23 FEBRUARY 2018 FRIDAY TIME SPEAKER AFFILIATION TOPIC VENUE SESSION CHAIRPERSON 08:00 09:00am Registration & Breakfast DIAGNOCON 2018 09:00 09:15pm Dr. Chiranjay M Professor, Department of Microbiology, KMC, Manipal DIAGNOCON 2018 Overview Opening session 09:15 10:00am 10:00 11:00am Dr. Pragna Rao Dr. Lesli Lam Dean, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, KMC, Manipal Head and Senior Consultant, Laboratory Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore Laboratory Management Determining Quality on the Sigma Scale Dr. TMA Pai Hall I Key note address Key note address 11:00 11:15am Tea / Coffee 11:15-11:45pm 11:45-12:15pm 12:15-12:45pm Dr. Priya Abhraham Dr. C N Srinivas Dr Rahul Dhodapkar ID Specialist, CMC, Vellore MIOT, Chennai Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology JIPMER, Puducherry Human Papilloma virus testing and its clinical relevance today Patient Safety in the Laboratory Management An Update on Molecular Testing of Dengue Plenary Session 1
12:45-1:45 pm Lunch at Dr TMA Pai HALL 1 1:45-05:00 PM PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSSIONS MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY & FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY PATHOLOGY & CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY GENETICS Theme: Automated techniques in Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases Theme: Diagnostic virology Theme: Analytical toxicology Theme: Screening methodology for common inborn errors of metabolism Theme: Haemoglobin Electrophoresis Theme: Exome sequencing for diagnosis of rare disorders Convenor: Dr. Vandana KE Convenor: Prof. G. Arunkumar Convenor: Dr. Krishnananda Prabhu R V, Dr. Vinod Nayak Convenor: Dr. Sushma Belurkar Convenor: Dr. Girish Katta Venue: Practical Hall, Department of Microbiolog y and Critical Care Lab, KH Venue: Department of Virology, MCVR Venue: Biochemistry Department, Laboratory, & Forensic Department, Laboratory Venue: Hematology and Clinical Pathology Laboratory Venue: Central Research Lab (CRL) and Conference Room, CRL
24 FEBRUARY 2018 SATURDAY TIME SPEAKER AFFILIATION TOPIC VENUE SESSION CHAIRPERSON 08:00 09:00am Registration & Breakfast 8:30-9:15 am Dr. Suchetha P Dandekar Professor and Head Department of Biochemistry, Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai Pre-analytical variables in laboratory 9:15-10:00am Dr. Sridhar Sivasubbu Senior Scientist, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), New Delhi Personal Genomes to Precision Medicine Dr. TMA Pai Hall III Plenary Session 2 10:00 10:40am 10:40 11:20am 11:20 12:00pm 12:00 12:30 pm 12:30-1:00 pm 1:00 02:00pm Mrs. Sheela Dr. Sujay Prasad Tea / Coffee with Business Presentations Director, Quality, Anand Diagnostic Laboratory, Bengaluru Consultant Pathologist, Anand Diagnostic Laboratory, Bengaluru Lunch and Poster Evaluation Going for accreditation: Understanding the standard ISO 15189:2012 Setting Up Clinical Laboratory - Understanding Capability Conference Inauguration at Dr. TMA Pai Hall III Industrial Presentations 02:00-04:30 PM PARALLEL CONFERENCE SESSSIONS Plenary Session 3 Dr. TMA Pai Hall I Poster Session JUDGES
SESSION I SESSION II SESSION III MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY PATHOLOGY AND IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY VENUE :Dr. TMA Pai Hall I VENUE :Dr. TMA Pai Hall II VENUE :Dr. TMA Pai Hall III 02:00 02:30pm The use of LAMP for the diagnosis of Parasitic Infections Dr. Rakesh Sehgal, Professor, Parasitology Division, PGIMER, Role of poison detection centre in management of poisoning cases Dr. Vikram Palimar, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, KMC, Manipal To be announced 02:30 03:00pm 03:00-03:30pm Laboratory infections: are we at risk? Dr. J Jayalaxmi, Professor PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & research, Social responsibilities and implications of poison detection center Dr. Shankar M Bakkannavar, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Tea / Coffee with Business Presentations + Poster Session Dr. Preeti Chaudhari, Consultant Histopathologist, NHS, UK 03:30-04:00pm Recent Trends in Diagnostic Virology Dr. V. Ravi, Professor, Department of Neurovirology, NIMHANS, Bangalore Molecular basis of drug resistance in pancreatic cancers Dr. Ganesh Venkatraman, Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai Etiological Classification of Blood Group Anomalies: A New Approach Dr. Sanmukh Joshi, Adjunct Professor, Department of Immunohematology & Blood Transfusion, KMC, Manipal Role of recombinant antigens in Serodiagnosis of Brucellosis Towards better diagnostics of human diseases, including infertility and cancer conditions: a reliable method via transcriptomics and proteomics Correlating laboratory & Clinical variables in massively transfused patients
04:00 04:30pm Dr. Duraipandian Thava Selvam, Head Technical Coordination & HR, Project Manager (BTM projects), Scientist F, Microbiology Division, Defence Research & Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior Dr. Kshitish Acharya, Founder director, Shodhaka Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru Dr. Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan, Prof & Head, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College & Hospital, Manipal 04:30-05:00pm Dr. M Chakrapani, KMC Mangalore Professor, Department of Medicine, KMC, Mangalore Diagnostic Challenges and case discussion Dr. TMA Pai Hall III Plenary Session 4 06:30-09:00pm Cultural Program at Dr. TMA Pai Hall I followed by Dinner 25 FEBRUARY 2018 SUNDAY TIME SPEAKER AFFILIATION TOPIC VENUE SESSION CHAIRPERSON 08:00 08:30am 08:30 09:30am 09:30 10:10am 10:10 10:50am 10:50-11:00am Dr. Mayur Parihar Dr. Kunal Sehgal Breakfast Selected Oral Papers Head, Cytogenetics lab, Senior consultant, Cytogenetics and Laboratory Hematology, Director, Sehgal Path Lab, Hematopathologist and Flow Cytometrist, Andheri West, Mumbai Tea / Coffee Answering questions in Clinical Oncology through Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Quality Assurance in Flow cytometry Oral Paper Session JUDGES
11:00-11:40pm Dr. Anand Deshpandey Consultant Haematopathologist & In-charge Transfusion Medicine, P D Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai and Zonal representative of Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine Quality Assurance in HLA Laboratory Dr. TMA Pail Hall I Plenary Session 5 11:40-12:20 pm Dr. Dhanya Lakshmi N Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad. Multiplex Ligation Probe Amplification 12:20 01:00pm Dr. Kunal Sehgal Director, Sehgal Path Lab, Hematopathologist and Flow Cytometrist, Andheri West, Mumbai A flow cytometry based approach to chronic lymphoproliferative disorders 01:00 02:00pm Lunch 02:00-02:45pm Dr. Sitalakshmi Head, Hematology and Clinical Pathology, St.John s Medical College, Bengaluru Bone marrow morphology and beyond Plenary Session 6 Sujay Prasad Consultant pathologist, Anand Diagnostic Laboratory, Bengaluru
02:45-04:00pm Kunal Sehgal Raghunath Narayanan Unni Director, Sehgal Path Lab, Hematopathologist and Flow Cytometrist, Andheri West, Mumbai Co-founder and consultant pathologist, MedHelix Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., Ernakulam, Kerala Initiating and sustaining a quality laboratory Dr. TMA Pail Hall I Panel Discussion MODERATOR: Dr. Sitalakshmi Head, Hematology and Clinical Pathology, St.John s Medical College, Bengaluru Sharada Rai Associate professor, KMC, Mangaluru 04:00-04:30pm 04:30pm Valedictory and Prize Distribution at Dr. TMA Pai Hall 1 Tea / Coffee