Scientific Program

  • Day 1 10th October 2025
  • Day 2 11th October 2025
  • Day 3 12th October 2025

10th October 2025

Time Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall D
08.00 - 09.00 AM Registration
Let’s begin with…
09.00 - 10.00 AM Session - Learning the fine art of anaesthesia !
Chairpersons : Shakil Momin, Anita Shetty, Sunil Gvalani
Session - Skills & Drills !
Chairpersons : Lalita Naik, Amola Parikh, Gurunath Murthy
Session - Patient-centric approach…
Chairpersons : Satish Deshpande, Sukhminder Bajwa, Yogen Bhatt
 
09.00 - 09.15 AM Redefining role of anaesthesiologist, the new AVATAR! :
J. Balavenkatasubramanian
A block for every surgery – Future of regional anaesthesia!: Anita Nehete Variability in anaesthesia practice & care : Rajesh Rao  
09.15 - 09.30 AM Decision making in anaesthesia - A Scientific Art! : Indrani Hemant Kumar Monitoring the monitor-Vitals vigil! : Manisha Katikar Road map to patient safety… : Vijay Shetty  
09.30 - 09.45 AM Quality improvement in anaesthesia – scope ahead ! : Anju Grewal Upgrading anaesthesiolosts’ skills - Empowering self! : Rakesh Garg Crisis Resource Management : Vidhu Bhatnagar  
09.45 - 10.00 AM Discussion  
10.00 - 11.15 AM Paediatric Anaesthesia Chairpersons : Indrani H, Pratibha Toal, Lalitram Joshi Session - Neuroanaesthesia Chairpersons : Sangeeta Ravat (Dean – GSMC), Bharati Kondwilkar, Rajshree Deopujari Session -Renaissance period in airway management Chairpersons : RD Patel, Kshama Shah, Sheetal Shah  
10:00 - 10:15 AM VATS – optimising anaesthesia techniques : Mridul Dua Prevention management of secondary brain injuries in stroke : Parna Thakkar Combination techniques in airway management : Sukhada Savarkar  
10:15 - 10:30 AM Neuraxial anaesthesia in paediatrics : Barnali Chakraborty Traumatic Brain Injury updates : Vikas Karne Managing the traumatized airway : Babita Gupta  
10:30 - 10:45 AM Predicting fluids responsiveness : Deepika Tekchandani Monitoring in neuro anaesthesia – What’s new? : Anil Parakh Perioperative oxygenation techniques : Umesh Ramtani  
10:45 - 11:00 AM Anaesthesia concerns in ex preemies : Ankit Desai Anaesthesia for patients with neurological disorders : Sunil Katkade Airway issues in systemic disease : Sheetal Gaikwad 11:00 - 12:00 PM
Masterclass anaesthesia workstation :
Harshvardhan Tikle, Yogesh Chawat
11:00 - 11:15 PM Discussion  
11.15 - 11.30 AM Tea Break  
11:30 - 12:15 PM Panel - Time to replace ERAS with ERAA!!
Moderators : Malathi Panchawagh, Vaishali Kulkarni
Panelists:
J Balavenkatasubramanian, Shubhangi Kothari, Anita Kulkarni, Rupali Kini, Sameer Rege
Panel Discusion - Challenges of an obstetrics anaesthesiologist!
Moderators : Priti Kanojia, Aarti Kulkarni
Panelists:
Ketan Parikh, Dilip Paranjape, Shalini Sardesai, Manju Sinha, Madhavi Goyal, Chhaya Bhagat
Panel Discussion - Monitored anaesthesia care – Time for SUDOKU??
Moderators : Falguni Shah, Pallavi Waghalkar
Panelists:
Rajen Daftary, Maya Bhalerao, Reena Gautam, Ajay Pandit, Preeti Nanda
12.15 - 01.15 PM Dr. Dhruv Past President Oration
Dr. Balaji Asegaonkar ‘From Solo to Synergy – Embracing Group Practice in Anaesthesia’ : Balaji Asegaonkar
"Dr. Dhruv Past president ORATION Dr. Balaji Asegaonkar ‘From Solo to Synergy – Embracing Group Practice in Anaesthesia’" Anaesthesia’ : Balaji Asegaonkar Dr. Dhruv Past President Oration
Dr. Balaji Asegaonkar ‘From Solo to Synergy – Embracing Group Practice in Anaesthesia : Balaji Asegaonkar
 
