Tentative Scientific Program
Friday, 27th August 2021
Opening symposia : Hundred years of insulin
Chairpersons/Moderator : Dr. Seshiah V
Dr. Hemraj B. Chandalia
Insulin use in India - a history
Dr. Ashok Kumar Das
Making insulin acceptable to patients - What should clinicians know and do?
Dr. Anoop Mishra
The future of insulin therapies: a preview
Discussion
Pharma Symposium 1
TBA
Pharma Symposium 2
TBA
New evidence and Nuances
Dr. Samit Ghosal
Grading the GRADE (Study)
Dr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh
Real world evidence vs RCTs: What matters to a clinician?
Dr. Sujoy Ghosh
OHAs in the hospital - DARE to be different?
Discussion
PRIMER honour lecture
Dr. Robert A. Gabbay
TBA
Discussion
Inauguration
Inauguration
ADA Presidential Oration
Dr. Ruth S. Weinstock
Diabetes Care for Older Home-Dwelling Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Plenaries 1 - 3
Dr. Robert H. Eckel
Plenary1: Metabolic Medicine - a new subspecialty
Dr. Louis H. Philipson
Plenary 2: TBA
Dr. Desmond A. Schatz
Plenary 3: TBA
Discussion
Close for the day
Close for the day
In focus
Dr. Anand Kumar Annamalai
Sedentarism and Sarcopenia in the diabetic
Dr. Chitra Selvan S
Anxiety - the new pandemic and its impact on diabetes and management
Dr. Neeta Deshpande
Getting the exercise prescription right: Is walking sufficient?
Discussion
Pharma Symposium 3
TBA
Pharma Symposium 4
TBA
Is there evidence for
Dr. Anjana Mohan
Cluster based choice of therapies?
Dr. Kalyan Kumar Gangopadhyay
Pathophysiology based choice of therapies?
Dr. Kulkarni S V
Computer based choice of therapies (AI/ML)
Discussion
Saturday, 28th August 2021
Thyroid symposium
Dr. Rajesh Rajput
Challenges in interpreting thyroid function tests
Dr. Unnikrishnan A G
Self limiting thyrotoxicosis
Dr. Usha Ayyagari
TSH and fertility
Discussion
Clinical Case Seminar 1
Dr. Krishna G. Seshadri
Medical management of thyrotoxicosis
How do I
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Bhadada
Approach a 60 year old man with the incidentally discovered hypercalcemia?
Dr. Arpandev Bhattacharya
Approach a 70 year old man with asymptomatic hyponatremia
Dr. Manoj Chadha
Approach a 62 year old woman with a recent hip fracture
Discussion
Pharma Symposium 5
TBA
Pharma Symposium 6
TBA
Pharma Symposium 7
TBA
Comorbidities in Clinical Care
Dr. Mukherjee J J
NAFLD in diabetes practice - screening scoring and care
Dr. Binayak Sinha
Cardiac testing in the asymptomatic diabetic - who, what, when and how?
Dr. Rajeev Chawla
Preventing progression of renal disease - state of the art
Discussion
PRIMER honor lecture
Dr. Kumar Sarin Shiv
TBA
Discussion
Plenary 4 and 5
Dr. Marlon Pragnell
Plenary4: TBA
Dr. Cynthia E. Munoz
Plenary5: TBA
Discussion
Plenary 6 and 7
Dr. Samuel Klein
Plenary6: Metabolically Healthy and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity
Dr. Rohit N. Kulkarni
Plenary7: TBA
Discussion
Close for the day
Close for the day
Insulin Workshop
Dr. Sunil Gupta
Insulin initiation and monitoring
Dr. Sunil M Jain
Insulin intensification and monitoring
Dr. Sanjay Agarwal
IV insulin: A - Z
Discussion
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Dr. Sriprada Vinekar
Planning pregnancy and preconception counselling
Dr. Nandita Arun
Controversies in diagnostic criteria of pregestational and gestational diabetes
Dr. Bhavana Sosale
Monitoring, management and follow up
Discussion
Pharma Symposium 8
TBA
Pharma Symposium 9
TBA
Pharma Symposium 10
TBA
Clinical Case Seminar 2
Facilitator: Dr. Jeevan Joseph
Dr. Tiny Nair, Dr. Vageesh Ayyar
The diabetic with a recent MI
Clinical Case Seminar 3
Facilitator: Dr. Rama Mohan M V
Dr. Subramaniam Kannan, Dr. Belinda George
Young adult with new onset diabetes
Sunday, 29th August 2021
State of Art Lectures
Dr. Sundar Mudaliar
TBA
TBA
EMPEROR Preserved
Dr. Shashank R. Joshi
TBA
Dr. Mohan V
TBA
Discussion
Debate: Have we been unfair to the sulfonylureas?
Dr. Vijay Panikar
For Yes
Dr. Brij Mohan Makkar
For No
Dr. Rajeev Chawla
Balanced View
Clinical Case Seminar 4
Chairpersons/Moderator : Dr. Abhishek
Dr. Pramila Kalra
Clinical Case seminar
Small bytes: Empowering physicians
TBA
Gastroparesis
TBA
Sexual dysfunction
TBA
Bladder dysfunction
TBA
CAN
Discussion
Close of Conference
Close of Conference
Pot Pourri
Dr. Ranjit Unnikrishnan
Use of SMBG in the era of CGM and TIR
Dr. Bhavana Sosale
Gluco-centric approach in the era of cario-renal outcome studies - Lessons from the advance trial
Discussion
Dr. Aravind S R
Dyslipidemia management in Diabetes
Dr. Banshi Saboo
Hypertension management in Diabetes
Debate: Measuring glycemic variability in clinical practise?
Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev
Useful
Dr. Ganapathi Bantwal
Not useful
Dr. Prasanna Kumar K M
Balanced View
Just like that
Dr. Rajiv Kovil
Does the use of technology improve outcomes? What is the evidence?
Dr. Hanumanthayya Kelogi
Mycotic infections of genito urinary tract
Dr. Sudha Tinaikar
Mindfullness, meditation and diabetes - what is the evidence?
Discussion
Close of Conference
Close of Conference
Industry Partners
-Will be updated soon
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