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1 Scientific Programme - Goa - APICON 2007 HALL A 0830 Hrs Inauguration of Scientific Programme 0900 Hrs Presidential Address Chairpersons : BK Sahay / SK Bichile Drug Treatment : Maximising Benefits and Minimising Risk RK Singal (New Delhi) 0930 Hrs Netaji Oration Chairpersons : RK Singal / Sandhya A Kamath Metabolic Bone Disease - The Past, Present and Future Challenges SNA Rizvi (New Delhi) in the Management 1000 Hrs Honour Lecture Chairpersons : PM Dalal / Lekha Pathak Neuronal Control of Ageing - Hormonal Signaling and JS Bajaj (New Delhi) Metabolic Pathways 1030 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : Mam Chandra / Rajeev Redkar Living Donor Liver Transplant : Current Scenario in Asia KC Tan (Singapore) 1100 Hrs Key Note Address Chairpersons : M Paul Anand / KC Mehta Diuretics in Management of Hypertension - Current Status BK Sahay (Hyderabad) 1130 Hrs Novo Nordisk Lecture Chairpersons : SV Kulkarni / DK Hazra Premix Insulin Analogues : Redefining Approach to Insulin Philip Home (UK) Therapy in Type-2 Diabetics 1200 Hrs Plenary Session : Major Challenges in Practice Chairpersons : Sidharth N Shah / Sidhartha Das CVD Burden in India and Time to Act is Now U Kaul (New Delhi) How Tight is Tight BP Control and are ARBs Leading the Way S Vijayan (Mumbai) ADA-ESAD Guidelines for Diabetes Control: Clinical Relevance A Ramachandran (Chennai) in Indian Context 1315 Hrs Lunch 1400 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : SB Gupta / Amal Kumar Banerjee Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes Arthur AM Wilde (Netherlands) 1430 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : MP Sharma / OP Sharma Overview on Malabsorption Parveen J Kumar (UK) 1500 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : MP Srivastava / PC Mandal Cardiovascular Risk and NSAIDs : Clinical Relevance Rajan Madhok (UK) 1530 Hrs State of Art Session : Neurology for Internists Chairpersons : VN Jindal / RM Dhamija / MM Mehndiratta Recent Trends in Management of Migraine K Ravishankar (Mumbai) Secondary Prevention of Ischaemic Stroke MV Padma Srivastava (N Delhi) Community-acquired Bacterial Meningitis in Adults S Venkataraman (N Delhi) Advances in Treatment of Painful Neuropathy SV Khadilkar (Mumbai) HALL B 1000 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : M Panja / MS Gupta Current Status of Wide-Complex Tachycardia Hein Wellens (Netherlands) 1030 Hrs Prof Rathnavellu Subramaniam Endowment Oration Chairpersons : YP Munjal / BR Bansode My Sojourn with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus V Seshiah (Chennai) 1100 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : RG Singh / NP Singh Newer Insights in Glomerulonephritis Neil Turner (UK) 1130 Hrs Symposium : Hyperhomocysteinemia and its implications in Athersclerosis Moderator : YP Munjal Hyperhomocysteinaemia in Indian Scenario AA Keshvani (Mumbai) Hyperhomocysteinaemia - A Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factor GS Sainani (Mumbai) The Nexus of Diabetes and Homocysteine PG Talwalkar (Mumbai) Implications of Hyperhomocysteinaemia in Neurological Disorders RS Wadia (Mumbai) JAPI VOL. 55 FEBRUARY 2007

2 1300 Lunch 1400 Hrs State of Art Session : Recent Vistas in Rheumatology and Immunology Chairpersons : Sukumar Mukherjee / S Chandrasekhran / UG Nachinolkar Approach to Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Interpretation VR Joshi (Mumbai) in Clinical Practice Biotechnology Solutions for Inflammatory Arthritides : RA and SPA PK Pispati (Mumbai) Management of SLE - Cardinal Concepts Rohini Handa (New Delhi) Antiphospholipid Syndrome Debashish Dhanda (Vellore) 1530 Hrs Invited Lecture Chairpersons: NG Budhubhashi / Harbir Kaur Rao Life Threatening Supraventicular Arrythmias : Management Issues Balbir Singh (New