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SCIENTIFIC AGENDA

  • 'HANDS-ON' Training Session 1: Olympus / Ovesco / Medorah - ESD, POEM, EUS FNA/FNB, ERCP, Ovesco Clip Closure
    Continuous sessions will be conducted during the course. Those interested in the Olympus / Ovesco / Medorah Hands-On should send a mail to: handson.mumbailive2025@gmail.com

  • 'HANDS-ON' Training Session 2: Boston Scientific / Fujifilm / ERBE - AXIOS, Cholangioscopy, ESG, Closure Devices-X-Tack / Mantis, ERCP Mikoto Model
    Continuous sessions will be conducted during the course.
    (ERBE - 1 ESD, 1 POEM, BSC - 1 Cholangioscopy, 1 Axios, 1 ESG, 1 Closure Device, Fujifilm - 1 ERCP Mikoto model)
    Those interested in the BSC / Fujifilm / ERBE Hands-On should send a mail to: handson.mumbailive2025@gmail.com

Day 1 : Friday, 18th April, 2025

(At the Grand Salon I, II & III)

Time Topic
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP - BASICS OF IEE, EMR & ESD (IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANBIIG).

Pre-conference workshop does not need a separate registration but should check-in on Thursday evening itself (With the 3 Night Package)
09.00 - 09.15 am Introduction
Chairpersons : Naresh Bhat, Amol Bapaye, Mohinish Chabra, Sonmoon Mohapatra
09.15 - 09.30 am Principles of IEE, NBI, TXI & RDI (12+3): S. H. Ho
09.30 - 09.45 am Optimal preparation before upper and lower GI endoscopy (12+3) : Shrihari Anikhandi
09.45 - 10.00 am Diagnosing early SCC in esophagus on the IPCL pattern - Which to observe and which to resect? (12+3) : Hon Chi Yip
10.00 - 10.15 am Optimal endoscopic evaluation of Barrett's esophagus (12+3) : Pradeep Bhandari
10.15 - 10.30 am Diagnosing H-pylori, atrophic gastritis and EGC in the stomach - Tips & Tricks (12+3) : Ashutosh Mohapatra
10.30 - 10.45 am Characterizing colonic polyps on IEE - How does it affect the approach? (12+3) : Stephen Tsao
10.45 - 11.15 AM COFFEE BREAK
  Chairpersons: Prateek Sharma, Roberto Guzman, Srikant Appasani, Harshal Mandhavdhare, Srisha Hebbar
11.15 - 11.30 am Conventional EMR, Cold or Underwater - Selecting the best strategy for the right indication (12+3) : Nilay Mehta
11.30 - 11.45 am Managing Barrett's neoplasia - How do I approach? (12+3) : Marcel Tantau
11.45 - 12.00 noon Technical tips and tricks of ESD (12+3) : Hironori Yamamoto
12.00 - 12.45 pm LUNCH + MAIN CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN AT HOTEL

(Those in other hotels will be transported by bus to Hotel Hyatt)
MAIN CONFERENCE

Master Of Ceremony for the entire conference: Priyanka Udawat & Seema Khambatta
Chief Moderators : S. P. Misra, Venkat Iyer, Radhika Chavan

01.00 - 01.15 pm INAUGURAL FUNCTION
01.15 - 01.45 PM ENDOSCOPY UPDATE 1

Chairpersons : Ajay Kumar, Aditya Kulkarni, Nitin Pai, Aditya Kale, Nitin Borse, Praful Kamani
12 minutes each lecture (12+3)

01.15 - 01.30 pm Non-variceal bleeding - The endoscopy tool box in 2025! : Amol Bapaye
01.30 - 01.45 pm Endotherapy of gastric varices - Glue, Coil+Glue, BRTO, PARTO, TIPS - What to choose and when? : Sudipta Dhar Chowdhary
01.45 - 03.15 PM LIVE ENDOSCOPY 1

