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2nd Announcement
Theme: "Translating knowledge into practice and policy"
Welcome to CIDSCON 2015
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to the 5th annual conference of the Clinical Infectious Diseases
Society, CIDSCON 2015, to be held in New Delhi from 21st - 23rd August 2015. Clinical
Infectious Diseases Society continues to advance the specialty of Infectious Diseases in India
through educational programs, research and by advocating highest quality of patient care.
With the theme “Translating knowledge into practice and policy”, CIDSCON 2015 will feature a
range of topics from General Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine, HIV/AIDS, TB, Transplant
Infections and prevention of infections. The aim of the conference is to provide state-of-the-art
information in the field of Infectious Diseases. As always, the scientific sessions will include
lectures delivered by highly qualified and experienced faculty in the field and invigorating case
discussions.
The topics will be of great benefit to physicians and scientists in the field of medicine including
Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Critical Care, Pulmonology, Microbiology, Transplant
Medicine, and Clinical Research. It is a unique opportunity for postgraduates, fellows and
residents to present their work, interact and learn from national and international experts in
the field of Infectious Diseases.
New Delhi has been the political hub of India since time immemorial. Every political activity
in the country traces its roots here. This was true even of the mythological era. The Pandavas
of the Mahabharata had their capital at Indraprastha, which is believed to have been
geographically located in today’s Delhi. New Delhi is the ultimate dreams come true for all
those bitten with the travel bug, offering something for the foodie, the shopper, the history
buff and connoisseurs of art and architecture.
May we extend a warm welcome to take part in this academic feast and also experience the
hub of Indian culture, cuisine and history.
We look forward to seeing you all at CIDSCON 2015.
Dr. Shyam Sundar
CIDS President
Dr. Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Organizing Chairman
Dr. V Ramasubramnian
Organizing Secretary
Regular Registration closes on
Dr. Neha Gupta
Jt. Organizing Secretary
- 31st July, 2015
Last date for Abstract Submission - 15th July, 2015
Limited number of travel grants are available for accepted abstracts
Organizing Committee
Organizing Chairperson
Organizing Secretary
Dr. Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Dr. V Ramasubramanian
Scientific Committee Chairperson
Dr. Ram Gopalakrishnan
Jt. Organizing Secretary
Dr. Neha Gupta
Scientific Committee Members
Dr. Shyam Sunder
Dr. O C Abraham
Dr. Suneetha Narreddy
Dr. Divya Deodhar
Executive Committee of CIDS
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Dr. Shyam Sundar
Dr. George K Varghese
Dr. V Ramasubramanian
Joint Secretary
Dr. Subramanian Swaminathan
Treasurer
Dr. George M Varghese
International Faculty
Dr. Akshay Shah, USA
Dr. Archana Sud, Australia
Dr. George M Abraham, USA
Dr. Javier Garau, USA
Dr. Keith Kaye, USA
Dr. Kayla Laserson, USA
Dr. P H Chandrasekar, USA
Dr. Robert Bonomo, USA
Dr. Stephen A Lerner, USA
National Faculty
Dr. Abdul Ghafur, Chennai
Dr. Arunaloke Chakrabarti,
Chandigarh
Dr. Anup Warrier, Kochi
Dr. Atul Patel, Ahmedabad
Dr. Arti Kapil, New Delhi
Dr. Biswaroop Chatterjee,
Dehradun
Dr. Camilla Rodrigues, Mumbai
Dr. Chand Wattal, New Delhi
Dr. Dhruva Chaudhry, Rohtak
Dr. George K Varghese, Bengaluru Dr. George M Varghese, Vellore
Dr. Harsh Mahajan, New Delhi
Dr. J P S Gill, Ludhiana
Dr. Kamini Walia, New Delhi
Dr. Manisha Biswal, Chandigarh
Dr. Mary John, Ludhiana
Dr. Manju Bala, Chandigarh
Dr. N Kumarasamy, Chennai
Dr. Neha Gupta, New Delhi
Dr. O C Abraham, Vellore
Dr. Omender Singh, New Delhi
Dr. Puneet Dewan, New Delhi
Dr. Padmini Srikantiah, New Delhi
Dr. Pallab Ray, Chandigarh
Dr. Priscilla Rupali, Vellore
Dr. Rajeev Soman, Mumbai
Dr. Ram Gopalakrishnan, Chennai Dr. Raman Sardana, Chandigarh
Dr. Dilip Mathai, Hyderabad
Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan,
New Delhi
Dr. R K Mani, New Delhi
Dr. S Subramanian, Chennai
Dr. Senthur Nambi, Chennai
Dr. Shyam Sundar, Varanasi
Dr. S K Guha, Kolkata
Dr. S K Sharma, New Delhi
Dr. Subhash K Todi, Kolkata
Dr. Subhash Varma, Chandigarh
Dr. Suneetha Narreddy, Hyderabad
Dr. Sureshkumar D, Chennai
Dr. S Anuradha, New Delhi
Dr. V Ravi, Bengaluru
Dr. Vasanth Nagvekar, Mumbai
Dr. Yogesh Chawla, Chandigarh
Programme at a glance
21st August 2015 - Day 1
Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship
(co-sponsored by IUMS)
Outbreak evaluation (CDC India/NCDC)
Scale of antimicrobial resistance: an international
perspective
Steps of an outbreak evaluation
What’s new in the epidemiology of antimicrobial
resistance in India
Measurements of disease and laboratory evaluation in
an outbreak
Antibiotic stewardship: what works, what doesn’t
Computation and communication in an outbreak
Setting up and measurement of an antimicrobial
stewardship program in the Indian setting
Case studies in outbreak evaluation
Implications of antimicrobial resistance in India
Symposium: Efforts to combat resistance
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International efforts
ICMR efforts
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Rapid Diagnostics: the new frontier
(co-sponsored by IUMS)
Private sector efforts
Veterinary sector efforts
Hospital Infection Control: horizontal vs
vertical measures
MALDI- TOF: Standard of care or white elephant?
