Precongress workshops will be held n Friday 21st November 2014 at Hotel Palladium, Mumbai.
Delegates can attend a total of two workshops namely one workshop in session-I, 9.00 am to 1.00 pm and
one workshop in session-II, 2.00 to 6.00 p.m. Workshops registration 8.00-9.00 am.
Workshop No: 1
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
Assisted Reproductive Technologies have come of age after two decades of existence in India. The workshop will cover all the
standardized techniques of ART.
Friday 21st November 2014
Time 9.00 am to 1.00 pm
Venue : Hotel Palladium, Mumbai
Conveners: Nandita Palshetkar, Sunita Tandulwadkar, Lisa Webber (UK)
Hall Incharge: Aditi Dani, Prashant Patil
9.00 am – 10.00 am
10.00 am – 11.00 am
11.00 am – 12.00 pm
12.00 pm – 1.00 pm
Session 1
Chairpersons: Sejal Desai, Rajkumar Shah, Niranjan
Maydeo
Patient selection and Pre-ART Therapy
COH and monitoring
ART in PCOS
Oocyte Retrieval & Scanning
Session 2
Chairpersons: Shyam Kulkarni, Sachin Manjrekar,
Kamini Patel
ERA Test
Semen preparation, IVF-ICSI-IMSI: procedure
Embryo Selection
Blastocyst culture and assisted hatching
Session 3
Chairpersons: Sarvanan Laxmanan, Renu Makwana,
Jasmine Lopez
Third party options
Culture Techniques
Luteal support
When and How to transfer
Aditi Dani
Lisa Webber
Jaya Gogate
Shailendra Mahimkar
Richa Jagtap
Vijay Mangoli
Jyoti Bali
Purnima Nadkarni
R.S Sharma
Randhir Singh
Narendra Gupta
Asha Baxi
Session -IV
Panel Discussion: Recurrent Implantation
Failures
Moderators: Sunita Tandulwadkar, Padmarekha
Jirge
Workshop -2
Panellists: Rajkumar Shah, Shyam Kulkarni,
Saravanan Laxmanan, Hitesh Parikh, Swarnalatha,
A. Sureshkumar, Sanjay Patil,
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Recurrent pregnancy loss is one of the most perplexing and difficult areas of patient management. The workshop will explore the
various factors contributing to RPL.
Friday 21st November 2014
Time 9.00 am to 1.00 pm
Conveners: Kedar Ganla & Vanita Raut
Hall Incharge: Pritimala Gangurde, Ankita Kaushal
9.00 am – 10.00 am
Venue : Hotel Palladium, Mumbai
Session 1
Chairpersons: Mughda Raut, Sudha Tandon, Priya Vora
Etiology and Diagnosis of RPL
Sarita Bhalerao
DNA – RNA – DNA of RPL
Anahita Chauhan
APLA
Vanita Raut
10.00 am – 11.00 am
Session 2
Chairpersons: Subhash Penkar, Sanjeev Khurd, Sachin Kulkarni
11.00 am – 12.00 pm
Role of hormonal support
Anatomic factors
Ashwini –Bhalerao Gandhi
Osama Shawki
Knotty Cervix and its management
Ameya Purandare
Session 3
Chairpersons: Kedar Padte, Komal Chavan, Poonam Loomba
12.00 pm – 1.00 pm
Thrombophilias
Basab Mukjerjee
PGS in preventing RPL
Jayam Kannan
Alloimmune factors
Mohan Raut
Intralipids and IV IG in managing RPL
Pritimala Gangurde
Session 4
Panel discussion: Thinking out of the box – Unexplained RPL
Moderators: Kedar Ganla, Suvarna Khadilkar
Workshop- 3
Panellists: Richard
Reindollar, Mangala
Kawade, G K Tripathy,
Mohan Gadam, Mukesh
Gupta, Ashish Kale, Anu
Vij, Madhuri Mehendale
Trouble Shooting & Risk Management in ART
(in collaboration with the International Federation of Fertility Societies -IFFS)
Friday 21st November 2014
Time 9.00 to 1.00 pm
Venue : Hotel Palladium, Mumbai
Convener Richard Kennedy (UK) on behalf of the IFFS…..
Hall Incharge: Nikita Lad, Manisha Bhagat
9.00 am – 10.20 am
Session 1
Chairpersons: Hitesh Parikh,
10.20 am –11.20 am
Quality and Safety issues in Infertility Practice
Richard Kennedy
Management of patients with blood born viruses
Nikita Lad
Reduction in multiple pregnancy and elective single embryo transfer
Richard Kennedy
Session 2
Chairpersons: Ritu Khanna, Mohan Gadam
11.20 am – 12.00 pm
Cryopreservation – safety security and minimising risk
OHSS minimising the risk
Natachandra Chimote
Lisa Webber
Evidence based practice and the use of clinical guidelines in infertility practice
Richard Kennedy
Session 3
Interactive Session
12.00 pm- 1.00 pm
Richard Kennedy
Session 4
Chairpersons: Purnima Nadkarni, Kaushal Kadam
Making ovum pick up safe
Shailendra Mahimkar
Managing thin endometrium
Rishma Pai
Recurrent implantation failure
Hrishikesh Pai
Workshop – 4
Understanding Male Infertility
Convenor: Rupin Shah
Friday 21st November 2014
Time 9.00 to 1.00 pm
Convener: Rupin Shah
Hall Incharge: Charumati Pekhale, Ritika Agarwal
(All this will be presented with intermittent case discussion)
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Understanding semen analysis
Clinical evaluation of male infertility
Medical management of oligoasthenosospermia
Approach to azospermia
Workshop – 5
Intrauterine Insemination
Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is an simple and effective treatment modality in the field of infertility management. It
will enable the participants to implement IUI successfully in their practice.