IEE for Barrett's esophagus, Dilatation for corrosive stricture in esophagus, Esophageal stent for advanced malignancy, EUS guided coil + glue for gastric varices, Glue + Loop ligation for junctional & esophageal varices, Only glue injection of gastric varices, Ring stricture in esophagus - Cut + Balloon dilatation, POEM for achalasia, Dilatation of benign pyloric stricture, Simple CBD stones - Technique of selective CBD cannulation & stone extraction

01.45 - 02.30 pm Moderators : Jose Philip Alvarez, Sharad Deshmukh, Chirag Shah, Rahul Shah, Deepak Gupta, Sameer Gaggar
02.30 - 03.15 pm Moderators : C. C. Chaubal, Dinesh Kini, Lalit Shimpi, Prachi Patil, Pawan Dhoble, Rakesh Patel
03.15 - 03.45 PM ENDOSCOPY UPDATE 2
  Chairpersons: Monika Jain, H. P. Yadav, Bhooshan Pandit, Nitin Naravane, Dattatreya Solanke, Piramanigayam
12 minutes each lecture (12+3)
03.15 - 03.30 pm Double balloon enteroscopy - Evolution of the technique and future perspectives : Hironori Yamamoto
03.30 - 03.45 pm AI assisted Colonoscopy - Will it become the standard practice? : Chris Khor
03.00 - 03.45 pm Chai Pe Charcha
(Two breakout sessions in Grand Salon 2 & 3)
Breakout session 1 (Grand Salon 3)
Luminel Stenting - What is it's role in 2025?
Discussants : Ajay Kumar, Radhika Chavan, B. S. Ravindra, Rakesh Adi (Underlined will lead the discussion)
Breakout Session 2 (Grand Salon 2)
Endoscopy accessory disinfection and reuse - If yes, what is optimal?
Discussants: Chalapathi Rao Achanta, Samir Mohindra, Jayanta Samanta (Underlined will lead the discussion)
03.00 - 03.45 pm A Century of Installations Celebrating 'Milestone' in Double Balloon Enteroscopy in India (Fujifilm) (Grand Salon 1)
H. Yamamoto, Rajkumar Wadhwa, Adarsh C. K. Nitin Pai, Mehul Choksi, Manoj Lahoti, Sridhar Sundaram, Udaysinh Patil
03.45 - 05.15 PM LIVE ENDOSCOPY 2

ERCP + Cholangioscopy guided LASER for Mirrizi's syndrome, CBD stone extraction after EPT, POEM with intra-procedural Endoflip, Benign biliary stricture - Stenting, EUS guided LAMS for WON, Double balloon enteroscopy for small bowel stricture, ESD for a large duodenal polyp

03.45 - 04.30 pm Moderators: Madhura Prasad, G Manoharan, B. S. Thakur, Nitin Behl, Meghraj Ingle, Samit Jain, Udaysinh Patil
04.30 - 05.15 pm Moderators: Harish Peshwe, Arvind Gubbi, S. P. Bhandari, Purshottam Vashisth, Mandar Doiphode, Sudipto Ghosh
05.15 - 05.45 PM MUMBAI LIVE ORATION 1

Chairpersons : Amit Maydeo, Andrea Anderloni, George Webster, Randhir Sud, Ajay Kumar, Shailesh Shrikhande
Pancreatico-Biliary Endoscopy Evolution & Future!: D. Nageshwar Reddy

05.45 - 06.15 PM ENDOSCOPY UPDATE 3

Chairpersons: George Webster, V. G. Mohanprasad, Ramesh Kumar, P. C. Dalai, Vivekanand Kulkarni
12 minutes each lecture (12+3)

05.45 - 06.00 pm Difficult CBD cannulation - How to succeed? (12+3) : Andrea Anderloni
06.00 - 06.15 pm Malignant Gastric outlet obstruction - Has LAMS replaced SEMS? : Sundeep Lakhtakia
06.15 - 07.00 PM KAUN BANEGA ENDOSCOPIST VIDEO CONTEST

