APICON 2025 CME - 23rd January 2025

Rabindranath Tagore Hall

Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
08:30am-09:30am INAUGURATION OF CME
DEAN'S ORATION :
Dr B B Thakur
Emerging Scenarios and Challenges in Healthcare in
09:30am-10:00am Dr R K Singal Dr Jyoitrmoy Pal
the Near Future
Dr Kamlesh Tiwary
SESSION 1
10:00am-10:20am Hypertension in Pregnancy Dr A Murganathan
Dr Girish Mathur
10:20am-10:40am Single Pill Combination in Hypertension Dr Kamlesh Tewary Dr S Arulrhaj
Myositis Profile and the Internist - Interpretation and Dr Aditya Prakash Misra
10:40am-11:00am Dr Rohini Handa
Clinical Correlation Made Easy
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ORATION
Dr K K Pareek
Chronic Coronary Syndrome - Diagnosis and
11:00am-11:30am Dr Manotosh Panja Dr Pritam Gupta
Management
Dr Nandini Chatterjee
SESSION 2
11:30am-11:50am Isolated Systolic Hypertension in Elderly Dr B B Thakur
Dr Amal Kumar Banerjee
11:50am-12:10pm Pregnancy with Heart Disease - Management Dr G S Wander Dr Mangesh Tiwaskar
Dr M P S Chawla
12:10pm-12:30pm Diabetes Remission - Evidence Based Approach Dr Shashank R Joshi
SESSION 3
12:30pm-12:50pm Topical Fever Management and The Way Forward Dr Jyotirmoy Pal Dr Milind Nadkar
Kala-Azar in Indian Subcontinent - Elimination and Dr Shashank R Joshi
12:50pm-01:10pm Dr Shyam Sundar
Impending Threat to It Dr Agam C Vora
01:10pm-01:30pm Newer Antibiotics in Pipeline Dr Sandeep Budhiraja Dr N P Singh

SESSION 4
01:30pm-01:50pm New Advances in AF Ablation Dr Sandeep Goyal Dr S B Gupta
Medical and Interventional Advances in Cardiac Dr Puneet Saxena
01:50pm-02:10pm Dr T S Kler Dr Nihar Mehta
Arrhythmias
SESSION 5
Work up and Current Concepts in Management of Dr V Palaniappam
02:10pm-02:30pm Dr Rajesh Updadhayay
NASH Dr Jayant Kumar Panda
02:30pm-02:50pm Liver Transplant - Current Perspective Dr Gaurav Sood Dr Naval Chandra
SESSION 6
02:50pm-03:10pm New Vistas in Management Approach in Stroke Dr Bindu Menon
Dr Anupam Prakash
Update on GINA Guidelines in the Management of
03:10pm-03:30pm Dr Arvind Mathur Dr G D Ramchandani
Asthma
Dr Daddan Rai
03:30pm-03:50pm Rational Use of Anti-Seizure Drugs Dr Manjari Tripathi
SESSION 7
ARDS for The Physician - New Evidence, Definitions
03:50pm-04:10pm Dr Alladi Mohan
and Guidelines Dr Sekhar Chakraborty
04:10pm-04:30pm Newer Paradigms in Heart Failure Management Dr Prashant P Joshi Dr Ashit M Bhagwati
Dr S Chandrasekar
04:30pm-04:50pm Hepatits B - New Treatment Options Dr Shiv K Sarin
 APICON 2025 CME - 23rd January 2025
Swami Vivekananda Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
SESSION 1
Subclinical Hypothyroidism - When Whom and How
10:00am-10:15am Dr Prakash Keswani
to Treat Dr Ashok K Taneja
10:15am-10:30am Update on Management of Hyperthyroidism Dr Shivashankara K N Dr P N Gupta
Dr Rahul Garg
10:30am-10:45am Subclinical Thyrotoxicosis Dr Ajay Agarwal
SESSION 2
10:50am-11:10am Prevention of Shingles in Comorbid Conditions Dr Avijit Bhattacharya
Dr Rashmi Ranjan Dr Hemshankar Sharma
11:10am-11:30am Emerging Infections in 2025 Dr Naveen Dulhani
Mohanty
Dr Patnala Chakradhar
11:30am-11:50am HIV Positive Report - How Do I Manage Dr B B Rewari Dr Indranil Moitra
11:50am-12:10pm Simplifying Antiretroviral Therapy Dr R Sajith Kumar
SESSION 3
12:10pm-12:30pm Challenges and Issues in Hypertension Dr Pritam Gupta
Screening of Atrial Fibrillation - Will it Prevent
12:30pm-12:50pm Dr S B Gupta Dr Amit Saraf
Strokes?
Dr S Biradar
Recommendation of Management of Hyperthyroidism Dr D G Jain
12:50pm-01:10pm Dr Shashank R Joshi
in Indian Perspective Dr Amartya Mishra
Advances in Diagnosis and Management of
01:10pm-01:30pm Dr Vijay Garg
Pulmonary Thromboembolism
SESSION 4
Optimising Renoprotection in Management of HTN - Dr D G Jain
01:30pm-1:50pm Dr Santanu Guha
Insights from the START Renal Study Dr Atul Bhasin
Selecting Outcomes Beyond Weight Loss Dr P K Hazra
Stepping Up Obesity Care with Semaglutide 2.4 mg Dr Samit Ghosal Dr Devi Ram
Moderator : Dr P Soundara Rajan
01.50pm-2.50pm
Dr Binayak Sinha Dr T Ganesh
Panel Discussion : Practical Consideration on Use of
Panelists : Dr Bikash Goswami
Semaglutide 2.4 mg
Dr Samit Ghosal
Dr P K Hazra
SESSION 5
02:50pm-03:10pm Non-Cirrhotic Intrahepatic Portal Hypertension Dr Ambika Mohanty
03:10pm-03:30pm What is New in Non-Variceal UGI Bleed Dr Ajay Kumar Dr Richa Dewan
Dr Sandeep Thareja
03:30pm-03:50pm Management of Acute Pancreatitis in 2025 Dr Rajat Shukla Dr R M Chhabra
Refractory Ascites - Diagnostic and Management Dr N Vetrivel
03:50pm-04:10pm Dr Niladri Sarkar
Issues
SESSION 6
04:10pm-04:30pm Managing Headache in Acute Care Setting Dr Gautam Sinha
04:30pm-04:50pm Diagnosis and Management of IBS Dr Vivek Sharma Dr D P Singh
Autoimmune Encephalitis; When to Suspect - Case Dr Man Mohan Dr Rajat Shukla
04:50pm-05:10pm Dr Muruli Rao
Vignettes Illustrations - Physician's Perspective Mehndiratta
Dr Rajiv Chandrakar
Dr R Lakshmi
05:10pm-05:30pm Fits or Faints - Classical Approach
Narasimhan
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
Raja Rammohan Roy Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
SESSION 1
10:00am-10:20am Modern Medicine Empowered with Technology Dr Jayanta Kumar Panda
Technologies to Support Elderly Patients with
10:20am-10:40am Dr Y S N Raju Dr Amit Kumar Das
Dementia
Dr Harbir Kaur Rao
Emerging Pharmacological Therapy in ARDS; Dr Madhu Poddar
10:40am-11:00am Dr Agam Vora
Aviptadil - A Novel approach Dr Vishwanath Nowbade
Recent Trends in Management of Ankylosing
11:00am-11:20am Dr Liyakat Ali Gauri
Spondylitis
SESSION 2
Postprandial Hyperglycaemia - A Real Challenge in
11:20am-11:40am Dr Munish Prabhakar
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Dyslipidemia Management - Looking Beyond Dr Prabhat Pandey
11:40am-12:00pm Dr Vijay Achari
Statins Dr Rajinder Singh Gupta
Concept of Differentiation and Dedifferentiation of Dr Nilanjan Chatterjee
12:00pm-12:20pm Dr N K Soni Dr R K Modi
Beta Cells in Managing T2DM
Holistic Cardio-Renal-Metabolic Care in Type 2 DM ;
12:20pm-12:40pm Dr Binayak Sinha
A Patient Centric Perspective
SESSION 3
Antibiotic Alchemy - Crafting Effective Outpatient
12:40pm-01:00pm Dr Subhash Todi
Therapies
Dr Rakesh Bhadade
01:00pm-01:20pm Accidental Finding of HBsAg Positive - What Next ? Dr Balbir Singh Kohli Dr Gopal Batni
01:20pm-01:40pm Fulminant Hepatic Failure Dr G Loganathan Dr Surenthiran
Dr Trinanjan Ash
Resmetirom - A Revolutionary Treatment for NASH
01:40pm-02:00pm Dr Sandeep Garg
with Liver Fibrosis
SESSION 4
02:00pm-02:20pm Scrub Typhus in ICU Dr Ashit Bhagwati
Dr S Sreenivasa Kamath
02:20pm-02:40pm What's in Name? Cytokine Storm / MAS / HLH Dr Ghanshyam Pangtey Dr Sunil Kumar Bakshi
02:40pm-03:00pm Care Bundles in Critical Care Dr C L Nawal Dr Gaurav Nijhara
Dr Ashutosh Chaturvedi
03:00pm-03:20pm Extracorporeal Therapies in Sepsis and ARDS Dr Rajesh Kumar Pande
SESSION 5
Acute Pulmonology Distress Syndrome - Current
03:20pm-03:40pm Dr Anuj Singhal
Concepts
Comman Mistakes in Fluid Therapy in Clinical
03:40pm-04:00pm Dr Sanjay Pandya
Practice
Dr Joseph Rajan
04:00pm-04:20pm Molecular Imaging of Cardiovascular Inflammation Dr E Prabhu Dr Praveen Gupta
Moderator : Dr Shyam Narayan Prasad
Dr Rajesh Upadhayay Dr Ramtanu Banerjee
Panel Discussion : Panelists :
04:20pm-04:50pm
API Consensus on Vonoprazan in APD Dr V G Mohan
Dr Mangesh Tiwaskar
Dr N K Soni
SESSION 6
04:50pm-05:10pm Eradication of Malaria - Myth or Reality ? Dr R M Chhabra Dr L Sreenivasmurthy
Dr S Peer Mohammed
05:10pm-05:30pm Approach to Resistant Hypertension Dr Pawan Kumar Suri Dr Vivek Aggarwal
 APICON 2025 CME - 23rd January 2025
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
SESSION 1
10:00am-10:20am Extracorporeal Therapies in Poisoning Dr P Manu Dogra
Current Perspective and Newer Insights in High Dr Nirmal Kumar
10:20am-10:40am Dr Santosh Kumar Singh Dr A R Pathan
Altitude Illness
Dr Suprata Kumar Pal
10:40am-11:00am TRALI Dr Meenakshi Kanagesh Dr Sindhu Joshi
11:00am-11:20am Recent Trends in Management of Gout Dr Sudhir Kumar
SESSION 2
Dr M Mukhyaprana
11:20am-11:40am Non Diabetic Endocrine Emergencies
Prabhu
Dr R Chandni
11:40am-12:00pm Clinical Weaning Scores - Current Status Dr Anish Gupta Dr Animesh Deb
12:00pm-12:20pm Acute Lung Injury Dr Basab Bijay Sarkar Dr A Vinaya Sekhar
Dr Priya Bhalki
Intermittent Fasting and its Role in Management of
12:20pm-12:40pm Dr P Gandiah
Type 2 DM
SESSION 3
12:40pm-01:00pm Bone Health in Diabetes - Indian Perspective Dr Anil Gomber
01:00pm-01:20pm Mineral Bone Disease in CKD Dr Sunil Prakash Dr Pramod Kumar Sinha
Dr Shailendra Kumar
01:20pm-01:40pm Treat Prediabetes Early - Prevent Lifelong Medication Dr S K Gupta Dr S C Mittal
Dr Supratik Dr Arun Prasad Perumal
01:40pm-02:00pm 18 or 80 - Calcium is Mighty
Bhattarcharyya
SESSION 4
02:00pm-2:20pm Metformin - The Reigning King Dr Neeraj Kumar
Dr Gautam Bhandari
02:20pm-02:40pm Prediabetes - Diagnosis, Mangement and Reversal Dr Shrikanth N Hegde Dr Md Imran Shikoh
02:40pm-03:00pm Recent Guidelines in Management of PSVT Dr T S Kler Dr Susovan Halder
Dr Avijit Royzada
03:00pm-03:20pm Sarcopenia in Diabetes Dr Shaibal Guha
SESSION 5
03:20pm-03:40pm Vitamin D in Health and Disease Dr Umesh Khan Dr Udas C Ghosh
Dr S S Dariya
03:40pm-04:00pm Interpretting Bone Densitometry Dr Suresh Damodharan Dr Mayank Gupta
4:00pm Onwards General Body Meeting ICP and API
 APICON 2025 CME - 23rd January 2025
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
SESSION 1
Secondary Hypertension - Evaluation and
10:00am-10:20am Dr Sandeep Tak Dr B K Singh
Management
Dr Tapan Haldar
10:20am-10:40am Codeine forgotten Component in Cough Formulation Dr Kaushik Chakraborty Dr Mahavir Thakur
10:40am-11:00am Exercise Testing in Cardiac Disease Dr C K Jana Dr Rallabandi Penta
Chary
11:00am-11:20am Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Dr Nishant Tripathy
SESSION 2
11:20am-11:40am Approach to Pancytopenia Dr Aniket V Inamdar
Dr P S Karmakar
11:40am-12:00pm Approach to Hemolytic Anemias Dr Surendra Daga Dr Parvinder Singh
Dr Shyam Narayan Prasad
Hypercoaguable States - Clinial Clues and Diagnostic Dr V Govindaraju
12:00pm-12:20pm Dr Sunita Aggarwal
Approach
Comorbidities and Hyperhomocystinemia -
12:20pm-12:40pm Dr Anirban Sinha
Strategies for Intervention
SESSION 3
12:40pm-01:00pm Stroke in Young - Practical Approach for Management Dr Sanjay Kumar
01:00pm-01:20pm Ischemic Stroke - Extended Window and Beyond Dr Vikram Huded Dr A K Gupta
Dr Swapan Sarkar
Recent Advances in The Field of Neurointervention - Dr S Irsath
01:20pm-01:40pm Dr Deep Das
A Timely Appraisal Dr K Shringi
01:40pm-02:00pm Flaccid Periodic Paralysis - A Physician's Approach Dr N S Prasad
SESSION 4
02:00pm-2:20pm Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Dr Sunil Kumar Mahavar
Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Medicine - Dr Pradeep Bhaumik
02:20pm-02:40pm Dr S V Kulkarni Dr A K Pandey
Limitations and Solutions
Can New Age Inhaler Address Real Life Inhalation Dr Jitendra Nagar
02:40pm-03:00pm Dr Agam Vora
Therapy
SESSION 5
Chronic Viral Hepatis -
03:00pm-03:20pm Dr Neha Berry
Diagnosis and Management Dr Anil K Kulshreshtha
Host Directed Therapy for Management of Dr P K Aggarwal
03:20pm-03:40pm Dr Shri Mohan
Tuberculosis Dr Ranjit Bari
03:40pm-04:00pm Extra Pulmonary TB - How to Investigate and Treat Dr Vinay Rampal
SESSION 6
04:00pm-04:20pm Acute Transfusion Reactions Dr Sudhir Mehta
Dr Dwijen Das
04:20pm-04:40pm Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Dr Varun Dhanapal Dr C B Prasad
04:40pm-05:00pm Role of Robotic Surgery in Uro-oncology Dr Tarun Jindal Dr Ramswaroop Jawahar
Dr Vijaiananth
05:00pm-05:20pm Green Nephrology - Current Concept Dr Harshvardhan
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
SESSION 1
10:00am-10:20am Approach to Generalised Lymphadenopathy Dr Anil Vardani
Dr Ravikeerthi M
10:20am-10:40am Eyes in Clinical Medicine - Clue to the Diagnosis Dr Ashish Kumar Saha Dr S C Mittal
Dr P K Singh
10:40am-11:00am Solitary Nodule in Chest Radiogram Dr Kapil Gupta Dr Pradip K Choudhury
11:00am-11:20am Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in Clinical Practice Dr Kothiwale V A
SESSION 2
11:20am-11:40am AKI in Pregnancy Dr Garima Aggarwal
KDIGO Guidelines for Management of CKD -
11:40am-12:00pm Dr Manish Rathi Dr Urmila Anandh
What Physicians Should Know
Dr Biswadip Agarwala
12:00pm-12:20pm Recent Advances in Managing RPRF Dr Sourabh Sharma Dr T P Singh
Management of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal
12:20pm-12:40pm Dr S B Raju
Significance (MGRS)
SESSION 3
Kidney Disease in Diabetes Mellitus -
12:40pm-01:00pm Dr Soumitra Ray
Why and How to Protect the Heart? Dr Devi Ram
01:00pm-01:20pm CKD of Unknown Etiology - Indian Scenario Dr Vineet Behera Dr Mohammed Riyaz
Dr G S Solanki
01:20pm-01:40pm Nephrotic Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Dr Anupama YJ Dr Debasis Basu
01:40pm-02:00pm Emphysematous Pyelonephritis Dr Srirang Abkari
SESSION 4
E-Cigarette or Vaping Use-
02:00pm-02:20pm Dr Krishna Prabhakar
Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) Dr N Balamurugan
02:20pm-02:40pm Skin Prick Testing in Pulmonology Allergies Dr Prashant Prakash Dr Naresh Pamnani
Dr Binay Kumar
02:40pm-03:00pm Guidelines Based Workup for Newly Diagnosed ILD Dr S K Madhukar Dr C Yadavendra Reddy
03:00pm-03:20pm APIDIAS - Creating Legacy in CME in India Dr Agam Vora
SESSION 5
03:20pm-03:40pm Solitary Thyroid Nodule Dr K K Lohani
Dr Prem Mittal
Addison's Disease - Clinical Chanllenges and
03:40pm-04:00pm Dr Srinath A Dr Chinmoy Barik
Treatment
Dr Salim M
04:00pm-04:20pm Wilson's Disease - An Overview Dr Vivek Hande
SESSION 6
04:20pm-04:40pm Metabolic Syndrome - An Overview Dr Prabhakar K
Dr Nihar Mehta
04:40pm-05:00pm Gestational Diabetes Dr Gandharba Ray Dr Bhupen Barman
Dr Apoorva Kaushik
05:00pm-05:20pm Glucose Management in Hospitalised Patients Dr N P Verma
 APICON 2025 CME - 23rd January 2025
Jagadish Chandra Bose Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
SESSION 1
10:00am-10:20am Cardiovascular Risks In Sarcopenic Obesity Dr Anchin Kalia
Newer Therapeutic Approaches in Management of Dr S S Reddy
10:20am-10:40am Dr Ashif Ali Dr Raghuramulu Pemira
Acidpeptic Disorder
Dr Krishnendu Roy
10:40am-11:00am Individualisation of Hypertension Treatment Dr Sanjay Shrivastava Dr Aquil Ahmed Mumtaz
11:00am-11:20am Consnses of four pillars in diebetic heart failure Dr Sunil Sathe
SESSION 2
11:20am-11:40am Role of Echocardioghraphy in Stroke Dr Manjari Saha
11:40am-12:00pm New Frontiers in the Management of AF Dr Ajay Sinha
Role of Hemodynamics in Clinical Practice for Busy Dr Smit Shrivastava
12:00pm-12:20pm Dr Rakesh Gupta Dr Divendu Bhushan
Physician - A Case Based Presentation
Dr S S Gait
Panel Discussion - Dr Anirban Dalui
Unleash the Power of 3 : Transforming Diabetes Dr Sujoy Ghosh
12:20pm-12:40pm
Control with Precision Therapy; A Cross-Talk between Dr Saumitra Ray
Endocrinologist & Cardiologist
SESSION 3
12:40pm-01:00pm Treatable Movement Disorders Dr Hrishikesh Kumar
Dr Navin Kumar
01:00pm-01:20pm Guillane Barre Syndrome and Its Variants Dr Manoj Khanal Dr R Karthikeyan
01:20pm-01:40pm Management of Parkinson's Disease Dr Tamil Pavai Dr Dilip Kumar
Dr Bikram Saha
01:40pm-02:00pm Peripheral Neuropathy Update Dr Sandeep Suri
SESSION 4
02:00pm-02:20pm Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Treat to Target Dr Sunil Dadhich
Histoplasmosis in Immune Compromised and Dr Dibyendu Mukherjee
02:20pm-02:40pm Dr Vijay Arora
Immune Competent Persons - An Overview Dr Paras Jain
02:40pm-03:00pm Recent Concepts in Management of Kala-Azar Dr Abhishek Kamendu Dr Girija Nandan Singh
Dr A Bikashapathi Rao
BPH and DM - The How's and Why's of Co-occurence
03:00pm-03:20pm Dr R K Gopalkrishna
and Shared Unmet Treatment Needs
SESSION 5
03:20pm-03:40pm Recent Trends in Management of Typhoid Fever Dr Alok Gupta Dr N N Jha
03:40pm-04:00pm Rational Use of Antibiotics - Guidelines Dr H S Pathak Dr K Shankar
Dr Manoj Kumar
Leptospirosis - Challenges in Identification and
04:00pm-04:20pm Dr Venu Gopal Margekar Choudhary
Management
SESSION 6
04:20pm-04:40pm Asymptomatic Gall Stones Dr Neha Berry
Dr D S Chadha
04:40pm-05:00pm Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Rabies Dr Abhishek Arun Dr Dharam Dev Golani
Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Dr Neera Samar
05:00pm-05:20pm Dr Paramjeet Singh
Malaria
 APICON 2025 CME - 23rd January 2025
Prafulla Chandra Roy Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
SESSION 1
10:00am-10:20am Lupus - The Great Mimicker Dr Arup Kumar Kundu Dr Puneet Rijhwani
Urinary Tract Infections in Elderly - A Therapeutic Dr Damera Ramulu
10:20am-10:40am Dr Sourabh Sharma
Challenge Dr Ajay Kumar
10:40am-11:00am Lung Cancer - Metastatic Patterns Dr G S Choudhary Dr Ashutosh Chaturvedi

Newer Opportunity in Mitigating CV Morbidity and

11:00am-11:20am Dr Jabir Abdulakutty
Mortality
SESSION 2
11:20am-11:40am Treat to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis Dr Bibhuti Nath Jha
Dr Raja
11:40am-12:00pm DMARDS - Which One, When and How ? Dr Jhasaketan Meher
Dr Praveen Bhatia
Recent Understanding of Vasculopathy in Systemic Dr Nitin Sinha
12:00pm-12:20pm Dr Asish Mondal
Sclerosis Dr Satyendra Prasad
Redefining Renal Protection in Diabetes with Singh
12:20pm-12:40pm Dr Vijay Arora
Empagliflozin
SESSION 3
12:40pm-01:00pm ANCA Associated Vasculitis - An Approach Dr Varghese Koshy Dr Ashish Goel
Dr R Rajasekar
01:00pm-01:20pm How Will I Treat Lupus Nephritis in 2025 Dr Dipankar Bhowmik
Dr Ram Kumar
01:20pm-01:40pm New Concepts in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Dr Anil Kumar Panwar Dr Harbans Kumar
PRF Award : T2DM Subtypes in Indians : Clinical Dr G S Wander
01:40pm-02:00pm Dr R M Anjana Mohan
Implications Dr A Muruganathan
SESSION 4
02:00pm-02:20pm Management of Water and Sodium Imbalance Dr Jagdeep Chugh
Dr Harish Gupta
02:20pm-02:40pm Intermittent Fasting in Management of Obesity Dr Ashok Kumar Singh Dr A K Kaushik
Dr Vijay Kumar
02:40pm-03:00pm Weight Regain after Bariatric Surgery Dr S P Sondhi
SESSION 5
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in
03:00pm-03:20pm Dr Mahendra Pratap
HIV
New Combination Treatment Regimen for Vl-HIV Dr Sanjeev Sinha
03:20pm-03:40pm Dr Krishna Pandey Dr P K Agrawal
Coinfected Patients in India
Dr A K Pathak
Non Communicable Diseases and HIV -
03:40pm-04:00pm Dr S Anuradha Dr M K Singh
The Major Co-morbidities
04:00pm-04:20pm Management of HF in ICU Dr R R Singh
SESSION 6
04:20pm-04:40pm Antiphospholipid Syndrome Dr Arvind Jain
Dr Pulin Gupta
04:40pm-05:00pm Pre and Post - Exposure HIV Prophylaxis Dr Shivani Bansal Dr Gagan Gunjan
Patient Safety in India - Physicians Role to improve Dr Joy Chakraborty
05:00pm-05:20pm Dr L Swasticharan
Patient Safety
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
Bidhan Chandra Roy Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
Session 1
10:00am-10:20am Unmasking Hidden Burden of Hypothyroidism Dr Niraj Bohania
Dr Alok Rai
10:20am-10:40am Invasive Fungal Infections Dr Mukesh Kumar Sarna Dr N Muralirajan
Dr Kundan Mishra
10:40am-11:00am Dyselectrolytemia in Intensive Care Unit Dr Pankaj Nand Choudhry
Session 2
11:00am-11:20am Digoxin in Heart Failure - Is It Still Relevant in 2025 Dr Prahlad Chawla Dr Atul Kakkar
Dr S K Aggarwal
11:20am-11:40am Investigating and Treating Interstitial Lung Disease Dr V B Jindal
Dr M Raja Rao
11:40am-12:00pm Emergencies in Rheumatological Practice Dr Sarbani Sengupta Dr Sudeep Saran
Session 3
12:00pm-12:20pm Pituitary Apoplexy Dr Ramesh Bhargava
Dr Manoj Kumar Dr Anil Vardani
12:20pm-12:40pm Apporach to Acute Febrile Illness Dr Annappa Pangi
Choudhary
Empagliflozin + Linagliptin - Identifying the Right Dr Piyush Jain
12:40pm-01:00pm Dr Sujoy Ghosh
Patients for Dual Approach
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 4
01:00pm-01:15pm CT Coronary Angeogram - How helpful in IHD Dr Biswajit Majumder
Dr Uday Sankar Ghosh
01:15pm-01:30pm Drug therapy for diabetic gastroparesis Dr Natarajan Dr Pavithra KM
01:30pm-01:45pm MASLD : Diagnosis and Management Dr Virendra Verma Dr Sunita Kumbhalkar
Md Imran Shikoh
01:45pm-02:00pm When to use Steroids in ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS Dr Anand Kulkarni
02:00pm-02:30pm Session 5
Dr Purushottam
02:00pm-02:15pm HYPERTENSION IN ADOLESCENTS Dr H S Paul
Chatterjee
Dr Kartik Chandra Ghosh
02:15pm-02:30pm DIABETES IN ADOLESCENTS Dr Sujay Majumdar
02:30pm-03:00pm Session 6 - API -ISA Session
02:30pm-02:45pm Mission Brain Attack Dr Nirmal Surya Dr Anand Alakur
02:45pm-03:00pm Quality accrediation in Stroke Care Dr Arvind Sharma Dr P K Maheshwari