Delhi) 1600 Hrs Symposium : Sleep Medicine Moderator : SK Sharma Approach to Patient with a Potential Sleep Disorder Bhawani Singh (New Delhi) Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) SK Sharma (New Delhi) Consequences of OSA Dheeraj Gupta (Chandigarh) HALL C 1000 Hrs Ranbaxy Oration Chairpersons : AK Das / BN Jha Changing Scenario of Malaria in India DK Kochar (Bikaner) 1030 Hrs Criticare Lecture Chairpersons : BB Kukreja / Dhrubjyoti Roy Non-invasive Ventilation AM Bhagwati (Mumbai) 1100 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : HM Lal / Rajesh Upadhyay Approach to Patients with Dysphagia GA Prasad (USA) 1130 Hrs Plenary Session : Coronary Artery Disease Chairpersons : BB Thakur / BS Bomb / Sushum Sharma Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, and Coronary Artery Disease SB Gupta (Mumbai) Transradial Vascular Interventions - Expanding Indications Brian Pinto (Mumbai) and Increasing Safety Metabolic Management of CAD PK Deb (Kolkata) Statins beyond Lipid Control ME Yeolekar (Mumbai) 1400 Hrs Plenary Session : Hemato-Oncology Chairpersons : Rajat Kumar / Nandini Mukherjee / Shekhar Salkar DVT in Young Women - Investigations and Treatment Subhash Varma (Chandigarh) Appoach to Refractory Iron Deficiency Anaemia SK Bichile (Mumbai) Infections in the Neutropenic Host Profile and Prevention Madhuchanda Kar (Kolkata) CLL : Current Therapy Update P K Sasidharan (Calicut) 1530 Hrs Epilepsy Management Chairpersons : KS Anand / JJBM Edwin Gomes Practical Approach to Antiepileptic Treatment V Nagarajan (Madurai) 1600 Hrs ECG Quiz Moderators : Yash L Lokhandwala (Mumbai), Amit Vora (Mumbai) Panelists : Hein Wellens, Arthur AM Wilde, Joep Smeets, Tim Simmers (Netherlands) HALL D 1000 Hrs State of Art : Common Issues in Gastroenterology Chairpersons : VA Narayanan/PC Bhattacharya/P Kar Hepatitis B : Clinical Considerations Philip Abraham (Mumbai) Interventions in Acute Pancreatitis Rakesh Tandon (New Delhi) Helicobacter pylori Eradication: Decision Making in Clinical Practice MP Sharma (New Delhi) An Overview of Hepatic Imaging Naveen Kalra (Chandigarh) 1130 Hrs Update Session : Current Issues in Nephrology Chairpersons : SK Gautam / Shyam Sunder Chronic Kidney Disease : The Silent Killer Narendra M Dedhia (Mumbai) Evalution of Diabetic Nephropathy - Clinical Recommendations Jitendra Singh (Jammu) Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy OP Kalra (New Delhi) JAPI VOL. 55 FEBRUARY

3 Drug Dose Adjustment in Chronic Renal Diseases 1400 Hrs Update Session : Key Issues in Obstructive Airways Disease Chairpersons : MK Daga / NK Gupta / Francisco C Colaco Management of COPD - ClinicianÊs Perspective Is it Asthma or COPD? Optimal Management of Difficult Asthma Finding the Correct Inhaled Corticosteroid Dose in Asthma Safety of Long-acting Beta-agonists 1530 Hrs Free Papers (I) A Murganathan (Tirupur) Jaising Phadtare (Mumbai) Amalkumar Bhattacharya (Vadodra) DG Jain ( New Delhi) Randeep Guleria (New Delhi) SP Rai (Pune) HALL E 0930 Hrs Update Session : Relevant Clinical Issues Chairpersons : V Shantaram / K Tewary / CP Sikka Contemparorary Issues in Health of Elderly Arvind Mathur (Jodhpur) Demise of the Physical Examination AP Jain (Sevagram, Wardha) Pre-operative Evaluation for Non-cardiac Surgery AP Mohanty (New Delhi) Consent : Its Medicolegal Aspects Anil Chaturvedi (New Delhi) 1100 Hrs Update Session : Endocrinology Chairpersons : SS Rastogi / Umesh Kansara / KK Lohani Testosterone as Therapeutic Tool SV Madhu (New Delhi) Growth Hormone and Its Disorders Pinaki Dutta (Chandigarh) Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescence B Makkar (N Delhi) Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Rakesh Sahay ( Hyderabad) Andropause VN Mishra (Raipur) 1400 Hrs Free Papers (II) 1500 Hrs Free Papers (III) 1600 Hrs Free Papers (IV) HALL F 1000 Hrs