Judges : Mahesh Goenka, Stefan Seewald, Mouen Khashab, T. S. Chandrasekhar, Mohan Ramchandani, V. G. Mohanprasad
All videos: 6 min + 2 min
Video-1 - Cholangio-peritoneoscopy in Management of Complex Post-Cholecystectomy Biliary Injuries: A Case Series : Arpit Shastri, Chandigarh
Video-2 - Saline-Immersion Therapeutic Endoscopy (SITE) in the duodenum : Priscilla Lopez, Hyderabad
Video-3 - Magnet assisted endoscopic gastro-jejunostomy - Bridging innovation and practice : Maitrey Patel, Ahmedabad
Video-4 - Disconnected bile duct syndrome old friend or a new foe? : Shubham Mehta, Delhi
Video-5 - Notes - Assisted Submucosal Tunneling and Subserosal Dissection for Gastric GIST with Large Extraluminal Component : Shivam Khare, Delhi
Video-6 - EUS GB drainage : Harsh Jain, Delhi

07.00 - 07.30 PM MUMBAI LIVE ORATION 2

Chairpersons: G. V. Rao, Shrikant Mukewar, Elly Ogutu, Pankaj Desai, Mohan Ramchandani
Endoscopic resection & dissection - Where are we in 2025? : Mouen Khashab

08.30 PM ONWARDS WELCOME DINNER AT THE GRAND HYATT

Day 2 : Saturday, 19th April, 2025

Time Topic
07.30 - 08.30 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS

(3 presentations of 10 mins followed by 30 minutes of interactive discussion)
(1 hr each session with three speakers - 10 mins each + 30 min discussion)
SESSION 1: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF EUS (Grand Salon 1)
(10 min each talk)
Radial EUS anatomy: Vikas Singla
Linear EUS anatomy: Manoj Sahu
Rectal EUS anatomy: Sukrit Sud
30 mins discussion
SESSION 2: CBD STONE MANAGEMENT (Grand Salon 3)
(10 min each talk)
Simple stones & Balloon dilatation: Roberto Guzman
Difficult stones & Mechanical lithotripsy: T. S. Chandrasekhar
Difficult stones & Intraductal lithotripsy: Shrisha Hebbar
Migrated biliary / pancreatic stent removal - Tips & Tricks : Ajay Kumar
20 mins discussion
SESSION 3: UNDERSTANDING ADVANCED ELECTROSURGICAL PLATFORMS (Grand Salon 2)
(10 min each talk)
Understanding the basics of wave forms: Zaheer Nabi
Understanding the ERBE diathermy: Stephen Tsao
Tailoring my diathermy settings for dissection & resection : Hon Chi Yip
30 mins discussion
SESSION 4: BARIATRIC ENDOSCOPY (Board Room 2)
(10 min each talk)
Intragastric balloons: Prasanna Shah
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty: Saransh Jain
Pre-medication & Pharmacotherapy: Nitin Jagtap
30 mins discussion

  Chief Moderators (Pre-Lunch): Jang Dilawari, Anil Arora & Jose Philip Alvarez
08.30 - 09.30 am ENDOSCOPY UPDATE 4

12 minutes each lecture (12+3)
Chairpersons : Ajay Jain, Roy Mukadda, Nikhil Sonthalia, Allagamai, Radhika Chavan, Harsh Udawat, Harshal Ghadikar

08.30 - 08.45 am Cholangioscopy - Impact in biliary diseases : Mahesh Goenka
08.45 - 09.00 am EUS-BD Vs ERCP for distal malignant biliary obstruction - Is the verdict out? : Vinay Dhir
Chairpersons : A. S. Puri, Gaurav Chawla, Pravin Suryavanshi, Sanjay Altekar, Chetan Bhat, Sushant Sethi, Jyoti Mahapatra
09.00 - 09.15 am Endotherapy of chronic pancreatitis - Practice pearls!! : Amit Maydeo
09.15 - 09.30 am Endoscopic management of malignant hilar blocks - What are the pitfalls? : George Webster
09.30 - 11.00 AM LIVE ENDOSCOPY 3