03:00pm-04:00pm Session 7
03:00pm-03:15pm WHAT'S NEW IN ARDS Dr Rajesh Chawla
Dr NVBK Sai
03:15pm-03:30pm Cytopenias in critically ill patients Dr S Priyadharshini Dr Mahesh Kumar
03:30pm-03:45pm ORS - AGE OLD SOLUTION Dr Badal Kr Sahu Goenka
Dr Ghan Shyam Goel
Management of Hypertension in chronic kidney Dr Meenakshi Awasthi
03:45pm-04:00pm Dr Arindam Datta
disease
04:00pm-05:15pm Session 8
04:00pm-04:15pm MDR and XDR Enteric Fever Dr Payal Jain
04:15pm-04:30pm Management of common infections in pregnancy Dr Sriram Ganesh
04:30pm-04:45pm Living with Growing Age : Particularly For Doctors Dr Devi Ram
Dr Arunangshu Ganguly
Antifungal Therapy and Prophylaxis In Critically ill Dr Sima Dutta Roy
04:45pm-05:00pm Dr Arjun Khanna
Patients
05:00pm-05:15pm CAD in young -new epidemic Dr Ajith V Kulkarni
05:15pm-05:30pm Gut Lung Link Dr Kaushik Saha
 APICON 2025 CME - 23rd January 2025
Satyajit Ray Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:20am Universal iodised salt: Policy that needs review Dr D K Hazra Dr Deependra Kr Rai
Dr Partha Pratim
09:20am-09:40am Stroke In Young Dr Sanjay Kumar
Mukherjee
09:40am-10:00am Drug Modification in Hepatic Disease Dr Abhijit Swamy Dr Monojit Mukherjee
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am Cardiovascular Changes in Obesity Dr Panchanan Sahoo
10:15am-10:30am Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Dr Manoj Indurkar Dr Shyamal Sircar
10:30am-10:45am Management of Obese Diabetics Dr Javal Bhatt Dr Dhiman Ganguly
10:45am-11:00am LATE ONSET HYPOGONADISM Dr Abhishek Shrivastav Dr Arindam Nag
11:00am-11:45am Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Approach to obesity in children Dr Minal Mohit Dr Surendra Kumar
Dr Sarmishtha
11:15am-11:30am ICD Use - Pros & Cons Dr Prakash Mandal
Mukhopadhyay
11:30am-11:45am Chronic cough – An approach to management. Maj Gen Sandeep Thareja Dr Sayantan Ray
11:45am-12:30pm Session 4
11:45am-12:00pm Enigma of FUO - Adult onset Stills disease Dr Piyush Jain Dr Bijay Kumar Murmu
12:00pm-12:15pm SLE IN PREGNANCY Dr Madhumita Dr Sujit Kumar
12:15pm-12:30pm SEROSITIS IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES Dr Sanchita Saha Dr Sitanshu Sekharnandi
12:30pm-01:15pm Session 5
12:30pm-12:45pm Evidence-based fluid resuscitation in ICU Dr Tapas Bandopadhyay Dr Mukyhaprana Prabhu
12:45pm-01:00pm MANAGEMENT OF MASSIVE AND SUBMASSIVE P.E Dr Rakhi Sanyal Dr Aravind Kumar Ojha
Advances in sepsis Management - A Paraadigm Shift
01:00pm-01:15pm Dr Gandharba Ray Dr Avijit Moulick
Towards NanoTechnology
01:15pm-01:30pm Infections in transplants patients Dr Rupak Chatterjee Dr Netai Pramanik
01:15pm-02:45pm Session 6
01:30pm-01:45pm Case based approach to autoimmune hepatitis Dr Rajiv Kumar Bandaru
01:45pm-02:00pm Case based approach to autoimmune encephalitis Dr Debrup Das Dr Nandini Mukherjee
Dr Jotideb
02:00pm-02:15pm Case based approach to autoimmune thyroiditis Dr Debarchan Jena
Mukhopadhyay
Moderator:
Dr S N Routray
Panel Discussion - Panelist: Dr Abhay Sahu
02:15pm-02:45pm
Concepts of CKM
Dr Pratik Das
Dr Sandip Ghosh
02:45pm-03:00pm Are We Missing Female Spondyloarthropathy? Dr Ved Chaturvedi Dr Naval Chanda
03:00pm-03:15pm Can antibiotics also have antiviral properties? Dr Nandini Chatterjee Dr Rakesh Pandit

03:15pm-04:15pm Session 7
03:15pm-03:30pm A case based approach to Raynauds Phenomenon Dr Kalimujjaman Molla Dr Dipankar Mukherjee
03:30pm-03:45pm A case of bloody diarrhoea- how to proceed? Dr Rupa Banerjee Dr Soumen Choudhary
03:45pm-04:00pm A case based approach to Paresthesias Dr Sinjan Ghosh Dr Abhrajit Roy
A case based approach to acute abdomen for Dr Sudeshna Ghosh Guha
04:00pm-04:15pm Dr Sabyasachi Roy
physicians Thakurata
04:15pm-05:30pm Session 8
Dr Sahadev
04:15pm-04:30pm Role of EUS in Pancreato-Biliary disorders Dr Sundeep Lakhtakia
Chikkamagalur
Endoscopic intervention in functional GI disease
04:30pm-04:45pm Dr Mohan Ramchandani Dr Sujit Choudhury
(POEM, GPOEM, Fundoplication)
Ulcerative colitis and PSC Coexistence - Dr Saptarshi
04:45pm-05:00pm Dr Avisek Chakravorty
management issues Mukhopadhyay
05:00pm-05:15pm Autoimmune hemolytic anemias Dr Ritika Sud Dr Arnab Sharma
Dr Subhalakshmi
05:15pm-05:30pm Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia Dr Ajay Yadav
Margekar
05:30pm-06:00pm Session 9
Dr Shubham Gupta
05:30pm-06:00pm Wealth Checkup - Peak into Financial Health Dr Rabindra Kr Gupta
Dr Ankit Jain
Dr Pramod Das
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
Paramahamsa Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
Meliodosis a Mystique Infection: Challenges and the
09:00am-09:20am Dr T Jeetenkumar Singh Dr B C Kalita
Forward
Dr Kshetrimayum Birendra
09:20am-09:40am Elderly people living with HIV Dr Tapan Halder
Singh
HCV infection among PWID same day test and treat a
09:40am-10:00am Dr Kh Lokeshwar Singh Dr K S Gatai
step forward
10:00am-11:00am Session 2A
Connecting the dots with inclisiran LDL-C variability
10:00am-10:15am Dr Jabir Abdullakutty Dr Sakthivadivel V
and adherence in ASCVD
Exploring LDL-C Management challenges in very high Dr Kundakarla Bhanu
10:15am-10:30am Dr Debabrata Roy
risk ASCVD patients Prasad
Session 2B
10:30am-10:45am Optimising Challenges to drug Therapy in HFrEF Dr Suvro Banerjee Dr Ramswaroop Jawahar
10:45am-11:00am LDL and ASCVD - CONCLUDING REMARKS Dr Kajal Ganguly Dr P N Ramani
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
Beyond glycemic control:oral simagluditide's impact
11:00am-11:15am Dr Manoj Chawla Dr Samar Banerjee
on CKM Syndrome in T2 DM
Panel Discussion - Dr Awadesh Kumar Singh Dr Apurba Mukherjee
TRANSFORMING DM Management with new
11:15am-12:00pm Dr Anirban Majumdar Dr Satrajit Ray
generation Insulins- a duologue
Discussion
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
Precautions-Management of Hypertension in the
12:00pm-12:15pm Dr Harbir Kaur Rao Dr A Muruganathan
Eldery
Efficacy and Safety of Ivabradine once daily Dr Kashinath Ghosh
12:15pm-12:30pm Dr Jabir Abdulakutty
preparation in HF management – Indian Perspective Hazra
(Brig) Debajyoti
12:30pm-12:45pm ACE -your journey for progressive development Dr Milind Nadkar
Bhattacharyya
12:45pm-01:00pm Discussion
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
01:00pm-01:15pm GI Bleeding in critically ill patients Dr Tanmay Banerjee Dr Rajesh Rajoura
A New Frontier in Diabetes Care: Comprehensive
01:15pm-01:30pm Dr Pramod K Jain Dr Pradeep Sharma
Solutions for Everyday Practice
Unlocking the Target Organ Protection in Young Onset
01:30pm-01:45pm Dr Bhavesh N Patel Dr Dilip Patil
Diabetes
01:45pm-02:00pm Empagliflozin A risk Optimizer in Heart Failure? Dr Kaiser Habib Dr S K Mahapatro
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6
Dr Raminderpal Singh
02:00pm-02:20pm SGLT2 + DPP4 - Best of FDC for treatment of DM Dr Debmalya Sanyal
Sibia
02:20pm-02:40pm Perfect CCB in Hypertension Dr Soumitra Ray Dr B K Mishra
02:40pm-03:00pm PCOS – a harbinger of grave consequences Dr Satik Siddanta Dr Bharat Panigrahy
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 7
Dr Agam Vora
Panel Discussion - COPD Compass
03:00pm-03:30pm Moderator - Dr Agam Vora Dr Supriya Sarkar
Panelists - Dr Supriya Sarkar, Dr Deepak Talwar
Dr Deepak Talwar
 Moderator: Dr Agam Vora
Panel discusssion - Efficacy and Safety of Panelists:
03:30pm-04:15pm
Nimesulide and Paracetamol in Clinical Practice Dr Mangesh Tiwaskar
Dr Girish Mathur
04:15pm-04:55pm Session 8
04:15pm-04:30pm Managing insomnia -role of zolpidem Dr Tapas Banerjee Dr Ashok Das
04:30pm-04:45pm Asd closure in elderly Dr Ishita Majumdar Dr Silki Pandey
Dr J Naik
04:45pm-04:55pm Moderation and concluding remarks Dr Kaushik Ghosh
Dr Shilpa Basu Roy
04:55pm-06:10pm Session 9 - API - ESI SESSION
04:55pm-05:10pm Post covid diabetes mellitus Dr Sarmistha Mukherjee Dr Pramod Das
05:10pm-05:25pm Evaluation and screening tools in osteoporosis Dr Shinjan Patra Dr Gaurabh Singh
05:25pm-05:40pm Localization techniques inparathyroid adenoma Dr Subhodip Pramanik Dr Dabu Patowary
05:40pm-05:55pm
05:55pm-06:10pm
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
PG HALL - 1, CV Raman Hall
Time / Author Topic Judge
09:00am-10:00am PG Session 1
ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY IN A PATIENT WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID
Dr Savitha Manavalan Dr Bapial Bala
SYNDROME
A CASE OF IGA-DOMINANT INFECTION-RELATED GLOMERULON
Dr Pratyush Ghosh EPHRITIS: A UNIQUE CAUSE OF RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE RENAL Dr Pradip Chowdhury
FAILURE
Dr Chirantan Mandal SEIZURE UNIQUE PRESENTATION HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY Dr Debesh Kr Singh
GUARDIANS TURNED ADVERSARIES: UNDERSTANDING ANTI-INSULIN
Dr Ruba Palanisamy
ANTIBODIES
Dr Lakshmi Mounika A CASE OF PYREXIA OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN DIAGNOSED TO BE
Addanki SARCOIDOSIS
A CASE SERIES ON VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS OF CNS
Dr Faizal A S
COMPLICATIONS OF HIV INFECTION
10:00am-11:00am PG Session 2
Dr Shafeek Ahamed AN UNCOMMON ETIOLOGY OF GLOMERULAR SCLEROSIS Dr Nandini Chattterjee
Dr Abhijit Sahu A RARE CASE OF IGG4 RELATED DISEASE Dr Kaushik Saha
CHRONIC HEADACHE INDUCED BY VENOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS:
Dr Ankur Apte Dr Mairajudin Wani
UNCOVERING THE LINK WITH ERYTHROCYTOSIS
Dr Ali Sayyad C M ANCA VASCULITIS - TIP OF ICEBERG : OMNIPRESENT IN NEUROLOGY.
Dr Kirti Benal A CASE OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS WITH ARACHNOID CYST
11:00am-12:00pm PG Session 3
Dr Raveena N G THE CORRUPTED CONDUIT- CORONARY CAMERAL FISTULA Dr Kripasindhu Gantait
Dr Aiswarya Raj THE DECEPTIVE BULLAE Dr Sambo S Samajdar
A COMPLEX CASE OF NEW-ONSET PARKINSONISM TRIGGERED
Dr Lakshmi Chaitanya
BY HYPOGLYCEMIA IN A DIABETIC PATIENT WITH AUTOIMMUNE Dr Praveen Bharadwaj
Varma Pusapati
HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA AND SUSPECTED TB ENCEPHALITIS
Dr Priyanka Petare RARE CASE OF TRIPLE PRIMARY MALIGNANCY
Dr Tamilselvan RECRUDESCENCE IN A CASE OF FALCIPARUM MALARIA ACQUIRED IN
Ramasamy CENTRAL AFRICA – A CASE REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT
Dr Gopalagari
A CASE OF TOLOSA-HUNT SYNDROME
Vinodkrishna
12:00pm-01:00pm PG Session 4
A RARE PRESENTATION OF MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME AS ACUTE
Dr Ruthvick Bantu Dr Bodhayan Das Munsi
PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM
Dr Suvam Saswat Rout A RARE CASE OF WAVING MUSCLES : ISAACS’ SYNDROME Dr Dipanjan Bandyopadhyay
JARCHO’S SYNDROME: AN INTRIGUING CASE OF GASTRIC
Dr Nagaraja Kamath
ADENOCARCINOMA PRESENTING AS REFRACTORY PANCYTOPENIA
A CASE OF GANGRENE: RARE VASCULAR MANIFESTATION OF
Dr Siddhartha Bhaumik
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
RARE PRESENTATION OF SARCOIDOSIS MIMICKING- VERTEBRAL
Dr Hitesh Das
METASTASIS : A DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE
Dr Vijay Sathya
PERPLEXING PARAPARESIS - AN UNCANNY VILLAIN
Narayanan V
01:00pm-02:00pm PG Session 5
A NEUROLOGICAL ENIGMA : UNCOVERING MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA
Dr Keerthi Prakash K P Dr Souvik Sen
THROUGH SENSORY ATAXIA
"TWO FACES, ONE MYSTERY: DIAGNOSTIC CROSSROADS BETWEEN
Dr Parineeta Singhal Dr Saikat Datta
TUMEFACTIVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND GLIOBLASTOMA”
 A POST PARTUM PUZZLE -PREGNANCY LEADING TO DIALYSIS
Dr Ayana A
DEPENDANCE
Dr Ajith Kumar M DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS OF HUGHES SYNDROME
NAVIGATING THE NEXUS: VASCULITIC NEUROPATHY IN A PATIENT
Dr Sourish Dutta
WITH POLYARTERITIS NODOSA AND MULTIFACTORIAL COMORBIDITIES
ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME PRESENTING WITH ATYPICAL
Dr Medha Menon MANIFESTATION OF BLEEDING AND HEART FAILURE IN A YOUNG
WOMAN
02:00pm-03:00pm PG Session 6
NAVIGATING THE RHEUMATOLOGICAL COBWEB: MIXED CONNECTIVE
Dr Tarun Gupta Dr Partha Sarkar
TISSUE DISORDER
LUPUS WITH ACUTE PERIPHERAL DIGITAL GANGRENE AND DELAYED
Dr Tejsuvra Chaudhury Dr S N Swain
PUBERTY: A RARE CLINICAL COEXISTENCE
Dr Nidhishree K HUMAN ANTI-NEUROFASCIN 140 ANTIBODY POSITIVE CIDP
Dr Nannika Pradhan ESOPHAGEAL TUBERCULOSIS:A RARE BUT STILL IN EXISTENCE
WHEN THE THYROID TRICKS THE ADRENALS: A PUZZLING
Dr Mainak Mandal
PRESENTATION OF GRAVES' DISEASE
Dr Shaik Mohammad BRIDGING THE GAP: MGUS TO AL AMYLOIDOSIS WITH MULTIORGAN
Abbas INVOLVEMENT- A CASE REPORT AND ITS CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
03:00pm-04:00pm PG Session 7
Dr Smriti Bharti SICKLE CELL DISEASE PRESENTING WITH SEIZURE EPISODES. Dr Prasanna Kr Das
Dr Sila Chandran UNUSUAL CASE OF HYPONATREMIA Dr Arup Kr Kundu
Dr Ramneek Kaur Bindra HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA (HSP)
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS COLITIS IN CROHN'S DISEASE : AN UNINVITED
Dr K Vasavi
GUEST
A CASE OF SECONDARY HYPERTENSION- PRIMARY HYPER
Dr Aakarsh Ranjith
ALDOSTERONISM: A CASE REPORT
TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY (ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING
Dr Nidhi
INDUCED)
04:00pm-05:00pm PG Session 8
Dr Omprakash kustagi AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS :- A CASE REPORT
CBC REMAINS THE BASE, ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTOSIS-A CASE
Dr Sagar Patil Dr S S Panda
REPORT .
Dr Arvind Rathod A RARE CASE OF FACTOR VII DEFICIENCY
A DIAGNOSTIC CONUNDRUM: FROM TUBERCULOSIS TO HODGKIN
Dr Raja M
LYMPHOMA
A CASE REPORT OF A PATIENT EXPERIENCING DOXOPHYLLINE
Dr Anand Kumar
RELATED SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF SUBDURAL HEMATOMA IN A CASE
Dr Srijana Pradhan
OF IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
PG HALL - 2, Kadambini Ganguly Hall
Time / Author Topic Judge
09:00am-10:00am PG Session 9
A RARE CASE OF TROPICAL FEVER WITH RHABDOMYOLYSIS WITH
Dr Glory Munagala Dr Pijush K Mondal
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
Dr Dilip Roy WEAKNESS BEYOND NEUROLOGY Dr Atanu Ray Chaudhuri
Dr Nivedhitha
VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION IN REFRACTORY SEIZURES
Rajasekaran
Dr Varghese.a A CASE OF ARTERY OF PERCHERON INFARCT
ACUTE LUPUS PNEUMONITIS AS THE INITIAL MANIFESTATION OF
Dr Saptadeep Misra
LATE ONSET SLE
Dr Chiranjeevi Parnapalli NAVIGATING IMMUNE TTP: FROM PATHOGENESIS TO PATIENT CARE
10:00am-11:00am PG Session 10
Dr Abdul Hannan SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS Dr Amitabha Chakravarti
HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC MUSCULAR WEAKNESS SECONDARY TO
Dr Ayan Thakur
SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME WITH DISTAL RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS
BONE MARROW FAILURE SYNDROME WITH AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC
Dr Krishna Allamneni
ANEMIA
Dr Diksha Bhandari CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS: AN INTERESTING CASE
INTRA CRANIAL HEMORRHAGE IN A CASE OF GUILLAIN-BARRE
Dr Kola Bhupal Reddy
SYNDROME
Dr Rishikesh Prasad
COXSACKIE PNEUMONIA
Shaw
11:00am-12:00pm PG Session 11
METHEMOGLOBINEMIA AND INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS
Dr Swati Singh COMPLICATING THE CLINICAL COURSE IN PHENOLIC COMPOUND Dr Ananda Bagchi
POISONING - A CASE REPORT
A CASE OF CMV INDUCED APLASTIC ANEMIA WITH SECONDARY
Dr S Arif Dr Tapas Bandopadhyay
PNEUMONIA AND MYOCARDITIS
Dr Mukku Venakata TUBERCULAR CHOLANGITIS MIMICKING AS SECONDARY BILIARY
Pratap Reddy CIRRHOSIS AN ENTITY TO CONSIDER
CASE OF SCRUB TYPHUS WITH CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY AND
Dr Nukala S Prasad
RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL DETACHMENT
ADDISON'S DISEASE IN ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME : A RARE
Dr Manoj C
COMPLICATION
Dr Shaik Nayeem NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS PRESENTING AS MIGRAINE
12:00pm-01:00pm PG Session 12
AMENORRHOEA AS A PRESENTING SYMPTOM OF OVERLAP
Dr Payal Narania Dr Satish Pradhan
SYNDROME
THE IMPORTANCE OF SCREENING FOR DENGUE AND OTHER TROPICAL
Dr S Sriram DISEASES IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION: A CASE Dr K B Parida
SERIES
A CASE OF CEREBELLITIS AS A RARE MAN OF SCR TYPHUS FEVER IN A
Dr Akmal Yezdani
TERTIAR CARE HOSPITAL
A RARE CASE OF ABDOMNINAL AORTIC BIFURCATION THROMBUS
Dr Jhansi Priya Ronanki
PRESENTING AS PARAPLEGIA
UNRAVELING THE DIAGNOSTIC JOURNEY: PROTEINURIA IN
Dr Bavandla Kavya
AMYLOIDOSIS
PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM & NOVEL INVOLVEMENT OF VOCAL CORD IN A
Dr Nilashis Dutta CASE OF ANTI-MDA5 ANTIBODY-POSITIVE CLINICALLY AMYOPATHIC
DERMATOMYOSITIS
 01:00pm-02:00pm PG Session 13
Dr Akash Ravichandran A CASE OF INSULINOMA Dr Surendra N Swain
A COMPLEX CASE OF PRIMARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME IN A
Dr Ansifa Aysha D A Dr Sisir Kr Mahapatro
MIDDLE-AGED MALE
Dr Samarpan Nath RENAL LIMITED SLE (LN CLASS V) : A CASE REPORT
DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS WITH IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION
Dr D Sanjay Bhargav AND ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY IN AN HIV-INFECTED PATIENT ON
HAART.
Dr Navidh Ifthikar DIFFERENT FACES OF ASPERGILLUS
VEINS OF VULNERABILITY: UNRAVELING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
Dr Chandrabose Jeyanth
RENAL VEIN THROMBOSIS AND ANTI-PHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
PG Session 14
02:00pm-03:00pm Image Spotter
Dr Boudhayan Dasmunshi & Dr Suman Ghosh, Dr Biva Bhakat
03:00pm-04:00pm PG Session 15
Rationale and Design of a Real-World Evidence Study Assessing the
Dosage Pattern and Demographic Characteristics in Heart Failure
Dr Sanjay Mittal Dr Bijay Mishra
Reduced Ejection Fraction Patients initiated with Angiotensin Receptor
Neprilysin Inhibitor in India (ADD ARNI)
Edema Grade-wise Distribution of Clinical Characteristics and Baseline
Dr Arun Mohanty Demographic Profiles Among Indian Patients with Heart Failure Dr Kartik Ch Rout
Receiving Torsemide and Spironolactone Fixed-dose combination.
DEMYSTIFYING THE CROSS-TALK BETWEEN CARDIAC AUTONOMIC
NERVOUS SYSTEM AND CARDIO-METABOLIC INFLAMMATORY
Dr A Chowdhury BIOMARKER IN PRE-DIABETICS: BY EXPLORING TIME AND
FREQUENCY DOMAIN PARAMETERS OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND
BY ANALYSING THE CARDIAC ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTOLE
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF MICROBIOLOGICAL PROFILES,
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, AND SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS
Dr Akash Paruthi IN VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: A PROSPECTIVE
OBSERVATIONAL STUDY FROM AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN
NORTHWESTERN INDIA
A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED STUDY ON EFFICACY AND SAFETY
OF TELMISARTAN PLUS AMLODIPINE VERSUS TELMISARTAN PLUS
Dr Jadhav M
CILNIDIPINE IN HYPERTENSION AND RENAL IMPAIRMENT (START
RENAL): 6-MONTHS INTERIM ANALYSIS
Dr Pulkit Mehrotra CRACKING THE LINK: CHRONIC HEPATITIS B AND DIABETES MELLITUS
04:00pm-05:00pm PG Session 16
STUDY OF CLINICO-LABORATORY PROFILE OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
Dr Rezwana Naher
PATIENTS ADMITTED IN ICU AND NON-ICU WARDS OF A TERTIARY Dr Subhadip Basak
Begam
CARE HOSPITAL OF NORTH INDIA
EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF TRIPLE DRUG-REGIMEN AMONG ADULT
Dr Gnyanavi Sai Chittela PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY LUPUS NEPHRITIS: A SOUTH INDIAN Dr L K Meher
COHORT STUDY
CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION OF VARIOUS RENAL DISEASE
Dr Vikash Kumar
IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
CLINICAL AND ETIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF HYPONATREMIA IN A
Dr Krishnendu R
TERTIARY CARE CENTRE: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY.
DRUG -INDUCED HYPONATREMIA: A HOSPITAL BASED
Dr Ujwal Sai Challagulla
RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CIRCULATING DENGUE SEROTYPES
Dr Prerna Kapoor AND ITS CORRELATION WITH CLINICAL SEVERITY IN A TERTIARY CARE
CENTER IN A NORTHERN INDIA
Dr Ankita Patoa ZINC PHOSPHIDE POISONING PRESENTING WITH MODS
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
ICP CME Workshop Details
Workshop Programme Hall 1
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
Sepsis Management: Have we made any
Dr Susrut Bandhopadhyay
progress?
ARDS: Newer Perspectives in Management Dr Suresh Ramasubban
Fungal Infections in Non- Neutropenic
Dr Sauren Panja
Critically Ill Patients
Critical Care
9 am - New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus
1 Chief Coordinator:
12 pm (NORSE): Beyond Conventional Dr Ajoy Sarkar
Dr Rajesh Kumar Pande
Anticonvulsants
Emerging Indications of Extracorporeal
Dr Saswati Sinha
Carbob Dioxide Removal (ECCO2R)
Choosing Antibiotics in the Hospital
Dr Chandrashish
Setting and Antimicrobial Stewardship
Broken Bones, Broken Lives - Why Does
Dr Rohini Handa
Osteoporosis Matter ?
Pitfalls in Measurement and Interpretation
Dr Parthajit Das
Osteoporosis of BMD
12 pm - Looking beyond the BMD - Fracture risk
2 Chief Coordinator: Dr Kaushik Basu
2 pm prediction - Case based
Dr (Prof) Rohini Handa
Secondary Osteoporosis – Does it matter? Dr Partha Pratim Chakrabarty
Radiological Evaluation of Osteoporosis
Dr Subrahtajit Hazra
related fractures - Case based
Basic Concepts, Renal Dose Modification Dr N P Singh
Management of Fluid & Electrolytes Dr Sunil Prakash
Critical Care Nephrology POCUS In Critical Care Nephrology Dr Vineet Behera
2 pm -
3 Chief Coordinator: Dialysis in Critically ill & CRRT Dr Dinesh Khullar
4 pm
Dr (Prof) N. P. Singh
Extracorporeal Therapies / Poisoning Dr Arashdeep Singh
Hands on Demo - CRRT Machine & Acute
PD on Mannequin
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
ICP CME Workshop Details
Workshop Programme Hall 2
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
Temporal Trends, Recent Research and
Updates on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dr Man Mohan Mehndiratta
Fronts in Stroke
Stroke
“Catching up with Recent Which Neuroimaging Modality Should
9 am - Advances” be Performed in a Patient Eligible for Dr Kaushik Sundar
4 Thrombolysis
12 pm Chief Coordinator :
Dr (Prof) Man Mohan Thrombolysis in Stroke : Alteplase vs
Mehndiratta Tenectiplase - Where are We? Who Dr Deep Das
Should/Can Thrombolyse?
Advances in Mechanical Thrombectomy Dr Vinit Banga
An Overview of AI in Medicine, Basics,
Dr Amit Kumar Dey
Learning Locks and Practical Examples
Data Science Overview, Basics and Hands
Dr Alok Modi
on Demo
Digital Technology and Use in Clinical Practice, Perspective in
12 pm - AI Workshop Dr Bharat Saboo
5 NCD & Diabetes in Particular
2 pm Chief Coordinator:
Dr SV Kulkarni AI Application in Medical Imaging Dr Anamika Chakraborty

