About Conference

Two great names come together again - ADA & PRIMER on a Virtual platform. This conference brings you a program that puts the power of Evidence, Expertise and Experience behind your patient care. Led by the President of ADA, Dr Ruth Weinstock, the best of the Faculty ever assembled on a single Virtual Platform has been harnessed for this update. In addition to 10 international speakers who are all great Clinician -Researchers, ADA PRIMER 2021 will also see most of the reputed Indian Faculty. ADA PRIMER Virtual conference feed will also be going Live to many countries, which makes this conference truly International. Block your time & dates for a seamless experience of learning Advances in Diabetology that can translate into great patient care.

About PRIMER

PRIMER is a medical education firm managed by Dr. K M Prasanna Kumar, Dr. S R Aravind & Dr. Krishna G Seshadri. Operational since 2009, PRIMER has been a desired provider of continuing medical education for health care professionals. Besides immensely successful high impact CMEs PRIMER helps create medical education content, commissions & publishes books, periodicals and also partners with technology development. We also create patient centered programs and foster research.

Organising Committee

Dr. K M Prasanna Kumar

Chairman – Organising Committee

Dr. S R Aravind

Organising Secretary

Dr. Sanjay Reddy

Jt. Organising Secretary

Dr. Rohit N. Kulkarni

Chairman – Scientific Committee

Dr. Krishna G Seshadri

Chairman – Scientific Committee

Dr. Bhavana Sosale

Scientific Co-Ordinator

Faculty

International Faculty

Dr. Ruth S. Weinstock

Dr. Robert H. Eckel

Dr. Robert A. Gabbay

Dr. Desmond A. Schatz

Dr. Cynthia E. Munoz

Dr. Marlon Pragnell

Dr. Rohit N. Kulkarni

Dr. Samuel Klein

Dr. Louis H. Philipson

Dr. Sundar Mudaliar

National Faculty

Dr. Abhishek

Dr. Anand Kumar Annamalai

Dr. Anjana Mohan

Dr. Anoop Mishra

Dr. Aravind S R

Dr. Arpandev Bhattacharya

Dr. Ashok Kumar Das

Dr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh

Dr. Banshi Saboo

Dr. Belinda George

Dr. Bhavana Sosale

Dr. Binayak Sinha

Dr. Brij Mohan Makkar

Dr. Chitra Selvan S

Dr. Ganapathi Bantwal

Dr. Hanumanthayya Kelogi

Dr. Hemraj B. Chandalia

Dr. Jeevan Joseph

Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev

Dr. Kalyan Kumar Gangopadhyay

Dr. Krishna Seshadri

Dr. Kulkarni S V

Dr. Kumar Sarin Shiv

Dr. Manoj Chadha

Dr. Mohan V

Dr. Mukherjee J J

Dr. Nandita Arun

Dr. Neeta Deshpande

Dr. Pramila Kalra

Dr. Prasanna Kumar K M

Dr. Rajeev Chawla

Dr. Rajesh Rajput

Dr. Rajiv Kovil

Dr. Rama Mohan M V

Dr. Ranjit Unnikrishnan

Dr. Samit Ghosal

Dr. Sanjay Agarwal

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Bhadada

Dr. Seshiah V

Dr. Shashank R. Joshi

Dr. Sriprada Vinekar

Dr. Subramanian Kannan

Dr. Sudha Tinaikar

Dr. Sujoy Ghosh

Dr. Sunil Gupta

Dr. Sunil M Jain

Dr. Tiny Nair

Dr. Unnikrishnan A G

Dr. Usha Ayyagari

Dr. Vageesh Ayyar

Dr. Vijay Panikar

Tentative Scientific Program

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Friday, 27th August 2021

Opening symposia : Hundred years of insulin

Chairpersons/Moderator : TBA

14:00 - 14:20

TBA

Insulin use in India - a history
14:20 - 14:40

TBA

Making insulin acceptable to patients - What should clinicians know and do?
14:40 - 14:50

TBA

The future of insulin therapies: a preview
14:50 - 15:05

Discussion

Pharma Symposium 1

15:05 - 16:00

TBA
Pharma Symposium 2

16:05 - 17:00

TBA
New evidence and Nuances

17:05 - 17:25

TBA

Grading the GRADE (Study)
17:25 - 17:45

TBA

Real world evidence vs RCTs: What matters to a clinician?
17:45 - 18:05

TBA

OHAs in the hospital - DARE to be different?
18:05 - 18:20

Discussion

PRIMER honour lecture

18:25 - 18:50

TBA

TBA
18:50 - 19:00

Discussion

Inauguration

19:00 - 19:15

Inauguration
ADA Presidential Oration

19:15 - 19:40

TBA

Diabetes Care for Older Home-Dwelling Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Plenaries 1 - 3

19:45 - 20:10

TBA

Plenary1: Metabolic Medicine - a new subspecialty
20:10 - 20:35

TBA

Plenary 2: TBA
20:35 - 21:00

TBA

Plenary 3: TBA
21:10 - 21:15

Discussion

Close for the day

21:15 - 21:15

Close for the day

In focus

14:00 - 14:20

TBA

Sedentarism and Sarcopenia in the diabetic
14:20 - 14:40

TBA

Anxiety - the new pandemic and its impact on diabetes and management
14:40 - 14:50

TBA

Getting the exercise prescription right: Is walking sufficient?
14:50 - 15:05

Discussion

Pharma Symposium 3

15:05 - 16:00

TBA
Pharma Symposium 4

16:05 - 17:00

TBA
Is there evidence for

17:05 - 17:25

TBA

Cluster based choice of therapies?
17:25 - 17:45

TBA

Pathophysiology based choice of therapies?