Update Session : Clinical Nephrology Chairpersons : Nitya Nand / MA Kabeer / RM Chhabra Urinary Tract Infections - Key Points in Management K Tripathi (Varanasi) Hypertension in Patients with Renal Failure Anwer Salamat Khan (Aligarh) Mangement of Anaemia in CKD PS Ghalaut (Rohtak) Hepatorenal Syndrome VK Saraswat (Lucknow) 1130 Hrs Free Papers (V) 1400 Hrs Free Papers (VI) 1500 Hrs Free Papers (VII) 1600 Hrs Free Papers (VIII) 1400 Hrs Free Papers (IX) 1500 Hrs Free Papers (X) 1600 Hrs Free Papers (XI) HALL G HALL H 1000 Hrs ECHO Workshop on Echocardiography for Internists (Session I) JAPI VOL. 55 FEBRUARY 2007

4 Course Director : Rakesh Gupta Local Co-ordinator : Digambar Naik Faculty Members : SK Prashar (New Delhi), Rakesh Gupta (New Delhi), Nitin Burukale (Mumbai) 1400 Hrs Workshop on How to Improve Presentation Skills Workshop Convener : Rohini Handa (New Delhi) Resource Person : Yogesh Kumar (New Delhi) Resource Person : SN Ragu Kumar (New Delhi) HALL A 0900 Hrs Searle Oration : Chairpersons : RK Singal / KK Dang Uncensored Saga of Interventional Rheumatology Ved Chaturvedi (New Delhi) 0930 Hrs Symposium : Pneumococcal Vaccines Moderator : Joan Benson (USA) Introduction to Pnemococcal Vaccines in Clinical Practice Joan Benson (USA) Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (Adults) Ramesh Ahuja (Lucknow) Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Disease and Efficacy of Donald B Middleton (USA) Polysaccharide Vaccines in Adults 1030 Hrs Symposium : Applications of Modern Insulins Moderators : YP Munjal / AK Das Evolution of Modern Insulin Anil Bhansali (Chandigarh) Rapid Acting Analogues in Management of Diabetes Shashank Joshi (Mumbai) Basal Insulin Analogues : Where Are We Now? V Mohan ( Chennai) Premixed Analogues - Best of Both Worlds RG Naik (Mumbai) 1200 Hrs CPC Moderators : AK Agarwal, SK Sharma Clinical Discussant : Sukumar Mukherjee (Kolkata) Pathological Discussant : VK Arora (New Delhi) 1400 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : Rita Sood / RK Shrivastava Alcohol A Growing International Health Issue Ian Gilmore (UK) 1430 Hrs Debate : Metabolic Syndrome - A Myth or Reality Chairpersons : TK Biswas / S Dwivedi Myth NR Rau (Manipal) Reality YP Munjal (New Delhi) 1515 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : PC Manoria / Haresh G Mehta Drug Eluting Stents TommorrowÊs Technologies Today Rosli Bin Mohd Ali (Malaysia) 1545 Hrs State of Art : Current Concepts in Cardiovascular Disease Chairpersons : SK Prashar / AA Bandodkar / S Mohapatra Evolving Clinical Strategy in Treatment of Hypertension T N C P a d m anabhan (Hyderabad) CV Kit - What, for Whom and Why? Brian Pinto (Mumbai) Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors Haresh G Mehta (Mumbai) Renal Artery Stenosis - Current Management Perspectives NN Khanna (New Delhi) HALL B 0900 Hrs Dr P J Mehta Oration Chairpersons : D Rama Rao / A Muruganathan CML - A Paradigm of Successful Targetted Therapy AK Tripathi (Lucknow) 0930 Hrs Dr G S Sainani Oration Chairpersons : KK Pareek / Subhash Chandra Vitamin B12 and Folate - A Life Course Story CS Yajnik (Pune) 1000 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : Alaka Deshpande / BB Rewari HIV and Malignancies M Ronald (USA) 1030 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : NN Asokan / Mathew Thomas Amyloidosis : Why We Need to Think About it Sooner? Shaji Kumar (USA) 1100 Hrs Controversy Chairpersons : VH Bang / Rakesh Gupta Drug Eluting Stents are loosing ground to Bare Metal Stents Proponent : Mohan Nair (New Delhi) JAPI VOL. 55 FEBRUARY

