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 20, 2026 (Sunday) · Hall B
08.00 am - 08.30 amRegistration
Paediatric Anaesthesia: Small Patients, Big Challenges
Chairpersons: Dr Hemanth Kumar V R & Dr Brindha R
08.30 am - 08.45 am
Choice of IV fluid in neonates
Dr Sugandhi N (Puducherry)
08.45 am - 09.00 am
Reactive Airway in a paediatric patient
Dr Pushparani A (Chennai)
09.00 am - 09.15 am
Autistic Child for Anaesthesia: What Should We Do Differently?
Dr Kumaresan S (Melmaruvathur)
09.15 am - 09.30 am
Transitional circulation and anaesthetic relevance
Dr Omprakash S (Karaikal)
09.30 am - 09.45 am
NORA - Approach to Neonatal/ paediatric MRI
Dr Sarva Vinothini J (Chennai)
09.45 am - 10.00 am
One Lung Ventilation in Paediatrics
Dr Anita Shirley Joselyn (Vellore)
10.00 am - 10.15 am
Anaesthetic Management of a child with Tracheal foreign body
Dr Shesha Dhiviya Krishna J (Chennai)
10.15 am - 10.30 amTea Break
Regional Anaesthesia: Navigating the Grey Zones
Chairpersons: Dr Sivashanmugam T & Dr Suresh Kumar K
10.30 am - 10.45 am
ASRA 2025: From Fixed Intervals to Individualized Risk Assessment
Dr Kriti Chaudhary (Rajkot)
10.45 am - 11.00 am
PDPH: Does the Needle Really Matter?
Dr Nandhini P (Puducherry)
11.00 am - 11.15 am
When the Spinal Is Not Enough: Managing Inadequate Neuraxial Anaesthesia - Repeat spinal or Rescue GA
Dr Gopalakrishnan K (Puducherry)
11.15 am - 11.30 am
Inadvertent Dural Puncture: Intrathecal Catheter or Resite the Epidural?
Dr Velmurugan B (Madurai)
11.30 am - 11.45 am
Is the Perineural Catheter Becoming Obsolete? Catheters vs Adjuvants in Modern Regional Anaesthesia
Dr Archana Areti (Coimbatore)
11.45 am - 12.00 pm
Regional Anaesthesia in patient with pre-existing Neurological diseases
Dr Abinaya R (Karaikal)
12.00 pm - 12.15 pm
USG guided neuraxial block
Dr Jarupulla Parvathi (Puducherry)
12.15 pm - 01.00 pmMoot Court (Hall A)
01.00 pm - 01.45 pmLunch
Challenging Cases - Practical Solutions
Chairpersons: Dr Kamatchi Selvam V & Dr Stalin Vinayagam
01.45 pm - 02.00 pm
ATLS 11: From ABCDE to xABCDE
Dr Niveditha Jayanthi Bodra (Rajkot)
02.00 pm - 02.15 pm
How I do it? Failed lung isolation with Double Lumen Tube
Dr Noel Marie Pio Samy (Puducherry)
02.15 pm - 02.30 pm
Modern vascular access strategies in chemotherapy patients: Choosing the right device for the right patient
Dr Ramya N (Puducherry)
Programme continues — check with the registration desk for the latest updates.