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                                                                  ICAAICON 2009
                              FINAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
                                                      OCTOBER 1-4, 2009

                                                                    October 1, 2009

Workshop-1 (8.30am – 1.00pm)

Venue- conference Hall , Level-4, Block-B

Pulmonary Function Testing

Course Director: Dr. V.K. Vijayan

Inauguration: Dr Raj Bahadur, Director Principal, GMCH, Chandigarh

Introduction on Pulmonary Function Testing- Dr. V.K. Vijayan

Patient preparation and performance of spirometery - Dr. S.K. Chhabra

Pitfalls and interpretation strategies- Dr. Ashutosh Agarwal

Discussions

Hands on training

LUNCH  (1.00pm – 2.00 pm)

Workshop -2 (2.00 pm – 6.30 pm)

Venue- conference Hall , Level-4, Block-B

Allergy Testing and Immunotherapy

Course Director: Dr.P.Ravindran.

Inauguration: Dr M K Aggarwal, President ICAAI

Introduction on Allergy Testing and Immunotherapy- Dr. P. Ravindran

“Immunotherapy is an Evidence Based Intervention for Asthma”  WHO – How strong is the evidence?- Dr.S.N.Gaur

Immunological changes induced by immunotherapy- Dr.M.K.Agarwal

Pollen and Fungal antigen selection for allergy testing – the regional differences in India – North, East, West, Central and South. How Pollen Calendar can help an Allergeologist- Dr.A.B.Singh

Antigen extracts for oral immunotherapy – What is the difference - Dr.B.P.Singh

History taking clinical examination and diagnostic tests for Respiratory allergy- Dr.V.K.Jain

Demonstration of allergy testing, reading and recording in batches- Hands on session

Dr.P.C.Kathuria, Dr.S.Koolwal, Dr.K.V.Nagendra Prasad

Prescribing, Ordering, Schedules for immunotherapy and duration- Dr.P.Ravindran

Winding up and distribution of certificates

ICAAI GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING            6.30pm-7.30pm
October 2, 2009

8.00 – 9.00 am 

UCB – ICAAI Young Scientist Award Session (each paper, 8 minutes)

 

Judges                      

                                                (1) Dr V K Vijayan                                (4) Dr Manmohan Talwar

                                                (2) Dr N C Kajal                                    (5) Dr S S Arora

                                                (3) Dr S K Aggarwal

8.30– 9.15am

Symposium I (Asthma; Epidemiology & Patho-physiology)

 

Chairpersons                          (1) Dr S N Gaur

                (2) Dr A P Kansal

                (3) Dr S K Gupta

8.30 – 8.45

Epidemiology of Asthma: Regional & Global

Dr S K Jindal

8.45 – 9.00

Bronchial Asthma: Etio-pathogenesis

Dr S K Katiyar

9.00 – 9.15

Diagnosis of Bronchial Asthma

Dr P K Gupta 

9.15am – 10.00am

Symposium 2 (Asthma; Management)

 

Chairpersons                           (1) Dr P Ravindran

                (2) Dr Surya kant

                (3) Dr Suresh Koolwal

9.15 – 9.30

Management of stable asthma and assessment of its control

Dr S K Chhabra

9.30 – 9.45

Management of Acute Severe Asthma                                                       

Dr A A Mahashur

9.45 – 10.00

Difficult asthma not responding to steroid

Dr Randeep Guleria

10.00am – 10.30am

Dr. D N Shivpuri ORATION - 2009 (Allergenicity assessment of genetically modified foods)

Dr Naveen Arora

 

Chairperson                         [1] Dr M K Aggarwal

                                             [2] Dr A B Singh

10.30am – 10.45am

TEA

10.45am – 11.30pm

Panel Discussion (Critical Care in Asthma)

 

Moderator                                - Dr G C Khilnani

Panelist                                     - Dr P R Gupta

                                                - Dr N S Neki

                                                - Dr Sanjeev Mehta                

                                                - Dr Dhruv Chaudhary

                                                - Dr Ritesh Aggarwal

11.30-12.00

Plenary Lecture (Drug allergy; diagnosis & management)

Dr Sujatha Ramesh                                                                                                        

 

