Scientific Schedule

Here's the detailed schedule for the conference.

Day 1 – 09 August 2025

Time Session Speakers
SESSION 1: CABG
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EVIDENCE AND PRACTICAL WISDOM
Choice of grafts in special situations in CABG
Dr. Z.S. Meharwal
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM THE ENDOSCOPIC WAY
EVH and Endoscopic radial artery harvesting – learn from the master
Dr. Simon Philipose
Mr. Rejoyce Fredrick
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM PRECISION STARTS WITH POSITION
Positioning and anchoring of IMA tips off pump CABG: Tips for beginners
Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVE
Troubleshooting intraoperative hypotension during Off pump CABG and early recognition of postoperative complications
Dr. Ritwick Raj Bhuyan
SESSION 2: CABG
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM THE JOURNEY AND JUSTIFICATION
Off pump coronary artery bypass grafting: History, state of the art and the evidence for it
Dr. Jacob Jamesraj
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM BEYOND EJECTION FRACTIONS
Selecting the appropriate patient for CABG in ischemic cardiomyopathy
Dr. Praveen Varma
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Y THAT WORKS
Total arterial CABG with LIMA RIMA Y: Lessons learnt over 25 years
Dr. Satyajit Bose
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM MEASURING SUCCESS IN REAL TIME
Intraoperative graft flow assessment – TTFM
Dr. Adil Sadiq
SESSION 3: VALVE
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM SUTURING THE FUTURE
DAVID procedure – How I do it
Dr. Alexander Paul Nissen
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM MAKING ROOM FOR THE FUTURE
BOYANG root enlargement – The talk of the town
Dr. Renjith S.
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM PUSHING BOUNDARIES
Complicated mitral valve repair
Dr. Jayakumar T.K.
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM DON’T LET IT DRIFT
Understanding and addressing SAM after MV repair
Dr. Siva Muthukumaran
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM TRICUSPID TRUTHS
Tricuspid valve – THE SLEEPING GIANT
Dr. Bineesh K.R.
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM INTO THE DEPTHS
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy – How I do it
Dr. Julius Punnen
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM TWO MINDS, ONE MISSION - Surgeon and Anaesthetist
Interaction After Valve Replacement
Dr. Varghese T. Panicker
Dr. Suneel P. R.
SESSION 4: CONGENITAL
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM HEART OF THE MATTER
TOF to TGA – understanding the surgical anatomy
Dr. Thomas Mathew
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM BETWEEN AND TWO
Complete AV canal defects – surgical decision making in borderline ventricles
Dr. Suresh Rao
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CRACKING THE EBSTEIN CODE
What to do and when to do in Ebstein anomaly
Dr. Girish Warrier
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM SHUNTING RIGHT
Aortopulmonary shunts in children: how do I do it
Dr. Anand Kumar Mishra
SESSION 5: CONGENITAL
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM THE FUTURE IS SMALL
MICS in congenital heart disease
Dr. Praveen Reddy B.
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM GROWING VALVES, GROWING CHALLENGES
AV valve regurgitation in children – surgical options
Dr. Sabarinath Menon
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CONNECTING THE DOTS
Outcomes of Ozaki procedure in children
Dr. P. Rajashekar
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM FONTAN 2.0 – EMERGING STRATEGIES FOR FONTAN FAILURE
MRA and interventional management in Fontan failure
Dr. Sowmya Ramanan, Dr. Anoop A.
SESSION 6: AORTA
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM INTO THE TRUE LUMEN
Open surgery for chronic dissection
Dr. Takuya Fujikawa
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CANNULATING WITH CONFIDENCE
Cannulation strategies in aortic surgeries
Dr. Kirun Gopal
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM FET TODAY
Current role of FET in arch pathologies
Dr. V. V. Bashi
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Hybrid TEVAR in arch pathologies
Dr. Shivasenan P.
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM FROM CONCEPT TO CLINIC
Development of bioengineered devices
Dr. Umashankar P. R.
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM SPONSORED TALK
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM INAUGURATION AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM GENERAL BODY MEETING
7:00 PM GALA DINNER