Duplication cyst in esophagus - Marsupialization, Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, Diagnostic Spyglass cholangioscopy, ERCP + CBD stone extraction in a patient of BII anatomy, Percutaneous cholangioscopy + LASER for intra-hepatic stones, ERCP + PD stent for a leak, Post ESWL ERCP in pancreas divisum with CP

09.30 - 10.15 am Moderators: Shiran Shetty, Saumin Shah, K. K. Rawal, Shubham Jain, Dhaval Choksi, M. Hussein, V. S. Chowdhary
10.15 - 11.00 am Moderators: Deepak Gunjan, Amit Agrawal, Ubal Dhus, Prasanna Shah, Viral Patrawala, Siddharth Dharamsi
11.00 - 11.45 AM ENDOSCOPY UPDATE 5

Chairpersons : Ravi Rathi, Vamsi Murthy, Santosh Hazare, Ramesh Roop Rai, Shobna Bhatia, Ramesh Satarkar
12 minutes each lecture (12+3)

11.00 - 11.15 am Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty - Learning the basics : Rakesh Kalpala
11.15 - 11.30 am POEM for non-achalasia motility disorders : Haruhiro Inoue
11.30 - 11.45 am Unexpected events in 3rd space endoscopy - How to tackle? : Marcel Tantau
11.45 - 01.15 PM LIVE ENDOSCOPY 4

D-POEM for patient having an epiphrenic diverticulum & undergone fundoplication, Hybrid APC for dysplastic long segment Barrett's, EUS BD for MOJ with failed ERCP, Post ESWL ERCP in patient with incomplete P Divisum, ESD or EMR for ascending colon and caecal LST's.

11.45 - 12.30 pm Moderators : Chirayu Choksi, Mukesh Kalla, Yogesh Harwani, Rohan Maydeo Mukta Bapat, Ravindra Surude, Aniruddha Gopanpallikar
12.30 - 01.15 pm Moderators : Sudhir Maharshi, Sanjar Kumar, N. P. Bohidar, Sujeet Jahagirdar, Nitin Joshi, Vijayanand
01.15 PM LAUNCH OF NEW ELUXEO 8000 THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM FROM FUJI FILM
01.15 - 02.00 pm FUJIFILM LUNCH SYMPOSIUM (Grand Salon 3)

Enhanced imaging with AI in GI & Panel Discussion of the Gastro AI Academy
AI in Upper GI Endoscopy : Nitin Pai
AI in Colonoscopy : Prateek Sharma
Rajkumar Wadhwa (Moderator) along with Steering Members & Panelists

01.15 - 02.00 pm BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LUNCH SYMPOSIUM (Grand Salon 1)

Suturing and closure devices (Overstitch, X-Tack & Clips - Indications and technique)
Closure of Iatrogenic defects - Clips/ X-Tack : Zaheer Nabi
Full thickness suturing for closure : Saurabh Mukewar

01.15 - 02.00 pm MEDTRONIC LUNCH SYMPOSIUM (Grand Salon 2)
01.15 - 01.30 pm Endoflip 300 Impedance Planimetry System Launch
01.30 - 02.00 pm Medtronic Educational Symposium - Advancements in the Evaluation & Treatment of Esophageal Disorders : Rakesh Kalapala, Rajesh Sainani, Pankaj Desai, Vikas Singla, Praveer Rai
  Chief Moderators (Post-lunch): Naresh Bhat, K. K. Rawal & Satish Kulkarni
02.00 - 02.30 PM ENDOSCOPY UPDATE 6