5 Opponent : CK Ponde (Mumbai) 1145 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : Rohini Handa / Shrikant Wagh Merging Frontiers of Immunity and Clinical Medicine DK Mitra (New Delhi) 1215 Hrs Plenary Session : Management of Diabetes Chairpersons : BK Sahay / Milind Y Nadkar Complete Protection of Type 2 Diabetes Patients the Available Evidence Kaushik Pandit (Kolkata) How Tight is Right? Debating the Issue of Optimal Control Ajay Kumar (Patna) Tight Control of Diabetes in ICU Setting Sidhartha Das (Cuttack) 1400 Hrs Guest Lectures Chairpersons : B Gupta / Om Kumari Gupta Anti-D in ITP and Secondary Thrombocytopenia M Genereux (USA) Management Issues in IBS Muller Lissner (Germany) 1500 Hrs Thyroid Lectures Chairpersons : Prabha Adhikari / Veer Bahadur Singh Thyroid Management - Need for Precise Dosing Manoj Chadha (Mumbai) Maternal Hypothyroidism AG Unnikrishnan (Cochin) 1545 Hrs Plenary Session : Tropical Medicine Chairpersons : SK Sharma / DK Shrivastava / Mujahid Beg Advances in Diagnosis of Infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sandhya Kamath (Mumbai) Abdominal Tuberculosis - Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Management SN Chugh (Rohtak) Antimalarial Combinations BN Mohapatra (Cuttack) Recent Concepts in Management of Visceral Leishmaniasis S Sundar (Varanasi) HALL C 0900 Hrs Update Session : Emergency Medicine Chairpersons : Y Satyanarayan Raju / DP Punde / Sanjiv Bhoi Snake bite - An Indian Perspective HS Bawaskar (Mahad, Raigad) Common Poisonings in Medical Practice P Aggarwal (New Delhi) Acute Abdomen in Non-surgical Disorders BK Tripathi (New Delhi) Hypothermia - Recognition and Treatment MP Singh (Ranchi) 1030 Hrs Update Session : Critical Care Chairpersons : Alladi Mohan / MB Pisolkar / Ashok Grover Sepsis Control in 2007 SR Mehta (New Delhi) Pulmonary Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Management Vinay Gulati (New Delhi) Management of Nosocomial Infections in Hospital Rajeev Soman (Mumbai) 1130 Hrs Plenary Session : Emerging Challenges Chairpersons : TK Jha / Ashok Barat / RM Sarnaik Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases - Rita Sood (New Delhi) The Challenge to Global Health Fungal Infections Shyam Aggarwal (New Delhi) Japanese B Encephalitis - Clinical Considerations Anup Thacker (Gorakhpur) Sleep Deprivation - A Modern Epidemic SR Iyer (Thane) 1400 Hrs Update Session : Clinical Cardiology Chairpersons : SR Mittal / PK Acharya / MR Montetro Isolated Systolic Hypertension - Current Perspectives PK Jain (Jhansi) Management of Infective Endocarditis Naveen Garg (Lucknow) Nuclear Cardiology Imaging - Utility and Limitation for Rajeev Gupta (Bhopal) Decision Making in Coronary Interventions Cardiac Troponins : Current Status GS Wander (Ludhiana) Science and Art of CAD Prevention AK Vaish (Lucknow) 1600 Hrs Lectures on Advances in Medicine Chairpersons : BJ Shinde / G Awasthi Adipokines SB Siwach (Rohtak) Transfatty Acids in Cardiovascular Disease Muralidhar S Rao (Gulbarga) HALL D 0900 Hrs Update Session : Day-to-Day Issues in Gastroenterology Chairpersons : Pranesh Nigam / Sanjiv Dharia / NS Neki An Approach to Chronic Diarrhoea Shobna Bhatia (Mumbai) JAPI VOL. 55 FEBRUARY 2007

6 Diabetic Gastropathy B Gupta (New Delhi) Asymptomatic Patient with Raised Enzymes - What to do? RK Jain (Bhopal) Newer Concepts in Inflammatory Bowel Disease UC Ghosal (Lucknow) 1030 Hrs Update Session : Rheumatology for Physicians Chairpersons : Lata Bichile / Shailesh Palekar Assessment of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Siddharth Das (Lucknow) Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Annil Mahajan (Jammu) Diagnosis and Management of Gout Subir Banerjee (Kolkata) Emerging Vistas in Osteoporosis Treatment G Narsimulu (Hyderabad) Pulmonary Vasculitides URK Rao (Hyderabad) 1200 Hrs Update Session : Infections Relevant to Public Health Chairpersons : S Chugh / OP Tiwari / Shantnu Tendulkar DHF / DSS - Pertinent Management Issues Ashish Goel (New Delhi) Chikungunya Fever Alladi Mohan (Tirupati) Drug Resistant Salmonella typhi - Implications in Clinical Practice T