramanathan (California) Dr. Suresh Kumar Surapani
A 08 Dec. 2017 05:00 – 05:30 P.M. Visit to Medical Exhibition
A 08 Dec. 2017 05:30 P.M. Inauguration Ceremony (Life Time Achievement Award) – Fellowship of NNF Award Distribution (Life Time Achievement Award) – Fellowship of NNF Award Distribution A 08 Dec. 2017
A 08 Dec. 2017
A 08 Dec. 2017 08.30 P.M. Inaugural Dinner
HALL B
B 08 Dec. 2017 08.00 - 09.00 A.M. Registration
B 08 Dec. 2017 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NICU
Session 1 B 08 Dec. 2017 09.00- 09.30 A.M. Tele NICU: Way Forward Dr. R Kishore Kumar Dr. Partha Chaudhury
Session 1 B 08 Dec. 2017 09.30 - 10.00 A.M. Information Technology in the NICU: Improved care leads to better outcome Dr Kumar Ankur Dr. Akhilesh Singh
B 08 Dec. 2017 BRAIN CLUB
Session 2 B 08 Dec. 2017 10.00 - 10.30 A.M. Novel Neuroprotective Therapies in Neonatal Encephalopathy Dr. Vania Oliveira (U.K.) Dr. Uzma Firdaus (Aligarh)
Session 2 B 08 Dec. 2017 10:30 – 11:00 AM Hypoxic brain injury: Differences in Term and Preterm hypoxic brain insults Dr. Uma Maheshwari Dr. Aman Pratap
Session 3 B 08 Dec. 2017 11:00 - 11:30 A.M. Managing perfusion in babies with Hypoxic encephalopathy: Can we do better? Dr. Samir Gupta (UK) Dr. Ganesh Sanku
Session 3 B 08 Dec. 2017 11:30 - 12.:00 P.M. Strategies to reduce Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) in developing world Dr. Shalabh Garg (U.K.) Dr. Dinesh Sahai
Session 4 B 08 Dec. 2017 12:00 – 12:30 P.M. Hypothermia for Encephalopathy in Low and Middle-Income Countries (HELIX) trial Dr. Vania Oliveira (UK) Dr. Ramesh Datta
Session 4 B 08 Dec. 2017 12:30 – 1:00 PM aEEG: Should it be the standard of care? Dr. Meena Garg (California) Dr. Anuradha
Session 5 B 08 Dec. 2017 01:00 – 1:30 PM Neonatal Research in perinatal asphyxia that will change practice. Dr. Prakash Amboiram (Chennai) Dr. Utpal Kant Singh
Session 5 B 08 Dec. 2017 01:30 – 02:00 PM Prinatal counselling in expected extreme prematurity in India-Current and Ideal Practices Dr. Rahul Yadav Dr. Anuradha Govil
Session 6 B 08 Dec. 2017 02:00 – 02:30 PM Dr. Uday Devaskar Dr. V.K. Goyal use of Erythroppitin for NP in the premature and full term babies
Session 6 B 08 Dec. 2017 02:30 – 03:00 PM Magnetic resonance biomarkers to speed up drug development in neonatal encephalopathy Dr. Pete Lally (U.K.) Dr. Lalit Mehendiratta
COMMUNITY NEONATOLOGY
Session 7 B 08 Dec. 2017 03:00 – 03:30 P.M. Newer technologies in newborn care at grass root level Dr. Ajay Gambhir Dr. Deepa Hariharan
Session 7 B 08 Dec. 2017 03:30 – 04:00 P.M. Current Status of SNCUs: Have SNCUs improved outcomes? Dr. Gagan Gupta Dr. Ammiappa Arumugam
POTPOURRI Session 8 B 08 Dec. 2017 04:00 – 04:30 P.M. Development of Nociception in the fetus and the newborn: Basis for the analgesia. Dr. Sunny Anand (USA) Dr. Uttam Pal
