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XIXth CME in Haematology & Haemato-Oncology

Department of Haematology
Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai
Dates : Wednesday-Saturday, 23rd - 26th January 2013)
Time : 09.00 am - 05.00 pm
Scientific Programme
 

Hall A : Birla Matushree Sabhagraha (Adjacent to Bombay Hospital)
Hall B
: S.P. Jain Auditorium, New Wing, 4th Floor, Bombay Hospital
Hall C
: Hotel West End, Ground Floor, Opp. Bombay Hospital 

Wednesday, 23rd January 2013
Hall A : Birla Matushree Sabhagraha
Anchors
: Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Dr. Devavrat Nene
Session I
Chair :
Sitalakshmi Subramaniam, Praveen Sobti, Reetu Jain 

11.30 am

CLL - Role of microenvironment

Devinder Gill

12.00 pm

Pathology of MALT lymphoma

Tanuja Shet

12.30 pm

First preview of AQUIOS : New generation load & go flow cytometer from Beckman Coulter - An introduction

Sakshi Paul

 

12.45 pm

Evaluating and purchasing an automated hematology analyzer

Suchita Dayanand

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

Session II
Chair
: D.P. Lokwani, Ajay Sharma, Vijay Hirani 

02.15 pm

MDS - Diagnostic challenges

Sitalakshmi Subramaniam

02.45 pm

Bone marrow staging in Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Dipti Talaulikar

03.15 pm

Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis, CLL &

other CLPDs - Diagnostic challenges in 2013

Anjali Kelkar

  03.45 pm -

04.15 pm

CLL - Eradication of MRD - Has our goal changed ?

Devinder Gill

Banquet at US Club, Afghan Church, Colaba. All are welcome.

Buses will leave from Bombay Hospital at 7.00 pm.

Wednesday, 23rd January 2013
Hall B : S.P. Jain Auditorium
Anchors
: Dr. Shradha Thakkar, Ms. Ramandeep Kaur
Session I
Chair :
Shriram Kane, Avinash Pophali, Pankhi Dutta 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

08.00 am

Registration

 

  09.00 am -

09.45 am

Plenary : Diffuse large B cell lymphoma

Devinder Gill

09.45 am

Inauguration

 

Session II


 

10.30 am

Plenary :

Panel discussion -

Let us discuss chronic myeloid leukaemia ?

Moderator : M.B. Agarwal

Participants :

Shriram Kane

Ajay Sharma

Mukesh Desai

Avinash Pophali

Viji Venkatesh

11.00 am

Coffee

 

Session III
Chair :
A.K. Tripathi, R.K. Jena, ATK Rau

11.30 am

Evolving role of stem cell therapies

Brig Ajay Sharma

12.00 pm

Cord blood transplants

Mammen Chandy

12.30 pm

CLL - Advances including novel agents

Devinder Gill

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

Session IV
Chair :
V.P. Singh, Aarathi Rau, Balkrishna Padate

02.15 pm

Matched unrelated transplants

Mammen Chandy

02.45 pm

Iron deficiency anaemia - What is new ?

Tim Littlewood

03.15 pm

NTDT (Non-Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemia)

Mammen Chandy

  03.45 pm

Anaemia of systemic disease

Tim Littlewood

  04.15 pm -

04.45 pm

Plenary :

ITP : Advances in management

Sameer Melinkeri

Banquet at US Club, Afghan Church, Colaba. All are welcome.

Buses will leave from Bombay Hospital at 7.00 pm.

Wednesday, 23rd January 2013
Anchors :
Ms. Sanjam Kaur Vilkhu, Dr. Shreya Agarwal
Hall C : Hotel West End 

11.30 am

Panel discussion :

ABC of CBC

Moderator : D.P. Lokwani, R. Manchanda

 

Participants :

V.P. Singh

Shanaz Khodaiji

Vijay Hirani

Balkrishna Padate

12.30 pm

Panel discussion :

Thalassaemia & sickle cell disease :

Diagnostic aspects

Moderator : Roshan Colah, Avinash Pophali

Participants :

Renu Saxena

Nita Munshi

Aarathi Rau

Pankhi Dutta

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

02.15 pm

Panel discussion :

Sickle cell disease : Intricacies in management

Moderator : R.K. Jena, Mukesh Desai 

Participants :

Nitin Shah

Mamta Manglani

Kiran Shah

Sameer Melinkeri

  03.15 pm - 04.15 pm

Panel discussion :

Iron overload syndrome

Moderator : Tejinder Singh, A.K. Tripathi

 

Participants :

Praveen Sobti

Farah Jijina

ATK Rau

Amita Mahajan

Banquet at US Club, Afghan Church, Colaba. All are welcome.

