XIII Annual Conference of Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO)
11th and 12th February, 2023
Hotel Leela, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Master of Ceremony – Ms. Ekta
Timings Topic Speaker Duration of talk Chairperson
Day 1, Saturday, 11th February 2023 – Hall A (Main Hall)
Session 1 – Cardiac Sciences – Dr. Sameer Dani, India
9:30 am – 10:30 am Catheter based Cardiac Interventions: what’s new? Dr. Sameer Dani, India 15 Minutes Dr. Urmil Shah, India
Lifestyle and Genetics in heart diseases Dr. Mahpaekar Mashhadi, India 10 Minutes Dr. Jayesh Prajapati, India
Heart Failure: significance and management in 2023 Dr. Ajay Naik, India 10 Minutes Dr. Sharad Jain, India
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: the journey so far and the road ahead Dr. Sudhir Adalti, India 10 Minutes Dr. Jayesh Rawal, India
Session 2 – Neurosciences – Dr. Satish Chandra, India
10:30 am – 11:30 am Life after death – physicians role in overcoming low donation rates in India Dr. Deepak Gupta, India 15 Minutes Dr. Raju Khandelwal, India
Current concepts in management of headache Dr. Sreeharsha S V, India 15 Minutes Dr. Mayank Somani, India
Current concepts in management of seizure disorder Dr. Satish Chandra, India 15 Minutes Dr. V K Raju, USA
11:30 am –
12 noon
Tea break
Session 3 – Nephrology – Dr Sanjiv Jasuja, India
12 noon –
1:00 pm
Is there a future for PD in India? Dr. Amit Gupta, India 15 Minutes Dr. Vineet Mishra,  India
Impact of COVID-19 on Kidney transplant practice and outcome Dr. Sandeep Guleria, India 15 Minutes Dr. Om Ganda, USA
Current status of International Nephrology in South an Southeast Asia and Role of AVATAR Foundation Dr. Sanjiv Jasuja, India 15 Minutes Dr. Sudhir Parikh, USA
 1:00 pm –
2:00 pm
Lunch
Session 4 – Robotics / AI – Dr. Venky Munikrishnan, India
2:00 pm –
4:00 pm
Robotics in colorectal surgery Dr. Venkatesh Munikrishnan, India 15 Minutes Dr. Nandakumar Jairam, India
Pushing the envelope for complex myomectomy with robotics Dr. Rooma Sinha, India 15 Minutes Dr. N K Ganguly, India
Robotic upper gi Surgery Benefits Dr. Arun Prasad, India 15 Minutes Dr. Arun Garg, Canada
Robotic arthroplasty Dr. Sunil Rajan, India 15 Minutes Dr. Keshav Singhal, UK
AI in cardiac disorders Dr. Shivkumar J, India 15 Minutes Dr. Bipin Puri, India
Artificial Intelligence simplified Dr. Sujoy Kar, India 15 Minutes Dr. G Balareddy, India
Role of robotics in thoracic surgery Dr. Arvind Kumar, India 15 Minutes Dr. Abhijat Sheth, India
Session 5 – Leadership Mantras – Dr. Anupam Sibal, India
4:00 pm –
5:00 pm
Mr. Paresh Rawal (Actor) Dr. Anupam Sibal, India
Mr. Kapil Dev (Cricketer)
Mr. Amitabh Kant
G20 Sherpa
Session 6 – COVID / Public Health
5:00 pm –
6:15 pm