Multimodal Data -AI in Combination of

Medical Education, Clinical Decision Dr Jananee Muralidharan
Making & Training
Reporting Statistical Introduction Dr YSN Raju
data in Manuscripts
Material and Methods: The Denominator of Dr V Manolasya
(Original Articles/
the Study Dr Alladi Mohan
Research Articles)
Submitted for Material and Methods: Reporting Dr Alladi Mohan
2 pm - “Statistical Analysis” Dr KM Bhargav
6 Publication to
4 pm
Biomedical Journals Reporting Statistical Data Under “Results” Dr J Harikrishna
Conducted by Physicians
Comparing and Discussing Statistical Data
for Physicians Dr Alladi Mohan
Under “Discussion”
Chief Coordinator:
Dr Alladi Mohan Interactive Session All Faculty
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
ICP CME Workshop Details
Workshop Programme Hall 3
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
Fluid Therapy Fluid Therapy in Sodium Disorders Dr Sanjay Pandya
Prescribing Fluid Therapy in Fluid Therapy in Potassium Disorders Dr N P Singh
9 am - Electrolyte
7 Fluid Therapy in Calcium and Magnesium
11 am and Acid-Base Disorders Dr Vivek Sood
Chief Coordinator: Disorders
Dr Sanjay Pandya Fluid Therapy in Acid-Base Disorders Dr Sanjay Pandya
Insulin Devices
(a) Types of Insulin Syringes and Vials Dr Saurabh Srivastava
(b) Types of Insulin devices
Glycaemic monitoring – Overview of need
Diabetes- Insulin Devices and and the types Dr Debasish Chaudhary
Glycaemic
11 am - Dr Debasish Chaudhary
8 Monitoring Tools & Techniques SMBG- what is it? And how to go about it?
1 pm
Chief Coordinator:
Dr (Prof) Anupam Prakash Glucometers Dr Amit Bhaskar

Flash Glucose Monitoring Dr Sunil Kohli

Wearable Portable Devices & remote
Dr Sunil Kohli
monitoring
EEG reading; Physician Perspective Role of
Mobile Application in Epilepsy
Dr Haseeb Hassan
Wearable devices for seizure detection in
Epilepsy - Clinical Perspective
Epilepsy
and
1 pm - Patient Centric Approach Should First Single Seizure be treated? Dr Manjari Tripathi
9
3 pm Chief Coordinator: An Approach to an adult brought to ER,
Dr (Prof) Man Mohan Who had been convulsing for last 8 Dr Arabinda Mukherjee
Mehndiratta minutes
Auto-immune Encephalitis and Dr Man Mohan
Seizures-Case Vignettes Mehndiratta
Imaging Approach to Intracranial
Neuroimaging in Clinical Infections : Detailed imaging strategies
Practice and differential diagnosis of intracranial Dr Ajay Garg
Chief Coordinator : infections, focusing on ring-enhancing
3 pm - Dr (Prof) Ajay Garg lesions
10
4 pm Professor Department of
Neuroimaging and Imaging in Medical Emergencies : Imaging
Interventional Neuroradiology modalities and techniques
Dr Chirag Ahuja
AIIMS, New Delhi in managing acute medical emergencies,
including stroke
 APICON 2025 - 23rd January 2025
ICP CME Workshop Details
Workshop Programme Hall 4
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
Introduction Dr Sudha Vidyasagar
Bayes’ Theorem: The Basis of ROC curves Dr Alladi Mohan
Receiver Operating
Characteristic (ROC) Curves : Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV, Accuracy, Dr V Manolasya
Basis, Applications in Medical Likelihood Ratios: The Basics Dr KM Bhargav
9 am -
11 Research : Dr YSN Raju
11 am Examples of Applications of ROC curves
By Physicians, For Physicians Dr Alladi Mohan
Chief Coordinator:
Hands on demonstration – How to
Dr Alladi Mohan Dr Alladi Mohan
Construct and Interpret ROC curves
Interactive Session All Faculty
1) Overview of Poisoning and Common
Dr Bhupen Barman
Clinical Signs and Symptoms
2) First Aid Measures and Principles of
Dr Md Jamil
Management of Poisoning
3) Toxicology Syndrome
Poisoning and Toxicology a) Sympathomimetics Dr Iadarilang Tiewsoh
11 am - Syndromes
12 b) Cholinergic Dr Ayondyoti Bora
1 pm Chief Coordinator:
Dr (Prof) Bhupen Burman c) Anti Cholinergic Dr Bhupen Barman
d) Hallucinogenic Dr Md Jamil
e) Opioids Dr Ayondyoti Bora
f) Sedative / Hypnotic Dr Md Jamil
g) Serotonin syndrome Dr Ladarilang Tiewsoh
Understand Basics of Communication,
Deficiencies in Communication and Dr Priya Bansal
Patient’s Perspective
Doctor-patient Communication
1 pm- Skills Learn and Encourage Shared Decision
13 Dr Rohit Bansal
3 pm Chief Coordinator: Making
Dr (Prof) Priya Bansal Communicating with Angry, Anxious or
Dr Priya Bansal
Depressed Catients
Breaking Bad News Dr Rosmy Jose
Geriatric Medicine Related Topics... Frailty,
Falls, Urinary Incontinence, Parkinson’s
Disease
Implementation Research in Dr Ashish Goel
3 pm - Geriatrics Focus Areas in Geriatrics Dr Arun Sharma
14
5 pm Chief Coordinator: What is Implementation Research Dr Ashoo Grover
Dr (Prof) Ashish Goel Dr Neha Dahiya
Writing Grant Proposals - Tips and Tricks
Brainstorming for Ideas
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Rabindranath Tagore Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
08:30am-09:30am Inauguration and Book Release Ceremony
09:30am-10:30am Session 1
FLUID RESUSCITATION - CURRENT TRENDS IN Dr N P Singh
09:30am-09:55am Dr Sanjay Pandya
SELECTION Dr S K Todi
Air pollution: Demystifying the cardio pulmonary Dr Siddhartha Neogi
09:55am-10:15am Dr P C Manoria
metabolic connection Dr S K Parasar
Need for a Cardiovascular – Renal risk calculator for
10:15am-10:30am Dr M P Barua Dr Swaroop Baruah
Indian Diabetics
10:30am-11:00am Session 2 - President's Oration
Dr G Narsimulu
The 3Es of Medicine Dr Jyotirmoy Pal Dr Amal Banerjee
Dr R K Singal
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
Evolution of Rheumatoid Arthritis approach over last
11:00am-11:20am Dr G Narsimulu Dr Alka Deshpande
two decades
11:20am-11:40am Psoariatic arthritis: An Update Dr Milind Nadkar Dr G S Wander
lifestyle medicine - An antidote to cardiovascular
11:40am-12:00pm Dr Girish Mathur Dr Agam Vora
disease
11:50am-12:40pm Session 4
Dr Kaustav Nayak
11:50am-12:15pm Netaji -A Reminiscence Dr Sugata Bose
Dr Partha Pradhan
Netaji Oration Dr S Arulrhaj
Dr Dhanpat Kumar
12:15pm-12:40pm "A Tale of 40 Years' Journey of Malaria Research at Dr Sanjay Chatterjee
Kochar
Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan" Dr K K Pareek
12:40pm-01:05pm Session 5 - Oration
Dr Manotosh Panja
G S Sainani Oration -
Dr Girish Mathur
12:40pm-01:05pm Hepatitis C Virus - Novel Treatment and Elimination Dr Suresh Kumar
Dr R N Sarkar
by 2030 – Feasible or Ideal.
Dr B B Rewari
Dr B B Thakur
Dr Siddharth Shah Memorial Oration -
01:00pm-01:30pm Dr Dheeraj Kapoor Dr Milind Nadkar
Under Recognised Endocrine Organs
Dr Shashank Joshi
Session 6 - SURPASSING T2DM CARE-Glucocentric to Moderator
01:30pm-02:30pm
metabolic approach J J Mukherjee
01:30pm-01:45pm The rise of GIP- FROM BIOLOGY TO MEDICINE Dr Debmalya Sanyal Dr Indranil Biswas
01:45pm-02:00pm Early weight loss with tirzepatide Dr Dheeraj Kapoor Dr Manab Nandy
SURPASS -Paving the way to target HbA1c and Dr Kamalesh Chandra
02:00pm-02:25pm Dr J J Mukherjee
Weight Pathak
02:25pm-02:30pm Q&A All
02:30pm-03:30pm Session 7
02:30pm-02:50pm Vitamin D and Immunity Dr B B Thakur Dr Rajesh Upadhyay
02:50pm-03:10pm Clinicalpearlsfor vertigo management Dr Michael Strupp Dr Pritam Gupta
Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients
03:10pm-03:30pm Dr Amal Kumar Banerjee Dr Ashok Mukherjee
with Diabetes: Recent Concept
03:30pm-04:35pm Session 8
03:30pm-03:50pm Asthma COPD Overlap Dr Agam Vora Dr Dasarathy Sarkar
V. Parameshwara Life time Achievement Award 2025-
03:50pm-04:15pm Dr Samar Banerjee Dr B R Bansode
GDM Care In INDIA, Dreams To Destiny
04:15pm-04:35pm Keynote Address: newer concepts in GDM Dr V Seshaiah Dr Anita Dutta
04:35pm-05:35pm Session 9
04:35pm-04:55pm Autonomic dysfunction – clinical evaluation Dr Amit Saraf Dr Giridhari Kar

Panel Discussion : “Family counselling and Dr Raj Mani Dr Hemshankar Sharma

minimising costs in ICU” Dr Sauren Panja Dr Puneet Saxena
04:55pm-05:35pm Moderator-Dr Raj Mani
Panelists-Dr Sauren Panja, Dr R K Das Dr R K Das
Dr Yatin Mehta Dr Yatin Mehta
05:35pm-05:50pm Session 10
Unveiling of Take Charge@
05:35pm-05:50pm
18 BP Screening Day

APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025

Swami Vivekananda Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:20am THYROID DIET - MYTHS AND FACTS Dr Robin Maskey Dr Partha Sarkar
09:20am-09:40am Pregnancy in Kidney Disease Dr Mahesh Raj Sigdel Dr Supriya Sarkar
Small intestinal GI bleeding: How to approach and
09:40am-10:00am Dr Ramila Maskey Dr Soumitra Ghosh
treat
10:00am-11:00am Session 2 - GLOBAL SUMMIT 1
10:00am-10:20am HLH IN DENGUE Dr Suranga Manilgama Dr Shyamsundar
10:20am-10:40am Women and heart health Dr Ratnamani Gajurel Dr Ananda Bagchi
Prof Buddhi Bahadur
10:40am-11:00am Unmasking Masked Hypertension Dr Kumudini Jaysinghe
Thapa
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3 - BEST OF MC MASTER
11:00am-11:20am What is special about EBM and McMaster Dr Gordon Guyatt Dr Girish Mathur
11:20am-11:40am How to recognize a trustworthy practice guideline Dr Roman Jaeshke Dr A Muruganathan
11:40am-12:00pm ISIM SESSION
Kidney Stones - Role of Internist Dr Virginia L Hood Dr Mangesh Tiwaskar
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
V. Parameshwara Life time Achievement Award 2025 Dr YSN Raju
12:00pm-12:25pm Dr Pradyumn Sharma
- Chronic Resistant Urticaria And Its Management Dr Pradip Mitra
Prof Ugra Narayan
12:25pm-12:40pm Biomarkers of GDM Dr Puneet Saxena
Pathak
12:40pm-01:00pm Burnout management and resiliency Dr Umesh Sharma Dr Mehboobar Rahman
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
Key Note Address: Advances in the Management of
01:00pm-01:20pm Dr K K Pareek Dr K Tewari
Resistant Hypertension
Internal medicine in the 21st century: back to the Dr Ricardo Gomez
01:20pm-01:40pm Dr Ganaka Senaratne
future Huelgas
01:40pm-02:00pm Chronic Kidney Disease and Migrant Workers Dr Sanjiv Sharma Dr Arun Maskey
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6 - GLOBAL SUMMIT 2
Double antibody positive rapidly progressing
02:00pm-02:20pm Dr M P Kafle Dr Debasis Bhattacharya
glomerulonephritis
 Prof Pramod Kumar
Cardio Selective Beta Blockers – Transforming
02:20pm-02:40pm Dr Felix Mahfoud Chhetri
Clinical Outcomes
Dr Soumitra Roy
02:40pm-03:00pm Acute Medicine in Malaysia Dr Paras Doshi Dr Vinayak Savardekar
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 7 - Best of RCP & S G
03:00pm-03:30pm Challenges from UK Workforce : Lessons to share Dr Hany Eteiba Dr Nandini Chatterjee
Kindness matters: Fostering a positive workplace
03:30pm-4.00pm Dr Eric Livingstone Dr Amit Saraf
saves lives
04:00pm-05:00pm Session 8
Dr Krishantha
04:00pm-04:20pm Case based discussion on Dengue Shock syndrome Dr Panchanan Khakhlary
Jayasekara
Dr Madhuwanthi
04:20pm-04:40pm Toxidrome in clinical practice Dr Balbir Singh Kohli
Hettiarachchi
Does the patient need to be screened for secondary
04:40pm-05:00pm Dr Surajit Tarafdar Dr Thaneswar Borah
hypertension
05:00pm-06:00pm Session 9
Neurological involvement in the Primary Sjogren's
05:00pm-05:20pm Dr Buddhi Paudyal Dr Amitava Chakraboarty
Syndrome
A case based discussion on a pregnant lady
05:20pm-05:40pm Dr Nandu Paudiyal Dr Pradip Kr Medhi
discovered to be HBsAg positive on testing
05:40pm-06:00pm Motor neuropathies in clinical practise Dr Aminur Rahman Dr Santosh Thakur
CONVOCATION

APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025

Raja Rammohan Roy Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Brucellosis - to suspect and Manage Dr Krishna Sen Dr Subir Kumar Banerjee
09:15am-09:30am NTM -Management strategies Dr Swaroop Baruah Dr Manabendra Roy
09:30am-09:45am Fever with Joint Pains Dr D G Jain Dr Koushik Majhi
Dr Dipanjan
09:45am-10:00am Cancers in HIV Dr Alok Kumar Mukuti
Bandopadhyay
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
A Case Based Approach to Hepatitis C and
10:00am-10:15am Dr Naval Chandra Dr Dipankar Majhi
TB co-infection
Dr Narthanan
10:15am-10:30am Non-CF bronchiectasis in indian scenario Dr S S Gait
Mathiselvan
Diffuse alveolar Haemorrhage - early suspicion and
10:30am-10:45am Dr Shital Adhikari Dr M P Gupta
management
Dr Chandrasekhar
10:45am-11:00am Ventilator associated pneumonia – An ICU terror Dr Prafulla Kr Nath
Valupadas
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
An approach to Carbapenem Resistance in
11:00am-11:15am Dr Atul Bhasin Dr Vijay Garg
Critically ill patients
11:15am-11:30am Rational use of Vasopressors and Inotropes in ICU Dr Sekhar Chakraborty Dr Rajesh Patil
11:30am-11:45am In hospital management of hyperglycemia Dr L Sreenivasmurthy Dr Subhrajyoti Bhowmick
11:45am-12:00pm Narrow complex tachycardia - management principles Dr Arun Maskey Dr Arvind Gupta
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Obesity in Teenagers - A commentary Dr Soumitra Ghosh Dr Nitin Patankar
12:15pm-12:30pm Detecting Early Heart Failure in Diabetes mellitus Dr Hem Shanker Sharma Dr Tapas Bandyopadhyay
12:30pm-12:45pm Insulin resistance and MASLD Dr Banshi Saboo Dr Ashish Saha
12:45pm-01:00pm Exercise planning in Type 2 DM. Crossing the barrier Dr Plawan Mazumder Dr P S Karmakar
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
Dr Manjari Tripathi

Panel Discussion - Women with epilepsy Dr Arabinda Mukherjee

01:00pm-01:30pm
Moderator - Dr Manjari Tripathi Dr Saikat Ghosh
Dr Sita Jayalaxmi
Dr Jayanta Roy

Panel Discussion - Anticoagulants in neurology Dr Praveen Yadav

01:30pm-02:00pm
Moderator - Dr Jayanta Roy Dr Swati Kumar
Dr Manish Kumar Bansal
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6
02:00pm-02:20pm AI in cardiodiabetic medicine Dr Arulrhaj Dr Minal Harde
02:20pm-02:40pm Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Dr Vivek Gupta Dr Amitava Chakrabarty
02:40pm-03:00pm DAPT - An update for physicians Dr Ananda Bagchi Dr Sanjay Kumar Jangid
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 7
Sjogrens Syndrome :
03:00pm-03:20pm Dr Rohini Handa Dr G Narsimulu
Do We Still Miss The Elephant In The Room?
Imaging in Rheumatology; How the baton has passed
03:20pm-03:40pm Dr Bhaskar Dasgupta Dr H S Pathak
from Roentgenogram to USG Via MRI
03:40pm-04:00pm Cardiovascular risk in Rheumatic diseases Dr Udas Ghosh Dr Parashar Ghosh
04:00pm-05:00pm Session 8
04:00pm-04:20pm Pitfalls in Blood pressure measurement Dr Giridhari Kar Dr Manojit Mookherjee
Hypertension diagnosis – the importance of time and
04:20pm-04:40pm Dr Aditya Prakash Misra Dr Kaushik Mitra
place
Hypertension treatment - Status of Adherence
04:40pm-05:00pm Dr Pritom Kr Borthakur Dr Rajat Goswami
and control
05:00pm-06:00pm Session 9
05:00pm-05:15pm Quality Control in ICU Dr Akshay Chhallani Dr Chandan Mishra
05:15pm-05:30pm Optimising BP control in India – Roleof diuretics Dr S N Routhray Dr Dabbu Patowari
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Cardiac complications of hyperthyroidism Dr Ram Kishan Jat Dr S N Uniyal
09:15am-09:30am Thyroid emergencies Dr Saumik Datta Dr Salil Pal
Precautions and advances in the management of
09:30am-09:45am Dr Rajesh Kumar Jha Dr Omiyo Kr Borgohain
Hypertensive emergencies
09:45am-10:00am SCD in the young – is it preventable? Dr Nihar Mehta Dr Amandeep Kaur
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
Approach : A case based approach to a febrile patient
10:00am-10:15am Dr Kaushik Basu Dr Narayan Banerjee
of lupus
10:15am-10:30am A case based approach to non healing ulcer Dr Arghya Chattopadhyay Dr Mary D Cruz
10:30am-10:45am A case based approach to gangrene Dr Kaustav Bhowmick Dr Vimal Nakra
10:45am-11:00am REMUNITION Syndrome Dr Virendra Goyal Dr Anita Dutta
11:00am-11:45am Session 3
Case based discussion on uveitis and HLA B 27 Dr Srimanta Madhab
11:00am-11:15am Dr Rantu Barman
Positivity Baruah
11:15am-11:30am Reactive arthrites approach to management Dr Chiranjita Phukan Dr Nirmalendu Bhagabati
11:30am-11:45am Charcot's Arthropathy - Presentation and diagnosis Dr Arun Kedia Dr Payodhi Dhar
11:45am-12:30pm Session 4
Expanding treatment indications in Chronic
11:45am-12:00pm Dr Anup Kr Das Dr Harbans Kumar
Hepatitis-B
12:00pm-12:15pm Newer strategies in Functional dyspepsia Dr Gautam Bhandari Dr Sukanta Sen
12:15pm-12:30pm GI bleed in patient with coronary stent Dr Piyush Manoria Dr Kuldeep Dhar
12:30pm-01:15am Session 5
12:30pm-12:45pm Obesity as a driver for chronic disease Dr Ashim Sinha Dr K J S Narula
12:45pm-01:00pm Euglycemic DKA Dr S S Dariya Dr Meena Kumari
01:00pm-01:15pm Remission of Diabetes - A reality ? Dr V Palaniappen Dr Madhuvan H S
01:15pm-02:15pm Session 6
Night owl or Early bird:Embrace or alter
01:15pm-01:30pm Dr Mary D'Cruz Dr Kripasindhu Gantait
your Circadian Rhythms
01:30pm-01:45pm Circadian biology and drug actions Dr Pradeepkumar T J Dr Debasish Chakraborty
Chronotherapy in Hypertension- lessons learnt from
01:45pm-02:00pm Dr Anupam Prakash Dr Madhup Baxi
the pandemic
02:00pm-02:15pm SIGNIFICANCE OF N:L Ratio Dr Jayanta Sharma Dr B K Mahavarkar
02:15pm-03:15pm Session 7
02:15pm-02:30pm Approach To Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion. Dr Arnab Majhi Dr M P Agarwal
Role of Thoracoscopy in The Diagnosis of Pleural
02:30pm-02:45pm Dr Susmita Roychaudhuri Dr Dilip Kr Baruah
Effusion
02:45pm-03:00pm Pulmonary Hypertension - New Vista In Treatment Dr Bijoy Behera Dr Ramesh K N
Recurrent Pleural Effusions or pleural disease in
03:00pm-03:15pm Dr Surya Kant Dr Prem Mittal
connective tissue diseases – Management
03:15pm-04:15pm Session 8
Panel Discussion- Anticoagulant and antiplatelets Panelists -
during acute gastrointestinal bleeding in a cardiac Dr Nikhil Sonthalia
03:15pm-03:45pm
patient Dr Sandip Pal
Moderator - Dr Mahesh Kr Goenka Dr Manish Saha
Recent Update In Mdr -Tb Management -BPAL
03:45pm-04:00pm Dr Shailendra Kumar Dr G S Solanki
Regimen
04:00pm-04:15pm Poor response to immunization in the elderly Dr Gopal Batni Dr Seetha Raju
04:15pm-05:30pm Session 9
Orthostatic Hypotension in Hypertensive Patients on
04:15pm-04:30pm Dr Princi Jain Dr Atul Ch Saikia
antihypertensive treatment
04:30pm-04:45pm Nutrition in older persons – what to eat and what not Dr O P Sharma Dr Harish Gupta
04:45pm-05:00pm Diabetes in the elderly Dr B K Singh Dr Ramu Das
05:00pm-05:15pm Diabetes and dementia the connecting link Dr Sunil Bansal Dr Ananya Mondal
Dr Paramita Pal
05:15pm-05:30pm Diabetes and Tuberculosis - the unholy Duo Dr Ajoy Tewari
Bhattacharrya
Financial Diagnosis Understanding Your Financial Dr Shubham Gupta
05:30pm-06:00pm
Goals Dr Ankit Jain

APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
How to manage metabolic disorders in post
09:00am-09:15am Dr Siddharth Gupta Dr Kamal Saroj
diarrhoeal Patient
Dr Pradip Kumar
09:15am-09:30am Fluid dynamics in Dengue management Dr Nani Gopal Singha
Chowdhury
Dr Mritunjay Kumar
09:30am-09:45am Hyperkalemia in CKD -risk, link and management. Dr Ayandyuti Bora
Singh
Approach to a case of Hypomagnesemia-diagnosis
09:45am-10:00am Dr Sanjay Tandon Dr Malay Kr Mitra
and management.
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am Prolactinomas in clinical practice Dr Kaushik Biswas Dr Sujit Bhattacharya
10:15am-10:30am Testosterone use and abuse in Men Dr Ankit Shrivastav Dr Jayprakash Pednekar
10:30am-10:45am Beyond HbA1C – TIR & TITR. Dr Ravikeerthy M Dr Parvinder Singh
10:45am-11:00am Erectile dysfunction IN DIABETIC PATIENTS Dr Ravikant Dr Parag Rana
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am BUDDING INTERNIST Case 1 Dr Aradhya Bagchi Dr Girindranath Gogoi
11:15am-11:30am BUDDING INTERNIST - Case 2 Dr Jyoti Kiran Dr Manjari Tripathy
11:30am-11:45am Approach torecurent hyponatremia Dr Sangram Biradar Dr Bhaskar Ghosh
11:45am-12:00pm Managing acute hyponatremia Dr Rakesh Bhadade Dr Kaushik Munshi
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Hypersensitivity pneumonias- an update Dr Mohd Sabir Dr Tribeni Sharma
Dr Partha Sarathi
12:15pm-12:30pm Biologics in Asthma - challenges ahead Dr Nitin Jain, Jaipur
Bhattacharya
Dr Viswesvaran
12:30pm-12:45pm Case based discussion in pulmonology Dr M M Puri
Balasubramnian
12:45pm-01:00pm ABPA - Diagnosis and management Dr Parvaty Nandi Dr Uma Pada Das
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
INFECTION ASSOCIATED ARTHRITIS : A CASE BASED
01:00pm-01:15pm Dr Uma Kumar Dr Pranjal Dutta
KALEIDOSCOPE.
CHASING THE SUN…. TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT Dr Ratneswar
01:15pm-1:30pm Dr Shyamashis Das
ASYMPTOMATIC HYPERURICEMIA Bhattacharya
13:30pm-01:45pm PRECLINICAL RA : CAN RA BE PREVENTED ? Dr Anupam Wakhlu Dr Kaushik Kumar Das
01:45pm-02:00pm Gut inflammation and Spondyloarthropathy Dr Kaushik Ghosh Dr Moshin Alam
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6
02:00pm-02:15pm ICMP - Management principles Dr K N Padhiary Dr Prabhat Kumar Bhar
02:15pm-02:30pm Heart failure and COPD co-morbidity-AN APPROACH Dr Vishal Gupta Dr Ripun Borpuzari
Clinical and echocardiography assessment of Right
02:30pm-02:45pm Dr Saurabh Jain Dr Uttam Nath
side of heart
Dr Mainak
02:45pm-03:00pm Ecocardiography in heart failure Dr Laxman Badlani
Mukhopadhyay
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 7
03:00pm-03:15pm Approach to unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia Dr Manabendra Nayak Dr Bhabani Bhuyan
03:15pm-03:30pm Approach to asymptomatic transaminitis Dr P S Karmakar Dr Kamalesh Ch Pathak
03:30pm-03:45pm A case of hepatomegaly in an obese diabetic Dr Sujoy Roychaudhuri Dr Usharani Pegu
03:45pm-04:00pm Fulminant hepatic failure - an update Dr Sushant Kumar Shethi Dr Bhaskar Kanti Nath
04:00pm-05:00pm Session 8
04:00pm-04:15pm Patient registries Dr Ashis Kr Saha Dr Payodhi Dhar
04:15pm-04:30pm Entering private practice tips & trics Dr Pijush Kanti Mandal Dr A R Pathan
04:30pm-04:45pm Physicians in india -Victims or Winners Dr Tirupathi Rao D C Dr Pritam K Borthakur
04:45pm-05:00pm Metabolic syndrome and its associates Dr Manoj Kumar Gogoi Dr Jayanti Ray
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
Have we written the obituary yet?
09:00am-09:15am Dr Prantiki Halder Dr Kalidas Biswas
Reemergence of Syphilis
09:15am-09:30am Spectrum of sequelae of COVID infection BNBM Prasad Dr Tarun Kumar Biswas
Dr Rama Prosad
09:30am-09:45am Histoplasmosis in India: the tip of the Iceberg Dr Anwar Ul Haq
Goswami
09:45am-10:00am Brucellosis in India: Neglected or missed?" Dr Ajaz Koul Dr Gaurav Kr Singh
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
Pregnancy in a lupus patient, complications and
10:00am-10:15am Dr Renu Saigal Dr Chiranjita Phukan
management.
10:15am-10:30am Anti phosholipid syndrome - past present and future Dr Satyabrata Ganguly Dr Meghanad Meher
10:30am-10:45am Dactylitis in clinical practice Dr Kripasindhu Gantait Dr Paras jain
Dr Nirendra Mohan
10:45am-11:00am DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHY Dr Vineeta Shova
Biswas
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Autoimmune encephalitis Dr Arindam Ghosh Dr Sobhan Biswas
11:15am-11:30am Neurogenic bladder - what a physician should know Dr N Balamurugan Dr Gauranga P Mandal
11:30am-11:45am Acute confusional State : How to approach? Dr Bhaskar Debnath Dr Sagar Basu
A RARE CASE OF TYPHOID ENCEPHALOPATHY
11:45am-12:00pm Dr Karan Kumar Dr Snigdendu Ghosh
BUDDING INTERNIST
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
Acute versus chronic hyponatremia - difference in
12:00pm-12:15pm Dr S V Ramanamurthy Dr B Bhandari
approach
12:15pm-12:30pm Clinical Utility of CGM and Connected Care Dr Manoj chawla Dr Santanu Bhakta
12:30pm-12:45pm Early diagnosis of osteoporosis -Indian Perspective Dr Partha Sarkar Dr A B Bera
12:45pm-01:00pm Gynacomastia - An approach Dr Abhay Kumar Sahoo Dr Abhijit Chatterjee
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
Dr Partha Sarathi
01:00pm-01:15pm Challenges in the management of AF in CKD Patients Dr Amrish Agrawal
Banerjee
01:15pm-1:30pm Newer oral anticoagulants Dr Shyam Chaudhary Dr Rachana Mujamdar