01.15 - 02.00 PM Lunch
02.00 - 02.20 PM Point counterpoint Sip till send
Pro : Shailendra Modak
Con : Nilesh Kadu
Chairpersons : Pulak Punit, Abhay Bodhe
Point counterpoint - Extubation - awake or deep?
Awake : Urvi Desai
Deep : Deepa Suvarna
Chairpersons : Sukhminder Bajwa, Abhijit Nair
Rest in peace, scoline…
Pro : Avinash Bhosale
Con : Sheetal Dalal
Chairpersons : Kalpana Kelkar, Sandhya Gujjar
 
02.20 - 03.20 PM Session : NORA
Chairpersons : Rajen Daftary, Jayanti Bhate, Amol Pradhan
Session : Orthopaedic & Trauma
Chairpersons : Rajesh Tagadpalle, Sameer Sohoni, Gurunath Murthy
Session : Infrequent encounters
Chairpersons : Shashi Chaudhary, Vasanti Kelkar, Sanhita Kulkarni
 
02.20 - 02.35 PM Swaddle and sedation in paediatric NORA : Raylene Dias Acute spinal cord injuries & anaesthesia challenges : Rochana Bakhshi 02.20 - 02.32 PM
EF 15% - #Tibia fixation - which regional anaesthesia works best for me : Yatin Khairnar
 
02.35 - 02.50 PM Anaesthesia for interventional pulmonology : Swapnil Parab Perioperatve analgesia in TKR - What’s your pick ? : Senthilkumar Praveenkumar 02.32 - 02.44 PM
Unanticipated postoperative ICU admission : Saurabh Barade
 
02.50 - 03.05 PM POEM and anaesthesiologist : Prerana Shah Hip # – Enabling early recovery through anaesthetic technique : Harshal Wagh 02.44 - 02.56 PM
Hyperthermia under anaesthesia : Aarti Jadhav
 
03.05 - 03.20 PM Discussion Discussion 02.56 - 03.08 PM
Patient with poor cardiopulmonary reserve for renal transplant : Rahul Shabadi
 
      03.08 - 03.20 PM
Epidural catheter snapped – what next? : Chandrashekhar Khairnar
 
03.20 - 04.20 PM Optimizing cardiac functions for non cardiac surgery
Chairpersons : Supriya Gajendragadkar, Vaishali Mohod, Amarja Nagre
Session - Monitoring
Chairpersons : Anjali Bhure, Manoj Kumar, Rajashri Agaskar
PBLD
Chairpersons : HK Sale, Bhavesh Nanda, Viral Haria
 
03.20 - 03.35 PM Dilators diuretics in heart failure : Niranjan Waje Monitoring anaesthetic gases : Preeti Rustagi 03.20 - 03.32 PM
Failed spinal in PIH! : Manisha Shembekar
 
03.35 - 03.50 PM RV – A force to be reckoned with… : Rupinder Kaur Neuromuscular monitoring recovery : Preeti Gupta 03.32 - 03.44 PM
Silent chest post intubation Shraddha Naik
 
03.50 - 04.05 PM Perioperative management of patients Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices : Jacqueline Dmello EWS & MEWS! : Poonam Ghodki 03.44 - 03.56 PM
Prone position, neuraxial block & hypotension : Priti Devalkar
 
03.56 - 04.08 PM     CSF in the epidural catheter! : Preeti Nanda  
04.05 - 04.20 PM Discussion Discussion 04.08 - 04.20 PM
Encounters with rhythm changes during TURP : Pankaj Gupta
 
04.20 - 04.50 PM JAM Session – 1 minute, 1 slide presentation Topic of your choice!
Judges : Jitendra Bapat, Charulata Deshpande, Nita Karmarkar
Spill your Reel making skill
Judges : Vaishali Mohod, Anjali Bhure, Parna Thakkar
Extempore – 2 mins talk on the topic given to you on the spot !
Judges : Jigeeshu Divatia, Swati Daftary, Vijay Shetty
 