Chairpersons: Yohesh Shastri, Surinder Rana, Soumya Jagannath, Sawan Bopanna, Anurag Govil, Sanjay Chandnani, Dharmesh Balsarkar
12 minutes each lecture ( 12+3)

02.00 - 02.15 pm Endoscopic ampullectomy - Tips and Tricks : Randhir Sud
02.15 - 02.30 pm Endoscopic management of Zenker's diverticuli - What is the optimal technique? : Mouen Khashab
02.30 - 04.00 PM LIVE ENDOSCOPY 5

ARMS-P using Mantis Clip, EUS FNB + Antegrade stenting, Colonic ESD for a non-granular LST, Exposed FTR for a large duodenal NET, Spyglass pancreatoscopy with LASER for PD stone, Open Z POEM for a Zenker's diverticulum

02.30 - 03.15 pm Moderators : G Manoharan, Deepak Johnson, Manoj Lahoti, Vardaraj Gokak, Hrushikesh Choudhari, Siddharth Dhande, Raghuram
03.15 - 04.00 pm Moderators : V. K. Dixit, Sunil Jain, Rajesh Sainani, Rajdeep More, Advay Aher, Devang Shah, Sanjay Banerjee
04.00 - 04.30 PM ENDOSCOPY UPDATE 7

Chairpersons : Andrea Anderloni, G Manoharan, Vishnu Abhishek, Ashish Gandhi, Deepak Patil, Ashish Sethi, Bijay Mishra
12 minutes each lecture (12+3)

04.00 - 04.15 pm Management of pancreatic fluid collections - Which, When and How? : Praveer Rai
04.15 - 04.30 pm EMR and ESD for colorectal lesions - Which to choose and for what? : Pradeep Bhandari
04.00 - 04.45 PM CHAI PE CHARCHA

(Two Breakout sessions in Grand Salon 1 & 3)
Latest interventional endoscopy accessories - Which are useful? (Grand Salon 1)
Discussants : Chris Khor, Sandip Pal, Sanjay Rajput, Yogesh Shastri (Underlined will lead the discussion)
GI NET's - Which to resect and how? (Grand Salon 3)
Discussants : Mohan Ramchandani, Roy Mukadda, Vikas Singla (Underlined will lead the discussion)

04.30 - 06.00 PM LIVE ENDOSCOPY 6

D-POEM for a symptomatic epiphrenic diverticulum, Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, SEMS for a mid CBD stricture, Extraction of a migrated CBD stent, ESD for a large colonic polyp

04.30 - 05.15 pm Moderators : D. Sreenivasa, G. Siddesh, Kinsuk Das, Hussein Bohri, Vinay Thorat
05.15 - 6.00 pm Moderators : Neha Berry, Manisha Dwiwedi, Manish Kak, Rahul Talele, Anirudha Phadke, Ravi Gupta
06.00 - 07.30 PM MUMBAI LIVE EMERALD AWARDS FUNCTION
07.30 - 07.45 PM THE NEW P-CAB FOR ACID CONTROL - WILL IT BE A GAME CHANGER?

(Special Presentation by Sun Pharma)

08.15 - 09.15 PM MUSIC PERFORMANCE

(Mesmerizing combo of Sitar + Ghazal by one of India's most coveted artist)