17:45 - 18:05

TBA

Computer based choice of therapies (AI/ML)
18:05 - 18:20

Discussion

Saturday, 28th August 2021

Thyroid symposium

10:30 - 10:50

TBA

Challenges in interpreting thyroid function tests
10:50 - 11:10

TBA

Self limiting thyrotoxicosis
11:10 - 11:30

TBA

TSH and fertility
11:30 - 11:45

Discussion

Clinical Case Seminar 1

11:45 - 12:25

TBA

Medical management of thyrotoxicosis
How do I

12:30 - 12:50

TBA

Approach a 60 year old man with the incidentally discovered hypercalcemia?
12:50 - 13:10

TBA

Approach a 70 year old man with asymptomatic hyponatremia
13:10 - 13:30

TBA

Approach a 62 year old woman with a recent hip fracture
13:30 - 13:45

Discussion

Pharma Symposium 5

14:00 - 14:55

TBA
Pharma Symposium 6

15:00 - 15:55

TBA
Pharma Symposium 7

16:00 - 16:55

TBA
Comorbidities in Clinical Care

17:00 - 17:20

TBA

NAFLD in diabetes practice - screening scoring and care
17:20 - 17:40

TBA

Cardiac testing in the asymptomatic diabetic - who, what, when and how?
17:40 - 18:00

TBA

Preventing progression of renal disease - state of the art
18:00 - 18:15

Discussion

PRIMER honor lecture

18:20 - 18:45

TBA

TBA
18:45 - 18:55

Discussion

Plenary 4 and 5

19:00 - 19:25

TBA

Plenary4: TBA
19:25 - 19:50

TBA

Plenary5: TBA
19:50 - 20:00

Discussion

Plenary 6 and 7

20:05 - 20:30

TBA

Plenary6: Metabolically Healthy and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity
20:25 - 20:50

TBA

Plenary7: TBA
20:50 - 21:00

Discussion

Close for the day

21:00 - 21:00

Close for the day

Insulin Workshop

10:30 - 10:50

TBA

Insulin initiation and monitoring
10:50 - 11:10

TBA

Insulin intensification and monitoring
11:00 - 11:20

TBA

IV insulin: A - Z
11:20 - 11:50

Discussion

Diabetes and Pregnancy

12:00 - 12:20

TBA

Planning pregnancy and preconception counselling
12:20 - 12:50

TBA

Controversies in diagnostic criteria of pregestational and gestational diabetes
12:50 - 13:15

TBA

Monitoring, management and follow up
13:15 - 13:30

Discussion

Pharma Symposium 8

14:00 - 14:55

TBA
Pharma Symposium 9

15:00 - 15:55

TBA
Pharma Symposium 10

16:00 - 16:55

TBA
Clinical Case Seminar 2

Chairpersons/Moderator : TBA

17:00 - 17:35

TBA

The diabetic with a recent MI
Clinical Case Seminar 3

Chairpersons/Moderator : TBA

17:35 - 18:10

TBA

Young adult with new onset diabetes

Sunday, 29th August 2021

State of Art Lectures

09:00 - 09:30

TBA

TBA
09:30 - 10:00

TBA

EMPEROR Preserved
10:00 - 10:20

TBA

TBA
10:20 - 10:40

TBA

TBA
10:40 - 10:55

Discussion

Debate: Have we been unfair to the sulfonylureas?

11:00 - 11:15

TBA

For Yes
11:15 - 11:30

TBA

For No
11:30 - 11:40

TBA

Balanced View
Clinical Case Seminar 4

Chairpersons/Moderator : TBA

11:45 - 12:25

TBA

Clinical Case seminar
Small bytes: Empowering physicians

12:30 - 12:45

TBA

Gastroparesis
12:45 - 13:00

TBA

Sexual dysfunction
13:00 - 13:15

TBA

Bladder dysfunction
13:15 - 13:30

TBA

CAN
13:30 - 13:45

Discussion

Close of Conference

13:45 - 13:45

Close of Conference

Pot Pourri

10:00 - 10:20

TBA

Use of SMBG in the era of CGM and TIR
10:20 - 10:40

TBA

Gluco-centric approach in the era of cario-renal outcome studies - Lessons from the advance trial
10:40 - 10:55

Discussion

11:45 - 12:05

TBA

Dyslipidemia management in Diabetes
12:05 - 12:25

TBA

Hypertension management in Diabetes
Debate: Measuring glycemic variability in clinical practise?

11:00 - 11:15

TBA

Useful
11:15 - 11:30

TBA

Not useful
11:30 - 11:40

TBA

Balanced View
Just like that

12:30 - 12:45

TBA

Does the use of technology improve outcomes? What is the evidence?
12:45 - 13:00

TBA

Mycotic infections of genito urinary tract
13:00 - 13:15

TBA

Mindfullness, meditation and diabetes - what is the evidence?
13:15 - 13:30

Discussion

Close of Conference

13:45 - 13:45

Close of Conference

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Industry Partners

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Conference Secretariat

 
Address:

C/O Diacon Hospital, #359-360, 19th Main, Rajajinagar 1st Block, Bengaluru - 560010.

 
Phone :

+91 9448352161

 
Email:

primerconference@gmail.com

PRIMER Office:

 
Address:

C/o CDEC, 410/A, 1st Stage, 3rd Block, Near BDA Complex, HBR Layour, Kalyannagar Post, Bengaluru – 560043

 
Phone :

+91 80 25440011 / 25440055