Target 100%: strategies for implementing hand
hygiene
16S rRNA PCR, multiplex molecular panels and other
molecular tests: ready for prime time?
Chlorhexidine bathing and screening for MRSA/CRE:
is there a role in India?
TB diagnostics: what should be the standard of care
today?
Pro-con debate: Contact isolation for MDROs:
essential or un-implementable in India?
Molecular diagnosis of invasive fungal infections
Challenging cases in Infection Control: clinical
interactive
Clinical Interactive Session- Challenging cases in General Infectious Diseases
Follow up meeting of Chennai declaration
22nd August 2015 - Day 2
Meet the Professor
Meet the Professor
Setting up an ID practice
Critical care dilemmas
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-Dosing of antibiotics in critically ill patients and on renal
replacement therapy
- Pulmonary Aspergillosis in the ICU: when to consider?
Private physician perspective
Academic physician perspective
International perspective
Working together across specialties
General ID
Bacterial and fungal infections
FUO re-defined in the PET scan era
MICs for MDROs: when should the clinician know?
Influenza, pneumococcal and other newer vaccines:
time to roll out?
ESBL sepsis: carbapenems sparingly or carbapenems
always?
Hepatitis C: treatment revolutionized
New IDSA guidelines for Candida: a review
Inaugural Session
Dr. M. G. Alexander Award Lecture: Scrub typhus in India: Bed to Bench and Back
Past year in General Infectious Diseases - International papers top 10
Indian papers top 10
HIV Medicine
Critical Care ID
Literature review
Antibiotics for severe sepsis caused by carbapenem
resistant GNB: one or combinations of two or three?
Efavirenz based first line regimens: outdated in 2015?
Ulinastatin, polymyxin filters and other adjunctive
modalities in sepsis
HIV and the CNS in the ART era
VAP vs VAT: distinguishing colonization from infection
and choosing rational empiric therapy for VAP in India
STD update in the Indian context
Back to the future: recycling older antibiotics:
colistin, chloramphenicol, fosfomycin, amikacin and
others
Challenging cases in HIV interactive session
ID Prize Exam
General Body Meeting
23rd August 2015 - Day 3
Tropical ID
Immune compromised host and transplant ID
Leprosy: Re- emerging?
Role of the ID physician in the transplant setting
Vivax malaria: not benign anymore?
Febrile neutropenia: optimal approach in the Indian
setting
Leishmaniasis update and its interplay with the HIV
epidemic
The changing approach to CMV in the transplant
recipient
Acute encephalitis in North India and Crimean Congo
hemorrhagic fever: what really is going on?
Challenging cases in Transplant ID interactive session
H1N1 update
TB meningitis: recent advances
Latent TB in various populations: to treat or not
TB in the immune compromised host: diagnosis and treatment
Newer promising options for TB treatment
Last date : 15th July
For online submission and abstract guidelines
logon to www.cidscon.in
Abstract
Submission
Travel Grants
A limited number of travel grants will be available for postgraduates and physicians within
3 years of training whose abstracts are accepted. Please submit the request along with CV
during the online abstract submission. Selection of the grant receivers will be informed by the
Scientific Committee on a competitive basis from among the accepted abstracts.
Registration Fee
Member
Non-Member
*PG Student /
Fellow
Upto
15th July, 2015
`.5000/`.6000/-
`.7000/`.8000/-
`.3000/-
`.4000/-
Spot
Mode of Payment:
1. Cheque / DD to be drawn in favour of
“Clinical Infectious Diseases Society”
payable at Vellore
2. For Online Registration & Payment kindly
logon to www.cidscon.in
Note: * PG Students / Fellows to provide a letter of verification from their respective Heads of the Institute
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Brindavan Nagar, Mathikere, Bangalore - 560 054. Ph: 080 - 23474500. Write to us @ [email protected]
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Venue :
Hotel Leela Ambience,Gurgaon, Delhi
New Delhi, the capital and the third largest city of India is a fusion of the ancient and the modern. Standing along the
west End of Gangetic Plain, the capital city, Delhi, represents a picture rich with culture, architecture and human diversity,
profound in history, monuments, museums, galleries, gardens and exotic shows. Comprising of two contrasting yet
harmonious parts,the Old Delhi and New Delhi, the city is a travel hub of Northern India and India’s government sector
business is almost entirely conducted in New Delhi.
The landscape of India and the mythology of Hinduism are inextricably bound. This combined with the extreme
historical, cultural and religious diversity and the warm hospitality of the Indian people makes it an exotic and enchanting
experience.