Chairperson                           (1) Dr S K Jindal

                                               (2) Dr Richard Goodman

                                               (3) Dr K S Bhatia

12.00pm – 12.45pm

SYMPOSIUM – 3 (Anaphylaxis, angioedema & atopic dermatitis) 

 

Chairpersons                           (1) Dr S K Katiyar

                                                (2) Dr G P Thami

                                                (3) Dr Rohit Sarin

12.00 – 12.15

Anaphylaxis & angioedema

Dr Surjit Singh

12.15  – 12.30

Atopic dermatitis                                                                                      

Dr A J  Kanwar


12.30 – 12.45

Role of immunotherapy in atopic dermatitis                                            

Dr R K Modi


12.45pm – 1.30pm

Lunch & Poster Discussion

Judges

(1)     Dr R N Solanki                         (4)  Dr H J Singh 

(2)     Dr M Sabir                                (5)  Dr Bharat Bhushan

(3)     Dr R Narsimhan                       (6)  Dr Sourin Bhuniya

1.30pm – 2.00pm

Plenary Session (Role of bronchoscopy in asthma)               

Dr Atul C Mehta

 

                                              Chairpersons  [1] Dr V K Arora

                                                                     [2] Dr Randeep Guleria

                                                                     [3] Dr Jagdeep Whig

2.00pm – 2.45pm

Symposium – 4 (Pediatrics Asthma)

 

Chairpersons                           (1) Dr Lata Kumar

                (2) Dr GR Bhagat

                (3) Dr Suksham Jain

          2.00 – 2.15

Childhood infection and susceptibility to asthma

Dr Meenu Singh

2..15 – 2.30

Management of Acute severe asthma in children                 

Dr Sunit C Singhi

2.30 – 2.45

Controlling Asthma in Children; How?

Dr Sushil Kumar Kabra

2.45pm – 4.15pm

SYMPOSIUM – 5 (Allergy & Immunotherapy)

 

Chairpersons                          (1) Dr V K Jain

                (2) Dr Anura Weerasinghe

                                                (3) Dr R S Bedi

2.45 – 3.00

Role of biologics as immunotherapy in asthma – Bangladesh Experience

Dr Kaji S Bennoor

3.00 – 3.15

Immunotherapy for allergic diseases ; present scenario

Dr S N Gaur

3.15 – 3.30

SLIT in management of allergic disorders          

Dr K V Nagendra Prasad

3.30 - 3.45

Immunotherapy for prevention and treatment of allergic disorders-evidence based           

Dr Lata Kumar

3.45 – 4.00

Role of anti IgE in asthma treatment                                                                                  

Dr Suman K Das

4.00 – 4.15

Airway inflammation & remodeling in Asthma                                                               

Dr Dhiman Ganguly

4.15pm - 4.30pm

TEA

4.30pm – 5.30pm

Symposium – 6 (Environment & Respiratory Allergy )

 

Chairpersons                          (1) Dr Dhiman Ganguly

                (2) Dr G C Ahir

                (3) Dr P P Gupta

4.30 – 4.45

Role of Outdoor pollution in respiratory allergy

Dr H Paramesh

4.45 – 5.00

Occupational allergy                                                                                  

Dr T K Joshi

5.00 – 5.15

Indoor air pollution and respiratory allergy                          

Dr K V Nagendra Prasad

                     5.15 – 5.30

Formaldehyde & respiratory allergy                                                            

Dr T Mohan Kumar

6.15pm onwards

INAUGURAL FUNCTION & DINNER – GMCH Auditorium

October 3, 2009

8.00am – 9.00am

M Sundaramma  Award Session (each paper, 8 minutes)

               

Judges                                     (1) Dr M K Aggarwal                          (5) Dr Anand Jaiswal 

                                                 (2) Dr S K Chhabra                            (6) Dr Suman Kumar

                                                 (3) Dr Balbir Malhotra

                                                 (4) Dr Rajesh Chawla

9.30am – 11.00am

Free Paper Session (each paper, 8 minutes)

 

Chairperson                                

(1)     Dr Harsh Mohan                            (5) Dr Agam C Vora

(2)     Dr B N Panda

(3)     Dr H S Hira                   

                                                (4)   Dr N K Goel

8.30am – 9.30am

Symposium – 7 (Food Allergy )

 

Chairpersons                          (1) Dr Sujatha ramesh

                (2) Dr Atul Sachdev

                                                (3) Dr A B Singh

8.30 – 8.45

Prevalence of primary allergens in food allergy?

