17th Annual Conference of ISA Puducherry State Branch

Scientific Programme

The Sunway Manor Hotel, Puducherry
Day 1 · 19 Sept Day 2 · 20 Sept
Hall A Hall B
Sept 19, 2026 (Saturday) · Hall A
08.00 am - 08.30 amRegistration
Contemporary Airway Management
Chairpersons: Dr Ezhilrajan V & Dr Latha N
08.30 am - 08.45 am
Apnoeic oxygenation & Peri-intubation oxygenation
Dr Priyanga Kumar (Puducherry)
08.45 am - 09.00 am
Physiologically difficult airway
Dr Sunil Kumar Valasareddy (Thirupathi)
09.00 am - 09.15 am
SALAD technique
Dr Sherine Bright B (Madurai)
09.15 am - 09.45 am
Pro-con: Regional Anaesthesia in Morbid obesity - Advantage or added risk
Dr Rani P (Puducherry) & Dr Arish BT (Puducherry)
TIVA: From Pharmacokinetics to TCI
Chairpersons: Dr Ezhilrajan V & Dr Latha N
09.45 am - 10.00 am
Context sensitive half life & Compartment models in IV anaesthetic drugs
Dr Prabu G (Salem)
10.00 am - 10.15 am
Safe practice of Target Controlled Infusion
Dr Prasanna Bidkar (Puducherry)
10.15 am - 10.30 amTea Break
Obstetric Anaesthesia: From Labour to Maternal Crisis
Chairpersons: Dr Kumudha Lingaraj & Dr Lenin Babu E
10.30 am - 10.45 am
Best practices in Labour analgesia
Dr Sakthirajan P (Puducherry)
10.45 am - 11.00 am
Full stomach parturient for Category I LSCS
Dr Ramya G (Kanyakumari)
11.00 am - 11.15 am
Failed Intubation in emergency LSCS
Dr Arthi A (Puducherry)
11.15 am - 11.30 am
Maternal collapse after delivery
Dr Baranidharan S (Trichy)
11.30 am - 11.45 am
OHSS in Assisted Reproductive Technology: Anaesthetic Considerations and Management Protocols
Dr Nagalingam N (Puducherry)
11.45 am - 12.00 pm
Obstetric sepsis - Recent trends in management
Dr Saravanakumar S (Chidambaram)
Chakravarthy Memorial Oration
12.15 pm - 01.00 pm
Every patient, Every anaesthetic, Every time: Improving patient safety in routine anaesthetic practice
Dr Selvakumar R
01.00 pm - 01.45 pmLunch
High-Risk Patients: Optimisation, Risk Reduction & Safer Recovery
Chairpersons: Dr Amutha Rani R & Dr Sridharan Srinivasan
01.45 pm - 02.00 pm
Preop optimisation of a patient with LV failure for time sensitive surgeries (Recent MI within 3 months)
Dr Sivakumar S (Puducherry)
02.00 pm - 02.15 pm
Opioid free anaesthesia in OSA patients
Dr Saneesh PJ (Trivandrum)
Renal Resuscitation: Fluids, Congestion & Acid Base Decisions
Chairpersons: Dr Amutha Rani R & Dr Sridharan Srinivasan
02.15 pm - 02.30 pm
AKI Bundle & Renal Biomarkers: Early Recognition, Prevention and Risk Stratification
Dr Savitri V (Puducherry)
02.30 pm - 02.45 pm
Perioperative Oliguria: Not Every Patient Needs Fluid and Not Every AKI Needs Dialysis
Dr Giridharan (Chennai)
02.45 pm - 03.00 pm
VEXUS & E-VEXUS
Dr Joseph Raajesh I (Puducherry)
03.00 pm - 03.15 pm
Approach to ABG with SID: Does SID Change Our Fluid Choice?
Dr Nandakumar K (Chennai)
03.15 pm - 03.30 pmTea Break
Ventilator Strategies in the ICU: Optimise, Automate, Wean
Chairpersons: Dr Karthik VJ & Dr Saravanakumar S
03.30 pm - 03.45 pm
Meeting the metabolic demands in a critically ill patient
Dr Kandaswamy N (Puducherry)
03.45 pm - 04.00 pm
How to set optimal PEEP
Dr Senthilnathan M (Puducherry)
04.00 pm - 04.15 pm
Driving pressure guided ventilation
Dr Nithish Mukunthan (Chennai)
04.15 pm - 04.30 pm
Closed loop Ventilation - IntelliVent ASV
Dr Anusha Cherian (Puducherry)
04.30 pm - 04.45 pm
Weaning failure
Dr Balasubramani M (Theni)
05.30 pm - 06.30 pmInauguration