Scientific Programme

Day 1

Hall Halsted
Time Topics Speaker
07:30AM Onwards Registration
08:00AM - 09:00AM Session 1: Master Videos Chairpersons:
Dr. Niket Shah (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Himanshu Koyani (Rajkot)
08:00AM - 08:10AM Open Thyroidectomy Dr. Neeti Kapre
(Nagpur)
08:10AM - 08:20AM Use of Fluorescence in Parathyroid Dr. Kinshuk Chatterjee
(Kolkata)
08:20AM - 08:30AM Robotic Thyroid Surgery Dr. Surender Dabas
(New Delhi)
08:30AM - 08:40AM Management of Retrosternal Goitre Dr. Nitin Sharma
(Ahmedabad)
08:40AM - 08:50AM Use of IONM in Thyroid Surgery Dr. Harshvardhan Shukla
(Ahmedabad)
08:50AM - 09:00AM Transoral Robotic Thyroid Surgery Dr. Kyung Tae
(South Korea)
09:00AM - 10:00AM Instructional Course - IONM -Medtronic Session Course Moderator:
Dr. Deepak Sarin (Gurgaon)
09:00AM - 09:10AM Electrophysiology and IONM Set-up Dr. Parthiban Velayutham
(Mumbai)
09:10AM - 09:20AM Data and Nuances in IONM Monitoring Dr. Deepak Sarin
(Gurgaon)
09:20AM - 09:30AM Troubleshooting in IONM Dr. Anuja Deshmukh
(Mumbai)
09:30AM - 09:45AM Consensus Guidelines for usage of IONM in India Dr. Kaustubh Patel
(Ahmedabad)
09:45AM - 10:00AM Q n A session All
10:00AM - 10:15AM Tea / Coffee Break
10:15AM - 10:45AM Keynote Lecture Chairpersons:
Dr. Girish Mishra
Dr. Jayesh Rava
Dr. Akshay Nadkarni
10:15AM - 10:45AM Thyroid Cancers- The Last Decade Dr. Anil D' Cruz
(Mumbai)
10:45AM - 11:15AM ISTS Oration Chairpersons:
Dr. Kiran Kothari (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Jayesh D. Patel (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Nitin Tolia (Rajkot)
My Journey as Thyroid Surgeon - Open to Endoscopic to Robotic Thyroidectomy Dr. Kyung Tae
(South Korea)
11:15AM - 11:45AM President's Oration Chairpersons:
Dr. Jayesh V. Patel (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Navin Patel (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Kalpesh Patel (Ahmedabad)
Oration Dr. Jyoti Dabholkar
(Mumbai)
11:45AM - 12:15PM Inauguration
12:30PM - 01:30PM Lunch Break
01:30PM - 03:00PM Session 2: Low Risk DTC Chairpersons:
Dr. Jatin Desai (Vadodara)
Dr. Umank Tripathi (Ahmedabad)
01:30PM - 01:45PM Extent of Surgery in Low Risk DTC Dr. Arvind Krishnamurthy
(Chennai)
01:45PM - 02:00PM Management of Neck in Low Risk DTC Dr. Ravi Deo
(Bengaluru)
02:00PM - 03:00PM Panel Discussion on Low-risk
Differentiated Thyroid
Cancers (DTC)
Moderator:
Dr. Gouri Pantvaidya (Mumbai)

Panelists:
Dr. Azhar Battoo (Srinagar)
Dr. Diva Shah (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Elizabeth Mathew Lype (Thiruvananthapuram)
Dr. Narendra Lohokare (Pune)
Dr. Prabhat Thakur (Nepal)
Dr. Sharad Desai (Miraj)
Dr. Subramania Iyer (Ernakulam)
03:00PM - 05:00PM Session 3: Advanced DTC - Hexagon Session Chairpersons:
Dr. Natoo Patel (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Nirav Mody (Rajkot)
03:00PM - 03:15PM Role of NACT in Locally Advanced DTC: Indications and Best Approach Dr. Abhishek Vaidya
(Nagpur)
03:15PM - 03:30PM Philosophy of Managing Thyroid Cancers with Vascular and Mediastinal Involvement Dr. Kaustubh Patel
(Ahmedabad)
03:30PM - 03:45PM Philosophy of Managing Thyroid Cancers with Aerodigestive Tract Involvement Dr. Prathamesh Pai
(Mumbai)
03:45PM - 04:00PM POV: Best Way Ahead after Transacted RLN
Best Way Ahead after Transacted RLN:
Reinnervation
Dr. Deepak Balasubramanian
(Kochi)
Best Way Ahead after Transacted RLN:
Speech Rehab
Dr. Akshar Naik
(Ahmedabad)
Best Way Ahead after Transacted RLN:
Thyroplasty
Dr. Neeti Kapre
(Nagpur)
04:00PM - 04:15PM Tea / Coffee Break
04:15PM - 05:00PM Panel Discussion:
How to Manage a Difficult Case –
From Soup to Nuts
Moderator:
Dr. Anil D' Cruz (Mumbai)