Dr P Mahesh

8.45 – 9.00

Diagnosis and prevalence of food allergy in India

Dr Raj Kumar

9.00 – 9.15

Lab diagnosis including prick test in diagnosis of food allergy

Dr Richard E Goodman

9.15am – 10.45am

Symposium – 8 (Nasal Allergy)

 

 

 Chairpersons                         (1) Dr D Behera

                (2) Dr Arjun Das

                                                (3) Dr R A S Kushwaha                                        

9.15 - 9.30

Epidemiology of Naso Bronchial Allergy

Dr K B Gupta

9.30 - 9.45

One airway One disease

Dr Ashok Shah

9.45 - 10.00

Role of allergy testing in naso-bronchial allergy                                    

Dr S K Verma

10.00 - 10.15

Current concepts  in Management of Allergic Rhinitis                           

Dr P Anand

10.15 - 10.30

Quality of life in naso-bronchial allergy       

Dr V K Jain

10.30 – 10.45

Rhinosinusitis in children and asthma severity

Dr H J Singh

10.45am – 11.00am

TEA

 

11.00pm – 11.30pm

Plenary Lecture (Clinical pearls in bronchoscopy in airway diseases)

Dr Atul C Mehta

 

Chairpersons                                    (1) Dr A K Janmeja                   

                                                         (2) Dr G C Khilnani

                                                         (3) Dr Rajesh Chawala

 

11.30pm – 12.15pm

Symposium 9– (Asthma; Special Considerations)

 

Chairpersons                       (1) Dr J C Suri

             (2) Dr M Joshi

                                             (3) Dr Suresh Koolwal

11.30 – 11.45

Asthma in Geriatric Population

Dr V K Arora

11.45 – 12.00

Asthma in special situations (Pregnancy, GERD, HT etc)

Dr P P Roy                              

12.00 - 12.15

Asthma & Sports: banned drugs, legal implications and therapeutic use exemptions  

Dr J L Jain

12.15pm - 1.15pm

Symposium  10– (ABPA, Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and Radio-contrast allergy)

 

Chairpersons                         (1) Dr Rajendra Prasad

                (2) Dr Jagdish Chander

                                                (3) Dr V K Saini

12.15 – 12.30

Aspergillosis immunology and novel therapeutic molecules for aspergillosis

Dr G L Sharma

12.30 – 12.45

Management & controversies in ABPA     

Dr Ritesh Aggarwal

12.45 – 1.00

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis                                         

Dr Surya Kant

1.00 – 1.15

Allergic reaction to radio-contrast media                                                               

Dr Jayesh Kanuga

1.15pm – 2.00pm

LUNCH

2.00pm – 2.30pm

DR. D N SHIVPURI ORATION 2008 (Allegic Bronchopulmonary Aspergilosis: 30 Years Experience)

Dr Rajendra Prasad

 

 Chairpersons                          (1)Dr M K Aggarwal

                                                (2) Dr A B Singh

2.30pm – 3.30pm

 SYMPOSIUM – 11 (Aero-allergens)

 

Chairpersons                           (1) Dr Ashok Shah

                (2)  Dr K Venu

                                                (3)  Dr Ram Raje

2.30 – 2.45

Impact of Global warming on increasing incidence of allergic diseases

Dr A B Singh

2.45 – 3.00

Allergy: an emerging epidemic in SriLanka                                                        

Dr Anura Weerasinghe

3.00 – 3.15

Immunochemical characterization of Insect derived allergens                          

Dr M K Aggarwal

3.15 – 3.30

Preparation of allergens for allergy testing                                                        

Dr B P Singh

3.30pm – 4.30pm

SYMPOSIUM – 12 (Asthma; Updates & Advances)

 