04.50 - 05.15 PM Coffee Break  
05.15 - 06.15 PM Inauguration – Chief Guest ‘Mr Anil Kakodkar’  
07.00 onwards Cultural Program -'Tuning Folks' | Dinner  

11th October 2025

Time Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall D
08.30 - 09.30 AM Session - Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia
Chairpersons : Sanjeeta Umbarkar, Vinayak Mali, Khushboo Dharmani
Session - Critical care
Chairpersons : Manisha Katikar, Anant Sigh Rajput, Pramodini Dandekar
Session - Kidney & anaesthesia
Chairpersons : Sunil Katkade, Usha Badole, Sanjyot Ninave
07.30 - 10.00 AM
Paper presentations
08.30 - 08.45 AM Anaesthesia challenges for TAVR : Namrata Kothari Heart lung talk in ARDS : Jigeeshu Divatia Perioperative AKI : Vaishali Mohod
08.45 - 09.00 AM Perioperative Echo - real life case scenarios : Samrat Madnaik Nutrition in critically ill : Shilpushp Bhosale Managing CKD patient for anaesthesia : Shraddha Nair  
09.00 - 09.15 AM Thoracic Lung isolation techniques : Aparna Date Confronting metabolic acidosis : Balasaheb Bande Robotic urological surgeries in high risk patients !: Tasneem Dhansura  
09.15 - 09.30 AM Discussion  
09.30 - 10.45 AM Session - Bariatric Anaesthesia
Chairpersons : Dilip Desai, Amala Kudalkar, Swati Wagh Pradhan
Session - Anaesthesia for Reconstructive surgery
Chairpersons : Krishna Joshi, Arshad Sheikh, Manjari Madnoorkar
Session - Obstetrics Anaesthesia
Chairpersons : Ashok Deshpande, Kiran Janve, Sumeet Lad
 
09.30 - 09.45 AM Prehabilitation in obese : Gurunath Murthy Walking the tight rope - providing anaesthesia for free flap surgery : Sanjivani Zadkar Care bundles for major obstetrics haemorrhage : Meenoti Potdar  
09.45 - 10.00 AM Anti obesity medications anaesthesia considerations : Amol Pradhan Anaesthesia for a ‘Make over’ : Nitin Bhorkar Anaesthesia for fetal interventions : Swati Daftary  
10.00 - 10.10 AM High BMI Airway ventilation strategies : Trupti Pethkar 10.00 - 10.15 AM
Anaesthesia considerations for gender reassignment surgery : Joanna Rodrigues
10.00 - 10.15 AM
Anaesthesiologist quandary in suspected peripartum Cardiomyopathy for CS : Ashish Mali
10.00 - 10.40 AM
Meet the Expert session !!!
Moderators : Ujjawal D, Meera Santosh
10.10 - 10.20 AM DISE in obese with OSA : Sunil Gvalani 10.15 - 10.30 AM
Burns resuscitation early excision : Hemant Kshirsagar
10.15 - 10.30 AM
Eclamptic for LSCS : Avadhoot Kulkarni
All about capnography… : Bhavani Shankar Kodali
10.20 - 10.30 AM Trouble shooting during weight reduction surgery : Meenakshi Puranik   10.20 –10.40 AM
AI for smarter anaesthesia : Rakesh Garg
10.30 - 10.45 AM Discussion  
10.45 - 11.00 AM Tea Break  
11.00 - 11.45 AM Panel Discussion : Perioperative myocardial injuries – lethal attack!
Moderators : Sanjeeta Umbarkar, Uma Kamat
Panelists:
Anita Nehete Amarja Nagare, Vaishali Badge, Sandeep Mutha, Sarita Fernandes, Amrusha Raipure
Panel Discussion - Geriatrics – managing the outliers
Moderators : Shilpa Tiwaskar, Shrividya Chellam
Panelists:
Gurunath Murthy, Manali Nadkarni, Bhagyashree Gogate, Jayanti Bhate, Neha Panse
Panel Discussion - Pre anaesthetic clinic – doorway to successful patient management!
Moderators : Manisha Gosh, Deepali Thakur
Panelists:
Bharat Heshi, Charulata Deshpande, Jessy Vennel, Neelam Nalge , Neeta Karmarkar
Masterclass Airway Gadgets : Sunil Chapne, Nilesh Patil, Unmesh Bedekar, Hemant Dambale
11.45 - 12.00 AM Session - Sharing airway !
Chairpersons : Prashant Deore, Anjali Bhorkar, Vrushali Panchalwar
Session - Moving forward!
Chairpersons : Prashant Thoke, Anita Shetty, Amrusha Raipure
Making it safe !
Chairpersons : Someshwar Patange, Bhavesh Sheth
 