Session 8 B 08 Dec. 2017 04:30 – 05:00 P.M. Taking care of neonatal skin in NICU Dr. Anil Ganju Dr. Abhay B Mahindre
B 08 Dec. 2017 05:00 – 05:30 P.M. Visit to Medical Exhibition
B 08 Dec. 2017 05:30 P.M. Inauguration Ceremony (Life Time Achievement Award) – Fellowship of NNF Award Distribution B 08 Dec. 2017 08.30 P.M. Inaugural Dinner
C 08 Dec. 2017 08.00 - 09.00 A.M. Registration
C 08 Dec. 2017 NEONATAL TRANSPORT
Session 1 C 08 Dec. 2017 09.00- 09.30 A.M. Impact: Neonatal Transport in Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Kumutha Dr. Manish Balde
Session 1 C 08 Dec. 2017 09.30 - 10.00 A.M. Challenges in Transporting ELBW in Indian scenarios Dr. Dinesh Chirla Dr. Amit Tarage Sangli
Session 2 C 08 Dec. 2017 10.00 - 10.30 A.M. Neonatal Transport -success story of Sri Lanka Dr. Ramya Desilva ( Sri lanka) Dr. Bir Singh Yadav
Session 2 C 08 Dec. 2017 10.30- 11.00 A.M. Setting up a transport service from zero DR. Shoo Lee (UK) Dr. Anil Gulati
NEONATAL VENTILATION &
Session 3 C 08 Dec. 2017 11.00 - 11.30 A.M. Ventilator associated pneuomia Dr. P K Rajiv (Dubai) Dr. Sunil Taneja
Session 3 C 08 Dec. 2017 11.30 - 12.00 P.M. Mask ventilation in newborn: optimizing before ET intubation Dr. Rajesh Maheshwari (Australia) Dr. Abdul Majid
Session 4 C 08 Dec. 2017 12.00 - 12.30 P.M. HFO- Elective or Rescue Dr. Sundaram Janakiraman (UK) Dr. Ritu Chawla
Session 4 C 08 Dec. 2017 12.30 - 01.00 P.M. PDA- Advances and current understanding in medical and urgical management Dr. Samir Gupta (UK) Dr. Naveen Benakappa
Session 5 C 08 Dec. 2017 01.00 - 01.30 P.M. Newer thought in surfactant therapy Dr Karthik Nagesh Dr. Sanjay Deshmukh
Session 5 C 08 Dec. 2017 01.30 - 02:00 P.M. Meconium Aspiration Syndrome Revisited Dr. Jatin Mistri Dr. Sanjiv Burman
01.00 - 02.00 P.M. PLENARY IN HALL-A
Session 6 C 08 Dec. 2017 02.00 - 02.30 P.M. Dr. B. Sasikumar (A.P.) Dr. Niranjan K. Agarwal Updates in management of PPHN
Session 6 C 08 Dec. 2017 02.30 - 03.00 P.M. Echo based Management of PPHN Dr. Mohit Sahni Dr. V.K. Sharma
Ventilation
Session 7 C 08 Dec. 2017 03.00 - 03.30 P.M. Neonatal ventilation - Newer technologies Dr. Amit Gupta Dr. Sangeeta Rani Session 7 C 08 Dec. 2017 03.30 - 04.00 P.M. Open Lung ventilation - Indian experience Dr. Gurudev Chaudhary Dr. Rashmi Gandhi
Session 8 C 08 Dec. 2017 04:00 – 4:.30 P.M. Advances in Neonatology: Artificial placenta, Gene therapy, Genomics. Dr. Pankaj B. Agrawal (Harvard, USA) Dr. Devendra Gaba
Session 8 C 08 Dec. 2017 04:30 – 05:00 P.M. Neonatal Training for Overseas Doctors & additional opportunities Dr.Alok Sharma (Southampton) Dr. Mukesh Verma
C 08 Dec. 2017 05:00 – 05:30 P.M. Visit to Medical Exhibition
C 08 Dec. 2017 05:30 P.M. Inauguration Ceremony (Life Time Achievement Award) – Fellowship of NNF Award Distribution C 08 Dec. 2017