09.15 PM ONWARDS GALA EVENING - COCKTAILS AND DINNER

Day 3 : Sunday, 20th April, 2025

Time Topic
08.00 - 09.00 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS

(3 presentations of 10 min followed by a 30 min interactive discussion)
(1 hr each session with three speakers: 10 mins each + 30 min discussion)
SESSION 1: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF POST ERCP COMPLICATIONS
(10 min each talk)
Post ERCP Pancreatitis : S. H. Ho
Post ERCP Bleeding : Shrisha Hebbar
Post ERCP Perforation : Sanjay Kumar
30 mins discussion
SESSION 2: EUS GUIDED TISSUE ACQUISITION NEEDLES, TECHNIQUE, ON-SITE CYTOPATHOLOGY (Grand Salon 2)
(10 min each talk)
Which needle for what?: Sandip Pal
Best technique for tissue acquisition: Samir Mohindra
On-site cytopathology: Jayanta Samanta
30 mins discussion
SESSION 3: 3RD SPACE ENDOSCOPY HOW TO START IN YOUR PRACTICE (Grand Salon 3)
(10 min each talk)
Which procedures to begin with and why? : Jimil Shah
Acquiring basic instruments & making it cost effective: K. K. Rawal
How to get over the learning curve? : Pankaj Desai
30 mins discussion
SESSION 4: BILIARY STENTING (Board Room 1)
(10 min each talk)
Stenting in MOJ (Technical tips): Surinder Rana
Stenting in Benign biliary strictures - Technical tips: Nirmaljeet Singh Malhi
Basics of High-resolution manometry & pH metry
Understanding Basics of pH & Impedance : Shobna Bhatia
Interpretation of manometry for major disorders of motility (Pre & Post Myotomy) : Shrihari Anikhandi

  Chief Moderators : Nitin Pai, Nilay Mehta & Saurabh Mukewar
09.15 - 10.00 AM ENDOSCOPY UPDATE 8

Chairpersons : Muffazal Lakdawala, Ishwar Havannavar, Rinkesh Bansal, Ramesh Satarkar, Vedant Karvir, Daksh Khurana, Anata Ku Agasti
12 minutes each lecture (12+3)
09.15 - 09.30 am PPI dependent GERD - Evolving endoscopic therapies : Haruhiro Inoue
09.30 - 09.45 am Managing leaks, perforations & fistulae - The new tools for the GI endoscopist : Steefan Seewald
09.45 - 10.00 am Bariatric and metabolic endoscopy - Will it have an increasing role in the future? : Mohit Bhandari
10.00 - 12.00 PM LIVE ENDOSCOPY 7

ERCP + stenting for LDLT strictures, Migrated stent with large CBD stone extraction, Large CBD stone - Cholangioscopy guided LASER, Large duodenal LST for EMR / ESD, Extraction of multiple large bile duct stones, Extraction of a migrated PD stent post ESWL, EUS guided WON drainage, ESD / FTR for a gastric GIST

10.00 - 11.00 am Moderators : Naveen Polavarapu, Sandeep Kalokhe, Rajesh Dharamsi, Mrudul Dharod, Pravin Rathi
11.00 - 12.00 pm Moderators : Elly Ogutu, Sandeep Patil, Sharan Malipatil, Devinder Singh, Chintan Patel, Manoj Vyavahare, Amit Gupte
12.00 - 01.00 PM ENDOSCOPY UPDATE 9

Chairpersons : Akash Shukla, Shrikant Mukewar, Saumil Vyas, Pramod Shinde, Amey Sonawane, Ajit Tharakan

12.00 - 12.30 pm Endoscopy - Surgery Interface (20+10 min) : G. V. Rao
12 minutes each lecture (12+3)
12.30 - 12.45 pm Endohepatology - Will it have an increasing role in the future?: Rajesh Puri
12.45 - 01.00 pm ERCP in post liver transplant strictures : Anil Arora
01.00 - 01.30 PM MUMBAI LIVE ORATION 3

Chairpersons : Amit Maydeo, Chris Khor, Randhir Sud, D. Nageshwar Reddy
AI in GI endoscopy - What can we expect in 2030?: Prateek Sharma

01.30 PM AWARD CEREMONY FOR WINNERS OF 'KAUN BANEGA ENDOSCOPIST' (MEDALS AND PRIZE DISTRIBUTION FOR THE 1ST THREE WINNERS) & CLOSING REMARKS BY AMIT MAYDEO
02.00 PM FAREWELL LUNCH