Buses will leave from Bombay Hospital at 7.00 pm.

Thursday, 24th January 2013
Hall A : Birla Matushree Sabhagraha
Anchors
: Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Dr. Devavrat Nene
Session I
Chair :
B.K. Smruti, Sharat Damodar, Subhaprakash Sanyal 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

09.00 am

Introduction to cytogenetics techniques in haemato-oncology

Sally Jeffries

09.30 am

Introduction to Molecular Genetic techniques in Haemato-oncology

Sally Jeffries

10.00 am

Amyloidosis

Devinder Gill

11.00 am

Coffee

 

Session II
Chair :
M.K. Gupta, Hari Menon, Auro Viswabandya  

11.30 am

The role of genetics in diagnosis & management of leukaemia & lymphoma

Sally Jeffries

12.30 pm

vWD : The pathophysiology & diagnosis

Mike Laffan

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

Session III
Chair :
Nina Desai, Shashi Apte, Gouri Rao Passi 

02.15 pm

KBC of Haematology - Part 1

M.B. Agarwal

  03.15 pm - 04.15 pm

APL - Pathogenesis and development of molecularly-targeted therapies

David Grimwade

Faculty dinner at Willingdon Club, Haji Ali (only for faculty and invited guests)

Buses will leave from Bombay Hospital at 7.00 pm.

Thursday, 24th January 2013
Hall B : S.P. Jain Auditorium
Anchors
: Dr. Shradha Thakkar, Ms. Ramandeep Kaur
Session I
Chair :
S.N. Naik, Sandip Shah, Shyam Agrawal (Bhopal) 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

09.00 am

CML - Unmet ELN milestone :

A reason to switch

Hari Menon

09.30 am

Using the best as the first : 2nd generation TKIs

Shyam Aggarwal

10.00 am

Management of haemophilia

Mike Laffan

11.00 am

Coffee

 

Session II
Chair :
J.V. Undevia, Pravas Mishra, Pritesh Junagade 

11.30 am

Anaemia in the elderly

Tim Littlewood

12.00 pm

Neurological manifestations of nutritional anaemia

Gouri Rao Passi

12.30 pm

Erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESA) :

Use & abuse

Tim Littlewood

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

Session III
Chair :
Gaurav Narula, Satya Dattatreya, C.K. Nair 

02.15 pm

vWD : Management

Mike Laffan

03.15 pm

Myeloproliferative neoplasms

Devinder Gill

03.45 pm

Primary myelofibrosis - Advances in prognostication & management

C.K. Nair

  04.15 pm -

04.45 pm

Plenary :

Evolving management strategies in CML - Chronic phase : Optimizing outcomes with Dasatinib

Senthil Rajappa

Faculty dinner at Willingdon Club, Haji Ali (only for faculty and invited guests)

Buses will leave from Bombay Hospital at 7.00 pm.

Thursday, 24th January 2013
Hall C : Hotel West End
Anchors :
Ms. Sanjam Kaur Vilkhu, Dr. Shreya Agarwal
Session I
Chair :
Dr. H.S.A. Williams, Mala Tudawe, Ashok Kalwar
 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

09.00 am

Follicular lymphoma - All that you should know

Amol Akhade

09.30 am

PET scan in lymphoma

V. Rangarajan

Session II
Panel discussion 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

10.00 am

Panel discussion :

Paediatric lymphoma (Nodal)

Moderator : Anita Borges, Anupama Borker

Participants :

Brijesh Arora

Gaurav Narula

Archana Swamy

Santanu Sen

11.00 am

Coffee

 

11.30 am

Panel discussion :

Extranodal lymphoma

Moderator : B.K. Smruti, Jay Mehta

Participants :

Sandip Shah

Shyam Agrawal (Bhopal)

Sharat Damodar

Satya Dattatreya

12.30 pm

Panel discussion :

Molecular haemato-oncology

Moderator : Velu Nair, Jyoti Kotwal

Participants :

Shashi Apte

Samir Shah

M. Joseph John

Sarjana Dutt

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

02.15 pm

Panel discussion :

Multiple myeloma

Moderator : Hari Menon, Auro Viswabandya

Participants :

Senthil Rajappa

Navin Khattry

Asha Shah

Pritesh Junagade

  03.15 pm - 04.15 pm

Panel discussion :

Myelodysplastic syndrome

Moderator : Tapan Saikia, Pravas Mishra

Participants :

Ashish Dixit

Suman Mittal

Niranjan Rathod

Subhaprakash Sanyal

Faculty dinner at Willingdon Club, Haji Ali (only for faculty and invited guests)

Buses will leave from Bombay Hospital at 7.00 pm.

