Scientific Programme

Day 1: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Venue: Auditorium, New College Building, Level
8.00 am onwards - Registration

9.00- 9.30 am - Video session.
      Chairpersons: Dr TL Parmar, Dr Jaymin Contractor

9.30 – 10.30 am – Invited Talks (Session I)
Chairpersons: Dr. Ashok Kumar Vaid (ENT), Dr. B. Narsimha Rao
* Dr. P. S Saharia, New Delhi
Topic: Septoplasty can change the shape of the nose
* Dr. Ashok Kr. Gupta, Chandigarh
Topic:  CSF rhinorrhoea – Surgical controversies
* Dr Prepageran Narayanan, Malaysia
Topic: Endoscopic transnasal surgery of the cranial fossa
* Dr. Suresh Sharma, New Delhi
Topic: Inverted papilloma – Management philosophy

10.30– 11.15 am – Udhi Devi Sood Oration
Chairpersons: Dr. L. S. Ojha; Dr. Achal Gulati
Speaker: Benjamin S. A. Campomanes Jr., Philippines
Topic: Gross and radiologic anatomy of the nose and paranasal sinuses with practical applications for endoscopic sinus surgery

11.15 am – 12.00 noon – AIRS Oration
Chairpersons: Dr. Anoop Raj, Dr. Sanjay Sood
Speaker: Dr Mohan Kameswaran, Chennai
Topic: Endoscopic Sinus Surgeon and the Skull Base


12.00 noon – 12.30 pm – Invited Talks (Session II)
Chairpersons: Dr. Neelima Gupta, Dr Amit Goyal
* Dr. Nishit Shah, Mumbai
Topic: Frontal sinus surgery
* Dr. P. S. Bhandari, New Delhi
Topic: Cartilage grafts in Rhinoplasty 

12.30- 1.15 pm – Dr. L. S. Ojha / Dr. B. K. Ojha Memorial Panel Discussion
Chairpersons: Dr SB Phukan, Dr Gautam Khaund
Topic: Nasal and Paranasal tumours and management
Moderator: Dr. Kuddush Ahmed, Guwahati
Panelists:
* Dr. Moni A. Kuriakose, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Bangalore
* Dr.  B. S. Tuli, ENT Head & Neck Surgeon, Patiala
* Dr Suresh Sharma, New Delhi
* Dr TN Janakiraman, Trichy
* Dr. Alok Thakkar, New Delhi
* Dr. Pankaj Choudhuri, Radiation Oncologist, Siliguri
* Dr. Anandabrata Bose, ENT Head & Neck Surgeon, Siliguri
* Dr. Yogesh Verma, Senior Pathologist, Gangtok
* Dr Prathmesh Pai, Oncosurgeon, Mumbai

1.30 – 2 pm – Lunch

1.30 – 5 pm – Dr. Anoop Raj Poster Award Session
Chairpersons: Dr. Nishi Sharma, Dr. Alok Thakkar, Dr. Nishit Shah

2.00 – 2.45 pm – V. P. Sood Oration
Chairpersons: Dr Nishit Shah, Dr JC Passey
Speaker: Dr Milind Kirtane, Mumbai
Topic: Endoscopic DCR
2.45 – 3.15 pm – Invited Talks (Session III)
Chairpersons: Dr SK Verma, Dr Unnikrishnan K Menon
* Dr. Atul Shah, Vadodara;
      Topic: Law and Rhinoplasty
* Dr Arvind Soni, New Delhi;
      Topic: The Rhinologist and the Pituitary

3.15 – 4.00 pm – Panel Discussion
Chairpersons: Dr Ajit Man Singh, Dr Ravinder Verma
Topic: Allergic rhinitis and its management approach
Moderator: Dr. A. K. Agarwal, New Delhi
Panelists:
* Dr. Benjamin S. A. Campomanes Jr., Philippines
* Dr. Mohan Kameswaran, Chennai
* Dr. Prepageran Narayanan, Malaysia
* Dr. S. K. Khanna, Gangtok
* Dr. Y. N. Maru, Indore
* Dr. Ranjan Aiyer, Vadodara
* Dr. Sanjay Sood, New Delhi
* Dr. Achal Gulati, New Delhi

4.00- 5.00 pm – Dr. IS Gupta Senior Consultant Award Papers
Chairpersons: Dr. R. N Salhan, Dr. Janakiraman, Dr. Himani Lade

5.00 – 6.00 pm – General Body Meeting

6.00 – 7.00 pm – INAUGURATION

7.30 pm onwards – Banquet dinner (Orange Village Resort)