11.45 - 12.00 PM Anaesthesia for tracheal reconstruction : Swapna Naik E- CPR the way forward? : Jumana Yusuf Cut the emission, not the care! : Priya Sadawarte  
12.00 - 12.15 PM LASER Fire ! : Prasanna Khare Paperless anaesthesia : Sugam Kale Navigating safe anaesthesia of GUCH : Aparna Nerurkar  
12.15 - 01.15 PM ISA branch Oration Nashik Speaker - ''Leadership skills are mandatory for successful Anaesthesiology practice in this era" : Bhavani Shankar Kodali
Chairpersons : Dr Anita Nehete President SAMS, Dr Rajesh Tagadpalle Secretary SAMS, Dr Manjiri Madnoorkar President ISA Nashik, Dr Hemant Dambale Secretary ISA Nashik
01.15 - 02.00 PM Lunch Break  
02.00 - 02.20 PM Restorative sabbatical vs early retirement
Restorative sabbatical : Ujwala Karmarkar
Early retirement : Aparna Budhkar
Moderators : Bharati Tendolkar, Smita Lele
Situational awareness with visual patient - AVATAR! : David Tscholl
Moderators : Satish Kulkarni, Sharmila Ranade
Evidence vs Experience based practice
Evidence : Sugam Kale
Experience : Manjari Muzoomdar
Moderators : Pinakin Gujjar, Pramod Kale, Vijaya Patil
 
02.20 - 02.30 PM Opioid sparing anaesthesia : Sanghmitra Ghosh   PONV - Pray not your patient have it! : Supriya Pawar  
02.30 - 03.30 PM Session - Pain
Chairpersons : Gehdoo R., Vijay Patil, Meghana Patwardhan
Research in anaesthesia
Chairpersons : Vijay Shetty, Abhijit Nair, Bhuvaneshwari S
Session - General surgical anaesthesia
Chairpersons : Amitabh Katdan, Sachin Makde, Priyamvada Likhate
 
02.30 - 02.45 PM Pain management in polytrauma patient - What’s the menu? : Yogita Patil Designing a meaningful study : Madhuri Kurdi Septic patient for exploratory laparotomy : Naina Dalvi  
02.45 - 03.00 PM Calcific pancreatitis - a stubborn pain! : Kiran Vyawahare Making an impactful power point presentation : Hemangi Karnik Hepatic resection : Sharmila Ranade  
03.00 - 03.15 PM Non specific orofacial pain - Identifying the correct pain generator !!! : Varsha Kurhade Writing a manuscript for journal - Editor is watching ! : Rakesh Garg COPD for umbilical hernia repair : Rupali Likhate  
03.15 - 03.30 PM Discussion  
03.30 - 04.10 PM Session - Myth busters
Chairpersons : CS Cham, Ramkrishna Reddy, Varsha Kurhade
03.30 - 03.50 PM
Technology
Chairpersons : Rahul Shabadi, Megha Tikle, Meera Santosh
PBLD
Chairpersons : Sachin Godki, Harshal Wagh, Poornima Sonkamble
Anaesthesia Quiz
Gauri Gangakhedkar, Viral Parikh & Team
03.30 - 03.40 PM Leucocytosis, so no neuraxial block! : Anita Chhabra 3D printing in Anaesthesia : Bhaskar Patil 03.30 - 03.42 PM
Disorientation in a diabetic patient during below knee amputation : Jayashree V.
 