Friday, 25th January 2013
Hall A : Birla Matushree Sabhagraha
Anchors
: Dr. Nikhil Varge, Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Dr. Devavrat Nene
Session I
Chair :
D.K. Mishra, Subhash Ranjan, Kunal Sehgal 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

09.00 am

Decision making  in thrombosis management

Mike Laffan

10.00 am

The molecular monitoring of MRD

Sally Jeffries

11.00 am

Coffee

 

Session II :
Chair :
Manisha Madkaikar, Uday Deotare, Udayan Kachchhi 

11.30 am

Detection of MRD by flow cytometry in acute leukaemia

Tathagat Chatterjee

12.00 pm

New technologies in molecular haemato-oncology

Sally Jeffries

12.30 pm

Molecular monitoring in haematology in India

Sarjana Dutt

01.00 pm

Setting up a molecular lab in India

D.K. Mishra

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

Session III
Chair :
Tathagat Chatterjee, Manish Nema, Anjana Sainani

02.15 pm

AML - Pathogenesis and prognostic factors

David Grimwade

  03.15 pm - 04.15 pm

Unexpected or unusual genetic case presentations in haemato-oncology

Sally Jeffries

An English play “Blame it on Yashraj” at Tata Theatre followed by dinner at Amadeus Restaurant (Both at NCPA, Nariman Point)

(Only for faculty and invited guests)

Buses will leave from Bombay Hospital at 6.00 pm.
 

Friday, 25th January 2013
Hall B : S.P. Jain Auditorium
Anchors
: Dr. Shradha Thakkar, Ms. Ramandeep Kaur
Session I
Chair :
P.S. Dhot, Asha Kapadia, Dinesh Shet 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

09.00 am

Extra nodal lymphoma

Sanjay Ahire

09.30 am

Primary CNS lymphoma : Diagnosis & management

Surendra Beniwal

10.00 am

APL - Diagnosis and management

David Grimwade

11.00 am

Coffee

 

Session II
Chair :
Dinesh Bhurani, Sudhir Mehta, Vasant Nagvekar 

11.30 am

Neutropenic sepsis

Tim Littlewood

12.00 pm

Prevention of sepsis in asplenic subjects

Sudhir Mehta

12.30 pm

Newer anticoagulants and current role in therapy

Donald Houston

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

Session III
Chair :
Maya Parihar-Malhotra, J.M. Khunger, Vibha Bafna 

02.15 pm

KBC of Haematology - Part 2

M.B. Agarwal

03.15 pm

Haemostasis & major haemorrhage

Mike Laffan

  04.15 pm -

04.45 pm

In the era of azoles & fungins, AmBisome remains the key antifungal agent for haemato-oncologists

Dinesh Bhurani

An English play “Blame it on Yashraj” at Tata Theatre followed by dinner at Amadeus Restaurant (Both at NCPA, Nariman Point)

(Only for faculty and invited guests)

Buses will leave from Bombay Hospital at 6.00 pm.
 

Friday, 25th January 2013
Hall C : Hotel West End
Anchors :
Ms. Sanjam Kaur Vilkhu, Dr. Shreya Agarwal
Session I
Chair :
Mukesh Desai, Shubhangi Agale, Shishir Seth 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

09.00 am

Approach to thrombocytopenia in children

Vijay Hirani

09.30 am

Approach to thrombopathy in children

Mukesh Desai

10.00 am

Approach to thrombotic disorders in children

Vibha Bafna

10.30 am

Primary immunodeficiency disorders :

An approach

Uday Deotare

11.00 am

Coffee

 

Session II
Chair :
Bhavna Parikh, Samir Shah, Asha Shah  

11.30 am

Multiple myeloma : Risk stratification

Dinesh Shet

12.00 pm

What is the best regime for starting treatment for a de novo case of myeloma ?