India response to COVID Dr. Balram Bhargava, India 15 Minutes
COVID19 Vaccines: current & future perspectives Dr. Vipin Vashishtha, India 15 Minutes
Make Listening Safe – an initiative of WHO Dr. Arun Kumar Agarwal, India 15 Minutes
Dr. Shelly Chadha, Switzerland
(Expert Comments)
Digital – the new normal Dr. Sanku Rao, USA 15 Minutes
Panoramic Oxford Trail for COVID Treatment Dr. Mahendra Patel, UK 15 Minutes
6:15 pm –
6:45 pm
Tea break
6:45 Onwards To be seated for the award function
7:00 PM Award Function and Gala Dinner
Day 1, Saturday, 11th February 2023 – Hall B – Parallel Sessions
Session 1 – Nursing – Capt. Usha Banerjee, India
Navigating Change and Preparing for the Future – The Nursing perspective
9:30 am – 10:15 am Inaugural ceremony Capt. Usha Banerjee, India
Dignitary 1
Dignitary 2
Dignitary 3
45 Minutes
10.15 am – 10.30 am Key note address Dr. Sneha Vaidya, India 15 Minutes
10.30 am – 11.30 am Technology, Education & Research
“Leveraging technology to drive better patient experience” Ms. Pheba Vinny, India 20 Minutes Ms. Rinki Debnath
Associate Professor
Apollo Institute of Nursing
Gandhinagar
“Transforming Nursing education to impact the future of Nursing” Ms. Shalini Ravi, India 20 Minutes Ms. Sona Jesteen
Lecturer
Apollo Institute of Nursing
Gandhinagar
“Developing ideas for publication: strategies for Nurse authors” Ms. Sunita Mathew, India 20 Minutes Ms. Hemangi Chaudhary Assistant Professor
Apollo Institute of Nursing Gandhinagar
12.00 pm – 1.00 pm Compassion
“Key Skills- A Nurse must have for delivering compassionate care” Ms. Bharti Sanadia
Principal
Govt. College of Nursing
Vadodara
30 Minutes Ms. K. Vani
Associate Professor
CM Patel College of Nursing
Gandhinagar
“How to handle compassion fatigue” Ms. Aarshravi Sarvaiya
Staff Nurse
All India Institute of Medical Science Rajkot
30 Minutes
2.00 pm –
3.00 pm
Leadership
“Leading change by changing the way you lead” Ms. Sushila Samuel
Clinical Director
South Asia and Middle East
Arjo Huntleigh
30 Minutes Dr. Sneha Vaidya
Regional Nursing Head
Western Region
Apollo Hospitals
“Challenges of Nursing attrition and the way forward-
A Leader’s perspective”
Ms. Tejal Chauham
Nursing Superintendent
Gujarat Cancer Society Medical college and Hospital
Ahmedabad
30 Minutes
3.00 pm –
3.45 pm
Staff speak
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply” Capt. Neha Tomar
Military Hospital
Ahmedabad
15 Minutes Ms. Preeti Talpada
Nurse Educator
Apollo Hospital International Limited
Gandhinagar
“Being willing is not enough; we must do” Capt. Kamble Mahima
Military Hospital
Ahmedabad
15 Minutes
“Clinical outcomes … who holds the key?” Lt. Anumol Jose
Military Hospital
Ahmedabad
15 Minutes
3.45 pm –
4.45 pm
Students Debate
Debate – “Does Nursing education prepare Nurses for the real world?”
