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 B
08.00 am - 08.30 amRegistration
Perioperative Haemostasis
Chairpersons: Dr Basker N & Dr Arun Sundar A
08.30 am - 08.45 am
Transfusion trigger for blood & blood products
Dr Vijayakumar S (Puducherry)
08.45 am - 09.00 am
Managing Mismatched Blood transfusion under Anaesthesia
Dr Sangeeta Dhanger (Puducherry)
09.00 am - 09.15 am
Massive Blood transfusion
Dr Sanmugapiriya K (Puducherry)
09.15 am - 09.30 am
Beyond PT, aPTT & platelet count - Does TEG help in making neuraxial decisions?
Dr Radhika Mathiyazhagan (Bangalore)
09.30 am - 09.45 am
Balancing thrombosis and bleeding in an anticoagulated patient
Dr Kirthiha G (Madurai)
09.45 am - 10.00 am
Patient with DVT for time sensitive surgery
Dr Charulatha R (Puducherry)
Crisis Management in the OR
Chairpersons: Dr Basker N & Dr Arun Sundar A
10.00 am - 10.15 am
Human Factors in anaesthesia
Dr Subbulakshmi Sundaram (Cuddalore)
10.15 am - 10.30 am
Management of Intraoperative anaphylaxis
Dr Subramanian V V (Puducherry)
10.30 am - 10.45 amTea Break
Geriatric Anaesthesia: Beyond the Obvious
Chairpersons: Dr Kulandayan S & Dr Srinivasan Marichamy
10.45 am - 11.00 am
Optimizing Local Anaesthetic Dosing for Neuraxial and Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Frail Older Adults on Polypharmacy
Dr Sudhakar D S (Madurai)
11.00 am - 11.15 am
Electrolyte disturbances in a geriatric patient with Hip fracture
Dr Manju D (Puducherry)
11.15 am - 11.30 am
Atypical presentations of TURP syndrome - Beyond Hyponatremia
Dr Ganessan R (Trichy)
Trauma Red Flags
Chairpersons: Dr Kulandayan S & Dr Srinivasan Marichamy
11.30 am - 11.45 am
Rib Fractures with New-Onset Desaturation: When pain becomes a respiratory emergency
Dr Bhuvana S (Thiruvallur)
11.45 am - 12.00 pm
Unstable Patient, Negative E-FAST: Unmasking the Hidden Sources of Shock in Blunt Trauma
Dr Anitha R (Puducherry)
12.15 pm - 01.00 pmOration (Hall A)
01.00 pm - 01.45 pmLunch
Perioperative Endocrine Challenges
Chairpersons: Dr Shanmugasundaram P & Dr Padmanabhan K R
01.45 pm - 02.00 pm
Steroid dependence - replacement dose and anaesthetic concerns
Dr Shanmugavalli E (Puducherry)
02.00 pm - 02.15 pm
Normal Sugar trap - Normal blood sugars on the day of surgery with High HbA1c for elective surgery
Dr Kirubahar R (Trichy)
02.15 pm - 02.30 pm
Perioperative Management of Novel Oral Anti-Diabetic Agents: SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
Dr Srinivasan S (Puducherry)
02.30 pm - 02.45 pm
Achieving Euthyroid Status: Preoperative Medical Management
Dr Pratheeba Durairaj (Madurai)
02.45 pm - 03.00 pm
Abnormal TSH, Normal T3/T4: Can We Proceed with Elective Surgery?
Dr Ramyavel Thangavel (Puducherry)
03.00 pm - 03.15 pm
Acute Thyroid Decompensation in Surgery: Intraoperative Protocol for Thyroid Storm and Myxoedema Coma
Dr Indu K (Tanjore)
03.15 pm - 03.30 pmTea Break
Changing Paradigms in Anaesthesia
Chairperson: Dr Joseph Raajesh I
03.30 pm - 03.45 pm
ERAS protocol - What has changed?
Dr Suganya S (Mangalagiri)
03.45 pm - 04.00 pm
HIPEC - Anaesthetic challenges and perioperative strategies
Dr Kausalya V (Chennai)
04.00 pm - 04.15 pm
Non-intubated Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (NIVATS)
Dr Muthu Kumar E (Coimbatore)
04.15 pm - 04.30 pm
Ketamine Beyond Induction: New Roles for an Old Drug
Dr Shanmugam L (Puducherry)
04.30 pm - 05.30 pmQuiz Prelims