Manish Nema

12.30 pm

Orbital lymphoma - Case-based discussion

Shubhangi Agale

01.00 pm

JMML / CMML

J.M. Khunger

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

Session III
Chair :
Anupama Borker, Jyoti Kotwal, Vijay Hirani 

02.15 pm

Blood component therapy

P.S. Dhot

02.45 pm

Supportive therapy in AML / haematological malignancies

Shishir Seth

03.15 pm

Auto-transplants in lymphoma

Dinesh Bhurani

  03.45 pm - 04.15 pm

Auto-transplants in immune disorders

Vijay Ramanan

An English play “Blame it on Yashraj” at Tata Theatre followed by dinner at Amadeus Restaurant (Both at NCPA, Nariman Point)

(Only for faculty and invited guests)

Buses will leave from Bombay Hospital at 6.00 pm.

 

Saturday, 26th January 2013

Hall A : Birla Matushree Sabhagraha
Anchors
: Dr. Nikhil Varge, Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Dr. Devavrat Nene
Session I
Chair :
H.S. Dhaliwal, P.S. Ghalaut 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

09.00 am

Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome

Rajat Kumar

Session II
Chair :
H.P. Pati, Chandrakala S 

09.30 am

Application of next-generation sequencing to the diagnosis and management of solid tumours

Shantanu Banerji

Session III
Chair :
H.S. Dhaliwal, Shanaz Khodaiji, Archana Swami 

10.00 am

Genomics in staging, diagnosis and management of haematological malignancies

Versha Banerji

Session IV
Chair :
P.S. Ghalaut, Brijesh Arora, Jay Mehta 

10.30 am

Biologic prognostic model/s based on Immunohistochemistry to predict survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Udayan Kachhi

11.00 am

Coffee

 

Session V
Chair :
Mamta Manglani, Seema Bhatwadekar, Purvi Kadakia 

11.30 am

Platelet transfusion refractoriness

Sudhanshu Mulay

12.00 pm

Inherited platelet disorders : Diagnostic challenges

Tanushri Mukherjee

Session VI
Chair :
P.K. Sasidhran, Rashmi Dalvi, Abhishek Kakroo 

12.30 pm

Acquired platelet disorders : Diagnostic challenges

R. Manchanda

01.00 pm

TTP mimics many diseases & other diseases mimic TTP

H.P. Pati

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

Saturday, 26th January 2013
Hall B : S.P. Jain Auditorium
Anchors
: Dr. Shradha Thakkar, Ms. Ramandeep Kaur
Session I

Chair :
S.D. Banavali, Amar Dasgupta  

Time

Lecture

Speaker

09.00 am

Hairy cell leukaemia - Diagnosis, prognosis, clinical features and treatment

James Johnston

Session II
Chair :
Farah Jijina, Tanushri Mukherjee 

10.00 am

Health Economics and Cost-Effectiveness in Hematology: Potential for Research

Rajat Kumar

11.00 am

Coffee

 

Session III : Vrinda Kulkarni, Jayant Indurkar, Hitha Babu 

11.30 am

Immune complications, disease transformation and second malignancies in CLL

James Johnston

12.30 pm

Haemophagocytic syndrome in the adults - Should we be looking harder for it ?

Donald Houston

01.00 pm

Newer horizons in managing aplastic anaemia

Seema Bhatwadekar

01.30 pm

Lunch

 

Saturday, 26th January 2013
Anchors :
Ms. Sanjam Kaur Vilkhu, Dr. Shreya Agarwal 
Hall C : Hotel West End 

Time

Lecture

Speaker

09.00 am

Panel discussion :

Genetic bleeding disorders

Moderator : K. Ghosh, Shrimati Shetty

Participants :

P.K. Sasidharan

Rashmi Dalvi

Vrinda Kulkarni

Ratna Sharma

10.00 am

Panel discussion :

Infections in haemato-oncology

Moderator : Shailesh Bondarde, Hitha Babu

Participants :

Vibha Naik

Babita Hapani

Jayant Indurkar

Abhishek Kakroo

11.00 am

Coffee

 

11.30 am

Panel discussion :

Karyotyping & FISH : Basics & applied aspects

Moderator : Chandrakala S, V. Baburao

Participants :

Rajat Kumar

Pratibha A. Kadam

Prochi Madon

Vijay Ramanan

12.30 pm

Panel discussion :

Flow cytometry : Basics & applied aspects

Moderator :

Manisha Madkaikar, Sumeet Gujral

Participants :

Amar Dasgupta

P.G. Subramanian

Nisha Ahmad

Archana Vazifdar

01.30 pm

Lunch