High lights of the Scientific Program CME‐ 16th October 2014 CME ‐Syndromic Approach to Common Infections ‐Coordinator Lt General Dr Dasarthy Raghunath Introduction Lt General Dr. Dasarthy Raghunath Lower Respiratory Tract Infections; Clinicians‐ Dr. ML Gupta & Dr. BS Sharma, Microbiologist –Dr. MK Lalitha Acute Gastroventeritis; Clinician‐ Dr. Sandeep Nijhawan, Microbiologist –Dr. SC Parija Hepatitis; Clinician‐ Dr. Shiv Sarin, Microbiologist‐ Dr. RK Ratho Fever with and without rash of more than seven days; Clinician‐ Dr Raman Sharma, Microbiologist‐ Dr. TN Dhole ICU infections; Clinician –Dr. Gopi Khilnani, Microbiologist‐ Dr. Chiranjoy Mukhopadhyay Infections in organ transplant patients; Clinician –Dr. Vinay Malhotra, Microbiologist‐ Dr. Ekta Gupta Urinary tract infections; Clinician –Dr. SK Pareek, Microbiologist –Dr. Neelam Taneja al function Inaugural function and award ceremonies Speech by chief guest and guest of honor Key Note Address by DR. VM Katoch Secretary DHR & DG ICMR Presidential oration award Dr. Pratibha Narang, Wardha SC Aggarwal oration award Dr. KN Prasad, Lucknow H I Jhala award Dr Renu Bhardwaj Pune UC Chaturvedi life time achievement award Dr. Nagesh Felicitation of past presidents 17th October Day one Junior best paper award session Dr. MB Nagmoti Presidential oration Dr. Pratibha Narang SC Aggarwal oration Dr. KN Prasad, Lucknow Student symposium exanthematous febrile viral illness outbreaks. Coordinator Dr Vijay Kumar Mysore Acute encephalitis syndrome ‐ coordinator Dr. V Ravi Clinician, Dr. Ashok Panagariya, Microbiologist Dr. V Ravi, Bangalore Integrated Symposium – MALDI‐Tof and emerging technologies for Resistance Testing MALDI‐Tof Mass Spectrometry – ongoing revolution in clinical microbiology Dr. Chand Wattal Chairman and Hony. Senior Consultant GRIPMER Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi Susceptibility and Resistance Testing – what is in the pipeline!? Dr. Alex Van Belkum Corporate Vice‐President R&D Microbiology, bioMerieux ICMR AMR surveillance network ‐ Coordinator Dr. Arunaloke Chakraborti, PGIMER, Chandigarh Plenary session on Antibiotic stewardship – National and International perspectives Coordinator Dr. Abhay Chowdhary Antibiotic Stewardship ‐ Indian Perspective Dr. Arti Kapil, All Indian Institute of Medical Science Chennai Declaration‐ Dr. Abdul Ghafur, Infectious Disease Consultant, Apollo Hospital, Chennai Antibiotic Stewardship – International Perspective Key Note Speaker – Prof. Thomas Gottlieb Head of Infectious Disease, Concord Medical School, President, Australian Society of Antimicrobials ASM panel discussion ‐ Safe, Secure and Sustainable Laboratory Design. Coordinator Dr. V Lakshmi Hyderabad Integrated Symposium Sepsis Management – Best practice and role of biomarkers Best practice to enhance sepsis recovery Dr. Vikas Gautam, PGIMER, Chandigarh Role of biomarkers in early diagnosis and treatment of Sepsis Dr. V Balaji, CMC, Vellore HIV session coordinator Dr. BL Sherwal HIV Drug resistance status in India Dr. SK tripathy, Agra Accreditation process for a small laboratory Dr. BL Sherwal New Delhi Safe blood for pregnant mothers Dr. Sunil D. Khaparde Deputy Director General Blood Safety NACO Point of care technologies for diagnosis and monitoring of HIV Dr. RS Paranjapae, NARI Pune Symposium ‐Syndromic approach to diagnosis of infections by multiplex PCR ‐Fast Track the diagnosis Dr. Amita Jain, Dr. William Fredrieck, Dr. Navin Kumar, Dr. Madhu Khanna Symposium An update on