(For & Against)
For
Ms. Nimmy Mathew
Apollo Institute of Nursing
GandhinagarMs. Chaudhary Kenvi
Chaudhary Institute of Nursing Gandhinagar
30 Minutes Col Agnes Joseph
Military Hospital
Ahmedabad
Against
Ms. Shelgy Santosh
Apollo Institute of Nursing
GandhinagarMs. Rathod Shivangi
Chaudhary Institute of Nursing Gandhinagar
30 Minutes Mr. Prem Kumar
Associate Professor
CM Patel College of Nursing
Gandhinagar
4:45 pm –
5:15 pm
Open Forum – “Ask the experts”
Dr. Sneha Vaidya – Regional Nursing Head -Western Region – Apollo Hospitals
Mr. Sanjay Purohit – Nursing Superintendent – Apollo Hospitals – Ahmedabad
Dr.Harimohan Singh – Principal – Apollo Institute of Nursing – Ahmedabad
Ms. Sushila Samuel – Clinical Director -South Asia and Middle East – Arjo Huntleigh
5:15 pm –
5:30 pm
Felicitation and Wrap-up
6:00 pm –
6:45 pm
Tea break
6:45 Onwards To be seated for the award function
Day 1, Saturday, 11th February 2023 – Hall C – Parallel Sessions
Session 1 – Nutrition – Dr. Anita Jatana, India
Reversal of NCD’s
9:00 am –
9:15 am
Introduction and opening remarks 15 Minutes Dr. Om Ganda, USA
9:15 am –
9:45 am
Status of Type I diabetes care in India Dr. Banshi Saboo Dr. Om Ganda, Moderator
9:45 am –
10:15 am
BMT Dr. (Lt. Gen. (Retd.) ) Velu Nair 30 Minutes Dr. Bakul Parikh
Past President – IAP
10:15 am – 10:45 am Understanding Chrono nutrition for the prevention of non-communicable disease Dr. Vanisha Nambiar 30 Minutes Dr. Anita Jatana – Chair
10:45 am – 11:00 am Understanding the adoption of dietery intervention in ASD Ms. Renu Singh 15 Minutes
11:00 am – 11:15 am Case study of ASD Ms. Alka Sanghavi 15 Minutes
11:15 am – 11:30 am Role of Nutrigenomics and Gut microbiota in Remission of Diabetes Mellitus Dr. Geeta Dharmati 15 Minutes
11:30 am –
11:45 am
Nutrition Practice to Manage Life Style Ms. Rucha Majmundar Mehta 15 Minutes
11:45 am –
12 Noon
Tea break
12 Noon –
12:15 pm
Gut Health Ms. Pooja Shelat 15 Minutes
12:15 pmn –
12:30 pm
Reversal in type II diabetes Ms. Poonam Vaswani 15 Minutes
12:30 pm – 12:45 pm Myths and facts on food sensitivity Ms. Rima 15 Minutes Ms. Jigna Patel
12:45 pm –
1:00 pm
Gut Microbe Biome and CKD Ms. Shruti Bhardwaj 15 Minutes Ms. Jigna Patel
1:00 pm –
2:00 pm
Lunch
Session 2 – Guest Lectures
   2:00 pm –
3:30 pm
Tragedy of avoidable childhood blindness: What GAPIO can do? Dr. V K Raju, USA 15 Minutes
Breakthrough in management of Diabetes Dr. Om Ganda,USA 15 Minutes Dr. Hasmukh Shah, UK
The evolution of Genomics: Reaching beyond the unseen Dr. Ambika Gupta, India 15 Minutes Ms. Reena Trivedi, India
Climate change and its impact on human health Dr. Karan Thakur, India 15 Minutes Dr. Bhupinder Sandhu, UK
Updates on Stem Cell Therapy Mr. B N Manohar, India 15 Minutes Dr. Par Premkumar, Antigua
Session 3 – LEADS – Dr. Anurag Saxena, Canada
LEADS for healthcare in India
3:30 pm –
5:00 pm
LEADS and education Dr. Anupam Thakur, Canada 30 Minutes
LEADS – 5 Domains and their relevance Dr. Anurag Saxena, Canada 30 Minutes
Resesigning Leadership with Leads: A global collaborative overview Dr. Shweta Prabhakar, India 30 Minutes
6:00 pm –
6:30 pm
Tea break
7:00 PM Award Function and Gala Dinner
Day 2, Sunday, 12th February 2023 – Hall A (Main Hall)