03.40 - 03.50 PM Mixing of local anaesthetics help block work better! : Kirti Gujarkar APPs for smart anaesthesiologist : Gauri Gangakhedkar 03.42 - 03.56 PM
Disorientation in a diabetic patient during below knee amputation : Asmita Karnalkar
 
03.50 - 04.10 PM   Myth busters    
03.50 - 04.00 PM Transdermal fentanyl patches are best suited to manage postoperative pain : Varsha Suryavanshi Ketamine in neuro anaesthesia? Never… : Shrikanta Oak 03.56 - 04.10 PM
Failed upper limb block in severe asthmatic…. : Gauri Arora
 
04.00 - 04.10 PM Neuromodulation is only for chronic pain! : Ajay Pandit No dexamethasone in blocks for diabetics : Pravin Ubale    
04.10 - 04.40 PM Anaesthesia games
Game Masters : Anjana Wajekar, Suchita Kosare
The clinical and Environmental case for inhalational Anaesthesia
: Robert Kleinberg
Moderators : Anil Parakh, Jueeli Barpande
   
04.40 - 05.00 PM Coffee Break  
05.00 - 07.00 PM AGBM  
07.00 onwards Cultural program | Banquet Dinner | DJ  

12th October 2025

Time Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall D
08.30 - 09.30 AM Session - Transplant anaesthesia
Chairpersons : Pradeep Swami, Ashwin Sonkamble, Farzeen Quereshi
Session - Onco Anaesthesia
Chairpersons : Sohan Solanki, Swapna Naik, Shilpushp Bhosale
Session - RAAPM
Chairpersons : Deepa Kane, Gauri Arora, Sukruti Atram
07:30 - 10:00 AM
Paper presentations
08.30 - 08.45 AM Anaesthetic considerations for organ procurement : Vijay Shetty Anaesthetic implications of anti-cancer therapy : Bhakti Trivedi Talk of the town - Segmental spinal : Rajesh Rao 10:20 - 10:40 AM
"Meet the Expert session !!!
Is interscalene still the gold standard for shoulder surgery ? : Sandeep Diwan
08.45 - 09.00 AM All about heart lung transplant : Khusboo Dharmani Intraoperative Chemotherapy : Shalini Saxena Blocks in neuronal injuries & disorders : Kala Eshwaran 11:00 - 12:00 PM
Masterclass Mechanical Ventilation : Amol Kothekar, Anant Singh Rajput
09.00 - 09.15 AM Transplant recipient for non transplant surgery : Meera Pandey Palliative Care & the anaesthesiologist : Meghana Patwardhan Demystifying rebound pain after regional anaesthesia : Sandeep Diwan 01:15 - 02:15 PM
Quiz Final
09.15 - 09.30 AM Discussion  
09.30 - 10.45 AM Session - Drugs
Chairpersons : Priti More, Dilip Wasnik, Suhasini Sonavdekar
Session - Guidelines & recommendations
Chairpersons : Shilpa Tiwaskar, Madhuri Limaye, Sujata Zine
Session - Blood & coagulation
Chairpersons : Shashikant Shinde, Archana Chaudhary, Madhavi Buddhi
 
09.30 - 09.45 AM Demystifying inhalational anaesthesia: Patient to planet : Rajendra Patil Airway guidelines review : Amit Shah Blood conservation strategies : Satish Kulkarni  
09.45 - 09.55 AM Remifentanil – a preferred opioid ? : Nisha Gandhi 09.45 - 10.00 AM
Newer anticoagulants & ASRA guidelines : Abhijit Nair
Fluid stewardship & PGDT : Anjali Patki  
09.55 - 10.05 AM Suzetrigine – the novel non opioid analgesic : Kalyani Patil 10.00 - 10.15 AM
AHA guidelines - cardiac patients for non cardiac surgery : Manojkumar Chauhan
Navigating massive transfusion : Vidya Deshmukh  
10.05 - 10.15 AM Sugamadex in special population : Alpesh Bhanushali 10.15 - 10.30 AM
Critical care guidelines for Sepsis : Anant Singh Rajput
Optimizing blood management in paediatrics ! : Vinit Bedekar  
10.15 - 10.25 AM Remimazolam - Return of benzodiazepines! : Harpreet Kaur      
10.25 - 10.35 AM Targeted ketamine & lignocaine infusion : Prakash Deshmukh      
10.35 - 10.45 AM Discussion 10.30 - 10.45 AM
Discussion
10.30 - 10.45 AM
Discussion
 