C 08 Dec. 2017
C 08 Dec. 2017 08.30 P.M. Inaugural Dinner
D 08 Dec. 2017 08.00 - 09.00 A.M. Registration
D 08 Dec. 2017 PREEMIE MEDICINE
Session 1 D 08 Dec. 2017 09.00- 09.30 A.M. The epidemiology of Preterm birth: Role of modifiable factors. Dr. Louis Muglia (Cincinnatti) Dr. Sandeep Taneja
Session 1 D 08 Dec. 2017 09.30 - 10.00 A.M. Corticosteroid therapy in the NICU: Pros and the cons? Dr. Lex Doyle (Australia) Dr. Vinod Anand
Session 2 D 08 Dec. 2017 10.00 - 10.30 A.M. Apnea of Prematurity: Caffeine and beyond Dr. Kalpshree Kesavan (California) Dr. C.P. Sachdev
Session 2 D 08 Dec. 2017 10.30- 11.00 A.M. Less invasive surfactant administration Dr. Rangasamy Ramanathan (California) Dr. Ashok Chakraborty
08 Dec. 2017 QUALITY INITIATIVES IN NICU
Session 3 D 08 Dec. 2017 11.00 - 11.30 A.M. 3) Preterm brain insult: Long term consequences Dr. Suksham Jain (GMC Chandigarh) Dr. Manish Chopra
Session 3 D 08 Dec. 2017 11.30 - 12.00 P.M. Improving quality of care, patient outcomes and health care services delivery DR. Shoo Lee (UK) Dr. Deepak Singla
Session 4 D 08 Dec. 2017 12.00 - 12.30 P.M. cascading medical error and risk through in situ simulation & Quality Improvement Dr.Alok Sharma (Southampton) Dr. G. Shridhar
Session 4 D 08 Dec. 2017 12.30 - 01.00 P.M. Perinatal health by Telemedicine-Experience from USA Dr. Sanjay Mitra (Pittsburgh) Dr. GS. Kochhar
Session 5 D 08 Dec. 2017 01.00 - 01.30 P.M. Bronchoscopy in Neonates Dr. Krishan Chugh Dr. Devender Singh Multimedia Session 5 D 08 Dec. 2017 01.30 - 02.00 P.M. Cogenital Heart Disease Screen: The What and How of it Dr. Manvinder Singh Sachdev Dr. B. Mukherjee Multimedia Session POTPOURRI
Session 6 D 08 Dec. 2017 02.00 - 02.30 P.M. Neonatal Simulation Training Dr. Hena Salam (Cambridge) Dr. Arun Gupta Session 6 D 08 Dec. 2017 02.30 - 03.00 P.M. Landmark articles in Neonatology: Basis for current clinical practice Dr. Smeeta Sardesai (California) Dr. G.P. Kaushal
Session 7 D 08 Dec. 2017 03.00 - 03.30 P.M. Human evolution, genetics and timing of birth: Lessons learnt? Dr. Louis Muglia (Cincinnatti) Dr. Mridu Sehgal
Session 7 D 08 Dec. 2017 03.30 - 04.00 P.M. Epigenetics and Nutrition - implications for the adult onset diseases Dr. Rohit Arora Dr. Sunil Bhasin
Session 8 D 08 Dec. 2017 04.00 - 04.30 P.M. Neonatal hypothyroidism in India-Cost effectiveness Dr. Ramesh Vidavalur (USA) Dr. Suresh Gupta
Session 8 D 08 Dec. 2017 04.30 – 05.00 P.M. Neonatal Reflux : evidence and controversies Dr. Shalabh Garg (U.K.) Dr. Vipul Jain
D 08 Dec. 2017 05.00 – 05.30 P.M. Visit to Medical Exhibition
D 08 Dec. 2017 05.30 P.M. Inugural Ceremony (Life Time Achievement Award) – Fellowship of NNF Award Distribution D 08 Dec. 2017
D 08 Dec. 2017
D 08 Dec. 2017 08.30 P.M. Inaugural Dinner