Chairpersons                          (1) Dr J N Banavaliker

                (2) Dr Nitin Nagarker

                (3) Dr Kamal Chopra

3.30 – 3.45

Geonomics & proteomic approaches to allergic diseases

Dr P Usha Sarma

3.45 – 4.00

Naso-bronchial allergy guidelines update

Dr Ashutosh Aggarwal

4.00 – 4.15

Novel pharmacological approaches in asthma

Dr B K Menon

4.15 – 4.30

Magnesium and its role in asthma management                                    

Dr B N Panda

4.30pm – 4.45pm

TEA

4.45pm – 5.30pm

SYMPOSIUM -13   (Interactive session on Immunotherapy)

 

Moderator:             - Dr A A Mahashur

 

Panelists:    - Dr S N Gaur, Dr Raj Kumar, Dr B Parasuramalu, Dr P C Kathuria, Dr Suman Kumar

5.30pm- 6.15pm

Open Forum - General awareness on asthma for public & patients

 

Moderator:            - Dr A K Janmeja

Panelists:    - Dr S Kashyap, Dr M Sabir, Dr V K Jain, Dr Meenu Singh, Dr J N Banavaliker

5.30pm – 6.30pm

ICAAI General Body Meeting (Lecture Theatre)

October 4, 2009

8.00am – 9.00am

V Raju Award Session (each paper, 8 minutes)

 

Judges                                                    (1) Dr Dhiman Ganguly                         (5) Dr Shiv Kant Sharma

                                                                (2) Dr Raj B Singh                                (6) Dr Rajneesh Gupta                         

                                                                (3) Dr B P Singh

                                                                (4) Dr H K Aggarwal

8.30am – 9.15am

Symposium – 14 (Ocular Allergy)

 

Chairpersons                                                        (1) Dr S P Dhir

                                                              (2) Dr R K Bansal

                                                              (3) Dr B Parasuramalu

 8.30 – 8.45

 Ocular Allergy Update                        

Dr Jayesh Kanuga

8.45 – 9.00

The emergence of ocular surface disease: The role of ocular allergy and dry eye                  

Dr Jai G Parekh

                     9.00 - 9.15

Recent advances in management of vernal keratoconjunctivitis      

Dr Arun Jain

9.15am – 9.45am

Plenary Lecture (Recent advances in immunology of TB and HIV)

Dr Pradeep Seth

 

Chairpersons                                          (1) Dr D Behera

                                                               (2) Dr S S Lehl

                                                               (3) Dr Salil Bhargava

9.45am – 11.00am

Symposium – 15 (Immunology; TB, HIV and respiratory diseases)

 

Chairpersons                                          (1) Dr L S Chauhan

                                (2) Dr R S Bhatia

                                                                (3) Dr Vishal Chopra

9.45 – 10.00

Vaccine development in TB

Dr Indu Verma

10.00 – 10.15

Role of immunomodulator in respiratory diseases                                                        

Dr K C Mohanty

10.15 – 10.30

Role of vaccines in respiratory diseases                                                                       

Dr Raj B Singh

10.30 – 10.45

Role of Immuno CAP RAST in clinical practice                                                           

Dr Raj Bhagat

10.45 – 11.00

H1N1 Influenza & Immunity                                                                                         

Dr B Mishra

11.00am – 11.15am

TEA

11.15am – 12.45pm

Symposium- 16  (Asthma & related issues)

 

Chairpersons                                       (1) Dr S K Kashyap

                                                             (2) Dr V K Maini

                                                             (3) Dr Subhash Seth

                                                             (4) Dr M M Puri

11.15 – 11.30

Identifying & overcoming barriers to optimum asthma control

Dr Vikram Sarbhai

                    11.30 - 11.45

Asthma patient  education program and its utility

Dr P R Gupta

11.45 – 12.00

Asthma and TB                                                                                                               

Dr Jai Kishan

12.00 – 12.15

Monitoring side effects of asthma treatment                                                                  

Dr R S Bedi

12.15 – 12.30

Ideal device for aerosol therapy                                                                                      

Dr S K Luhadia

12.30 - 12.45

Allergy cases presentation                                                                                        

Dr P C Kathuria

12.45pm - 1.15pm

VALEDICTORY FUNCTION

1.15pm onwards

                                                                                               LUNCH