10.45 - 11.00 AM Tea Break  
11.00 - 11.45 AM Panel Discussion - DoA monitoring & TCI & TIVA
Moderators : Kalpana Shah, Shwetal Goraksha
Panelists: Tapas Mandal, Joseph Monteiro, Deepa Kane, Madhavi Desai, Foram Gandhi, Rashmi Shingade
Panel Discussion - Medicolegal challenges & solutions
Moderators : Manjusha Shah, Sachin Chandolkar
Panelists: Shailesh Mohite (Dean-TNMC & BYL Nair), Nilesh Naphade, Kalpana Kelkar, Bibhas Dasgupta, Pratibha Kane
Panel Discussion - Samvad – Tuz maz zamena…– surgeon anaesthesiologists talk
Moderators : Sonali Saraf, Kalpesh Shah
Panelists: Anil Tendolkar, Mohan Joshi (Dean _LTMC& Sion), Bharati Tendolkar, Amala Kudalkar, Jitendra Bapat, Sameer Rege
 
11.45 - 12.15 PM Ventilator blues and reading the images
Chairpersons : Deepak Kokane, Shalini Saxena
Session - AI and Anaesthesia
Chairpersons : Rakesh Garg, Bhaskar Patil
Session - Airway and Post operative pulmonary complications
Chairpersons : Vinayak Patil, Anjali Patki
 
11.45 - 12.00 PM VALI : Shraddha Devrukhkar Maintaining data confidentiality with AI : Sujit Katiyar Inside the airway: Dynamic clues, practical moves : Apeksha Patwa  
12.00 - 12.15 PM Reading the images – Empowering the anaesthesiologist! : Vijaya Patil ChatGPT prompts for anaesthesiologists : Meera Santosh Postoperative pulmonary complications : Nisha Jain  
12.15 - 01.15 PM Dr. YG Bhojraj Oration - “The journey beyond spine surgery!“…27 years of the spine foundation! : Shekhar Bhojraj  
01.15 - 02.00 PM Lunch  
02.00 - 03.00 PM POCUS
Team - Sona Dave
POCUS for evaluation of shock : Ajit Bawiskar
Gastric USG for parturient it : Ujjawalraj Dudhedia
Noninvasive assessment of brain hypertension : Gayatri Sakrikar
Nuts and bolts of LUS : Harshal Wagh
Session - DIALOg
Team - Sweta Salgaonkar
Soft Skills interactive session ! : Pallavi Waghalkar
Conducting scenarios with delegates : Priti Devalkar
Hand overs & Conflict resolution : Gauri Gangakhedkar
02.00 - 02.45 PM
How do I do it ? Video session : Demonstrators
 
03.00 - 03.30 Anaesthesia and Critical Care; Transition from Civil Hospital to the battlefield! : Maj Dr. Sneha V. Toal Army Medical Corps
Chairpersons : Indrani Hemantkumar, Deepa Kane
Session - Interesting research papers in last 5 years : Bhuvaneshwari Balasubranian, Isha Singhal
Chairpersons : Harshvardhan Tikle, Sheetal Gaikwad
02.00 - 02.15 PM
Demonstrators Awake craniotomy : Chinmaya Bhave
 
    02.15 - 02.30 PM
Awake VDL : Kalpesh Gaitonde
 
    02.30 - 02.45 PM
Anaesthesia for SSEP monitoring : Bharati Adhye
 
    02.45 - 03.30 PM
Profession security for anaesthesiologists
 
    02.45 - 03.05 PM
Family Benevolent Fund : Rajesh Tagadpalle
 
    03.05 - 03.30 PM
Financial independence & security : Shashank Budhkar
Chairpersons : Anita Shetty, Kalpesh Shah
 
03.30 - 04.00 Coffee Break  
04.00 - 05.00 Valedictory function