Kadhiravan (New Delhi) Leptospirosis - Recent Observations R Sajith Kumar (Kottayam) 1315 Hrs Lunch 1400 Hrs Symposium : HIV and AIDS Chairpersons : Shyam Sundar / N Wig / Deepanjan Bandhyopadhyay Global AIDS Epidemic: Challenges and Opportunities S Chugh (New Delhi) HIV - TB Co-infection : Nuts and Bolts Gautam Ahluwalia (Ludhiana) Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) Madhukar Rai (Varanasi) Anti-retroviral Treatment - An Overview BB Rewari (New Delhi) 1530 Hrs Interactive Session on Higher Medical Education Overseas Medical Training and Higher Education Avenues Ian Gilmore, President Royal College of Physicians, London (UK) Parveen J Kumar, Associate International Director (Education), Royal College of Physicians London & President British Medical Association Rita Sood, Prof of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi MI Sahadulla, Director, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivendrum HALL E 0900 Hrs Update Session : Relevant Aspects in HIV/AIDS Chairpersons : R Sajith Kumar / SN Mishra / Rajesh Kumar Universal Work Precautions and PEP for HIV AIDS and Lung AIDS Wasting Syndrome - Current Concepts in Management HIV and Pregnancy 1030 Hrs Update Session : Clinical Haemato-Oncology Blood Component Therapy - the Logical Choice Clinical Approach to Isolated Splenomegaly Oncologic Emergencies Management of Relapse Multiple Myeloma 1200 Hrs Update Session : Pulmonary Medicine Appraisal of CARE Guidelines in Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Exudative Pleural Effusion Clinical Approach Pneumothorax Role of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in CAP 1315 Hrs Lunch 1400 Hrs Free Paper Presentation (XII) 1500 Hrs Free Paper Presentation (XIII) 1600 Hrs Free Paper Presentation (XIV) Alok Vashishtha (Hardwar) Deepanjan Bandhopadhyay (Kolkata) Sanjeev Sinha (New Delhi) Ketan K Mehta (Mumbai) Jina Bhattacharya (Guwahati) M Mohapatra (New Delhi) PK Muthukumarswamy (Madurai) Hemant Malhotra (Jaipur) Falguni Parikh (Mumbai) A Venniyoor (Mumbai) Anita Sharma (Dehradun) Agam Vora (Mumbai) JAPI VOL. 55 FEBRUARY

7 HALL F 0900 Hrs Medical Quiz Co-ordinator : Kapil Gupta (Jallandhar) 1000 Hrs Interesting Cases Discussion Chairpersons : AK Agarwal / MP Singh Case I : AC Anand, AS Narula, KJ Singh, Rajeev Kumar (New Delhi and Pune) Case II : Shibendu Ghosh (Kolkata) 1100 Hrs Update Session : Recent Advances Chairpersons : AN Rai / AN Singh / Ashok Naik Medical Treatment of Prostatic Enlargement RSK Sinha (New Delhi) Thyroid Nodule: Evaluation & Management from AK Gupta (Agra) PhysicianÊs Perspective Obesity Diets - Fact or Fiction Shilpa Joshi (Mumbai) Micronutrients in Health and Disease NK Singh (Dhanbad) Importance of Travel Medicine in Global Village Sanjoy Banerjee (Kolkata) 1400 Hrs Free Paper Session (XV) 1500 Hrs Free Paper Session (XVI) 1600 Hrs Free Paper Session (XVII) 1000 Hrs Free Paper Session (XVIII) 1100 Hrs Free Paper Session (XIX) 1200 Hrs Free Paper Session (XX) 1400 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXI) 1500 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXII) 1600 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXIII) HALL G HALL H 0900 Hrs Workshop on Information Retrieval for Doctors Workshop Convener : Rohini Handa (New Delhi) Resource Person : SN Ragu Kumar (New Delhi) Resource Person : Yogesh Kumar (New Delhi) 1400 Hrs Workshop on Echocardiography for Internists (IInd Session) Course Director: Rakesh Gupta Local Co-ordinator : Digambar Naik Faculty Members : SK Prashar (New Delhi), Rakesh Gupta (New Delhi), Nitin Burukale (Mumbai) HALL A 0900 Hrs Plenary Session : Cardiovascular Medicine Chairpersons : Rajiv Gokhale / GS Wander / Jyotideb Mukhopadhyay Resistant Hypertension - A ClinicianÊs Perspective SN Arya (Patna) Treating Atrial Fibrillation - What is the Consensus Now? RR Mantri (New Delhi) Low Molecular Weight Heparins : Current Status BR Bansode (Mumbai) Oral Anticoagulation Therapy for Prosthetic Valves Girish B Ramteke (Indore) 1030 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : PD Pahwa / Murti Deepak New Horizones in Management of Depression Vihang Vahia (Mumbai) 1100 Hrs Hoechst Senior Lectureship in Diabetes Chairpersons : Pritam Gupta / Vijay S Kulkarni JAPI VOL. 55 FEBRUARY 2007

