Scientific Program

Session I – Biliary I
Chairpersons Roy Mukkada, Sojan K George, Vinod Kumar A, Harish Kareem, Hasim Ahmed
16:00 – 16:25High Tea
16:25 – 16:30Opening Remarks
16:30 – 16:45 Selective Biliary Cannulation: Tips & Tricks Mahesh Goenka
16:50 – 17:05 Ampullectomy: When & How? Ajay Kumar
Session II – Biliary II
Chairpersons T.K. Joseph, Dawney Zachariah, Benoy Sebastian, Jijo Varghese, Maya Peethambaran
17:10 – 17:25 Precut Sphincterotomy: How to do it S.S. Sharma
17:30 – 17:45 Gallstone Disease: When to intervene? Usha Dutta
Session III – Biliary III
Chairpersons Sunil Mathai, Ajith Roni, Rajeev Jayadevan, Biggs Sarvanan, John Mathew M
17:45 – 18:00 Nightmares on Therapeutic EUS Street Sundeep Lakhtakia
18:05 – 18:20 Endoscopic Management of Cholecystitis Praveer Rai
18:25 – 18:40 ERCP in Altered Anatomy Randhir Sud
18:45 – 19:00 Failed ERCP in Benign Biliary Stricture Jayanta Samanta
Session IV – Biliary IV
Chairpersons Mahesh Goenka, Anish Kumar, Sandesh K, Sunil Mathew, Sandeep Kumbar
19:05 – 19:20 Tissue Acquisition in Biliary Ductal Pathology Prakash Zacharias
19:25 – 19:40 Endotherapy of Post Transplant Biliary Strictures Vikram Bhatia
19:45 – 20:00 Malignant Combined Biliary Duodenal Obstruction Jimil Shah
20:05 – 20:20 Role of EUS in Malignant Hilar Stricture Sreekanth Appasani
20:20 – 22:00Dinner
Session V – Pancreas I
Chairpersons Varghese Thomas, Jaicob Varghese, Jeladharan G, Santhosh Balakrishnan, Prashanth K.S.
09:00 – 09:15 Early Management of Acute Pancreatitis Rupjyoti Talukdar
09:20 – 09:35 Pain in Acute Pancreatitis Asbjorn Mohr Drewes
09:40 – 09:55 Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis Rogier Voermans
Session VI – Pancreas II
Chairpersons George Thomas, Saju Xavier, Rajesh G, Jeesemon Jose, Sudheer O.V.
10:00 – 10:15 Early Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis Gabriele Capurso
10:20 – 10:35 Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis: What can we do today? Asbjorn Mohr Drewes
10:40 – 10:55 Surgery for Chronic Pancreatitis – Current Status H Ramesh
10:55 – 11:10 Coffee Break
Session VII – Pancreas III
Chairpersons Gabriele Capurso, T.S. Chandrashekar, Sujith Jacob James, Sabu K.G., Sunil Kumar K
11:15 – 11:30 How Collaborative Research Has Advanced Treatment of Pancreatitis: The Dutch Perspective Jeanin van Hooft
11:35 – 11:50 Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis: When, What & How? S.P. Misra
11:55 – 12:10 Gut Microbiota in Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis Fons van den Berg
Session VIII – Pancreas IV
Chairpersons H Ramesh, Arun Philip, Anoop Koshy, Tom Kurian, Sreejith V Eratte
12:15 – 12:30 Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer: Opportunities & Challenges Rupjyoti Talukdar
12:35 – 12:50 Neoadjuvant Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer: Controversies & Advances Sujay Srinivas
12:55 – 13:10 Chronic Calcific Pancreatitis with Head Mass: How I Manage G.V. Rao
13:10 – 14:00 Lunch
Session IX – Pancreas V
Chairpersons S.P. Mishra, Shine Sadasivan, Jeffey George, Deepak Johnson, Shelly C Paul
14:00 – 14:15 Disconnected Pancreatic Duct Syndrome: Endoscopic Approach Surinder Rana
14:20 – 14:35 Stonebreakers: The Era of Pancreatic Stone Management Manu Tandan
14:40 – 14:55 EUS Guided Ablation of Pancreatic Lesions Rakesh Kumar Adi
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break
Session X – Pancreas VI
Chairpersons M Narendranathan, K.R. Vinayakumar, Deepak Madhu, Ajith Nair, Anoob John K.A.
15:15 – 15:35 Practical Guide to Management of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency Matthias Löhr
Inauguration & Keynote
18:15 – 19:00 Inauguration
Chairpersons Jang B Dilawari, Rama P Venu, Matthias Löhr, Philip Augustine
19:00 – 19:30 Endoscopy in Pancreatic Malignancy: From Diagnosis to Therapeutics Jeanin van Hooft
20:10 – 22:30 Gala Dinner
Session XIV – Hepatology I
Chairpersons Abraham Koshy, Harikumar Nair, Shanid A, Philip Daniel, Ajith Kuriakose
09:00 – 09:15 Advancing Our Understanding of Hepatic Recompensation Eapen C.E.
09:20 – 09:35 Disease Modulating Agents in Cirrhosis Sarin S.K.
09:40 – 09:55 Risk Assessment & Perioperative Management of CLD Patients Sudhindran S
10:55 – 11:10 Coffee Break
Session XV – Hepatology II
Chairpersons Amar Mukund, Jayakumar D, Ashwin P Vinod, Vishnu Gireesh, Ranjan Kumar Patel
10:00 – 10:15 Non-Invasive Tools for Assessing Portal Hypertension L Venkitakrishnan
10:20 – 10:35 Managing Portal HTN in Porto-Sinusoidal Vascular Disease Akash Shukla
10:40 – 10:55 TIPS in Portal Vein Thrombosis Sundeep Punamiya
Session XVI – Hepatology III
Chairpersons George Chandy, Akash Shukla, Krishnadas D, Yashwant Patidar, Ramesh M
11:15 – 11:30 PLEX in Liver Failure: Current Status C.E. Eapen
11:35 – 11:50 Advances in Prevention & Management of Procedural Bleeding John Menachery
11:55 – 12:10 The Future of Hepatology: Gazing at the Crystal Ball Sarin S.K.
Session XVII – Hepatology IV
Chairpersons Charles Panackal, Arun Valsan, T.M. Ramachandran, Brijesh Ray, Mahesh Menon
12:15 – 12:30 Reconsidering the Timing of TIPS in Difficult Ascites Yashwant Patidar
12:35 – 12:50 Predictors of Hepatic Encephalopathy after TIPS Amar Mukund
12:55 – 13:10 TIPS in Cirrhotics with Ascites & Renal Dysfunction Sundeep Punamiya
13:15 – 13:30 Sinistral Portal Hypertension: Algorithmic Approach Ranjan Kumar Patel