Session 7 – Oncology – Dr T Raja, Chennai
09:30 am – 10:30 am Precision Oncology Dr. T Raja, India 15 Minutes Dr. Rohini Sridhar, India
Proton Therapy Dr. Rakesh Jalali, India 15 Minutes
Recent Advances in Head and Neck Dr. Anil D Cruz, India 15 Minutes
Session 8 – Transplant (Kidney and Liver) – Dr. Vijaya Rajakumari, India
10:30 am – 11:30 am Current status of Kidney Transplant Dr. Vijaya Rajakumari, India 15 Minutes Dr. Manoj Gumber, India
Living Donor Liver Transplantation Dr. Neerav Goyal, India 15 Minutes Dr. Ajaya Kumar, India
ECMO in Heart / Lung Transplantation Dr. Thangaraj Paul Ramesh, India 15 Minutes Dr. Abhijat Sheth, India
11:30 am –
12 noon
Tea break
Session 9 – Gastroenterology – Dr Mahesh Goenka, India
12 noon –
1:00 pm
Pearls of Interventional Radiology in GI Diseases Dr. Usha Goenka, India 15 Minutes Dr. Mahesh Goenka, India
Advances in Interventional Endoscopy Dr. Nalini Guda, USA 15 Minutes Dr. Hasmukh Shah, UK
Inflammatory Bowel Disease – What a non-gastroenterologist needs to know? Dr. Shravan Bohra, India 15 Minutes Dr. Bhupinder Sandhu, UK
Session 10 – Human Resources – Dr. Ramesh Mehta, UK
1:00 pm –
2:00 pm
Global staffing issues Dr. Ged Byrne, UK 15 Minutes Dr. Ramesh Mehta, UK

Co- Chair – Prof Parag Singhal, UK

Education and staffing Mr. Neal Simon, UK 15 Minutes
Indo-UK Collaborations Dr. Geeta Menon, UK 15 Minutes
Day 2, Saturday, 12th February 2023 – Hall B – Parallel Sessions
Session 1 – Women in Medicine –
9:30 am – 10:30 am Dr. Bhupinder Sandhu, UK Dr.Bhupinder Sandhu, UK
Dr. Veena Aggarwal, India
Dr. Shailja Chaturvedi, Australia
Dr. Rohini Sridhar, India
Session 2 – Young Doctor’s Forum
Panel Discussion – I
“Beyond Medicine: The Way Ahead” – Dr. Shubham Anand, India
10:30 am – 11:30 am Recent Govt. Healthcare Policies Dr. Karan Juneja
Chairman of IMA-JDN Haryana
15 Minutes Dr. Neeraj Lal, India
Entrepreneurship Dr. Nachiket Bhatia
CEO, DBMCI -eGurukul
15 Minutes Dr. Piyasha Nath, India
Digital Healthcare Dr. Suvrankar Datta
MBBS (JIPMER)
Junior Resident (M.D. Radiodignosis and Interventional Radiology) AIIMS – New Delhi
15 Minutes Dr. Abhijat Sheth, India
Leader-Shastra Dr. Rohan Krishnan
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Co-Founder and National Chairman, FAIMA
15 Minutes
11:30 am –
12 noon
Tea break
Panel Discussion – II – Dr. Shubham Anand, India
12:00 noon – 2:00 PM Recent Reforms in Medical Education & its Impact on Students Dr. Hanee Patel
MBBS and Chairman of International Relations Council at Global Association of Indian Medical Students
Dr. Ramesh Mehta, UK
Dr. Sakshi Singh
MBBS Intern and
National General Secretary of IMA -Medical Students Network
Dr. Meet Ghonia
Resident Doctor at National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease (NITRD), Delhi.
Dr. Prabhat Jha
MBBS Intern and
National President of Medical Students Association of India (MSAI)
2:00 pm –
3:00 pm
Lunch
Day 2, Saturday, 12th February 2023 – Hall C – Parallel Sessions
Session 1 – Physiotherapy – Dr. Annamalai, India
9:00 pm – 11:30 pm Dr. Annamalai
Consultant Physiotherapist, Apollo Hospitals Ahmedabad
General Secretary, IAP
Dr. Jan Dommerholt
PT, DPT, MPS
11:30 am –
12 noon
Tea break
2:00 pm –
3:00 pm
Lunch