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Operative Workshop Karnataka Medical College and Research Institute, Hubli, 8th August 2025
Main Conference SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, 9th August 2025
Gala Dinner Evening of 9th August 2025, Naveen Hotel, Hubli
Nrupatunga Betta Walkathon 10th August 2025
Send-off Ceremony 10th August 2025
Note: 2 KMC Credit hours for pre-conference CME and workshop and 3 KMC credit hours for the conference.
Date: 8th August 2025
Sl. No Timing Topic Speaker’s Chair Person
1 09:00am-09:20am Pediatric Urolithiasis management:
Is it as easy as it looks		 Dr. Krishna Rao (Kalaburgi) Dr. Rajshekar Patil (Gadag)
Dr. Venkatesh Annigeri (Dharwad)
2 09:20am-09:40am LASER Gadget worth using Dr. Mamata Naveen (Bangalore)
3 09:40am-02:30pm Operative workshop on Urolithiasis
(Based on cases availability)
Cases:
  • PCNL
  • RIRS
  • Ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URSL)
  • Bladder stone management
 Resource Persons:
Dr. Senthil Ganeshan K
Dr. Milind Joshi(Jalgaon)
Moderator:
Dr. Ramesh Hatti 		Dr. Anil Halgeri (Hubli)
Dr. Vishal Sawant (Panaji)
Dr. Pramod. S (Bangalore)
Dr. Babugouda Nyamannawar(Vijayapura)
4 02:30pm-04:30pm Paper Presentation Judges:
Dr. Ravindra Khasnis
Dr. Harish Jayaram
Dr. Swapnil Pattanshetti
5 04:30pm-05:30pm Panel discussion
Paediatric Urolithiasis		 Moderator:
Dr. Aravind (Mysore)		 Panelists:
  • Dr. Milind Joshi
  • Dr. Senthil Ganeshan
  • Dr. Rajashankar Sankal
  • Dr. Antony Robert Charls
  • Dr. Vinay Jadhav
  • Dr. Prasanna Kumar AR
  • Dr. Krishna Rao
Date: 9th August 2025
Sl. No Timing Topic Speaker’s Chair Person
Pediatric Surgical Oncology Session
1 8:45am-9:15am Surgical Blind spots: Fixing errors in pediatric surgical oncology Dr. Vinupriya
(Bangalore)		 Dr. Rajashankar Sankal (Hubli)
Dr. Shubha Nayak (Jodhpur)
2 9:15am-9:30am Minimal invasive surgery in Pediatric Oncology Dr. Raghunath (Bangalore)
Guest Talk
3 09:30am-09:50am Pediatric and Pediatric Surgery:
2 Faces of the same coin		 Dr. Vijay Kulkarni (Principal, SDMCMSH) Dr. Anand Alladi (Bangalore)
Dr. Suhitha Rao (Mangalore)
4 09:50am-10:10am Treating hydrocephalus
endoscopy way		 Dr. Amit Kumar Sinha (AIIMS, Patna)
5 10:15am-10:45am Inaugural Function
Followed by tea break
Airway and Thoracic Session
6 11:00am-11:20am PDA Ligation by Pediatric Surgeon
for Pediatric Surgeons		 Dr. Sudhamshu (Mysore) Dr. Kishan Shetty (Mangalore)
Dr. Rakesh M (Bangalore)
7 11:20am-11:35am Role of Pediatric Surgeons
after cardiac Surgery		 Dr. Pavithra.V (Ramanagara)
8 11:35am-12:00pm Cleft lip & Palate
- the loosing link		 Dr. Dinesh Kittur
(Kolhapur)		 Dr. Vijay Pujar (Belgaum)
Dr Sadashiva Rao (Mangalore)
Prof. Sanjay Kumar (Lucknow)
9 12:00pm-12:20pm Dealing with central airway
obstruction in children		 Dr. Sanjay Rao (Bangalore)
Pediatric Transplantation Session
10 12:20pm-12:40pm Pediatric Renal Transplant Dr. Kiran (Bangalore) Dr. Vijay Upadhyaya (Lucknow)
Dr. Narayan Bhat (Mangalore)
Dr. Nihar Patil (Bangalore)
11 12:40pm-01:10pm Pediatric Liver transplantation Dr. Manu Bharadwaj (Bangalore)
12 01:10pm-01:30pm Total pancreatectomy with islet
auto transplant for children
with chronic pancreatitis.		 Dr.Gordon Thomas
(Sydney) Online Session
13 1:30pm-02:00pm Lunch Break
Perinatal Surgical Consultation Session
14 02:00pm-02:15pm Prenatal Closure of Spina Bifida:
Indication & Benefits		 Dr. Agnieszka Pastuszka, Fetal Surgeon (Zabrze, Polland) Online Session Dr. Sandeep Rai (Mangalore)
Dr.Vijay Mahantesh (Mangalore)
Dr. Nitin Kumar (Bangalore)
15 02:15pm-02:30pm Bridging the Gap:
Fetal Medicine and Pediatric Surgery
in Collaborative Care		 Dr.Shilpa.S. Gokavi, Fetal Medicine Expert (Hubli)
16 02:30pm-02:45pm Fetal Surgery:
Is it with in the scope
of pediatric surgery.		 Dr Manjari Somashekar, Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Aster Hospital (Bangalore)
17 02:45pm-03:30pm Perinatal surgical consultation
- a dialogue		 Moderator:
Dr. Jayateertha Joshi (Mangalore)		 Panelists:
  • Prof. Ramesh .S (Bangalore)
  • Prof. Devaraj V Raichur, HOD-Pediatrics, JGMMMC (Hubli)- Legal Expert
  • Dr. Radhakrishnan, Sr. Pediatric Surgeon (Bangalore)
  • Dr. Manjari Somashekar (Bangalore)
  • Dr.Shilpa.S. Gokavi (Hubli)
  • Prof .Praveen Bagalkot, HOD-Pediatric, SDMCMSH (Dharwad)
  • Prof. Sunil Kumar, HOD OBG, SDMCMSH (Dharwad)
  • Dr. Marthandappa, Neonatologist, KMCRI (Hubli)
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    18 04:00pm-06:00pm General Body meeting Venue:
    Ishavasyam, SDM Hospital Dharwad
    Date: 10th August 2025
    Sl. No Timing Topic Speaker’s Chair Person
    1 8:30am-09:00am Frontiers of Minimally Invasive
    Surgeryin Pediatric Urology    		 Dr. Mohan Gundeti (Chicago) Online Session Dr. Ravindra Khasnis (Hubli)
    Dr.Harish Jayaram (Hyderabad)
    Dr. Sharan Gubbi (Kalburgi)
    2 09:00am-09:20am Utility of Robotic Surgery
    in Pediatric Patients    		 Dr. Vinay (Bangalore)
    3 09:20am-09:40am Tiny cuts, endless possibility Dr Anilkumar Lingegowda
    4 09:40am-10:00am Review articles in Pediatric Surgery Dr. Nithin Pai (Manipal) Dr. Santosh Kurbet (Belgaum) Dr.Shalini Hegde (Bangalore)
    5 10:00am-10:30am Academic Quiz Dr. Suhith G Rao (Mangalore)
    5 10:30am-01:00pm Paper presentation Judges:
    Dr. Danesh Desai (Gadag)
    Dr. Vikram Nagathan (Bagalkot)
    Dr. Prashant Zulpi
    Conclusion