anaerobic infections: children of lesser God! Dr. Renu Bhardwaj, Dr. Rama Chaudhary, Dr. Jyoti Nagmoti, Dr. Beena Antony 18th October Day two IAMM quiz – (Col) Dr. Partha Roy Pune, Dr. Mahantesh Nagmoti, Belgaum IAMM symposium Role of microbiologist in public health, coordinator Dr. Chand Wattal New Delhi Investigation of an outbreak and prevention of infectious diseases in the community: role of medical Microbiologists – Dr. Shashi Khare New Delhi Challenges of infectious diseases in public health settings Dr. Reba Kanungo Diagnostic riddles of TB in public health; viewing through the prism of newer techniques –Dr. Reena Raveendran, SGRH New Delhi General body meeting DHR Viral Research and Diagnostic laboratories network coordinator Dr. Deepak Gadkari Vision, concept and roMadad map for the VRDL Network – Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch Secretary DHR & DG ICMR Genesis and current status of the VRDL network Dr. Nivedita Gupta Expanding the VRDL network Dr. UC Chaturvedi, ICMR Consultant, Lucknow Role of VRDL resource centre Dr. AC Mishra – Ex Director NIV Pune Data management and analysis Dr. M Murhekar NIE Chennai Summary and comments Dr. Deepak Gadkari ex director NIV, ICMR Consultant Emergence of CCHF and KFD Dr. Mourya Director NIV Pune Dengue and its changing Epidemiology in India –Dr. Amita Jain lucknow Emerging viruses at human environment interphase Dr. G Arunkumar Manipal Scientific validation of antiviral potential of a tribal folklore‐A drug development initiative – Dr. Debprasad Chattopadya Kolkotta Human Microbiome Coordinator ‐ Dr. Pallab Ray Chandigarh Emerging molecular technologies Film Array – Fastest way to better results Mr. Wade Stevenson Strain Typing – It relevance in clinical setting Dr. Vikas Manchanda, New Delhi Practical Experience with Strain Typing in a tertiary care set up Dr. Sunil Sharma, Gurgaon Real time loop mediated amplification assay –a potential point of care test the in diagnosis of infectious diseases Dr. V. Lakshmi Role of HPV in cervical cancer and clinical interpretation of test results – Dr. Partha Basu, Kolkotta Two and half hour session on Clinical Cases by Dr. Ranganathan Iyyer, Hyderabad 19th October Day three Symposium on fungal infections Recent epidemiology of invasive fungal infections‐ Dr. Arunaloke Chakrabarti Chandigarh Emerging technologies for Antifungal susceptibility testing –Dr. Deepak Mehndiratta, Wardha Investigations for an outbreak of invasive candidiasis in an ICU – Dr. Anju Kagal, Pune WHO Panel discussion –Diagnosis and management challenges of DRTB Coordinator Dr. A Srinevas Panelists Dr. Srinevas, Dr. Ranjani Randmchandran, Dr. CN Paramsivan, Dr. Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva Use of microarrays in TB research – Dr. DS Chauhan Agra Pyrosequencing for detection of MDRTB & XDRTB Dr Camilla Rodrigues NTM Typing – Dr. Ollar, USA Emerging trends in Rickettsial diseases in India Dr. Chironjoy Mukhopadhaya, Manipal Pre‐Analytical Microbiology an emerging area for automation – For standardization and productivity enhancement Dr. Ravi Kumar E‐ Learning in medical education Dr. Lokender Sharma, Dr. RK Mishra, Jaipur Role of GMHAT to impart knowledge and awareness in mental health of staff and students Dr. ID Gupta, Dr. Lokender Sharma Bioinformatics tools in Medical Microbiology Dr. Krishan Mohan Symposium on parasitic infections Dr. Ujjala Ghosal, Lucknow; Dr. Bhaskar Saha, Pune; Dr. Abhijeet Chaudhary, Tirupati; Dr. SC Parija, Puducherry