Friday 21st November 2014
Time 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm
Venue : Hotel Palladium, Mumbai
Conveners: Ameet Patki, Padmarekha Jirge, Richard Reindollar (USA)
Hall Incharge: Shivanand Sakhare, Pratik Tambe, Ritika Agarwal
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Session 1
Chairpersons: Anita Soni, Usha Saraiya, Danny Laliwala
Patient selection and investigations.
Follicular Dynamics and monitoring
Mantras” of Ovulation Induction
Hysteroscopy in infertility
Session 2
Chairpersons: Jaydeep Tank, Jyoti Bali
Adjuvants in Ovulation Induction
Semen analysis- the new WHO criteria.
Which is the best method of semen preparation?
Semen banking
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Kedar Padte
Parag Hitnalikar
Preeti Trivedi
Pratik Tambe
Session 3
Chairpersons: Manik Potwar, Natachandra Chimote, A.
Sureshkumar
Clinical aspects of IUI
Luteal phase support
When to shift from IUI to IVF ??
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Rajendra Nagarkatti
Shivanand Sakhare
Nandita Palshetkar
Makwana Sanjay
Rishma Pai
Sachin Kulkarni
Richard Reindollar
Session 4
Panel discussion “Can Success of IUI be Improved – a
reality check?”
Moderators: Ameet Patki, Tity Chacko
Panellists: Richard Kennedy, Sanjeev Khurd,
Anuradha Shewale, Kaustubh Kulkarni, Monica
Singh, Poonam Loomba, Ashish Parulekar, Shital
Punjabi
Workshop- 6
Hysteroscopy Workshop
Hysteroscopy has become an essential tool in gynaecology. The workshop will enable the participants to have an insight
into the diagnostic as well as operative aspects of hysteroscopic surgery.
Friday 21st November 2014
Time 2.00 to 6.00 pm
Venue : Hotel Palladium, Mumbai
Conveners: Rishma Pai, Osama Shawki (Egypt)
Hall Incharge: Nagendra Sardeshpande, Shilpi Srivastav,
2.00 – 3.00 pm
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
5.00 – 6.00 pm
Session 1:
Basic Foundations of Hysteroscopic Surgery
Chairpersons: Pritesh Naik, Pragnesh Shah
Indications
Instrumentation – Options and choices
Achieving optimum distension
Energy sources
Sanket Pisat
Mehul Sukhadiya
Pandit Palaskar
P K Shah
Session 2:
Managing Intrauterine Challenges in Hysteroscopy
Chairpersons: Nagendra Sardeshpande, Shivanand
Sakhare
Role of lateral metroplasty
Hysteroscopy correction of congenital anomalies
Fallopian Tube Recanalisation
Hysteroscopic Management of Ashermans syndrome
Kevin Quadros
Atul Ganatra
Sudha Tandon
Rajendra Sankpal
Session 3
Mixed Bag
Chairpersons: Sudeshna Ray, B B Dash,
Office hysteroscopy
Managing the fibroid indenting the uterine cavity
Hysteroscopic Myomectomy
Minimizing complications for mastering hysteroscopy
Hysteroscopic sterilization
Session 4
Sejal Desai
Pragnesh Shah
Dash B B
S. Krishnakumar
Osama Shawki
Chairpersons: Nandita Palshetkar, Niranjan Chavan,
Atul Ganatra
Keynote: Challenges in Hysteroscopic resection: From
practice to perfection
Osama Shawki
Workshop- 7
Advanced ART Workshop:
The workshop will enable the participants to have an insight into the technique of micromanipulation and gamete
cryopreservation. It will throw light on the complex area of PGD/PGS and aid them in implementing these procedures.
Friday 21st November 2014
Time 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm
Venue : Hotel Palladium, Mumbai
Conveners: Vijay Mangoli, Sudesh Kamath & Nayana Patel
Hall Incharge: Kinjal Mehta, Surekha Kadam
2.00 pm – 3.15 pm
Session 1
Chairpersons: Vrunda Kuchekar, Arya Salaskar
Slow freezing of embryos
Vitrification of embryos open system
Vitrification of embryos closed system
Cryopreservation for Oocyte and ovarian tissue
Management of Frozen embryo transfer cycles
3.15 pm – 4.00 pm
Session 2
Panel Discussion: Legal and ethical issues in third
party reproduction
Moderator: Nayana Patel
Panellists: Shivani Sachdev, Kaushal Kadam, Anita
Soni, Kamini Patel, Yashodhara Mhatre, Charumati
Pekhale, Anupama Rao
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Session 3
Chairpersons: Priya Agarwal, Monica Doshi
PGS- Indication and clinical applications PGD Indication and clinical applications
PGD - Indication and clinical applications
Embryo biopsy – Technical aspects
Techniques of Genetic analysis - FISH /PCR, CGHMicroarray
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Session 4
Chairpersons: Jignasha Chauhan, Randhir Singh
ICSI
Sperm preparation techniques
IMSI, PICSI, MACS
Time lapse technology
Akanksha Mishra
Kinjal Mehta
Manisha Bhagat
Goral Gandhi
Surekha Kadam
Gaurav Majumdar
Anu Chawla
Tanya Sabhnani
Deepak Modi
Alka Goyal
Bakhtavar Vazifdar
Sudesh Kamath
Himanshu Roy
MSR Managing Committee Meeting – Friday 21st November 2014 Time: 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm
MSR General Body Meeting - Friday 21st November 2014 Time: 6.00 pm to 6.00 pm