Panel Discussion : “Role of Vaccination in Dr Lipika Adhikary

Cardiovascular Disease” Dr Priyam Mukherjee
01:30pm-02:00pm Moderator – Dr Lipika Adhikary
Panellists - Dr Priyam Mukherjee, Dr Arijit Ghosh Dr Arijit Ghosh
Dr Varun Kumar Dr Varun Kumar
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6
02:00pm-02:15pm 50 Shades of Gender Dr Anirban Majumdar Dr Ashish Basu
02:15pm-02:30pm Female Sexual Dysfunction Dr Anirban Sinha Dr Harekrishna Bera
02:30pm-02:45pm Late onset Hypogonadism Dr Pankaj Singhania Dr Debarati Bhar
02:45pm-03:00pm Ten new gamechanger medicines in Endocrinology Dr Nandha Kumar Dr J K Singhvi
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 7
Dr Sumantra
03:00pm-03:15pm HIV TB Coinfection - an update Dr Murugesh Pasatapur
Mukhopadhyay
Are we moving towards monthly/bimonthly shots for
03:15pm-03:30pm Dr S K Guha Dr Sibabrata Banerjee
HIV?
03:30pm-03:45pm Vascular Dementia - An update Dr Ashok Kumar Dr T K Batabyal
03:45pm-04:00pm Newer Drugs in HIV Dr Jaya Chakraborty Dr Tarun Roy Choudhuri
04:00pm-05:00pm Session 8
04:00pm-04:15pm Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia: What to do? Dr Mriganka Baruah Dr Amitava Biswas
04:15pm-04:30pm MCTD and Overlap Syndromes - an update Dr Megha Balankhe Dr Asit Kumar Senapati
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: management
04:30pm-04:45pm Dr Sharad N Deshmukh Dr Subhranshu Patro
guidelines
04:45pm-05:00pm NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTARION IN CTD Dr Manali Chanda Dr Pallab Battacharya
05:00pm-05:15pm ICU psychoshis Dr P K Thatoi
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Jagadish Chandra Bose Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am AKI IN POST PARTUM PATIENTS Budding internist Dr Noorussaba Arfeen Dr Avijit Mondal
09:15am-09:30am Insight into tropical AKI Dr Jaisuresh Dr Avas Chandra Ray
Leptospirosis in Purvanchal Region of India:
09:30am-09:45am Dr Rakesh Kumar Shahi Dr J L Jethwani
Unraveling The Silent
09:45am-10:00am Managing AKI on CKD Dr Joseph Rajan Dr Amit Ray
10:00am-10:15am Drug induced dyselectrolytemia Dr N Gopalakrishnan Dr M Sukumar
10:15am-11:00am Session 2
Dr Arabinda
10:15am-10:30am ANAPHYLAXIS - Approach to Management Dr Amitabha Saha
Bhattacharya
Dr Maitreyee
10:30am-10:45am ELECTROCUTION- Approach to Management Dr Sourabh Dutta
Bhattacharya
10:45am-11:00am Clinical Approach to LADA Dr Ketan K Mehta Dr K K sharma
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Hyperuricemia & DM: How Interlinked They Are? Dr Prabhat Pandey Dr Dinabandhu Naga
11:15am-11:30am Guidelines for osteoarthritis management Dr Chitra lekha Baruah Dr J L Punglia
Debate - Hyprurecemia should be treated in CKD - Dr Puranjoy Chakrabarty Dr Jitendra Kumar
11:30am-12:00pm For - Puranjoy Chakrabarty
Against - Arghya Majumdar Dr Arghya Majumdar
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
THALASSEMIA AND HBA1C: A COMPLEX
12:00pm-12:15pm Dr S V Limbachiya Dr Uttam Biswas
RELATIONSHIP-Budding internist
12:15pm-12:30pm NTD Thalassemia Dr Lalit Meena Dr Maniram Kumhar
12:30pm-12:45pm MYELOID LEUKEMIA - NEWER AVENUES Dr Shuvraneel Baul Dr Dimbeswar Das
12:45pm-01:00pm Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia Dr Smarajit Banik Dr Ritesh Chakrabarty
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
01:00pm-01:15pm Current update on Hepatitis C treatment Dr Anuradha Deuri Dr Gita Arora
01:15pm-1:30pm Hepatitis B case-based discussion Dr Shrikant Mukewar Dr Sumeet Garg
01:30pm-01:45pm AUTO IMMUINE LIVER DISEASE Dr Noni Gopal Singha Dr Prem Dorji Bhutia
01:45pm-02:00pm MASLD- IS IT NOT A NEW ENTITY? Dr S P Singh Dr Kingshuk Dhar
02:00pm-03:15pm Session 6
02:00pm-02:15pm Mushroom poisoning Dr B C Kalita Dr Arnab Bhattacharya
Dr Debashish
02:15pm-02:30pm Paraquat poisoning Dr K Shringi
Chakrabartti
02:30pm-02:45pm Napthalene poisoning - Interesting clinical spectrum Dr Divendu Bhushan Dr Mitali Basu
02:45pm-03:00pm FLUOROSIS IN INDIA Dr Tapan Haldar Dr Sriprasad Mohanty
Copper sulphate poisoning - What a physician should
03:00pm-03:15pm Dr Susovan Haldar Dr Suresh C Sahoo
know
03:15pm-04:00pm Session 7
Pulmonary hypertension - approach to diagnosis
03:15pm-03:30pm Dr Ruchit Shah Dr Somak Kr Das
and management
03:30pm-03:45pm Primary pulmonary hypertension Dr Bharat Agarwal Dr Shiv Shankar
 Dr Prithwiraj
03:45pm-04:00pm USG In Pulmonology- Current Practice? Dr Bhoomi Angarish
Bhattacharjee
04:00pm-05:45pm Session 8
Hyperprolactinemia unveiled-Decoding the Hormonal
04:00pm-04:15pm Dr Kaushik Saha Dr Apoorva Kaushik
Mystery
Dr Bhupendra Narayan
04:15pm-04:30pm Diabetic neuropathy - various presentations Dr Amit Gupta
Mahanta
Non-Diabetic kidney disease among diabetics:
04:30pm-04:45pm Dr Senthilvelu Dr Mamatha Ramesh
When to suspect and how to approach?
04:45pm-05:00pm Choosing the best insulin for patient Dr R Balamurugan Dr Sujata Devi
05:00pm-05:30pm CV Risk of Hypoglycemia Dr Ehsan Ahmed Galib
05:30pm-05:45pm NTD - Why Elimination eludes us Dr Dolon Champa Modak
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Prafulla Chandra Ray Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
Buddin Internist Session -
09:00am-09:15am Myelomatous Pleural Effusion: Atypical Manifestation Dr Mohit Goyal Dr Priya Bhalki
of Multiple Myeloma
09:15am-09:30am Multiple myeloma an update Dr Avinash Kumar singh Dr Achintya Kr Dutta
09:30am-09:45am Endocrine Manifestations in Lung cancers Dr Rajeev Ranjan Dr Sanjay Srivastava
09:45am-10:00am Approach to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Dr Prajna Anirvan Dr Soumyajyoti Kundu
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am MICRONANOPLASTICS AND HEART Dr Sanjay V Patane Dr Anuradha Deuri
Diabetes and vaccination: The need and the
10:15am-10:30am Dr Vijay Kumar Dr Dipankar Pradhan
guidelines
Dr Mahendra Kumar
10:30am-10:45am OSA and hypertension interface Dr Manohar KN
Gupta
10:45am-11:00am Emerging risk factors for type 2 DM Dr Sirshendu Pal Dr Mukesh Sharma
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Diabetes Secondary to endocrinopathy Dr Ashutosh Chaturvedi Dr Prasun Banerjee
11:15am-11:30am Preventing HFpeF in diabetes Dr Manjusha Mardikar Dr Kuldeep Saini
11:30am-11:45am Glycemic variability Dr Sunanda Chaoji Dr S K Thusu
11:45am-12:00pm Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy Dr Vedawati Purandare Dr V Channaraya
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm EXTRAPULMONARY TB AND GENE EXPERT TEST Dr Atanu Chanda Dr Vijay Maithani
12:15pm-12:30pm Approach to drowsiness in PLHIV Dr Pasang L Sherpa Dr Apu Adhikari
Host directed therapy for management of tuberculosis
12:30pm-12:45pm Dr S M Mishra Dr Prabir Kr Das
- possibility
12:45pm-01:00pm Vaccine for Tuberculosis Dr Rajendra Pd Jaiswal Dr Mayank Gupta
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
01:00pm-01:15pm Diabesity in women - is it different? Dr Ripun Borpuzari Dr Narendra Singh
01:15pm-1:30pm Obesity and inflammation Dr Raghavendra Belaokar Dr Nanak Saran
01:30pm-01:45pm FCPD and Diabetes Dr Amit Gupta Dr Sirshendu Pal
01:45pm-02:00pm OBESITY AND HEART FAILURE Dr Kamaldeep Chawla Dr Raghuramulu Pemira
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6
02:00pm-02:15pm THERAPEUTIC CARBOHYDRATE RESTRICTION Dr Simmi Dube Dr Kamal Thadani
02:15pm-02:30pm Nutritional assessment in clinical practice Dr Yogita Pendurkar Dr Rajendra Dhar
02:30pm-02:45pm Vitamin D Paradox Dr Jayanta Chakrabarty Dr Saurabh Pandey
02:45pm-03:00pm Changing Trends in Malaria Dr Ramesh Agarwal Dr Karunesh
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 7
03:00pm-03:15pm Orthostatic Hypotension- approach to management Dr Srabani Ghosh Dr Surender Mittal
03:15pm-03:30pm Secondary Hypertension - when to suspect ? Dr Abhishek Kumar Dr Mahadev Meena
Hypertension Mediated Organ Damage
03:30pm-03:45pm Dr Sudha Vidyasagar Dr Mitali Baruah
-Evaluation and prevention
03:45pm-04:00pm CARDILOGICAL COMPLICATIONS IN CTD Dr S Nallasivan Dr Neeraj Kumar Verma
04:00pm-05:30pm Session 8
Panelists:
Panel discussion: Controversies / challenges in the Dr Debottam
04:00pm-04:30pm management of acute pancreatitis Bandyopadhyay
Moderator: Dr Sujay Ray Dr Debasis Misra
Dr Aditya Parihar
Incorrect insulin storage and administration warrants
04:30pm-04:50pm Dr Umakanta Mahapatra Dr Anil Vyas
attention
04:50pm-05:10pm ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS IN CLD Dr Dinesh Pal Singh Dr Bidyut Das
05:10pm-05:30pm Post pancreatitis diabetes Dr V G Moahan Prasad Dr Arvind
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Bidhan Chandra Roy Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
Dr Sibabrata
09:00am-09:15am polymyalgia rheumatica - An update Dr Anup Singh
Bandyopadhyay
Dr Susanta
09:15am-09:30am Gut Microbiota and Brain link Dr Vinod Mittal
Bandyopadhyay
09:30am-09:45am Skin manifestations of SLE Dr Bharat K Singh Dr Tarun Kr Biswas
09:45am-10:00am Chronic Urate Nephropathy - Management Dr R Subbu Dr Sandeep Rai
10:00am-10:15am Medical management of spondyloarthropathy Dr Liyakat Ali Gauri Dr Simon
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
Dr Biranchi Narayan
10:15am-10:30am RRT IN POISONING Dr Jabir Abdullakutty
Mohapatra
10:30am-10:45am MYTHS OF SNAKE ENVENOMATION Dr K G Sajeeth Kumar
10:45am-11:00am Amitryptilline Overdose Dr Ajeet Singh Chahar Dr O P Mewara
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
Dr Narendra Prasad
11:00am-11:15am Medical management of CHRONIC PANCREATITIS Dr Rupjyoti Talukdar
Bahadur
Dr Jayanta
11:15am-11:30am SGLT2 in Non Diabetic Conditions Dr A N Rai
Chandrasekhar
Peripheral arterial diseases in DM
11:30am-11:45am Dr S M Somnath Dr J B Gupta
-Mangement principles
Diabetic foot- Prvention and newer avenues
11:45am-12:00pm Dr Pardeep Agarwal
in treatment
12:00pm-12:30pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Implications of Vitamin D Deficiency Dr Veerendra Singh
12:15pm-12:30pm Osteoporosis in the Males Dr Aradhana Singh Dr Neera Samar
12:30pm-12:45pm Non-diabetic Endocrine Emergencies Dr Ramesh Mundle Dr Prasanta Dihingia
Dr Deependra K
Debate - Corticosteroids in community acquired
12:45pm-01:15pm pneumoniA Moderator - Deependra K Dr Sayan Chakraborty
For - Dr S N Haldar, Against - Dr Sayan Chakrabarty Dr Soumendra Nath
Haldar
01:15pm-02:15pm Session 5
01:15pm-01:30pm Effect of climate change on vector borne diseases Dr Kuldeep Kumar Ashta Dr H Lalrinmawia
01:30pm-01:45pm Chandipura virus outbreak: A killer disease Dr Saibal Chakravorty Dr Anurag Saxena
01:45pm-02:00pm Expanded Dengue Syndrome Dr Agnibha Maity Dr D S Chadha
02:00pm-02:15pm Scrub typhus- need for alert Dr Vaibhav Shukla Dr Biswaroop Mukherjee
02:15pm-03:30pm Session 6
Is Colchicine game changer in acute coronary
02:15pm-02:30pm Dr Mahabir Thakur Dr Srinivas
syndrome?
02:30pm-02:45pm CASE BASED APPROACH TO ECG IN POISONING Dr Akshay Bafna Dr Puttaraju
Newer strategies in management of cardiogenic
02:45pm-03:00pm Dr Yatin Mehta Dr Lalit Kumar Meher
shock
03:00pm-03:15pm Coronary SPASM - approach to management Dr Dhruva Sharma Dr A K Gupta
IN HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST - MANAGEMENT Dr Krishnapadarbinda
03:15pm-03:30pm Dr Smit Shrivastava
PRINCIPLES Tripathy
03:30pm-05:00pm Session 7
03:30pm-03:45pm Approach to Low back pain Dr Joydeep Mukherje Dr Pranjal Kumar Dutta
Dr Tapas Kumar
03:45pm-04:00pm APPROACH to atypical parkinsonism Dr S Srinivas
Chatterjee
04:00pm-04:15pm Approach to Unilateral Proptosis Dr Ranjan Sen Dr Pankaj Verma
04:15pm-04:30pm Dementia in India – Learning from LASI-DAD study Dr Arunanshu Talukdar Dr Rabinarayan Kar
Dr Basanta Kumar
04:30pm-04:45pm Approach to a case of Abdominal Pain Dr K Sengupta
Tripathy
04:45pm-05:00pm MASLD - Harbinger of cirrhosis Dr Chandan Sarmah
05:00pm-05:15pm TBD TBD
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Satyajit Ray Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Assessing hematuria in adults Dr A Prabakaran Dr Gouranga Chatterjee
09:15am-09:30am Preventing kidney disease in diabetes Dr Jyoti Prakash Dr Bipul Roy
09:30am-09:45am Top ten recent updates in the field of Nephrology Dr Upal Sengupta Dr Bikram Prasad Gajurel
09:45am-11:00am Session 2
09:45am-10:00am Dyslipidemia management- newer avenues Dr Nirupam Prakash Dr Purusottam Chatterjee
Contribution of PET imaging in Cardiac practice -
10:00am-10:15am Dr G N Mahapatra Dr Pratim Roy
Physician's perspective
Dr Dhiraj Narayan
10:15am-10:30am Renovascular Hypertension new avenues Dr Deepak kumar Singh
Manandhar
SANOFI AVENTIS Lectureship in Diabetology-
10:30am-11:00am Dr Jayshri Swain Dr Santa Kumar Das
Sarcopenia and T2DM
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
Dr Nilanjan
11:00am-11:15am Fungal Infections in ICU Dr S Chandrasekar
Chattopadhyay
FLUID ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES IN DIABETES
11:15am-11:30am Dr Georgi Abraham Dr Kamal Nahata
MELLITUS ?
11:30am-11:45am A JOURNEY THROUGH ATYPICAL DIABETES Dr N K Singh Dr Sumit Mukherjee
11:45am-12:00pm Post Intensive Care Syndrome- An aftermath Dr K Sivakumar Dr Arpan Mandal
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
Cardiac Inflammation - A New Pillar of ASCVD
12:00pm-12:15pm Dr M Gunasekaran
Treatment
12:15pm-12:30pm Stewardship practice in CCU Dr Bipasa Chakraborty Dr Subir Kr Saha
12:30pm-12:45pm A case based approach to Dehydration Dr Bhagirath Solanki Dr Prerna Kapoor
12:45pm-01:00pm Lactic alkalosis - is a red flag in critical care? Dr Promise Jain Dr Suneetha D K
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
01:00pm-01:15pm Prevention of Influenzae in Adults with Comorbidities Dr Parvaiz Kaul Dr Ashutosh Das
01:15pm-01:30pm Can Codeine unravel Cough Conundrums Dr P S Bhattacharya Dr Dhiman Sen
01:30pm-01:45pm Hypothyroidism and Obesity Dr Dina Shrestha Dr Surendra N Swain
01:45pm-02:00pm Discussion
02:00pm-02:45pm Session 6
Dr Swayang Prakash
02:00pm-02:15pm Clinical utility of T3 Therapy Dr Debmalya Sanyal
Chaudhury
NCD prevention in young and adolescents-API chali
02:15pm-02:30pm Dr R K Modi Dr Pranab Sahana
school ki oar
02:30pm-02:45pm Post-menopausal HRT Dr Nilanjan Sengupta Dr Kaushik Sen
02:45pm-03:15pm Session 7
02:45pm-03:00pm NON INSULIN PHARMACOTHERAPY IN T1DM Dr Sudhir Chandra Jha Dr Sibes Kr Das
03:00pm-03:15pm Clinical approach to Pulmonary renal syndrome Dr Avijit Royzada Dr Asit Kr Senapati
03:15pm-04:15pm Session 8
Targeted Therapy in Cancer: A Precision Approach to
03:15pm-03:30pm Dr Govind Babu K Dr Gautam Medhi
Treatment
Case based discussion on Paraneoplastic
03:30pm-03:45pm Dr Madhuchanda Kar Dr Nitya Gogoi
glomerulopathy
The Quest for Contriver of immune harmony and
03:45pm-04:00pm Dr Divya Taneja Dr Anubha Srivastava
innovation in cancer : PD-1/PDL-1 pathway
04:00pm-04:15pm DVT prophylaxis in the Malignancy Dr Suranjit Barua Dr Rekha M C
04:00pm-05:30pm Session 9
Vaccine in adults : Does Corporate pressure
04:15pm-04:30pm Dr Yogiraj Roy
overshoots the need !
04:30pm-04:45pm How To Manage Irritable Bowel Syndrome Dr Mukesh Agarwala Dr Samir Chakraboarty
Dr Rallabandi Penta
04:45pm-05:00pm Do We Need To Treat All Viral Hepatitis Dr K S Somasekhar Rao
Chary
Echocardiographic assessment of Intracardiac
05:00pm-05:15pm Dr Bijay Narayan Jha Dr Sushanto Ghosh
Masses
Management of Harpes Zostar infection Recent
05:15pm-05:30pm Dr Sarat Keut Dr Anjan Kumar Saikia
Updates
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Paramahamsa Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Novel insights into coeliac disease Dr Gurinder Mohan Dr Khileswar Singh
09:15am-09:30am Vaccination in Connective tissue diseases Dr Sameer Gulati Dr Biswadip Agarwala
09:30am-09:45am Difficult to treat rheumatoid arthritis Dr Pradip Kumar Sharma Dr R P Mathur
Empagliflozin Emerging evidences in the era of
09:45am-10:00am Dr Pankaj Agarwal Dr Taruni Ngangbam
Multiborbid Diabetes Care.
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am Type 2 DM State of Our Nation Dr Ashok Kumar Das Dr Jyotirmoy Pal
10:15am-10:30am Nephro Protection In DM Dr Georgi Abraham Dr Jayanta Panda
10:30am-10:45am Liver and DM - An Impactive Dialogue Dr Shiv Sarin Dr Anup Barman
10:45am-11:00am Non-CF Bronchiectasis Dr Randeep Guleria Dr Girija Nandan Singh
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
Panelists -
AMR -A Panel Discussion
11:00am-11:30am Dr Yogiraj Roy
Moderator - Dr Agam Vora
Dr Avijit Bhattacharya
11:30am-11:45am NEXT STEP IN COPD CARE -DISEASE STABILITY Dr Avya Bansal Dr Binod Kumar Das
Interplay Between Metabolic Syndrome and
Dr Krishnangshu Ray
11:45am-12:00pm Hypothyroidism: Towards an Evidence-Based Dr Soumik Goswami
Dr Somak Kumar Das
Synergistic
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4 - API - ACP SESSION
12:00pm-12:20pm Thyroiditis - OFT missed entity Dr Swati Shrivastava Dr MP Kafle
12:20pm-12:40pm Evolving role of biomarkers in management of HF Dr Anuj Maheswari Dr Hamid Ali
Acute worsening of renal function in diabetic
12:40pm-01:00pm Dr Narsingh Verma Dr Robinson Ningshen
nephropathy
01:00pm-03:00pm Session 5
01:00pm-01:20pm ELEVATED BP IN INDIAN POPULATION - Dr Tiny Nair Dr Ashfaque Ahmed
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONSENSUS IN ACID
01:20pm-01:40pm Dr R K Sharma Dr Koushik Bhattacharya
SUPPRESSION IN PRIMARY CARE
01:40pm-02:00pm OPTIMIZING B BLOCKER IN HEART FAILURE Dr G S Wander Dr MC Baby Lalnintluangi
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6
Real World Evidence In Newly Diagnosed DM - Dr Suman Ghosh
02:00pm-02:20pm Dr Supratik Bhatacharya
ACARBOSE Dr Anurag Chaurasia
Symposium - FINERENONE IN T2DM AND CKD- Dr Debmalya Sanyal
02:20pm-03:00pm IMPROVING CVD OUTCOMES Dr Pratik Das
Moderator - Dr Apurba Mukherjee Dr Suvro Banerjee
Addressing unmet needs in diabetic treatment-
03:00pm-03:15pm Dr Awadesh Kumar Singh Dr Habibur Rahaman
combination injectibles
03:15pm-03:30pm Errors in taking inhalational medication Dr Subhendu Jana Dr Piyush K Dutta
03:30pm-04:00pm Session 7
Panelists -
Panel Discussion : “End of Life Care/Withdrawing/
Dr Sudhyodan Batabyal
03:30pm-04:00pm Witholding End of Life Support”
Dr Sibabrata Banerjee
Moderator - Dr Dhruv Chaudhury
Dr Jiggi Divatia
04:00pm-04:30pm Session 8
Dr Ashish Basu

Common Rheumatological Manifestations of Dr Udas Ghosh

04:00pm-04:30pm
Diabetes Dr Pankaj Singhania
Dr Rana Bhattacharya
04:00pm-05:00pm Session 9
04:30pm-04:45pm Nuances of Masked Hypertension Dr Deepak Jaiswal Dr K Shankar
Blood Tests for Diagnosis of Respiratory Allergy: How
04:45pm-05:00pm Dr Prashant Prakash Dr Ramswaroop Jawahar
Relevant are they?
05:00pm-05:15pm An approach to subclinical hyperthyroidism Dr Polok Das Dr Srinivasa M
05:15pm-05:30pm ACLF Extracorporeal vs regenerative therapy Dr Manasa Dr Lalrothuama

APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025

PG HALL - 1, CV RAMAN HALL
Time / Author Topic Judge
09:00am-10:00am PG Session 16
Dr Ramesh Dargad COLCHICINE IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Dr Suresh Sagarad
Dr Arunkumar K A STUDY ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG SIGN - AN ECG QUIRKY Dr Rakhi Sanyal
SIGNIFICANCE OF MEAN PLATELET VOLUME IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL
Dr Pavan Gadge
INFARCTION
A STUDY TO DETERMINE CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION AND ITS
CORRELATION WITH AUTOANTIBODY PROFILE IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS
Dr Shubham Das
ERYTHEMATOSUS PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF
NORTH BENGAL.
SODIUM BALANCE UNVEILED: DECODING BLOOD PRESSURE AND
Dr Priyanka S VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY THROUGH 24 HOUR URINE SODIUM
ANALYSIS
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DEATHS AND ASSOCIATED
Dr Shodhan Patel COMORBIDITIES DUE TO COVID19 PANDEMIC DURING FIRST AND
SECOND WAVES IN A RURAL TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF SOUTH INDIA
10:00am-11:00am PG Session 17
EXPLORING THE PREVALENCE AND CORRELATION OF
Dr Prachi Dhar SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES IN A Dr Rana Bhattacharya
TERTIARY HOSPITAL
CORRELATION BETWEEN SYNTAX SCORE AND HBA1C IN DIABETES
Dr Maheen Noushad Dr Pankaj Singhania
MELLITUS PATIENTS
THE ROLE OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY CHEMOKINES CCL-1, 2, 4, AND
5 IN THE ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN
Prof Javed Iqbal Wani
SUBJECTS FROM THE ASIR REGION OF SAUDI ARABIA: CORRELATION
WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF OBESITY
AWARENESS AND STATUS OF INFLUENZA VACCINATION AND
Dr Abhishek Garg INCIDENCE OF RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH
DIABETES MELLITUS.
ESTIMATION OF SARCOPENIA IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2
Dr Paila Deepika
DIABETES MELLITUS
ASSOCIATION OF TRIGLYCERIDE GLUCOSE INDEX (TYG INDEX) WITH
Dr Srilakshmi N Rao
HBA1C IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS.
 11:00am-12:00pm PG Session 18
ASSOCIATION OF SERUM FERRITIN WITH IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY IN
Dr Barsha Naik Dr Ashok Ku Singh
ADULT PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS.
Dr Parth Moudgill VITAMIN D LEVELS IN HYPOTHYROIDISM Dr Sarat Singh
IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ON
Dr Pranaykumar KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING NOSOCOMIAL
Narottambhai Kaswala INFECTIONS, STANDARD PRECAUTIONS AND HAND HYGIENE: A STUDY
AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN JAMMU & KASHMIR
THE UNSUNG VILLIAN- CALCIUM: OUR EXPERIENCE OF
Dr Laxmi Priya M P HYPERCALCEMIA IN A TERTIARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE IN SOUTH
INDIA
Influence of Hypertension Duration on Clinical and Baseline
Dr Jabir Abdullakutty Demographic Characteristics Among Indian Patients with Hypertension
Receiving Telmisartan and Amlodipine Fixed-dose Combination
Dr Prabuddha
Platelet Indices in prognostication of Malaria with thrombocytopenia
Mukhopadhyay
12:00pm-01:00pm PG Session 19
ABG GUIDED MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE EXACERBATION OF COPD:
Prof Ravindra Kumar Das Dr P C Sahu
PROSPECTIVE RCT
A STUDY TO EVALUATE URINE ALBUMIN-CREATININE RATIO (UACR)
FOR ALBUMINURIA IN PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS ADMITTED TO
Dr K Harshitha Dr R N Sarkar
MEDICINE DEPARTMENT IN RLJ HOSPITAL AND ITS CORRELATION
WITH SOFA SCORE
Dr Sirivella Sowmya REDS SCORE FOR RISK STRATIFICATION IN SUSPECTED SEPSIS,
Shree OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
PATIENT OUTCOMES AND PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY IN HEAT
Dr Rajnish Kumar Singh
STROKE: A RETROSPECTIVE DATA ANALYSIS
TO STUDY THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF LACTATE ALBUMIN RATIO FOR
Dr Paritosh Gupta
PREDICTING 28 DAY MORTALITY IN CRITICALLY ILL SEPSIS PATIENTS
TO ASSESS THE UTILITY OF LIP SCORE AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR
Dr Abhishek Kumar
SEPSIS
01:00pm-02:00pm PG Session 20
Dr Chama Yadavendra AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF NON ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER
Dr Kabir Purohit
Reddy DISEASE IN DIABETES PATIENTS
VITAMIN D STATUS AS A PREDICTOR OF CLINICO-BIOCHEMICAL
Dr Syed Mushtaq Saif OUTCOME IN PATIENTS OF ACUTE HEPATITIS. AN OBSERVATIONAL
Dr Sriprasad Mohanty
Andrabi PROSPECTIVE STUDY AT SECONDARY CARE HOSPITALS IN UT OF J &
K.
STUDY OF RENAL RESISTIVE INDEX AS PRGNOSTIC MARKER IN
Dr Y Sunayana
PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER
ASSESSMENT OF HEPATIC FIBROSIS IN HEPATITIS C POSITIVE
Dr Prakhar Bansal
PATIENTS PRE AND POST TREATMENT USING FIBROSCAN
“ ROLE OF SERUM ZINC LEVELS IN ASSESSING THE SEVERITY
Dr B Sarathchandra OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN DCLD PATIENTS ADMITTED IN
TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL,TIRUPATI”.
TITLE :PROFILE OF ACUTE -ON- CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE(ACLF)
Dr Pradipta Kumar Dhani PATIENTS IDENTIFIED BY APASL/EASL-CLIF/BOTH CRITERIA AND ITS
OUTCOME
 02:00pm-03:00pm PG Session 21
Dr Smit Patel A CASE OF EBSTEIN’S ANOMALY IN AN ADULT Dr Swaroop Baruah
DIABETIC STRIATOPATHY AS A RARE COMPLICATION OF DIABETES
Dr Heerakjyoti Sarkar Dr Spandan Bhaduri
MELLITUS: A CASE SERIES
A SERIES OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MUSCLE MELTDOWN AND
Dr Yamuna M
KIDNEY CHAOS
CASE SERIES ON EVALUATION OF REFRACTIORY ASCITES IN ESRD
Dr Pandurang
ON MAINTAINENCE HEMODIALYSIS AND STUDY OF NEPHROGENIC
Bibavanekar
ASCITES
UNDERSTANDING RHABDOMYOLYSIS - THE IMPACT OF STATIN
Dr Haritha Sri Ponnada
THERAPY
Dr Ramamoorthy P RICKETS WITH HYPOKALEMIA DUE TO RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS
03:00pm-04:00pm PG Session 22
A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF QRISK3 AND ASCVD RISK SCORES
Dr Rohith Srinivas FOR PREDICTING 10-YEAR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN THE INDIAN Dr Dwijen Das
POPULATION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
CLINICAL PROFILE OF STEMI IN ELDERLY AND YOUNG PATIENTS – A
Dr Aiswarya J Vinod Dr B C Kalita
COMPARATIVE STUDY
COMPARING WELLS CRITERIA AND REVISED GENEVA SCORE IN CTPA
Dr Samartha C S
PROVEN PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM
NON ISCHAEMIC DIALATED CARDIOMYOPATHY ODYSSEY :
Dr Nahid Haque NAVIGATING THE UNCHARTED TERRITORIES OF HEART DISEASES IN
YOUNG PATIENTS
HEART-TYPE FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN AS AN EARLY PREDICTOR
Dr Mansi Hans
OF MYOCARDIAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENT OF SEPSIS
PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ST SEGMENT ELEVATION IN LEAD AVR
Dr Terese Jose
IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME.
04:00pm-05:00pm PG Session 23
Dr Bidyut Kumar PREVALENCE OF CORONARY RISK FACTORS AMONG INDIAN ADULTS
Dr P L Sherpa
Adhikary DIAGNOSED WITH SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM
Physician's Wellbeing: Role of Empathy on Cognitive Dissonance and
Ms Florence Jose Dr Subrata Pal
Subjective Wellbeing
ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF TREATMENT AT 1 YEAR IN
Dr Brajagopal Jana TREATMENT COMPLETED CHRONIC HEPATITIS C PATIENTS IN A
TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF NORTH BENGAL
EVALUATION OF RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH IN DECOMPENSATED
Dr Ningthoukhongjam
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS AND ITS CORRELATION WITH
Reema
MELD-NA SCORE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
A Prospective Analysis of Clinico-Demographic Features and Outcomes
Dr Arijit Deb
of Scrub Typhus in the North Eastern Region of India
PAPER PRESENTATION ON EXPANDED DENGUE SYNDROME- THIS
Dr Pramod Kumar
SEASON (JUNE 2024 -AUG 2024)
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
PG HALL - 2, Kadambini Ganguly Hall
Time / Author Topic Judge
09:00am-10:00am PG Session 24
CORRELATION OF SERUM MAGNESIUM LEVEL WITH HBA1C IN TYPE 2
Dr Lakshmisha B R Dr Amit Kalwar
DIABETES MELLITUS: RURAL TERTIARY CARE STUDY
A STUDY OF SERUM MAGNESIUM LEVEL IN TYPE 2 DIABETES
Dr Neha Palla MELLITUS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH GLYCEMIC CONTROL AND ITS Dr Subholaxmi Das
COMPLICATIONS.
STUDY OF CLINICOPATHOLOGIC PROFILE OF LEAN TYPE 2 DIABETES
Dr Chinmaya Kumar Bal
PATIENTS IN EASTERN INDIA.
RAPID GASTRIC EMPTYING IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMS OF
Dr Rashi Mittal
DIABETIC GASTROPARESIS: A CLINICORADIOLOGICAL DISCORDANCE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VITAMIN D AND HBA1C LEVELS IN
Dr Raju Patil
INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
A STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY IN
Dr B Karmakar
NEWLY DIAGNOSED TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS
10:00am-11:00am PG Session 25
NOVEL MARKERS FOR EARLY ONSET OF DIABETES: EVALUATION OF
Dr Ravi Kumar GLYCAEMIC VARIABILITY IN TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS USING Dr Amit Sarkar
CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM: A PILOT STUDY
A STUDY ON RELATION BETWEEN ATHEROGENIC INDEX OF PLASMA,
Dr Amulya Reddy Dr Debasis Chakraborty
BMI AND FATTY LIVER IN OBESE PATIENTS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VITAMIN D AND HBA1C LEVELS IN
Dr Vanama Kavya INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN TERTIARYCARE CENTER
RAICHUR
Dr Ilakkiya Priya
CLINICAL PROFILE OF HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS
Pandiyaraj
ECG AND ECHOCARDIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS
Dr Sagnik Mitra PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST
BENGAL
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics Across Different Body Mass
Dr Uday Jadhav Index Categories in Patients with Heart Failure Receiving Torsemide
and Spironolactone Fixed-dose Combination in India
11:00am-12:00pm PG Session 26
INCIDENCE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION AMONGST SPINAL CORD
Dr Dhiraj Kumar Thakur Dr Apu Adhikary
INJURED PATIENTS
Dr Rayidi Pardha ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS OF THYROID
Dr Umashankar Mishra
Venkatesh DYSFUNCTION
A STUDY OF THE PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH
Dr Faiz Alam SPECTRUM OF RENAL DISEASES IN RHEUMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF INDIA
"A Novel CCB reduces blood pressure and
Dr Naik Afreen proteinuria and demonstrates favourable effects
on eGFR in Indian Hypertensive Patients"
EARLY PREDICTION OF PARAMETERS OF SUCCESS OF NON-INVASIVE
Prof D Bhattacharyya
VENTILATION IN ACUTE HYPERCAPNIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Does age Affect the Clinical Characteristics of Indian Patients with
Dr Devanu Gosh Roy Heart Failure Receiving Torsemide and Spironolactone Fixed-dose
Combination?
 12:00pm-01:00pm PG Session 27
ROLE OF FIBROSCAN IN EARLY DETECTION OF HEPATIC FIBROSIS IN
Dr Ashutosh Chaturvedi Dr Badal Sahu
DIABETIC PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NORTH INDIA
A STUDY OF COLONOSCOPIC AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS
Dr Vaishnav
IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING COLONOSCOPY AT A TERTIARY CARE Dr Saptarshi Bishnu
Priteshkumar Dilipbhai
HOSPITAL IN GOA
OUTCOME OF ANTIVIRAL THERAPY ON PATIENTS OF CHRONIC
Dr Utso Aich
HEPATITIS B ASSESSING CLINICO-LABORATORY PARAMETERS
Dr Greeshma Mary EFFICACY OF PLASMA EXCHANGE IN ACUTE AND ACUTE-ON-
Varghese CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: A SINGLE-CENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
NEUTROPHIL-LYMPHOCYTE RATIO (NLR) TO PREDICT SEVERITY IN
Dr Chandra Mouli Sariki
ACUTE PANCREATITIS.
Clinical Characteristics and Baseline Demographic Profiles of Indian
Dr C K Ponde Patients with Heart Failure Receiving Torsemide and Spironolactone
Fixed-dose Combination (RESTORE-HF Study)
01:00pm-02:00pm PG Session 28
Dr Rajkumar Gupta WHY GERIATRIC HEART FAILURE EDUCATION MATTERS Dr Rabinarayan Kar
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR
GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH MEAN ARTERIAL
Dr Krishna Prakash P Dr Usharani Pegu
PRESSURE IN ELDERLY HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE
HOSPITAL, GOA
SARCOPENIA AND FRAILTY PREVALENCE IN ELDERLY POPULATION OF
Dr Amtoj Singh Lamba
NORTHEN INDIA WITH DIABETES MELLITUS
A STUDY OF CORRELATION OF GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS
Dr Princika Chauhan
WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD)
Dr Mogalapu Sai CORRELATION OF SERUM MAGNESIUM LEVELS WITH SEVERITY OF
Samhitha LIVER DISEASE IN CIRRHOSIS PATIENTS
PREVALENCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION IN CHRONIC
Prof Om Prakash Dhakal
LIVER DISEASE IN SIKKIM
02:00pm-03:00pm PG Session 29
COMPARISON OF CLINICAL PROFILE OF ACUTE CORONARY
Dr Nikita Gusain SYNDROME ABOVE AND BELOW 40 YRS OF AGE. ARE THINGS Dr Panchanan Sahoo
DIFFERENT POST-COVID?
TELMISARTAN EFFECTIVENESS ACROSS VARIOUS AGE GROUPS IN
Dr Antony N NEWLY DIAGNOSED HYPERTENSION - A POST HOC ANALYSIS OF Dr Nitya gogoi
RECORD REGISTRY
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CAROTID ARTERY INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS
Dr Chetan Khoshoo IN HYPERTENSIVE SMOKERS AND NON-HYPERTENSIVE SMOKERS IN
YOUNG ADULT MALES IN SOUTH KARNATAKA POPULATION
REAL WORLD DATA ON EFFECTIVENESS OF TELMISARTAN PLUS
METOPROLOL COMBINATION IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED INDIAN
Dr M Brid
HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS: POST HOC ANALYSIS FROM RECORD
REGISTRY
CLINICAL , ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC
Dr Vrinda PARADIGMS IN DILATE CARDIOMYOPATHY:BRIDGING THE GAP
BETWEEN SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSTICS
PREVALENCE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN
Dr Anushka Biwalkar CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ITS ASSOCIATION
WITH SYMPTOM SEVERITY
 03:00pm-04:00pm PG Session 30
QUALITY OF SLEEP AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM IN PATIENTS WITH NON-
Dr Shubhank Narula Dr Niranjan Tripathi
ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
COMPARISON OF NON INVASIVE SCORING SYSTEMS (NFS, HSI, FIB4,
APRI, BARD) WITH FIBROSCAN FOR LIVER FIBROSIS ASSESSMENT
Dr Anusha Renjith IN NAFLD PATIENTS AND ASSESSING THE ROLE OF NOVEL Dr Basanta Kumar Tripathy
INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKER- AISI AND LIPID RELATED INDICES NHR,
LCI AND LAP IN NAFLD – AN ANALYTICAL CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
SPECTRUM OF INFECTIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
Dr Upamanyu Bag INFECTED PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH FEVER IN THE MEDICINE WARD
OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.
CLINICAL PROFILE AND SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF ACUTE KIDNEY
Dr Govind Prasad
INJURY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER
CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF RENAL ARTERY
Dr Sweatha S
STENOSIS
04:00pm-05:00pm PG Session 30
CLINICO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF SNAKE BITE PATIENTS
Dr Ankan Chakraborty Dr Koushik Hazra
ADMITTED TO A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN NORTH BENGAL
PREVALENCE OF ENTERIC PARASITES IN NAIVE HIV POSITIVE
Dr Shilpi Biswas Dr Suresh C Sahoo
PATIENTS NOT ON ART
A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED STUDY TO CHECK EFFICACY OF N
Dr Sabaresh R ACETYL CYSTEINE AND TAURINE IN PREVENTING PROGRESSION OF
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE DUE TO DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
IMPORTANCE OF PLATELET TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO IN PATIENTS OF
Dr Shubham R Agrawal
ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE
ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL EFFECT AND TOLERABILITY OF A SINGLE-
APPLICATION OF A CERAMIDE-BASED MOISTURIZING CREAM AND
Dr Chintan Khandhedia
LOTION IN IMPROVING 24-HOUR SKIN HYDRATION IN HEALTHY
INDIAN WOMEN
A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE CONTROL TRIAL TO STUDY THE
OUTCOMES OF THE EARLY PHASE OF DENGUE FEVER WITH
Dr Sreedhar Reddy
HIGH FERRITIN LEVELS WITH THE USE OF SHORT COURSE OF
DEXAMETHASONE.
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Workshop Programme Hall 1
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
Fall prevention Dr Himadri Das
Dr Surekha V
1 09:00am-10:00am Geriatrics workshop Dementia Management –
Dr Jino Joy
Physicians Perspective
Dr Vivek Aggarwal
Challenges in stroke
rehabilitation and role of Dr Nirmal Surya
multidisciplinary team.
Botulinum Toxin in post stroke Dr Abhishek
2 10:00am- 11:00am Stroke Rehabilitation Workshop spasticity and rehabilitation. Srivasatava
Advances in stroke Dr Guhan
rehabilitation. Ramamurthy
Question/Answer and
All speakers
discussion
Understanding general
Dr Divendu
approach to poisoning and
Bhushan
snake bite
3 11:00am-12:00pm Toxicology and poisoning
Individual treatment of
common poisoning - OP/ Dr Nidhi Kaeley
Celphos
Arrhythmias, Hypertrophy and Dr Selvaraj
4 12:00pm-01:00pm ECG Workshop
Infarction Tuticorin
01:00pm- 02:00pm Lunch Break
Allergy immunology workshop Dr Saibal Moitra
A] Introduction and Overview
Dr Shambo S
B] Case-Based Lectures
Samajdar
1. History Taking in Allergy
Patients
2. Skin Prick Test
3. Allergen Immunotherapy
5 02:00pm- 04:00pm Allergy immunology workshop
C] Demonstration Session
(50 minutes) Dr Ritabrata Mitra
1. Skin Prick Test
2. Allergen Immunotherapy
Prescription
D] Q&A and Wrap-Up
(10 minutes)
Metabolic Approach to T2D Care: GIP-What did we know and
6 04:00pm-05:30pm Dr Soumik Goswami
Tirzepatide Workshop what have we learnt
Wonders of early weight loss Dr Manas Pratim
Moderator: Dr Subhankar Chowdhury
on T2D journey continuum Baruah
“SURPASS”-ing barriers with Dr Arpandev
TZP – SURPASS 2 Bhattacharyya
“SURPASS”-ing barriers with Dr Anirban
TZP – SURPASS 3 Majumdar
Dr Subhankar
Dialogues interactive Panel
Chowdhury
 APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025
Workshop Programme Hall 2
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
7 09:00am-10:00am CGM workshop Dr Supriya Datta
8 10:00am-11:00am Neuroworkshop EEG- basic principles 2 Dr Partha Ray
Case based discussion in Dr Vishakha Jain
Healing through stories - narrative
9 11:00am-12:00pm groups guided by resource
medicine workshop Dr Ashish Goel
faculty
Yoga and Meditation for medical
10 12:00pm-01:00pm Dr A K Gupta
professionals
Lunch Break
Normal Views of the Heart
01:30pm-01:40pm Dr Nihar Mehta
with normal Anatomy
Evaluation of Systolic Function
01:40pm-01:55pm Dr Rishikesh
with Demonstration
Evaluation of Diastolic
01:55pm-02:05pm Dr Ruchit Shah
Function with Demonstration
Evaluation of RV function and
02:05pm-02:15pm Dr Debika Chaterjee
Echocardiograpy workshop Pulmonary hypertension
11
02:15pm-02:30pm (Workshop Cordinator - Dr. Nihar Mehta) Discussion
02:30pm-02:35pm Aortic Stenosis Dr Nihar Mehta
02:35pm-02:40pm Aortic Regurgitation Dr Ruchit Shah
02:40pm-02:45pm Mitral Stenosis Dr Debika
02:45pm-02:50pm Mitral Regurgitation Dr Rishikesh
02:50pm-03:00pm Discussion
Biofire: Need Based Approach Dr Rajiv Soman
Interpretation of antibiotic Dr Subramanian
Interpretation of Diagnostic tests in susceptibility report Swaminathan
12 03:00pm-04:00pm
Infectious Diseases Interpretation of virology
reports: case Based Dr Manish Soneja
Discussion.

APICON 2025 - 24th January 2025

Workshop Programme Hall 3
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
13 09:00am-11:00am Principles of Diabetic Foot Care Dr G S Goel
Insulin administration technic
Dr Silima S Tarenia
and storage
Devices Dr Mary D Cruz
14 11:00am-12:00pm Workshop On Insulin Therapy
Evolution of Insulin and PK/
Dr Shambo S
PD Insights: Guiding Rational
Samajdar
Prescribing
Mc Master Workshop Dr Gordon Guyatt
15 12:00pm-01:30pm
EBM clinical practice guidelines exercise Dr Roman Jaeschke
01:00pm-02:00pm Lunch Break
Dr Ved Chaturbedi
16 02:00pm-04:00pm Imaging In Rheumatology Dr Rudra Prasad
Dr Shyamashis Das
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
Rabindranath Tagore Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:20am
mRNA.. Rejuvenating vaccines & regenerative
09:20am-09:40am Dr Alaka Deshpande Dr Jyotirmoy Pal
medicine!
09:40am-10:00am Chronic hepatitis – epidemiology in India Dr Pradeep Bhaumik Dr Apurba Mukherjee
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
A case of persistent pyrexia in an
10:00am-10:20am immunocompromised individual - the diagnostic Dr Arup Kumar Kundu Dr Sujit Chaudhury
dilemma
Case based approach to prominent veins on the
10:20am-10:40am Dr S S Laksmannan Dr Sekhar Chakrabarti
abdomen
Current perspectives in the treatment of
10:40am-11:00am Dr Nageshwar Reddy
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:20am Approach and management of CKM syndrome Dr N P Singh
Cystic Disease of Kidney: Newer diagnostic and
11:20am-11:40am Dr Dinesh Khullar Dr Pinaki Mukherjee
management strategies
11:40am-12:00pm Nephrology in India - Present and future perspective Dr Vivekanand Jha Dr Rajendra Pandey
Dr P J Mehta Oration
12:00pm-12:20pm Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Predictors & Dr Vinod Ravindran
Strategies
Moderator :
12:20pm-01:20pm Session 4
Dr Shashank Joshi
12:20pm-12:35pm ADIPOSITY AND THE MEDUSA PARADOX Dr Luuc Van Gaal Dr Pradip Mukhopadhyay
12:35pm-12:50pm SURMOUNT-in Obesity with Tirzepatide - Surmount 1 Dr Francesco Rubino Dr Nilanjan Sengupta
12:50pm-01:05pm SURMOUNT-in Obesity with Tirzepatide - Surmount 4 Dr Shashank Joshi
01:05pm-01:20pm Q&A - Discussion
01:20pm-03:00pm Session 5
01:20pm-01:40pm Cardiorenal Metabolic Specialist - Need of The Future Dr H Mardikar
01:40pm-02:00pm Dyslipidemia in South Asians: A Novel Approach Dr Dhiman Kahali Dr Sourangsu Chatterjee
What new can we expect in the upcoming Indian
02:00pm-02:20pm Dr G S Wander Dr Balakrishnan Valliyot
Guidelines on hypertension IGH - 5
02:20pm-02:40pm Importance of Home BP measurement Dr S Patanayak Dr Aneesh Basheer
02:40pm-03:00pm Hypotension redefined Dr Ashok Taneja Dr Onkar Awadhiya
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 6
03:00pm-03:20pm NEWER ANTIBIOTICS AND ANTIFUNGALS IN ICU Dr S K Todi Dr Pawan Kumar Agarwal
03:20pm-03:40pm INSULIN USAGE IN RURAL AREAS Dr G D Ramchandani Dr Chinmoy Barik
03:40pm-04:00pm Sarcopenia-an unrealized volcano Dr Jugal Kishore Sharma
04:00pm-04:45pm Session 7
04:00pm-04:15pm Erectile dysfunction is a correctile dysfunction Dr Deepak Jumani Dr Ranajit Barik
Dr Kalyanbrata
04:15pm-04:30pm Subarachnoid hemorrhage - physican's perspective Dr K Mugundhan
Bhattyacharjee
04:30pm-04:45pm PAN - ANTI PLATELET RESISTANCE Dr D P Chakraborty
04:45pm-05:45pm Session 8
04:45pm-05:05pm DVT Prophylaxis in the ICU Dr Dinesh Sharma, Jaipur Dr Binod Kumar Binaykia
Dr Naresh Kumar Midha,
05:05pm-05:25pm Approach to delirium in the ICU Dr Prabir Kumar Biswas
Jodhpur
05:25pm-05:45pm Acute flaccid paralysis in ICU Dr Kiran Vadapalli Dr Barun Kisor Biswas
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
Swami Vivekananda Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
Panel Discussion “Management Of DR-TB Including
Newer Drugs, Shorter Regimens For DS-TB & DR-TB
And High Dose Rifampicin.
09:00am-09:30am
Moderator : Dr S K Katiyar
Panelists: Dr Rajesh Solanki, Dr Subhashis
Mukherjee, Dr Subir Kumar Dey, Dr Aparup Dua
PROBLEMS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF
09:30am-09:45am Dr Supriyo Sarkar Dr S S Reddy MD
EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
09:45am-10:00am TB Meningitis - Clinical Spectrum Dr Prasanta Dihingia Dr Mahalingappa B MD
10:00am-11:00am Session 2 - API - IACM SESSION
10:00am-10:20am Asymptomatic bacteriuria – need for therapy? Dr M P S Chawla Dr Partha Sarathi Biswas
10:20am-10:40am Sepsis induced DIC Dr B L Bharadwaj Dr K K Pareekh
10:40am-11:00am Pitfalls in the management of hypothyroidism Dr A K Gupta Dr H S Pathak
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3 - API - ESI SESSION
PUTTING Glucose First: Why Glucocentricity Still
11:00am-11:20am Dr Subhankar Chowdhury Dr Sujoy Ghosh
Matters in Diabetes Care
Clinical Perspectives and Real World Outcomes of
11:20am-11:40am Dr Kaushik Pandit Dr Shashank Joshi
Vildagliptin and its Combinations
11:40am-12:00pm Relevance of Aspart Insulin in the era of Innovations Dr Kalyan Ganguly Dr Partha Sarathi Biswas
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4 - API - CSI SESSION
Non-coronary endovascular treatment : Update for
12:00pm-12:20pm Dr Sanjay Tyagi Dr G S Wander
Physicians.
CCS - When to consider surgery or PCI
12:20pm-12:40pm Dr P C Rath Dr Debabrata Roy
Over and Beyond Optimal medical management ?
12:40pm-01:00pm Hypertension 2024: What is new ? Dr D P Sinha Dr Ranjan Sharma
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5 - API - ISHBT SESSION
Dr Maitreyee
01:00pm-01:20pm Immune Thrombocytopenia Dr R K Jena
Bhattacharya
A patient 50 yrs of age with lymphadenopathy-
01:20pm-01:40pm Dr M R Mahapatra Dr Dwijen Das
Approach to diagnosis?
Medical Mamgement in Aplastic Anemia - an Indian
01:40pm-02:00pm Dr T K Dolai
perspective
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6 - API - IAN SESSION
02:00pm-02:20pm APPROACH TO UNCOMMON HEADACHE Dr Debashish Chaudhury Dr Ambar Charaborty
Dr U
02:20pm-02:40pm EYESIGNS I SEE IN THE ICU Dr M K Roy
Meenakshisundaram
02:40pm-03:00pm New onset seizures Dr Sangeeta Ravat Dr P K Maheshwari
03:00pm-03:40pm Session 7 - API - IRA SESSION
Indian Guidelines on the management of ANCA
03:00pm-03:20pm Dr Aman Sharma Dr Subrata Pal
Vasculities
Look alike or different diseases temporal arteritis vs Dr R N Sarkar
03:20pm-03:40pm Dr Bimlesh Pandey
Takayasu disease Dr Milind Nadkar
03:40pm-04:20pm Session 8 - API - RSSDI SESSION
Early intensive therapy in Diabetes – importance of
03:40pm-04:00pm Dr Rakesh Sahay Dr Jayanta Panda
first year after Diagnosis
04:00pm-04:20pm LIMB SALVAGE IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION Dr Vijay Biswanathan
04:20pm-05:20pm Session 9
MIND GUT CONNECTION - ROLE OF CENTRAL
04:20pm-04:40pm Dr Anirudha Singh Dr Rahul Jain
IMMUNOMODULATORS
04:40pm-05:00pm Prevention of AKI in ICU Dr Amir Husain
Resistance in Hepatitis B therapy and future
05:00pm-05:20pm Dr Vanishetty Shantan
directions

APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025

Raja Rammohan Roy - PRF Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am DIFFICULT TO TREAT Asthma Dr Sanjay Kumar Dr Ashok Kumar
E-vaping associated lung Injury: Past, Present and Dr Krishna Prabhakar
09:15am-09:30am
future prospects Kasam
Understanding Biological Ageing and its Biomarkers:
09:30am-09:45am Dr Prasun Chatterjee Dr B N Panda
A Road to Longevity
09:45am-10:00am Travel Clinics needs of the day Dr V Ramasubramanium Dr Rajashree Bora
10:00am-12:20pm Session 2
10:00am-10:10am OPENING SPEECH Dr Jyotirmoy Pal Dr Apurba Mukherjee
10:10am-10:30am PRF Directors Oration Dr A Muruganathan Dr Kamalesh Tewari
Prof Rathinavelu subramanium endowment oration -
10:30am-10:55am Dr Bibhuti Saha Dr Apurba Mukherjee
Tropical Medicine-yesterday, today and tomorrow.
10:55am-11:20am UN Brahmachari oration Dr Shyam Sunder Dr Bibhuti Saha
11:20am-11:45am Dr Coelho Memorial Lecture in experimental medicine Dr Manoj Saluja Dr S B Ganguly
11:45am-12:05pm TB AND DIABETES DOUBLE WHAMMY Dr D P Singh Dr Supriyo Sarkar
Dr Subhankar
12:05pm-12:20pm Vitamin D for health – Indian Perspective Dr P S Karmakar
Choudhury
12:00pm-02:00pm Session 3 - ART OF PUBLICATION - JAPI SESSION
12:20pm-12:25pm EDITORS ADDRESS Dr Mangesh Tiwaskar Dr Prakas Mandal
12:25pm-12:45pm Choosing a title , Abstract Writing Dr Atanu Chandra Dr Anupam Prakash
12:45pm-01:05pm An overview of writing an article Dr Nandini Chatterjee Dr Santanu Tripathi
01:05pm-01:25pm Reference writing Dr Avijit Hazra Dr Ajoy Chakrabarty
01:25pm-01:45pm Article submission Dr Shambo Samajdar
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio as a Marker for
01:45pm-01:52pm Dr Minal Harde Best of JAPI - OA
Diagnosis and Prognostication of Sepsis
Muscle-specific Tyrosine Kinase Antibody-positive
Dr Tino Baby Best of BPJ- CASE
01:52pm-02:00pm Myasthenia Gravis Unmasked by Fluoroquinolone: A
Dr K Mugundhan REPORT
Case Report
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 4
02:00pm-02:15pm Informed Consent: What Physicians Must Understand Dr Udit Narang Dr Swami Prasad Gupta
Type 1 diabetes : West bengal model paving way
02:15pm-02:30pm Dr Sujoy Ghosh Dr Arvind Sharma
for national health program
Post intervention outcome in nonadherence to oral
02:30pm-02:45pm Dr Uttam Pal Dr Sanjay Shah
antidiabetic agents in type 2 DM
02:45pm-03:00pm Prognostic biomarker of covid19 Dr Jagannath Pall Dr Anand Rawat
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 5
Using AI to do data analysis and create articles
03:00pm-03:20pm Dr Alok modi Dr Praveen R Badri MD
ethically for publication
03:20pm-03:40pm Sudden cardiac death Registry Dr Ajay singh Dr D P Singh
Older persons in research – include or exclude Dr A B Dey
03:40pm-04:10pm Include - Dr A B Dey
Exclude - Dr Arvind Mathur Dr Arvind Mathur
04:00pm-05:10pm Session 6
Dr Prasanta
04:10pm-04:30pm Approach to Clinical trials made easy for Physicians Dr Paramjeet Singh
Bhattacharya
04:30pm-04:50pm Bioethics & Professionalism for Physicians Dr Santosh Salagre Dr Muruli Rao Md Dm
Choosing the Right Study Design for Your Research
04:50pm-05:10pm Dr E Koushik Dr Suryakamal Verma
Question

APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025

Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Recurrant UTI How to manage ? Dr Uttam Kumar Nath Dr A R Balamurugan
09:15am-09:30am Pneumonia in the elderly Dr Dilip Barua Dr Neha Sukhani Md
09:30am-09:45am Management of Geriatric Hypertension Dr Bapilal Bala Dr Ramananda Pathak
09:45am-10:00am Principles of geriatric prescription Dr Krishnendu Roy Dr Chandan Chatterjee
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
Dr Manoj Kumar
10:00am-10:15am Myeloproliferative disorders in India Dr Ritu Karoli
Srivastava
10:15am-10:30am Hypereosiniphillic syndromes Dr Ashish Behera Dr Mysore Sudhir
Dr Maitreyee
10:30am-10:45am Micro Angiopathies; How to Diagnose and Manage? Dr Swapan Sarkar
Bhattacharyya
10:45am-11:00am Chronic hemolytic anemias in India Dr Lakhan Singh Dr Sarita Behera
11:00am-01:00pm Session 3
Symposium on Acute ischemic Stroke:
11:00am-11:15am A. Tips and tricks to identify Large vessel occlusion Prof Biman Kanti Ray Prof Nihar Biswas
(LVO)
Symposium on Acute ischemic Stroke:
11:15am-11:30am B. CT Brain in acute ischemic stroke- Minimalistic Dr Subhadeep Gupta Dr Arijit Ghosh
approach
Symposium on Acute ischemic Stroke: Dr Bikash Chandra
11:30am-11:45am Dr Uddalak Chakraborty
C. Basics of Intravenous thrombolysis Swaika
Symposium on Acute ischemic Stroke:
11:45am-12:00pm D. Thrombolysis beyond window and in special Dr Arpan Dutta Dr R B S Manian
scenarios
Symposium on Acute ischemic Stroke:
12:00pm-12:15pm Dr Deep Das Dr Anil Kumar Kalita
E. Basics of Mechanical Thrombectomy
Anticoagulants and antiplatelet in stroke - what when Prof Ham Nazmul
12:15pm-12:30pm Dr Anitha Moorthy
why Ahasan
12:30pm-12:45pm AI IN NEUROLOGY Dr Bidita Khandelwal Dr Suranjit Baruah
12:45pm-01:00pm EEG FOR PHYSICIANS Dr B Kannan
01:00pm-01:45pm Session 4
01:00pm-01:15pm APPROACH TO INTERMITTANT MUSCLE WEAKNESS Dr Amit K Das Dr T Balaji
Panel Discussion session - Ordering judicious
investigations in Rheumatological Diseases.
01:15pm-01:45pm
Moderator - Dr Kaushik Basu
Panelists - Dr Alokendu Ghosh, Dr Tapas Kumar
01:45pm-03:00pm Session 5
Role of NAC &PYRIDOAMINE IN REDUCING CKD
01:45pm-02:00pm Dr Pratim Sengupta Dr Ajay Mohan Sahai
PROGRESSION
02:00pm-02:15pm Approach To Cough With Purulent Expectoration Dr Malati Murmu Dr Ashutosh Mohan
02:15pm-02:30pm Common errors in automated CBC Reports Dr Ashwini Nigam Dr Amit Sarkar
02:30pm-02:45pm Nocturnal dip in the BP and its correlates Dr Girish Verma Dr Mrityunjoy Sarkar
02:45pm-03:00pm HIGH RISK DYSLIPIDEMIA - ROLE OF NEWER DRUGS Dr A Sreenivas Dr P Raja
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 6
03:00pm-03:15pm Diabetes Obesity And Dysbiosis Dr Bijoy Patni Dr Keshav Sinha Roy
03:15pm-03:30pm Diabetes and brain Dr Aarathy Kannan Dr Ravi Kant Saraogi
03:30pm-03:45pm Intermittent fasting – pros & cons Dr Surendra Daga Dr Anindya Sarkar
03:45pm-04:00pm Diabetic peripheral vascular disease management Dr Brij Mohan Dr Gouri Oram
04:00pm-05:00pm Session 7
04:00pm-04:15pm Drug induced hyperglycemia Dr Akashkumar N Singh Dr D Ramesh
04:15pm-04:30pm Diabetes and fungal infections Dr Kanishka Davda Dr Uma Mahwshwari MD
Patients Behavior in dedicated ART Centre of
04:30pm-04:45pm Dr Raj Kamal Choudhary Dr Meenakshi Agarwal
JLNMCH, Bhagalpur
04:45pm-05:00pm DM, CVD & NAFLD LINK Dr Vijay Garg Dr Ravinder Kumar Gupta
5:00pm Session 8 - API GB MEETING
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Safety of Metformin in Pregnancy Dr Sonali Bhaumik Dr Rabindra Kumar Dalei
09:15am-09:30am Thrombosis in pregnancy Dr Mona Dhakal Dr K Dhananjayan
Management of Maternal Sepsis - Current State and
09:30am-09:45am Dr Prachee Makashir Dr Onkar Awadhiya
Challenges
09:45am-10:00am Jaundice in pregnancy Dr Akash Roy Dr Tanuj Kr Biswas
10:00am-10:45am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am Late complications of snake bites Dr Nagesh K Dr Prasanna Kumar Das
10:15am-10:30am Venomous stings, and poisoning- An update Dr Gagan Gunjan Dr M Anitha MD, DNB
10:30am-10:45am Chronic lead poisoning - is it common? Dr Arnab Bhattacharya Dr K K Gupta
10:45am-12:00pm Session 3
10:45am-11:00am Anemia spectrum in India Dr P K Sinha Dr Vinay Gupta
11:00am-11:15am ADD AND MASLD - THE CRITICAL LINK Dr Mukulesh gupta Dr C Yadavendra Reddy
11:15am-11:30am Update on megaloblastic anemia management Dr Amal Dev Goswami Dr N Venkateswarlu
11:30am-11:45am Aplastic anemia management An update Dr O P Dhakal Dr Amit Kumar
Recent Advances in the Management of SICKLE CELL
11:45am-12:00pm Dr Kaustav Nayak Dr Sanghamithra P
ANEMIA
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Frothy and smoky urine ! Dr Sisir Chakraborty Dr Narayan Dasgupta
12:15pm-12:30pm Tongue – a mirror in clinical practice Dr Dwijen Das, Silchar Dr Raghuramulu Pemira
12:30pm-12:45pm Physicians' Interpretation of Common Lab Parameters Dr Pradeep Kumar Mitra Dr Patnala Chakradhar
12:45pm-01:00pm Face as a mirror of disease Dr Tanu S Pandey Dr G Harish Kumar
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
01:00pm-01:15pm Out of hospital cardiac arrest Dr Anil K Kulshrestha Dr Somnath
01:15pm-1:30pm Pericardial effusion - approach to diagnosis Dr Monika Maheshwari Dr Sabu Augustine
Heart rate modifications in CAD a important risk
13:30pm-01:45pm Dr Sajid Ansari Dr Gururaj Pramod
factor for CV outcome
01:45pm-02:00pm Cardiac MRI Pros and cons Dr Sameer Dani Dr S Senthilkumar
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6
02:00pm-02:10pm BUDDING INTERNIST Dr Chayan Mondal Dr M Raja Rao
02:10pm-02:20pm BUDDING INTERNIST Dr Soumozit Banerjee Dr A Bikshapathi Rao
Prof M V Padma
02:20pm-02:40pm An approach to stroke mimics and chameleons Dr Ramesh Bhattacharya
Srivastava
Hyperkinetic movement disorders – Physician’s Dr Vijay Kumar
02:40pm-03:00pm Dr Bhaskar Ghosh
perspective Chaudhary
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 7
03:00pm-03:15pm Metabolic bone disease in CKD Dr Sailesh Lodha Dr Sanjay Dash
03:15pm-03:30pm Interstitial nephrites - often missed in clinical practice Dr Vikas Khandelia, Kota Dr Mahendra Goel
03:30pm-03:45pm optimal drug prescription in CKD -DOS AND DONTS Dr Shyam Bansal Dr Arpita Roychoudhury
03:45pm-04:00pm Drug induced nephrotoxity Dr Tribeni Sarma
04:00pm-05:15pm Session 8
Fibrosing ILD and Acute Exacerbation of ILD:
04:00pm-04:15pm Dr P S Bhattacharya Dr M K Chottray
Diagnosis and Management
Assessing Control In Asthma- Mere Treating Is Not
04:15pm-04:30pm Dr S K Madhukar Prof Md Mujibur Rahman
Enough
(Brig) Debajyoti
04:30pm-04:45pm Alfa anti trypsin deficiency and COPD in adult Dr B V Muralimohan
Bhattacharyya
04:45pm-05:00pm Lung Transplantation: The Indian Scenario Dr Apar Jindal Dr K S Satish Ramana
05:00pm-05:15pm Vaccination In COPD Patients Dr Tridip Das Dr K S Satish Ramana

APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Myocarditis - early recognition and management Dr Deepak Gupta Dr S S Panda
09:15am-09:30am Treadmill stress test in the era of invasive cardiology Dr Manish Kumar Dr Ajay Yadav
09:30am-09:45am CVD IN WOMEN Dr Anjan Talukdar Dr K Shankar
09:45am-10:00am Heart attacks in the young Dr Iranna S Hirapur Dr Vivek Kumar
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am Peripartam cardiomyopathy -Diagnostic challenges Dr Sudhir Chafle Dr Dilip Datta
Peripartum cardiomyopathy - Treatment and follow
10:15am-10:30am Dr Arvind Gouri Dr P K Biswas
up
10:30am-10:45am MANAGEMENT OF GDM Dr Veer Bahadur Singh Dr Arun Kumar Singh
10:45am-11:00am Dengue in pregnancy Dr K C Shashidhar Dr Mairajudin Wani
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
Case based discussion on Neurological
11:00am-11:15am Dr Sohini Chakraborty Dr Atanu Biswas
manifestations of systemic disease - Case 01
Neurological manifestations of systemic disease –
11:15am-11:30am Dr P Maheshwari Dr Karthik Ghosh
How to approach ?
11:30am-11:45am Case based discussion on Myelopathy Dr Debaleena Mukherjee Dr Prasenjit Sengupta
11:45am-12:00pm Approach to Myelopathy Prof M K Roy Dr Subir Banerjee
Session 4 - DIFFICULT TO TREAT CASES IN
12:00pm-01:00pm
RHEUMATOLOGY
12:00pm-12:15pm LUPUS – Dr Parasar Ghosh Dr Rudrajit Paul
12:15pm-12:30pm OSTEOPOROSIS- Dr Parthajit Das Dr Gyanendra Singh
12:30pm-12:45pm RA – Dr Debanjali Sinha Dr Ramesh Bhargav
Keynote Address - Refinements in established
12:45pm-01:00pm Dr Venkat Ram Dr Pradeep Sharma
therapies for Hypertension 2025 and beyond.
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
01:00pm-01:15pm Vitamin D & Autoimmune rheumatic diseases Dr Saikat Datta Dr Ashis Patel
01:15pm-1:30pm GOUT MIMICS - ROAD TO DIAGNOSIS Dr Bharat Panigrahy Dr Gouranga Santra
13:30pm-01:45pm Sarcoidosis - Indian perspective Dr Chandan Das Dr Angshuman Dey
01:45pm-02:00pm Late Complications of Organophosphorus Poisoning Dr Uttam Biswas Dr Anil K
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6
Debate - Antifibrotics Have Revolutionize the
Management of IPF
02:00pm-02:30pm Moderator: Dr Supriya Sarkar, Dr Shyamal Sarkar
Pros: Dr Deepak Talwar
Cons: Dr Debraj Jash
Panel Discussion on - “CTD-ILD”
Moderator - Dr AG Ghoshal
02:30pm-03:00pm
Panellists - Dr Alakendu Ghosh
Dr Sunit Sharma, Dr Agam Vora, Dr Sudhir Kumar
03:00pm-03:15pm EVALUATION OF A DIFFICULT TO TREAT ASTHMA Dr Abhishek Tandon Dr Shreepal Lunawat
03:15pm-04:00pm Session 7
Dr Sudarshan
03:15pm-03:30pm Approach to recurrant strokes Dr Kamal Kumar Sawlani
Chakrabarti
Dr Puneet Rijhwani,
03:30pm-03:45pm Obstructive Sleep Apnoea & Metabolic Syndrome Dr Nabanita Chakrabarti
Jaipur
03:45pm-04:00pm Prognostication in stroke Patients Dr Uma Sinha Roy Dr Ranabir Bhowmick
04:00pm-05:30pm Session 8
04:00pm-04:15pm ACLF - What we need to know Dr Y K Chawla Dr Sibasis Bhattacharya
04:15pm-04:30pm Mesenteric ischemia - how to suspect? Dr Indranil Thakur Dr Uttam Kr Saha
Endoscopic management of Upper GI Variceal
04:30pm-04:45pm Dr Pradeepta Sethy Dr Vinayaswami P M
Bleeding
04:45pm-05:00pm Role of beta-blockers in evolution of Cirrhosis Dr Premashish Kar Dr Somnath Mitra
05:00pm-05:15pm Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis Dr Tanuja Manohar Dr Dilip Patil
Dr Goutham Reddy
05:15pm-05:30pm Nutrition In Acute Pancreatitis Dr Parveen Bharadwaj
Katukuri
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
Jagadish Chandra Bose Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:15am Session 1
Optimising Muscle Nutrition: The Dynamic Duo of
09:00am-09:15am Dr Anuj Maheshwari Dr Satish Pradhan
High Protein Nutrition with Prebiotics and Probiotics
09:15am-09:30am MANAGEMENT OF REFEEDING SYNDROME Dr Susrut Bandopadhay Dr P K Rathor
09:30am-09:45am Dialysis in Critical care Dr Sambhu Dutta Dr P C Bahinipati
09:45am-10:00am MINIMISING ERRORS IN ICU Dr Dipankar Sarkar Dr Suresh K G
WHEN TO TRANSFUSE BLOOD AND BLOOD
10:00am-10:15am COMPONENTS IN HAEMODYNAMICALLY STABLE Dr Suresh Ramasubbam Dr D K Moda
PATIENTS IN ICU
10:15am-11:05am Session 2
10:15am-10:25am Case based discussion on Vertigo Dr Sourav Nanda Dr Binod Kr Das
Dr Sourav Nanda - Peripheral Vertigo
10:25am-10:35am Dr Debolina Roy – Central Vertigo Dr Debolina Roy
10:35am-10:50am Approach to Vertigo Dr Sreenivas UM Dr Subhransu S Acharya
10:50am-11:05am Approach to Syncope Dr Amit Kumar Kalwar
11:05am-12:20pm Session 3
11:05am-11:20am Atheroscelerotic dyslipidemia in obesity Dr A Sarvanan Dr Thrilok Chandar
11:20am-11:35am Microangiopathies - how to diagnose and treat? Dr T Geetha Dr Prantar Chakrabarti
11:35am-11:50am An approach to leukemoid reactions Dr Smita Gupta Dr Kripamoy Das
11:50am-12:05pm Evaluation of Macrocytosis Dr P K Sasidharan Dr K B Parida
12:05pm-12:20pm Bone marrow failure syndrome Dr T B Umadevi Dr S S Mishra
12:20pm-01:20pm Session 4
Navigating the Minefield: Preventive Approaches to
12:20pm-12:35pm Dr Sougata Sarkar
Adverse Drug-Drug Interactions
12:35pm-12:50pm Diagnostic Paradigms for Drug-Induced Disorders Dr Sumalya Sen Dr Sunil Mathew
From Bench to Bedside: Realizing the Potential of
12:50pm-01:05pm Dr Saibal Das Dr Ajay Sharma
Pharmacogenomics in Clinical Practice
01:05pm-01:20pm Hypothyroidism In Pregnancy Dr Hamid Ali Dr Anjan Adhikari
01:20pm-02:20pm Session 5
01:20pm-01:35pm Endothelial dysfunction and obesity Dr V Kumaravel Dr Rabin Chakrabarti
01:35pm-01:50pm How To Assess And Manage MR Dr J C Mohan Dr KJS Narula
01:50pm-02:05pm Is Hypoglycemia a CV Risk Factor or a CV Risk Marker? Dr Mayank Gupta Dr D Govindappa
Sweet Pressure: Navigating Hypertension in
02:05pm-02:20pm Dr Dilip Kumar Dr Tapan Kumar Panda
Diabetes Management
02:00pm-04:20pm Session 6
The role of ceftazidime-avibactam and aztreonam
02:20pm-02:35pm Dr Amitav Mohanty Dr Arun N M
The symbiotic triumph
MDR : Newer techniques in diagnosis and their
02:35pm-02:50pm Dr Urvashi B Singh Dr Sukdeb Das
interpretation
ICMR Guidelines for gram negative infections - an Dr Bhupendra Narayan
02:50pm-03:05pm Dr Pragya Pant
update Mahanta
03:05pm-03:20pm Chronic Meningitis - A Case Based Discussion Dr Arkadip Chaudhury Rashmi Sinha
03:20pm-04:20pm Session 7
03:20pm-03:35pm Inflammaging - the clinical significance Dr Mahesh Marda Dr Karunesh Kumar
03:35pm-03:50pm Infectious Spondylodiscitis in India Dr Nitin Gupta Dr Vijay Maithani
03:50pm-04:05pm Helminthiasis in india Dr Lalatendu Mohanty Dr S N Uniyal
04:05pm-04:20pm Extraluminal manifestations of worm infestation Dr Manuj Kumar sarkar
04:20pm-05:05pm Session 8
Dr Gautam Gopal
04:20pm-04:35pm Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome Dr Ramesh Roop Rai
Chakrabarti
04:35pm-04:50pm A Review of Mafld Dr Jibesh Sarkar Dr Santosh Kumar Singh
04:50pm-05:05pm Hereditary Cancers Dr Usha S Dr Uttam Saha

APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025

Prafulla Chandra Ray Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Noncardiogenic chest pain - case based discussion Dr Dhanshre Atre Singh Dr Mallikarjun H
09:15am-09:30am management of Acute MI in the periphery Dr T Sarvanan
09:30am-09:45am Multimorbid patient with heart failure Dr Suresh Sagarad Dr Bhabatosh Roy
09:45am-10:00am Heart failure in women Dr Soma Saha Dr Vimal Nakra
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
Infective generalized Lymphadenopathy - Indian Dr Soumya Ranjan
10:00am-10:15am Dr D Suresh Kumar
perspective Pradhan
10:15am-10:30am Massive splenomegaly - an approach to diagnosis Dr Rajesh Debbarma Dr Ambika Mohanty
10:30am-10:45am Multiple granuloma in spleen Dr Santosh Kumar Swain Dr Siddhartha Mishra
10:45am-11:00am Approach to a Case of Anemia in a 35yrs age Dr Jina Bhattacharya Dr Samir Ranjan Jena
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am IMPORTANCE OF FEEDBACK IN MEDICAL EDUCATION Dr Niket Verma Dr Subhas Hazra
11:15am-11:30am Learner Doctor Method of clinical training Dr Rimi Som Sengupta Dr S K Guha
Dr Paramita
11:30am-11:45am Simulation based medical education Dr Madhumathi R
Bhattacharya
11:45am-12:00pm Balancing life & professional career Dr Hiranmoy Saha Dr Trupti Swain
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Examination of Hands in clinical practice Dr Partha Chatterjee Dr Bijaya Kumar Behera
Dr Pragyan Kumar
12:15pm-12:30pm PCOS and Diabetes Mellitus Dr Manish Agarwal
Routray
12:30pm-12:45pm Dermatological manifestations of diabetes Dr Sachin Hoskatti Dr Rajesh Padhi
12:45pm-01:00pm Newer technologies for Glucose Monitoring Dr Avik Chakrabarti Dr Saubhik Sural
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
01:00pm-01:15pm Expanding frontiers of Nephrology Dr Pinaki Mukherjee Dr Atanu Pal
01:15pm-1:30pm Use of RAAS blockage in ESRD Dr Jasmine Sethi Dr R N Kar
13:30pm-01:45pm IgA Nephropathy- like discussed earlier Dr Raja Ramachandran Dr Kaushik Bhattacharya
Role of NAC and Taurine in Reducing
01:45pm-02:00pm Dr Ashwin Karuppan Dr Keshava H K
Microalbuminuria - An evidence based approach
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 6
Maxmizing Benefits & Minimizing Side effects of Dr Biswajit Ghosh
02:00pm-02:15pm Dr Atanu Ghosh
SGLT2 Inhbitors Dastidar
02:15pm-02:30pm Diabetic dyslipidemia management - whats new Dr P Krishna Prasanthi Dr Uttam Biswas
02:30pm-02:45pm Vitamin D and insulin sensitivity Dr Srinath K M Dr Promise Jain
02:45pm-03:00pm Fungal sinusitis in DM Dr Nihar Ranjan Mohanty
03:00pm-04:15pm Session 7
03:00pm-03:15pm Selection of Fluidsin Clinics Dr Senthilkumaran Dr Rajat Kanti Goswami
03:15pm-03:30pm Vitamin D and Hepatic fibrosis in Hepatitis C Dr S N Swain Dr Anjan Talukdar
Dr Debaprasad
03:30pm-03:45pm ABPM - clinical implications Dr Aditya Langthasa
Chakrabarti
03:45pm-04:00pm Recurrent DVTs in a 25 year old lady - an approach Dr Monica Gupta Dr Adigeppa H Chittaragi
Dr Pramod Kumar
04:00pm-04:15pm Acute Severe Hypertension (Hypertensive Crises) Dr Monoranjan Malakar
Agrawal
04:15pm-05:15pm Session 8
04:15pm-04:30pm Secondary myopathies -Case based discussion Dr Siddharth Singh Dr Tapas Kr Chatterjee
04:30pm-04:45pm Case based discussion on ptosis Dr Rajiv Raina Dr Govind Prasad
04:45pm-05:00pm Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes Dr Adrish Mukherjee Dr Rajiv Kumar Bandaru
05:00pm-05:15pm A case based discussion on Differential BP in Arms Dr Narasingan S N

APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025

Bidhan Chandra Roy Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Ineffective erythropoeisis - case based discussion Dr Aritra Ray
How are newer PPI s different than the previous
09:15am-09:30am Dr Sandip Pal Dr Namita Mohanty
ones?
Dr Debashish
MEDICAL DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY PANEL Bhattacharya
DISCUSSION Dr Queen Aditya
09:30am-10:00am Moderator - Dr Debashish Bhattacharya
Panellists - Dr Queen Aditya Dr Sohini Bhattacharya
Dr Sohini Bhattacharya, Dr Dibyendu Roychaudhuri Dr Dibyendu
Roychaudhuri
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
Panel Discussion :“Diabetes and the Heart, Gut and
skin"
10:00am-10:30am Moderator - Dr Pavan Kumar
Panelist - Dr Sumit Bhatnagar, Dr Manoj Indurkar
Dr Jayeeta Bhowmik
Panel Discussion - LIVER DISEASE AND DIABETES
Moderator - Dr Arjun Baidya
10:30am-11:00am
Panellists - Dr C Yadavendra Reddy, Dr Harsha
Pamnani, Dr Harshpreet Singh Tuteja
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am How To Give Cardiac Fitness Before A Major Surgery Dr Rakesh Yadav Dr Uttam Chand
How Much A Cardiologist Should Know About
11:15am-11:30am Dr Uday Jadav Dr K Vengadakrishnan
Contemporary Oncology Therapy
11:30am-11:45am Newer Hypolipidemics - An update Dr Brajendra Lahkar Dr Uma Shankar Mishra
11:45am-12:00pm Finerenone - new molecule in management of CKD Dr Nalini Humaney Dr Ashish Mandloi
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm hypersensitivity and disease Dr Mohd Aslam Dr Raveesha A
Dr Husaini S Haider Dr Birendra
12:15pm-12:30pm Cytokines and disease
Mehdi Chhawchharia
12:30pm-12:45pm distal tubule and human disease Dr Neha Agrawal Dr Ambuj Yadav
12:45pm-01:00pm pattern recognition in immunology Dr Ruhi Khan Dr Panchanan Sahoo
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 5
01:00pm-01:15pm Diabetic foot - Multidisciplinary approach Dr D C Sharma Dr Damera Ramulu
01:15pm-1:30pm Approach to prediabetes Dr Madhulata Agarwal Dr Mohammed Riyaz
01:30pm-01:45pm Discrepant Thyroid function tests Dr Anand Kate Dr A Vinaya Sekhar
01:45pm-02:00pm Stress Ecocardiography in Clinical Pratice Dr Asif Hasan
02:00pm-03:30pm Session 6
Panel Discussion Topic - Pregnancy planning in RA.
Moderator - Dr Partha Sarkar
02:00pm-02:30pm
Panellists - Dr Sarbani Sengupta, Dr Geeta Bali Sircar,
Dr Anjana Pandey Gupta
Debate session -
Topic - Treatment of RA : JAK inhibitors are better
02:30pm-03:00pm than low dose cortico steroids Dr Anup Kumar Das
For the motion - Dr Rudra Prasad Goswami
Against the motion - Dr Sakir Ahmed
Dr Y S Raju

Polypharmacy that pill or adding one more Dr Asish Goel

03:00pm-03:30pm
Moderator : Dr Udit Narang Dr L K Goyal
Dr Visakha Jain
03:30pm-04:30pm Session 7
03:30pm-03:45pm approach to different types of tremors Dr Shafat Iqbal Bhati Dr Vishal Rajpoot
03:45pm-04:00pm AES in India Dr Arathi Darshan Dr Haroon H
04:00pm-04:15pm Therapeutic Armamentarium in MS Dr Arun Kumar Agrawal Dr Kamal Nahata
04:15pm-04:30pm Vertigo in the elderly Dr Niraj Lodha, Pali Dr Nilesh Kumar
04:30pm-05:30pm Session 8
04:30pm-04:45pm Aerosolised Antibiotics Dr Nikhil Balankhe Dr Subhalakshmi Das
04:45pm-05:00pm Antioboitic prophylaxis for GI endoscopic procedure Dr Jaydip Sarkar
05:00pm-05:15pm Surviving Sepsis guidelines - An Appraisal Dr Arijit Sinha Dr Deepak Bhagchandani
Multimorbidity - Issues to be addressed by the
05:15pm-05:30pm Dr Piyush Agarwal
physician
05:30pm-05:45pm Modification ATD Dosage with comorbidity Dr Anupam Dey
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
Satyajit Ray Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:15am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Fever with periodicity Dr Atanu Thakur Dr Kabir Purohit
09:15am-09:30am Importance of ALT:AST Ratio Dr Shubhransu Patro Dr Atindra Narayan
09:30am-09:45am Isolated Basophilia Dr Namita Mohapatra Dr Umesh Rajoor
09:45am-10:00am FALLACIES OF HbAic Dr Samir Sahoo Dr Sameer Panda
10:00am-10:15am Case based discussion on miliary shadows on CXR Dr Kaushik Bhar Dr Ramesh K Goenka
10:15am-11:30am Session 2
10:15am-10:30am luminal antibiotics Dr Srikant Kumar Dhar Dr Sarat Singh
10:30am-10:45am Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth Dr Uday C Ghoshal Dr Harish Gupta
10:45am-11:00am Cytokines In Health And Disease Dr Mukesh Gupta Dr R P Mathur
11:00am-11:15am Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis Dr Sujit Chowdhury Dr Basavaraj M Patil
Dr Sanjay
11:15am-11:30am Prevention in hepatology
Bandyopadhyay
11:30am-12:15pm Session 3
Immunotherapy, humoral and cellular : mechanisms
11:30am-11:45am Dr Siddarth Das Dr Bramhananda Das
and applications
Anticarbamylated Protein antibody and erosive bone
11:45am-12:00pm Dr Rajashree Khot Dr Bishnu Prasad Deka
disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dr S Meenakshi
12:00pm-12:15pm REVERSIBLE DEMENTIA Dr Rashmita Upadhaya
Sundaram
12:15pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:15pm-12:30pm HFrEF: What Are In The Horizon Beyond The Big Four? Dr M K Das Dr Ashok Kr Singh
Panel Discussion: Newer Insight Of HFpEF: From
Pathophysiology To Management
12:30pm-01:00pm Moderator: Dr Manjusha Mardikar
Panelists: Dr V K Chopra, Dr Ashutosh Chaturvedi
Dr Abraham Oomman
01:00pm-01:45pm Session 5
Chronic coronary syndrome - consensus on
01:00pm-01:15pm Dr B K Sundar
management
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Will Replace Clinical
Cardiology
01:15pm-01:45pm
Chairperson: A Muruganathan
For - Debabrata Roy, Against - Tiny Nair
01:45pm-02:30pm Session 6
01:45pm-02:00pm Approach to refractory ascitis Dr Atul Mehrotra Dr Rajeev Verma
NASH : How to suspect and when to refer : A
02:00pm-02:15pm Dr Dinesh Kumar Dr Pranjal Kumar Dutta
physician perspective
02:15pm-02:30pm Viral Diarrhoeas - Often underdiagnosed Dr Prashanth Kumar Pai Dr J B Kanwar
02:30pm-02:45pm Approach to intractable hiccups Dr Navin Dulani Dr Monoj Kumar Gogoi
02:45pm-03:30pm Session 7
Prevention & Management of Iatrogenic Cushing’s
02:45pm-03:00pm Dr Pradip Mukhopadhyay Dr Kartik Ch Rout
Syndrome
Diabetic Neuropathy - Management And Prognosis
Moderator - Dr Amar Mishra
03:00pm-03:30pm Dr Nikhil Gupta
Panelists - Dr Namitha Narayanan
Dr G Balaji, Dr A Sanmugam
03:30pm-04:30pm Session 8
Advancing Metabolic Care with FDC of SGLT2i, DPP4i
03:30pm-03:45pm Dr Awadesh Kr Singh Dr ⁠Santanu Munshi
and Metformin
Dr Satinath
03:45pm-04:00pm Clinical utility of denosumab Dr Y C Podwal
Mukhopadhyay
04:00pm-04:15pm Glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis Dr Moutusi Raychaudhuri Dr Mahak Lamba
04:15pm-04:30pm Diabetes education & Advocacy Dr Vitul Gupta Dr Nikhil Gupta
04:30pm-05:00pm Session 9
Dr Sradhananda
04:30pm-04:45pm Bone and Kidney - The interlink Dr Indira Maisnam
Mohapatra
04:45pm-05:00pm Compliments and kidney - the connection Dr Saif Quaiser Dr H K Rajashekar
ARE GENDER SPECIFIC GUIDELINES NEEDED FOR
05:00pm-05:15pm Dr Suhas Erande
DIABETES?

APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025

Paramahamsa Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:20am PREGESTATIONAL DIABETES Dr Arvind Gupta
Making the Right Call: Interpreting Antibiograms for
09:20am-09:40am Dr Chiranjib Bagchi Dr Vishal Parmar
Effective Antibiotic Selection
Enhancing Therapeutic Outcomes: The Role of Clinical
09:40am-10:00am Dr Santanu K Tripathi Dr Anuj Singhal
Pharmacology in Internal Medicine
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
Dr Uday Ghosal
Panel Discussion - HIGH BLEEDING RISK
10:00am-10:45am MANAGEMENT Dr Dilip Pahari
Moderator - Dr Sanjay Bandopadhyay
Dr P P Mohanan
10:45am-11:00am THIOL MUCOLYTIC FOR COPD - ERDOSTEINE Dr Agam Vora
11:00am-11:15am Session 3
Anew insight into vasodilatory betablockers in HTN
11:00am-11:15am Dr Rabin Chakraborty Dr Kaushik Bhattacharya
-TOR
11:15am-12:15pm Session 4 - API - HSI SESSION
11:15am-11:30am HYPERTENSION IN CKD Dr Dilip L Kripalni Dr Asok L Kripalni
11:30am-11:45am Acute pulmonary Embolism.. Management strategy Dr B R Bansode Dr G S Wander
11:45am-12:00pm HYPOKALEMIA AND HYPERTENSION Dr R Chandni Dr Jyotirmoy Pal
12:00pm-12:15pm Pseudoresistant hypertension- How to suspect? Dr Anil Virmani
12:15pm-01:00pm Session 5
Dr Sudhir Ch Jha
Panel Discussion - EMERGING TRENDS IN MANAGING
12:15pm-12:45pm Dr Samar Banerjee
IR-FOCUS ON LOBEGLITAZONE
Dr Supratik Bhattacharya
12:45pm-01:00pm Triple Care in Diabetes : The Empagliflozin Way! Dr Jamal Ahmed
01:00pm-02:00pm Session 6
01:00pm-01:20pm Adolescents are not mini adults Dr Chitra S Kulkarni
Epitomizing The role of New Bilastine combination in
01:20pm-01:40pm Dr Mangesh Tiwaskar Dr S K Agarwal
Indian allergic Cough Scenario
01:40pm-02:00pm Gatric acid related disease new horizone in treatment Dr V G Mohan Prasad Dr Shobhit Sakya
02:00pm-03:00pm Session 7
 Assessing Edema Risk Among Indian Adults: Insights
02:00pm-02:20pm Dr Mangesh Tiwaskar
from a Nationwide Screening Study
Breaking the Barriers of Clinical Inertia on MRA Dr Kumar Shankar
02:20pm-02:40pm Dr Alok Mazumdar
Adoption in HF Management Poddar
Impact of Hometime in Heart failure patients and
02:40pm-03:00pm Dr Nikhil Kumar Dr Hirak Mazumder
improvement with ARNI
03:00pm-04:00pm Session 8
03:00pm-03:15pm Hypertension API guidelines- Dr Nihar Mehta Dr Shailesh Kumar
03:15pm-03:30pm Immune checkpoint inhibitors and cardiotoxicity Dr Amit Varma Dr Shyam Pathak
DIABETISITY MANAGEMENT WITH LIRAGLUTIDE
03:30pm-03:45pm Dr Arindam Ray
BIOSIMILAR
03:45pm-04:00pm Management of Hypertriglyceridemia Dr Kauser Usman
04:00pm-05:00pm Session 9
04:00pm-04:15pm MANAGEMENT OF ILD Dr Arindam Mukherjee Dr V N Joshi
04:15pm-04:30pm Delayed transfer – referral – biggest killer in Cirrhosis Dr Ramdip Ray
04:30pm-04:45pm Approah to management of ACID REFLUX Dr Soburuddin Ahmed
Breaking new grounds in Diabeties management with
04:45pm-05:00pm Dr Subhankar Choudhury
OADs
05:00pm-05:45pm Session 10
05:00pm-05:15pm Olmesartan: Holistic Views as an ARB Dr Uday Yadav Dr Anu Goswami
Investment Prescription how to create a presonalized Dr Shubham Gupta
05:15pm-05:45pm
Portfolio Dr Ankit Jain
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
PG HALL - 1, CV Raman Hall
Time / Author Topic Judge
9:00am-10:00am PG Session 32
A STUDY ON THE CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PROFILE OF
Dr Satya Roy Dr Smarajit Banik
POSTOPERATIVE MENINGITIS
CORRELATION OF PULMONARY FUNCTION WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY IN
Dr Sweta Anand Dr Arijit Sinha
PATIENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
EOSINOPHILIC PLEURAL EFFUSION AS THE PRESENTATION OF
Dr Fenil Mukesh Jain
TUBERCULAR PLEURAL EFFUSION
Dr Konduru COMPARISON OF RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH WITH SOFA SCORE
Subrahmanyam IN ASSESSING THE SEVERITY OF SEPSIS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOMES OF SCRUB TYPHUS IN WESTERN
Dr Chaman Meniya
ODISHA
10:00am-11:00am PG Session 33
PREVALENCE OF DEHYDRATION AND USE OF ORAL ELECTROLYTES
Dr Amol Patil IN ADULT AND OLDER ADULT PATIENTS WITH NON-DIARRHEAL Dr Tapas Bandyopadhyay
CONDITIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE, REAL-WORLD, DATABASE STUDY
BEYOND BLOOD SUGAR: UNVEILING THE SILENT COMORBIDITY
Dr Khemeswar Agasti OF MASLD IN DIABETES MELLITUS - FROM GLUCOSE TO FAT IN Dr Sumit Chakraborty
HEPATOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
TRIGLYCERIDE GLUCOSE INDEX AS A PREDICTOR OF
Dr Mohith Prasad ATHEROSCLEROSIS, MEASURED BY CAROTID ARTERY INTIMAL
THICKNESS IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE
EVALUATION OF THE COMEDOGENIC EFFECT AND SAFETY
Dr Patil P ASSESSMENT OF A CERAMIDE-BASED MOISTURIZING LOTION IN
INDIAN SUBJECTS AFTER 28 DAYS OF TOPICAL APPLICATION
TULYAH: PAN-INDIA SURVEY TO ASSESS KNOWLEDGE & PRACTICE
Dr C Prajapati OF PHYSICIANS ON STEROID EQUIVALENCE – INTERNIST COHORT
ANALYSIS
TREATMENT PATTERNS, RATIONALITY OF FORMULATIONS, AND
Dr Harshad Malve ANTIBIOTICS USAGE IN MANAGEMENT OF ADULT COUGH IN INDIA – A
REAL-WORLD STUDY
11:00am-12:00pm PG Session 34
A RARE CAUSE OF SPONTANEOUS HYPOGLYCEMIA IN A NON-
Dr Azifa Taj Nazer Dr Indranil Thakur
DIABETIC INDIVIDUAL
Progressive pseudo-rheumatoid dysplasia-
Dr Saurav Das Dr Santanu Saha
a great masquerade of inflammatory arthritis: a case report.
Dr Suman Sarkar GI LYMPHOMA AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION
Dr Narendra Kumar A Rare coexistence : Tolosa-Hunt Syndrme complicated by Central
Mishra Diabetes Insipidus
Dr Srijani Das DIABETIC MYONECROSIS: An atypical presentation of Diabetes Mellitus
AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS PRESENTING AS ONLY SYMPTOM OF
Dr Aritra Panja SJOGREN SYNDROME IN A 31 YEARS OLD FEMALE PATIENT- A CASE
REPORT
 12:00pm-01:00pm PG Session 35
Dr Aswin Karuppan A Case report on cyanidepoisoning complicated by AKI Dr Sangram Biradar
Dr Sayan Mandal Unraveling the cause of unconsciousness in an elderly lady Dr Vitul K Gupta
MYSTERY TO CURE - diagnosing and
Dr Sakshi Puri
curing Lumber artery AV Fistula
bilateral facial nerve palsy- uncommon
Dr Rajdeep Das
presentation of AML
A RARE CASE OF RECURRENT THROMBOSIS - YOUNG STROKE
Dr E Shivaranjani
TUNRED OUT AS POLYCYTHEMIA
LEPTOSPIROSIS- A NEW INFECTION IN TRIPURA: A CASE SERIES
Dr Anupravo Bhaumik
ANALYSIS
01:00pm-02:00pm PG Session 36
CLIPPERS: A RARE INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED INFLAMMATORY
Dr Shankar Dey Dr Satyabrata Ganguly
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER
Dr Gourab Rajbongshi THE UNFOLDING MYSTERY OF WEIGHT LOSS IN AN ELDERLY PERSON Dr D P Chakraborty
Dr Gourav Chakroborty ACUTE PANCREATITIS- A RARE MANIFESTATION IN SCRUB TYPHUS
TITLE: CONGENITAL HYPOPARATHYROIDISM PRESENTING AS
Dr Nishtha Sharma
INTRACTABLE SEIZURES.
Beating the Blockers: A case of Multidrug Overdose
Dr Bishnujyoti Dey
(Poisoning & Toxicology)
Dr Tirthankar Basak CURIOUS CASE OF IVC OBSTRUCTION
02:00pm-03:00pm PG Session 37
Dr Ipshita Chatterjee FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN : A RED FLAG FOR ACUTE PANCREATITIS Dr Shamik Dutta
A MYSTERIOUS ELECTROLYTE PUZZLE: UNRAVELLING GITELMAN
Dr Rahul Kumar Dey Dr Shyamal Kundu
SYNDROME IN A DIABETIC PATIENT
A CASE OF HEART FAILURE DUE TO BILATERAL PULMONARY
Dr Chukthar Jamatia
THROMBOEMBOLISM
Dr Vaibhav Agarwal HYPERVIRULENT SUPERBUG HAVOC
CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF ROSAI DORFMAN DISEASE- A CASE SERIES
Dr Renuka Benara
OF 5 CASES
A RARE CASE OF ADENOCARCINOMA OF LUNG PRESENTING AS
Dr Saravanan S PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME OF DEMYELINATING DISORDER OF
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
03:00pm-04:00pm PG Session 38
Dr T Ravikumar DEEP BREATHING EXERCISES IN CHRONIC PAIN Dr Amit Das
BODY MASS INDEX AS A PREDICTOR OF QUALITY OF LIFE OF
Dr Akash Yende Dr P S Karmakar
PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Dr Anil Kumar
STUDY OF RODENTICIDE PASTE POISONING
Bamdhamravuri
EFFICACY OF SELEGILINE IN PATIENTS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Dr Abhay Kumar
AND CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
A STUDY OF THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF TUBERCULOSIS IN
Dr Bhoomika S DIABETES MELLITUS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH GLYCEMIC STATUS
IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
IMPROVING SMOKING CESSATION EDUCATION IN THE PRIMARY CARE
Dr Aditya K Ghosh, M D
SETTING
 04:00pm-05:00pm PG Session 39
EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF CEFOTAXIME IN THE TREATMENT
Dr Ajitkumar Gondane OF RESPIRATORY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS: A REAL-WORLD Dr Chandan Chatterjee
MULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
A MULTICENTER, RETROSPECTIVE, REAL WORLD EVIDENCE STUDY
TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CO-AMOXICLAV IN THE
Dr Amitrajit Pal Dr Ashish Kr Saha
MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM UPPER RESPIRATORY
TRACT INFECTIONS (URTIS)
RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN EQUIVALENT : A NOVEL MARKER IN
Dr Lochan Rajeev Gejji
EVALUATION OF ANAEMIA
Dr Dhurjati Prasad D-DIMER AS AN ACUTE PHASE REACTANT IN ACUTE FEBRILE ILLNESS
Mahapatra AND ITS PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE
A STUDY ON THE SERUM MAGNESIUM LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH
Dr Aditi Boro CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ITS RELATION
WITH SEVERITY OF AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION.
CLINICAL PROFILE OF CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER AND PREDICTORS OF
Dr Mohd Tauseef Khan PROLONGED ARTHRALGIA IN THESE PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE
CENTRE IN NORTH INDIA
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
PG HALL - 2, Kadambini Ganguly Hall
Time / Author Topic Judge
09:00am-10:00am PG Session 40
DETECTION OF VANA AND VAN B GENES AMONG VANCOMYCIN-
Dr Praphull Deepankar RESISTANT STAPH. AUREUS (VRSA) AND THEIR CLINICAL Dr Sajid Ansari
CHARACTERIZATION; IT’S TIME TO RE-THINK.
Dr Molakala Datta Bhava A STUDY ON PREVALENCE OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN DENGUE
Dr Arunangshu Talukdar
Teja Reddy PATIENTS
A STUDY OF THE CORRELATION OF SERUM CALCIUM LEVELS WITH
Dr Sushma S SEVERITY OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE IN PATIENTS PRESENTING
WITH CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
Clinical and Baseline Demographic Characteristics of Indian Patients
Dr Ashok Kumar Das with Hypertension Receiving Telmisartan and Amlodipine Fixed-dose
Combination (TACT India study).
TO STUDY THYROID DYSFUNCTION AND ITS CORRELATION WITH CD4
Dr Pavithra
COUNTS IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV
Rationale and Study Design of a Real-world Study to Identify Patient
Dr Amit Gupta Characteristics Influencing the Choice of Statin Dose for Primary
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
10:00am-11:00am PG Session 41
Dr Nishikant Jha Case Studies in type 2 DM Dr Ananda Bagchi
UNIQUE MANIFESTATIONS OF DENGUE COMPLICATED BY
HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS AND SHEEHAN
Dr Pankaj Kumar Verma Dr Aarathy Kannan
SYNDROME: A RARE INSIGHT INTO SEVERE COMPLICATIONS AND
CLINICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
BRONCHIECTASIS-ROUTINE TO RARE:CASE SERIES WITH VARYING
Mr Vishal T
CLINICAL PATTERNS
LOOKING BEYOND THE EYE—A CASE SERIES OF LYMPHOMA
Dr Mujahed Ahmed
PRESENTING AS ORBITAL SWELLING
Dr Kalaiarasan N PAUCI IMMUNE VASCULITIS - A CASE SERIES ON IT’S PHENOYPES
FROM PIMPLES TO PULMONARY PERIL:THE JOURNEY OF LEMIERRE
Dr Teena Jabir
SYNDROME
11:00am-12:00pm PG Session 42
BEYOND THE BENEFITS: CRITICAL OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION
Dr Abhinandan Saha Dr Sarbani Sengupta
SYNDROME
Dr Arpan Mukhopadhyay ACUTE BULBAR PALSY PLUS SYNDROME Dr P S Karmakar
DISSEMINATED FUNGAL-FUSARIUM INFECTION IN PATIENT WITH
Dr Mullapudi Sai Priya
IDIOPATHIC CD4 DEFICIENCY.
Dr Sumit Patidar A RARE CASE OF CEREBROTENDINOUS XANTHOMATOSIS
A CASE OF JERKS, STIFFNESS AND PSYCHOSIS: A DIAGNOSTIC
Dr Abdul Muqsith
CHALLENGE AND THERAPEUTIC SUCCESS
ATYPICAL PRESENTATIONS OF POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE
Dr Shahul Irfan D
ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME (PRES): A CASE SERIES
12:00pm-01:00pm PG Session 43
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics Across Different Body Mass
Dr Arindam Pande Index Categories in Indian Patients with Hypertension Receiving Dr Gagan Gunjan
Telmisartan and Amlodipine Fixed-dose Combination.
PREVALENCE OF SLE IN PLHIV: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY FROM A
Dr Amartya Seth Dr Basab Bijay Sarkar
TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH.
DENGUE FEVER IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE: CLINICAL
Dr Oman Gupta
CHARACTERISTICS AND RISK FACTORS FOR MORTALITY
 FAROPENEM ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING ON
Dr Vijaykumar Bharat BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM PAEDIATRIC URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
Kadam AND SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS IN INDIA- A SUBSET
ANALYSIS OF THE FAST STUDY
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CRP/ALBUMIN RATIO, PROCALCITONIN/
Dr Likith B K ALBUMIN RATIO, AND LACTATE/ALBUMIN RATIO FOR PREDICTING 28-
DAY MORTALITY IN ICU PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS.
ASSOCIATION OF THE IMMATURE PLATELET FRACTION LEVELS WITH
Dr Sheeba
BLEEDING IN DENGUE FEVER WITH GRADE 4 THROMBOCYTOPENIA
01:00pm-02:00pm PG Session 44
SERUM HOMOCYSTEINE LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS
Dr Anish Hazra Dr Chandan Chatterjee
ERYTHEMATOSUS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY
SCRUB TYPHUS DIAGNOSTIC ISSUES & CLINICO-IMMUNOLOGICAL
Dr Subhash Chand Dr Bhaskar Ghosh
DISSOCIATION
Dr Suggu Venkateswara A STUDY OF THYROID FUNCTION DISORDERS IN HIV SEROPOSITIVE
Reddy PATIENTS AND ITS CORRELATION WITH CD4 COUNT
A STUDY OF PULMONARY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL
Dr Armaan Mishra
DISEASE USING SPIROMETRY AND BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY.
Dr Savera Pinto ESTABLISHMENT OF DENGUE SEVERETY SCORE
CLINICAL PROFILE AND PREDICTORS OF AN ACUTE FLARE IN
Dr Elbin Peter PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS IN A TERTIARY
CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA
02:00pm-03:00pm PG Session 45
CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF COAGULASE-NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI
Dr Aishwarya J Dr Jina Bhattacharya
BLOOD STREAM ISOLATES AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENTATION AND ITS IMPACT ON DEFICIENCY IN
Dr Nishikant Madkholkar Dr Paromita Bhattacharya
INDIAN ADULTS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
NEURONAL ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS OF PAIN PREDOMINANT MEDICALLY
Dr Upendra Baitha
UNEXPLAINED PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS (MUPS)
ELUSIVE DIAGNOSIS OF RECURRENT NON HEALING LEG ULCER-
Dr Divya Yendluri
BHECET'S
CLINICAL OUTCOME AND SAFETY PROFILE OF NEWER SHORTER ORAL
Dr Sagnik Roy BEDAQUILINE REGIMEN IN MULTI DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN
TERTIARY MEDICAL COLLEGE OF EASTERN INDIA
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
Dr Roopa Mary Thomas DENGUE AND LEPTOSPIROSIS: A CROSS- SECTIONAL STUDY IN A
DISTRICT IN CENTRAL KERALA
03:00pm-04:00pm PG Session 46
FREQUENCY OF HYPERCALCEMIA AND SEVERE ANEMIA IN MULTIPLE
Dr Rohan Mahajan Dr Sandip Ghosh
MYELOMA AND ITS CO-RELATION WITH ISS SCORE
EFFECT OF STEROIDS ON PLATELET COUNT AND DISEASE
Dr Mouneesh Karanam Dr Niladri Sarkar
PROGRESSION
EVALUATING SARCOPENIA IN HEMOPHILIA : INSIGHTS FROM DELHI
Dr Soumia M
BASED POPULATION STUDY
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION ON
Dr Arvind Kumar
IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA: INSIGHTS FROM A CLINICAL TRIAL
 04:00pm-05:00pm PG Session 46
COMPARISON OF MARKERS AS PREDICTORS OF SEVERITY IN
Dr Vedant Purohit PATIENTS WITH SCRUB TYPHUS ADMITTED TO A TERTIARY CARE Dr Avik Chakrabarti
HOSPITAL
ADALIMUMAB BIOSIMILAR IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: A REAL-
Dr Aheli Ghosh Dastidar Dr Ashish Saha
WORLD RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS
HIGH DOSE DEXAMETHASONE AND METHYLPREDNISOLONE IN
Dr Kundan Mishra
IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
CLINICO-MICROBIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS
Dr Sai Sri Karlapudi AND IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY IN FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA PATIENTS
WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
NASAL VERSUS PARENTERAL VITAMIN B12 IN MACROCYTIC ANEMIA:
Dr Sarvesh Kumar
A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
EVALUATING THE NEUTROPHIL-TO-LYMPHOCYTE RATIO AS A
Dr Priyanka S PREDICTIVE TOOL FOR COPD EXACERBATIONS:A CROSS-SECTIONAL
STUDY
05:00pm-06:00pm QUIZOLOGIA
Dr Mainak Mukhopadhyay
QUIZ MASTERS
Dr Sinjan Ghosh
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
Workshop Programme Hall 1
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
Welcome & Introduction Dr Deepak Talwar
The Basics of Inhalational
Dr Deepak Talwar
Therapy
Types of Inhalational Devices:
Dr Debraj Jash
A Practical Overview
Case ScenarioChoosing the
Right Inhaler: A Guide to Dr Deepak Talwar
Appropriate Device Selection
17 09:00am-11:00am Inhalational Devices
Spirometry: A Vital Tool in
Dr Deepak Prajapat
Respiratory Assessment
Role of Impulse Oscillometry
Dr S K Madhukar
in the Era of Spirometry
FeNO in Focus: Precision
Dr Dhruv Talwar
Medicine for Respiratory Care
Patient Education and Correct
Dr Rahul Khera
Use Of Inhalational Devices
Indication of NIV use in ICU Dr Deepak Govil
When not to use NIV Dr Dhruv Choudhry
Non invasive ventilation : (Didactic
lectures) Dr Basab Bijoy
Setting of NIV
Sarkar
Monitoring during NIV Dr Deepak Govil
18 11:00am-01:00pm Hands on : Dr Suresh Dr Suresh
Ramasubban, Ramasubban
1. Knobology of NIV machines Dr Ajoy Sarkar
2. Different Interfaces : Full
Non invasive ventilation : (Hands on)
Face mask, Nasal, Infranasal ,
Helmet Dr Sauren Panja
3. Application of NIV on a
dummy
01:00 pm-02:00pm Lunch Break
1. How to diagnose epilepsy
in 2024?
2. Video session including
various seizure semiologies
and also non-epileptic events
Dr Mamta Bhushan
3. The role of EEG and imaging
Epilepsy - Comprehensive Primary Care Singh
19 02:00pm-04:00pm in managing epilepsy in non-
Workshop Dr Victor Patterson
specialist care
Dr Jasmine Parihar
4. How to select an antiseizure
medicine? What to do if the
first drug fails?
5. Looking beyond seizures in
epilepsy chronic care
Dr Cankatika
a) Peripheral nerves palpation
Choudhury
20 04:00pm-05:00pm Clinical methods revisited Workshop b) Different groups of Dr Bikash Chandra
lymphnodes palpation Nanda
c) Different artery palpation Dr Spandan Bhaduri
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
Workshop Programme Hall 2
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
21 09:00am-10:00am Chest radiology in TB Dr Rajendra Prasad
Introduction to Lung Function
Dr A G Ghoshal
Test
Spirometry Dr Indranil Halder
22 10:00am-12:00pm Lung Function Test Workshop
Respiratory Oscillometry (Case
Dr Sundeep Salvi
Based discussion)
FENO Dr Saibal Moitra
How to interpret chest x-ray in
Dr Debraj Jash
day-to-day clinical practice
23 12:00pm-01:00pm Thoracic Radiology Clinico-radiological correlation Dr Supriya Sarkar
Mediastinal anatomy with Dr Visweswaran
special reference to EBUS Bala Suvramanium
01:00pm-02:00pm Lunch Break
Dr Susrata
Assessment of oxygenation
Bandopadhyay
Different oxygen delivery
Dr Amitabha Saha
system
Oxygen therapy : (Didactic)
Advantages of High Flow
Dr Dipankar Sarkar
Nasal oxygenation
Dr Sekhar
24 02:00pm-04:00pm When oxygen may be harmful
Chakraborty
Display of different oxygen Dr Tapas
mask Bandopadhay
Set up of high flow nasal
Oxygen therapy : (Hands On) Dr S K Todi
oxygenation
Clinical case discussion on
Dr Rakhi Sanyal
hypoxic patient
Prioritizing management
of Obesity: Guidelines for
Dr Anoop Mishra
diagnosis specific to South
Asians
Adiposopathy and How does Dr Shreerang
the body resist weight loss Godbole
Obesity Masterclass: SURMOUNT-ing Tirzepatide: A novel GIP+GLP1
Dr Rucha Mehta
25 04:00pm-05:30pm Obesity RA
Moderator : Dr. Anoop Misra “SURMOUNT”-ing Obesity with
Tirzepatide – SURMOUNT 1 Dr Luc Van Gaal
&4
“SURMOUNT”-ing Obesity with
Dr Francesco
Tirzepatide – SURMOUNT 2
Rubino
&3
Panel Discussion and Q&A ALL
 APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025
Workshop Programme Hall 3
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.