8 Lipolysis, Ketogenesis and Insulin - Journey of Last Three Decades 1130 Hrs Guest Lecture Chairpersons : MM Puri / JP Tiwari International Standards for Tuberculosis Care 1200 Hrs Award Session 1330 Hrs Valedictory Function S Kirti (New Delhi) LS Chauhan (New Delhi) HALL B 0900 Hrs Plenary Session : Diabetes Mellitus Chairpersons : Shashank R Joshi / RSK Sinha / Prithi A DeÊSouza Diet in Diabetes with Special Relevance to Dietary Fat Intake Sunil Gupta (Nagpur) Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes and its Economic Implications M Maiya (Bangalore) Treatment of Diabetes in Elderly HB Chandalia (Mumbai) OHAs and Pregnancy - Current Scenario Rakesh Chandra ( Lucknow) Peripheral Vascular Disease in Diabetes: Special Considerations Samar Banerjee (Howrah) 1030 Hrs Update Session : Hepatology for Internists Chairpersons : Vinay Goel / AS Puri / Sandeep Chauhan Hepatitis C - Progress in Management Samir Shah (Mumbai) Alcoholic Liver Disease Sabyasachi Ray (Calcutta) Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - An Epidemic of New Millenium R Upadhyay (Delhi) Autoimmune Hepatitis SG Maity (Kolkata) Pharmacologic Control of Portal Hypertension MA Kabeer (Chennai) 1200 Hrs Special Session on Research Methodologies and Drug Development Clinical Research Methodology - Relevance of Study Design Drug Discovery and Development - From Lab to Clinic Ethics in Clinical Research - Way Ahead for India 1315 Hrs Lunch HALL C 0900 Hrs Update Session : Important Topics in Neurology Chairpersons : HC Popli / SK Minocha Mystery of Single Small Enhancing Lesion Associated with Seizure in Satish Jain (New Delhi) Indian Population Neurocysticercosis : A Brief Review RK Garg (Lucknow) Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Pratap Sanchetee (Guwahati) Diagnosis and Management of CNS Metastases MK Roy (Darjeeling) 1030 Hrs Invitation Lecture Chairpersons : Muralidhar S Rao / AP Misra Healthcare at Crossroads : Accredition as a Solution S Venkataraman (New Delhi) 1100 Hrs Update Session HALL D 0900 Hrs Update Session : Medical Disorders and Pregnancy Chairpersons : SR Mehta/NG Bduhashi/SK Agarwal Management of Valvular Heart Disease during Pregnancy J Hiremath (Pune) Pregnancy and Jaundice Pritam Gupta (New Delhi) Thromboembolism in Pregnancy Vinay Goel (New Delhi) Postpartum Cardiomyopathy RK Goel (Ajmer) 1030 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXIV) 1130 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXV) JAPI VOL. 55 FEBRUARY

9 1000 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXVI) 1100 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXVII) 1200 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXVIII) HALL E 1000 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXIX) 1100 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXX) 1200 Hrs Free Paper Session (XXXI) HALL F APICON 2007, GOA Comprehensive Updated Version of Programme and Details of Free Paper Presentation is available on the following websites For any further information, kindly contact Dr. RK Singal President-Elect & Chairman Scientific Committee on rksapicon2007@yahoo.co.in JAPI VOL. 55 FEBRUARY 2007

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Scientific Programme - Goa - APICON 2007, SATURDAY HALL A 0900 Hrs Searle Oration Chairpersons : RK Singal / KK Dang Uncensored Saga of Interventional Rheumatology Ved Chaturvedi (New Delhi) 0930 Hrs Symposium