Panelists:
Dr. Anuj Shah (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Ashok Shenoy (Ujjain)
Dr. Nirav Trivedi (Mehsana)
Dr. Prakash Odedra (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Ravi Deo (Bengaluru)
Dr. Rohit Nayyar (Delhi)
Dr. Sabaretnam Mayilvaganam (Lucknow)
Dr. Subhalaxmi Sengupta (Kolkata)
05:00PM - 06:30PM Session 4: Medullary Carcinoma - Caitlin Session Moderator:
05:00PM - 05:10PM Management of Neck in Medullary Thyroid Cancers Dr. Shamit Chopra
(Jalandhar)
05:10PM - 05:20PM Role of Genetics in Medullary Thyroid Cancers Dr. Akshat Malik
(New Delhi)
05:20PM - 05:30PM Systemic Management of Medullary Thyroid Cancers Dr. Shirish Alurkar
(Ahmedabad)
05:30PM - 06:30PM Panel Discussion on Management
of Medullary Thyroid Cancers
Moderator:
Dr. Shiva Kumar (Mumbai)

Panelists:
Dr. Kaberi Kakati (Guwahati)
Dr. Kinjal Jani (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Kshitij Domadia (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Rudresh Tabali (Ahmedabad)
Dr. S. Kannan (Chennai)
Dr. Shilpi Sharma (Gurgaon)
Dr. Vishal Choksi (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Babul Bansal (New Delhi)
06:30PM Onwards Annual General Body Meeting in Hall Kocher
Hall Billroth
07:30AM Onwards Registration
08:00AM - 09:00AM Master Videos in Hall Halsted
09:00AM - 10:00AM Session 1: Instructional Course – Parathyroid Preservation - Irillic Session Chairpersons:
Dr. Kapil Dev (Jaipur)
Dr. Vijay Kumar (Mysuru)

Course Moderator:
Dr. Krishnakumar Thankappan (Kochi)
09:00AM - 09:15AM Surgical Tips Dr. Madan Kapre
(Nagpur)
09:15AM - 09:30AM Technological Advances Dr. Krishnakumar Thankappan
(Kochi)
09:30AM - 09:45AM Peri-Operative and Post-Operative Management Dr. Ritesh Agrawal
(Mumbai)
09:45AM - 10:00AM Q n A session All
10:00AM - 10:15AM Tea / Coffee Break
10:15AM - 12:45PM Keynote Lectures and Inauguration in Hall Halsted
12:45PM - 01:30PM Lunch
01:30PM - 03:00PM Session 2: DTC Chairpersons:
Dr. Darshan Bhansali (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Prashant Vanzar (Rajkot)