Oxygen therapy – How to Dr Pradip

select your correct device Bhattacharya
Securing Airway for Invasive Dr Sudipta
and Non-invasive Ventilation Mukherjee
Non-Invasive Ventilation –
Basics of Mechanical Ventilation - Right Indications and Right Dr Saswati Sinha
26 09:00am-11:00am
(Hands on) Time
Invasive Ventilation: How to
Dr Bharat Jagiasi
Select Your Mode
Monitoring during Mechanical
Dr Sachin Gupta
Ventilation
Weaning methods and Dr Suresh
strategies to liberate Ramasubban
Dr Shashank Sid
Introduction to IPR and acts:
patent, copyright, trademark, Dr Surg Cdr Arnab
industrial design TYPES Ghosh
IPR filing process:
27 11:00am-12:00pm Patenting And IPR in Healthcare
IP Awareness, importance of Lt Col Manish
filing IPR: Bhartiya
Some examples / use
cases and IPR Quiz with Capt TVSVGK Tilak
brainstorming: GP
28 12:00pm-01:30pm Fibroscan Workshop Dr Saptarshi Bishnu
01:30pm-02:00pm
Dr Rakesh Gupta
Clinical Echocardiography for Physicians
29 02:00pm-03:00pm
workshop

APICON 2025 - 25th January 2025

Workshop Programme Hall 4
Workshop
Time Workshop Name Topic Faculty
No.
Introduction
Dr Aniruddha Sirkar
Introduction
Basic life support Basic life support
Cardiac arrest
Bradycardia
Cardiac arrest Dr Rimita Dey
30 09:00am-04:00pm CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT API -ISCCM Bradycardia Dr Soutik Panda
Tachycardia Dr Judhajit Sengupta
Dr Sudipta Mukherjee
Basic life support
Post Cardiac Arrest Care
Cardiac arrest
Bradycardia
Putting it all together Dr Mohit Kharbanda
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Rabindranath Tagore Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-11:00am Session 1 - Mediquiz
09:00am-11:00am Quiz Dr Pijush K Mandal
09:00am-11:00am PGT Quiz Dr Mukesh Bhatia Dr Aritra Ray
11:00am-11:30am Award Sessions - D P Basu Young Award Cardiology Judges
Association Between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive
Dr Agam Vora
11:00am-11:10am Protein To Albumin Ratio And Major Adverse Cardiac Dr S Akash Surya
Dr Sekhar Chakravorty
Events In Nstemi And Stemi Patients
Impact of Deprescribing High Acb Drugs on Can In Dr Jyotirmoy Pal
11:10am-11:20am Dr Shambo Samajdar
Elderly Diabetics Dr Milind Nadkar
Association Between Intra-Renal Vascular Resistivity
11:20am-11:30am Index(Rri) With Microvascular Complication In Type 2 Dr Akhil S Dr G Narsimulu
Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Award Sessions - M J Shah Award In Tropical
11:30am-12:00pm
Diseases
Dr Agam Vora
Dr Sekhar Chakravorty
11:30am-11:40am Malarial Retinopathy Dr Rupak Chatterjee
Dr Jyotirmoy Pal
Dr Milind Nadkar
11:40am-11:50am Expanded Dengue Syndrome This Season Dr Pramod Kumar
Comparison Of Markers As Predictors Of Severity In
11:50am-12:00pm Patients With Scrub Typhus Admitted To A Tertiary Dr Vedant Purohit Dr G Narsimulu
Care Hospital
12:00pm-12:30pm Award Sessions - J N Berry
Study Of Electroencephalography In Detection Of
12:00pm-12:10pm Covert And Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy In Patients Dr Yogeshwaran Mohan Dr G Narsimulu
Of Cirrhotic Liver Disease
IMPACT OF GERMLINE MUTATIONS ON PROGNOSTIC Dr Agam Vora
12:10pm-12:20pm OUTCOMES Dr Rinu Peter Dr Sekhar Chakravorty
IN YOUNG WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER Dr G Narsimulu
CARDIAC STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL
ALTERATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC Dr Edama Kanti Vijaya Dr Jyotirmoy Pal
12:20pm-12:30pm
FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD): A CROSS- Durga Dr Milind Nadkar
SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
12:30pm-12:40pm Dr V. G. Nadgouda all India Thesis Award 2024
Referee for
Award Winners
Award Sessions
Dr Shivam Saini
1st prize Dr H S Pathak
New Delhi
Dr Shorya Agrawal
2nd Prize Dr Udas Ghosh
New Delhi
01:00pm Valedictory
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Swami Vivekananda Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:20am JVP ASSESSMENT METHODS Dr Akash Priyadarshi Dr Patnala Chakradhar
09:20am-09:40am Diet in CKD - Indian Perspective Dr Lalit Agarwal Dr Mary D'Cruz
09:40am-10:00am Deprescribing in cardiovascular disease Dr Jayanta Datta Dr Arijit Sinha
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am Anti-coagulant therapy – Precautions to be taken Dr Parinita Ranjit Dr Aniruddha De
10:15am-10:30am ABC of Stem Cell Transplantation Dr Rajib De Dr Kaushik Kumar Das
10:30am-10:45am Newer Avenues in Systemic Schlerosis Dr Ritu Dr Tapan Kumar Panda
10:45am-11:00am Eisenmanger Syndrome in Elderly Dr Manisha Chakrabarti Dr Abhishek Singhai
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Budd Chiari Syndrome - clinical correlates Dr Mathew Thomas Dr Avilash K Tiwari
11:15am-11:30am DIABETIC GUT Dr Soumya Sengupta Dr Vinay Pandit
11:30am-11:45am Opportunistic GI Infections - how to manage? Dr D Himanshu Reddy
Dr Kishore Kumar
11:45am-12:00pm Hepatorenal syndromes in infections Dr Samir Kanta Datta
Talukdar
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Approach To A Patient of Unilateral Edema Foot Dr Bhaskar Nath Dr Keshab Sinha Roy
12:15pm-12:30pm
12:30pm-12:45pm
12:45pm-01:00pm
01:00pm Valedictory
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Raja Rammohan Roy Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am AKI in Pregnancy Dr M L Patel
Management of local complications of acute
09:15am-09:30am Dr Anupam Singh Dr Debasis Datta
pancreatitis
09:30am-09:45am CAPS - An update Dr N Raja Dr Raghuramulu Pemira
09:45am-10:00am Cystic lesions of pancreas Dr Manoj Sahu
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am RABIES PROPHYLAXIS- CURRENT GUIDELINES Dr Anurag Agrawal Dr Anita Chakraborty
10:15am-10:30am Identification of Early sepsis in wards Dr Pushpita Mandal Dr Nabanita Chakraborty
10:30am-10:45am Overview of Candida Auris Dr Sangeeta Ghosh
Newer Diagnostics in critically ill patients with Dr Soumyadeep
10:45am-11:00am Dr Animesh Maiti
pneumonia Chatterjee
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Managing Cardiac Sarcoidosis Dr Venkatesh Dr K Shankar
11:15am-11:30am Cardiac Tamponade Dr Jawahar Farooq Dr Santanu Guha
11:30am-11:45am How Thyroid Disorders Affect Cardiovascular System Dr Rishi Sethi Dr Tapan Halder
Mechanistic link between Obesity & Hypothyroidism,
11:45am-12:00pm Dr Rajiv Awasthi Dr Prem Dorjee Bhutia
The management strategies
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Five Pearls For Clinical Practice - A Case Based Dr Shibendu Ghosh
12:15pm-12:30pm Discussion
12:30pm-12:45pm
12:45pm-01:00pm
01:00pm Valedictory
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH Dr L Muthumani
09:15am-09:30am HEAT RELATED ILLNESS REVIEW Dr Appandraj Jain Dr Rajesh Kumar Meena
09:30am-09:45am Trigeminal autonomic cephalgias - an update Dr Biva Bhakat Dr Kaushik Mitra
09:45am-10:00am Migraine Management - what's new? Dr Debasis Mondal Dr Santosh Kumar Nayan
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am A. Bone: Dr Rana Bhattacharjee
Dr Partha Pratim
10:15am-10:30am B. Thyroid: Dr Sindhu Joshi
Chakraborty
10:30am-10:45am C. Adrenal: Dr Ajitesh Ray Dr Rajshekhar H
10:45am-11:00am D. Pituitary: Dr Soumik Goswami Dr Harsh Vardhan
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
Hepatotoxicity Unveiled: Clinical Insights into Drug-
11:00am-11:15am Dr Biswajit Banik Dr Nishant Tripathy
Induced cholestasis
11:15am-11:30am Approach to DPLD - An Update Dr Kaushik Hazra Dr Devpriya Lakra
Dr Suresh
11:30am-11:45am Management of acute severe ulcerative colitis Dr Chalapathi Rao
Chandrawanshi
11:45am-12:00pm ALCOHOL DEADDICTION STRATEGIES Dr Anirban Dutta Dr Sabya Sachi Majee
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Preparing patient for RRT Dr Palanivelrajan Dr Subhash Gaur
12:15pm-12:30pm
12:30pm-12:45pm
12:45pm-01:00pm
01:00pm Valedictory
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Monitoring adequate perfusion of end organs Dr Asif Iqbal
Dr Subhasish Kamal
09:15am-09:30am Refractory GERD Dr J R Mahapatra
Guha
Management of antithrombotics and anticoagulant in Dr Subhas Chandra
09:30am-09:45am Dr Shaukat
patients presenting with severe sepsis. Hazra
Diagnosis and management of Rheumatological
09:45am-10:00am Dr Rajavelmurugan
emergencies
10:00am-11:15am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am Galactorrhea in a 20 yr woman- an approach Dr Sambit Das Dr N Venkateswarlu
10:15am-10:30am METABOLIC ENCEPALOPATHIES Dr K P Tripathi Dr Salil Kumar Pal
Testosterone Treatment in Adult Men With Age-
10:30am-10:45am Dr Kumar Prafull Chandra Dr Subrata Kumar Pal
Related Low Testosterone
10:45am-11:00am Short stature A clinical approach Dr Prabhat Agrawal
11:00am-11:15am Whats New In Acute Liver Failure Dr Deepak Govil Dr Dilip Kumar Pahari
11:15am-12:15pm Session 3
11:15am-11:30am Cardiac involvement in infectious disease Dr Pijush Biswas
11:30am-11:45am Endocrine Hypertension Dr Sunil Ambulkar Dr Sukdeb Das
11:45am-12:00pm Aging kidney- clinical correlate Dr Nilanjan Mukherjee Dr Vijay Kumar Tundwal
12:00pm-12:15pm Aging heart - clinical correlate Dr Alok Rai Dr Dilip Pahari
12:15pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:15pm-12:30pm
12:30pm-12:45pm
12:45pm-01:00pm
1:00pm Valedictory
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Maleidosis in india - current status Dr Raman Sharma, Jaipur
09:15am-09:30am Primaquine therapy in Malaria - points to remember Dr Rantu Barman Dr Anirban Majumder
09:30am-09:45am Case based discussion on febrile neutropenia Dr Rajesh Kumar Dr Debashish Majumder
09:45am-10:00am DRUG RESISTANCE IN ENTERIC FEVER Dr Manoranjan Behera Dr Niharika Sinha
10:00am-11:15am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am RSV infection in adults Dr Ashish Gautam Dr Sandip Mandal
10:15am-10:30am Adenovirus infections IN ADULTS Dr Nihar Ranjan Sahoo Dr Partha Sarathi Mandal
10:30am-10:45am Parvovirus Infections in adults Dr Bhagyashree Panda Dr Sumit Bhatnagar
10:45am-11:00am CMV infection and its consequences Dr Sarita Behera Dr H B Mahapatra
11:00am-11:15am long term consequences of EBV infections Dr Devpriya Lakra Dr Y C Porwal
11:15am-12:15pm Session 3
11:15am-11:30am Prognostication in acute pancreatitis Dr Bhaskar Barua Dr Anil Upadhyay
11:30am-11:45am Diagnostic approach in functional constipation Dr Pratik Poddar Dr Dilip Kumar Mazumdar
Dr Amrutangshu
11:45am-12:00pm Gut microbiota in Health and Disease Dr Biplab Mandal
Borkotoky
12:00pm-12:15pm Biologics in IBD - monotherapy or combination? Dr Utpal Juoti Deka Dr Shobhit Shakya
12:15pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:15pm-12:30pm
12:30pm-12:45pm
12:45pm-01:00pm
1:00pm Valedictory
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Jagadish Chandra Bose Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
Challenges in management of Multi drug resistant
09:00am-09:15am Dr Viswanath K Dr Ramesh Chand Meena
Organisms: Recent updates
TB Preventive Treatment (TPT) - Benefits And
09:15am-09:30am Dr Deependra Kr Rai Dr Tapas Kumar Mondal
Limitations
09:30am-09:45am BRONCHOSCOPY IN PULMONARY TB DIAGNOSIS Dr Surendrakumar Dr Kanak Kumar Mitra
09:45am-10:00am Isolated systolic hypertension in elderly Dr I Rahaman Dr Prajit Mazumdar
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am Gut microbiota in functional GI disease Dr Shri Krishna Gautam Dr K P Suresh Babu
10:15am-10:30am Approach to a case of Pitutary Apoplexy Dr Sumit Chakrabarty Dr Tushar Kanti Mondal
Dr Sekhar Kumar
10:30am-10:45am NON INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF MASLD Dr Sunil Dadich
Mukherjee
10:45am-11:00am Gluten Enteropathy - Management Dr M K Gupta Dr Ranabir Bhaumik
11:00am-12:15pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Peripheral blood smear - Clues to diagnosis Dr Upendra Sharma
11:15am-11:30am PCR Based diagnostics Dr Deepti Sharma, Kota Dr Debasshis Maji
Evaluating Mineralocorticoid excess in Hypertension
11:30am-11:45am Dr Sayonee Das Dr Rachana Majumder
-Strategies to protect Diabetic Kidney Disease
11:45am-12:00pm SGLT2 inhibitors usage - areas of caution Dr A K Pathak Dr Biswakes Mazumdar
12:00pm-12:15pm Managing anemia in CKD -recent advances Dr Arvind Kalla Dr Chandan Misra
12:15pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:15pm-12:30pm
12:30pm-12:45pm
12:45pm-01:00pm
1:00pm Valedictory
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Prafulla Chandra Ray Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Hyperuricemia in Women Dr John Mashih Dr Gopinath Maji
Dr Gautam
09:15am-09:30am Psoriatic Arthritis - clinical spectrum and treatment Dr Amartya Kumar Misra
Dharchoudhury
Hypophosphtemic rickets - Dr Asok Kumar
09:30am-09:45am Dr Parth Jethwani
Approach and management Mukherjee
09:45am-10:00am MENTAL HEALTH IN CTD Dr Pulin Kumar Gupta Dr Pradip Mukhopadhyay
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am UREMIC NEUROPATHY Dr Aruna Acharya Dr Anindya Kumar Mitra
Dr Sumantra
10:15am-10:30am Evaluation of fall risk in elderly Dr Anand Ambali
Mukhopadhyay
Effect of high protein oral nutritional Supplements
10:30am-10:45am Dr Deepti Khanna Dr Omar Sharif Mullick
(PONS) on plasma EAA levels
Type2 DM Exploring missed oppurtunities and paths
10:45am-11:00am Dr Supriyo Mukherjee Dr Ansuman Ray
to solution
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Diabetic Eye Disease Dr Semanti Chakrabarti
Dr Kamalesh Chandra
11:15am-11:30am Management and Treatment of Critical Malaria Dr Prakash Khute
Pathak
11:30am-11:45am Opportunities not to miss IN diabetes Dr Prem Prakash Patidar Dr D S Ray
Clinical assessment of peripheral vessels in a diabetic
11:45am-12:00pm Dr Mayur Agrawal Dr Abahas Chandra Ray
patients
12:00pm-12:15pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Single inhaler triple therapy inOAD Dr RBS Manian
12:15pm-12:30pm Extrapulmonary TB- Challenging Case studies Dr A R Balamurugan
12:30pm-12:45pm
12:45pm-01:00pm
01:00pm Valedictory
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Bidhan Chandra Roy Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Current status of adult vaccination Dr Yasashwi Gautam Dr Krishnendu Roy
09:15am-09:30am Utility of Endoscopic ultrasound Dr Rishabh Gupta
Dr Pradip Kumar Roy
09:30am-09:45am Tumor marker in clinical medicine Dr Ashis Patel
Chowdhury
09:45am-10:00am Diabetes and Cancer Dr Ashish Dengra Dr Subir Kumar Saha
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
10:00am-10:15am Approach to Polyuria Dr Dibyendu Mukherjee Dr Uttam Kumar Saha
10:15am-10:30am Approach to a Case of Hypoxemia Dr Sanjeet Jaiswal Dr Sanchita Saha
10:30am-10:45am Approach to a Case of Raised Prolactin Dr Ashish Agrawal Dr Gauranga Santra
10:45am-11:00am Approach to a Case of Hypercapneia Dr Vivek Tigga Dr Reshma Saha
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Plasmodium knowlesi: do we have a threat? Dr Ayan Basu Dr Niladri Sarkar
11:15am-11:30am RDT Negative Suspected Malaria - what to do? Dr Navin Kishoria Dr Nirmalendu Sarkar
11:30am-11:45am Approach to a case of PND Dr Pravin Kalvit Dr Mrityunjay Sarkar
11:45am-12:00pm Approach to newly diagnosed HIV patient Dr N Vetrivel Dr Gouranga Sarkar
12:00pm-01:00pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Fluorosis in India Dr Tapan Haldar
12:15pm-12:30pm
12:30pm-12:45pm
12:45pm-01:00pm
01:00pm Valedictory
 APICON 2025 - 26th January 2025
Satyajit Ray Hall
Time Topic Speaker Chairperson
09:00am-10:00am Session 1
09:00am-09:15am Mysterious facts of H. Pylori management Dr Amitava Roy Dr Sanchita Saha
09:15am-09:30am FEVER WITH RASHES Dr Alpana Raizada Dr Pranabandhu Sahoo
09:30am-09:45am Sepsis mimickers Dr Rajdip Sen
09:45am-10:00am AI in Gastroenterology Dr R K Singh
10:00am-11:00am Session 2
Exploring Empagliflozin in Non- Diabetic
10:00am-10:15am Dr Sushil Kotru Dr Hemali Jha
Cardiovascular and Renal Disease
10:15am-10:30am TRAVEL AND DM Dr Raveendran AV
10:30am-10:45am CBC - What we really miss in parameters Dr Ragavendra
10:45am-11:00am Current management of DKD in 2025 Dr R P Mathur
11:00am-12:00pm Session 3
11:00am-11:15am Clinical inertia in Diabetes Mellitus Dr Tirthankar Chaudhury Dr Rohini Rakkam
11:15am-11:30am Heart Failure & Anticoagulant Dr Kushmendra Parashar Dr S C Baluja
11:30am-11:45am Immunomodulation in elderly Dr A K Singh
11:45am-12:00pm MAS in infections Dr George M Vargese
12:00pm-12:15pm Session 4
12:00pm-12:15pm Pet Scan In Clinical Practice Dr P C Dash Dr Kaushik Das
Determinants of Glucose Imbalance And Its Effect On
12:15pm-12:30pm Dr C B Prasad
Developing Type2diabetes In Urban And Rural
12:30pm-12:45pm
12:45pm-01:00pm
01:00pm Valedictory