Day 2: Friday, April 29, 2011

Venue: New College Building, Level 6
9.00-9.30 am - Invited Talks (Session IV)
Chairpersons:  Dr Lakshmi Vaid, Dr Kalpana Sharma
* Dr Benjamin Campomanes, Philippines
      Topic: Endoscopic Surgery for Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
* Dr Prepageran Narayanan, Malaysia
      Topic: "Endoscopic surgery of the Optic Nerve"
9.30 am – 1 pm – Live Surgical Workshop:
Procedures to be shown: FESS for sinusitis, Fungal Sinusitis, Nasal Polyps
* Surgeons:  Dr Mohan Kameswaran, Dr Nishit Shah, Dr TN Janakiraman
* Moderator: Dr. B.S Tuli, Patiala, Dr Surinder Singhal, Chandigarh, Dr A. B Bose, Siliguri

1.00 – 2.00 pm – Lunch

2.00-3.00 pm - Invited Talks (Session V):
Chairpersons: Dr A.K Agarwal, Dr PK Saikia
* Dr. Alok Thakar, New Delhi;
Topic: Orbital decompression for Thyroid Exophthalmos
* Dr.  Devinder Rai, New Delhi
      Topic: Coblation Surgery
* Dr. Amitabh Roy Choudhury, Kolkata
Topic: Endoscopic DCR
* Dr. PSN Murthy, Vijaywada
Topic: Changing Concepts in management of CRS

3.00 – 4.00 pm – Dr. P. Chatterjee Junior Consultant Award Paper
Chairpersons: Dr. Dalbir Singh, Dr. Nishi Sharma, Dr. Surendra Singh
4.00 – 4.45 pm - Yogdarshan Rai Quiz
Quizmaster: Dr JC Passey, New Delhi

4.45 – 6.00 pm – Resident Award Paper
Chairpersons: Dr. B. S. Tuli, Dr. Anand Acharya, Dr. Sandeep Bansal

6.30 – 8 pm – Cultural Programme

8.00 pm onwards – Dinner
Day 3: April 30, 2011
Venue: Department of Anatomy Dissection Hall, New College Building, Level 3
9.00 am – 1.00 pm – Cadaveric Demonstration
      Dr. TN Janakiram
1.00 – 2.00 pm – Lunch
2.00 – 5.00 pm – Cadaveric Demonstration
      Dr. TN Janakiram


 

Request to host RHINOCON 2013 at JAIPUR

To,
The President,
AIRS

I am sending this mail to request you all to allow AOI Rajasthan to host the RHINOCON 2013 at Jaipur, which has been a venue to various successful conferences. Please find the attached official letter requesting the same.

With regards,

Dr Mohnish Grover
MS ENT (AIIMS, New Delhi)
Former Senior Resident PGIMER Chandigarh
Joint Secretary AOI Rajashtan Branch

A request to host 26th RHINOCON at Baroda Gujarat in 2013.

To


                         The President,
                         All India Rhinology Society,
                         India.

Subject: To allot 2013 RHINOCON to Baroda Gujarat.

                         Let me request to all those who may concern to allot 2013 Rhinocon for Baroda Gujarat. We are a 60 year old college and the ENT Dept. is well known in this part of the country. We have a well equipped dept.and residents who make us proud.We have had opportunity to conduct DNB exams in near past to satisfaction of the organizers. College has multiple halls and a well equipped Operation room for CME sessions. Baroda is well connected to all parts of our country by Air and railways with ample Hotels and other economic Guest houses for delegates.

                        Kindly accept our request and grant the permission to AOI Baroda to hold the RHINOCON 2013.

Thanking you all.

DR . R. G. Aiyer
Professor, Head
Dept. of ENT
Medical College
Baroda INDIA

Notice for Governing Body of AIRS at Gangtok

Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:05:58 +0000


Dear All,

As you would be aware, the Annual Conference of AIRS is being organised at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences,Gangtok, Sikkim from 28th to 29th April, 2011.
The President, Dr LS Ojha has desired to convene a meeting of the Governing Body of the AIRS on Wednesday, the 27th April at 8.00pm in Gangtok. The exact venue of the meeting would be communicated to everyone shortly.

The agends of the meeting would be :

1. Welcome of the members
2. To consider any proposals from the members.
3. To consider any names for future venues for conference, guest orations etc.
4. Any other matter to be discussed with the permission of the chair.
Please make it convenient to attend the meeting. It would be nice if you could confirm your presence at the meeting to me at the earliest.
With warm regards,

Achal Gulati

Hony. Secretary, All India Rhinology Society
Director Profesor,
Department of ENT,
Maulana Azad Medical college,
New Delhi
Tel: +91-9891023230; 9968604232
Email: achalgulati@rediffmail.com