Moderator:
Dr. Deepak Sarin (Gurgaon)
01:30PM - 02:00PM Debate: RAI in Intermediate risk DTC
RAI is Good
RAI Unnecessary
Dr. Archi Agrawal (Mumbai)
Dr. Devendra Chaukar (Mumbai)
02:00PM - 02:35PM POV: Micropapillary DTC
02:00PM - 02:12PM Micropapillary DTC: Active Surveillance Dr. Richa Vaish
(Mumbai)
02:13PM - 02:24PM Micropapillary DTC: Surgery in Low Risk DTC Dr. Mitali Dandekar
(Patna)
02:24PM - 02:35PM Micropapillary DTC: Ablation Dr. M. Laxmidhar
(Ahmedabad)
POV: ELECTIVE Central Compartment Node Dissection in Low Risk DTC
02:35PM - 02:47PM ELECTIVE Central Compartment Node Dissection in Low Risk DTC: Not indicated Dr. Aseem Mishra
(Varanasi)
02:47PM - 03:00PM ELECTIVE Central Compartment Node Dissection in Low Risk DTC: Indicated Dr. Sowrab Arora
(Ghaziabad)
03:00PM - 05:00PM Session 3: Recent Advances Chairpersons:
Dr. Rushit Dave (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Parimal Lad (Navsari)
03:00PM - 03:20PM Precision Strategies for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Tumor Dr. Subramanian Kannan
(Bengaluru)
03:20PM - 03:30PM Newer Horizons - Continuous IONM Dr. Karan Gupta
(Gurgaon)
03:30PM - 03:40PM Intra Op PTH Localisation in Thyroidectomy Dr. Ritesh Agarwal
(Mumbai)
03:40PM - 03:50PM Are We Ready for Day Care Thyroidectomy? Dr. Mandar Deshpande
(Mumbai)
03:50PM - 04:00PM Active Surveillance in Low Risk Thyroid Cancers Dr. Alok Thakar
(New Delhi)
04:00PM - 04:15PM Tea / Coffee Break
04:15PM - 05:00PM Panel Discussion:
Recurrent Thyroid Cancers
Moderator:
Dr. Amit Agarwal (New Delhi)

Panelists:
Dr. Ashok Das (Guwahati)
Dr. Gautam Makadia (Rajkot)
Dr. Kuddush Ahmed (Guwahati)
Dr. Manas Mayank (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Nayan Gupta (Indore)
Dr. Rohit Kumar (Mangalore)
Dr. Sachin Wani (Vadodara)
Dr. Shabber Zaveri (Bengaluru)
05:00PM - 06:30PM Session in Hall Halsted
06:30PM Onwards Annual General Body Meeting of ISTS in Hall Kocher
Hall Kocher
07:30AM Onwards Registration
08:00AM - 09:00AM Master Videos in Hall Halsted
09:00AM - 10:30AM Session 1: Instructional Course - Pathology Moderator:
Dr. Shubhada Kanhere (Ahmedabad)
Updates in thyroid cytopathology: Interesting cases Justin Bishop
The Current Status of Thyroid Pathology in the Era of Morpho-Molecular Classification and Risk Stratification Zubair Baloch
(Online lecture)
10:15AM - 12:45PM Keynote Lectures, Presidential Oration & Inauguration in Hall HalstedMaster Videos in Hall Halsted
12:45PM - 01:30PM Lunch
01:30PM - 02:30PM Session 2: Low risk DTC Chairpersons:
Dr. Vijay Gehlot
Dr. Rajeev Sharan (Kolkata)
01:30PM - 01:50PM Minimally Invasive Surgery Options in Low Risk DTC Dr. Surender Dabas
(New Delhi)
01:50PM - 02:10PM Molecular Diagnosis Application for surgeons in Low Risk DTC Dr. Shubhada Kanhere
(Ahmedabad)
02:10PM - 02:30PM IONM for Low Risk Thyroidectomy - Necessary or Overload? Dr. Harsh Dhar
(Kolkata)
02:30PM - 03:50PM Session 3: Miscellaneous Chairpersons:
Dr. Rutul Patel (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Ghanshyam Patel (Surat)
02:30PM - 02:45PM Monitoring for Recurrences in Differentiated Thyroid Cancers Dr. Sudhir Nair
(Mumbai)
02:45PM - 03:00PM TENIS Dr. K. K. Agarwal
(Ahmedabad)
03:00PM - 03:20PM RAI and Thyroid Cancer Dr. Surya Gavini
(Ahmedabad)
03:20PM - 03:35PM Nuclear Medicine Beyond RAI Dr. Arehi Agrawal
(Mumbai)
03:35PM - 03:50PM Dynamic Risk Stratification in Thyroid Cancers Dr. Poonam Joshi
(Mumbai)
04:00PM - 04:15PM Tea / Coffee break
04:30PM - 06:00PM Free Papers Dr. Somesh Chandra (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Raj Jyoti Das (Guwahati)
Dr. Jayesh Sharma (Raipur)
06:30PM Onwards Annual General Body Meeting of ISTS in Hall Kocher