Program of Day I       Program of Day II


8.30 am Registration
9.15 am Inauguration of Workshop
10.00 – 10.15 am Coffee Break
10.15 – 10.45 am Recipients of organs – a challenging population
There is a vast pool of patients that are suffering due to end stage organ failure (kidneys, liver and
heart) in our country. As there is dearth for deceased organs, several of them are resorting to other
means to undergo transplantation.

Speaker – 1. Dr. G.N. Rao

2. End stage Kidney Disease – Our Indian Data -Challenges and solutions -
DR. S.K. Agarwal, Senior Consultant, AIIMS, N.Delhi

Chairman – Dr. S. Sahariah

Moderators – Dr. Alla Gokhale, Dr. Dakshinamurthy

10.45 – 11.30 am Living vs deceased organ transplantation
A national problem and organ crisis

Living related and unrelated organ transplants are being performed more frequently in our country. The living donation programme continues to be stressful to donors and families The possibility of promoting deceased organ transplantation to overcome organ shortage has never received the desired push and shortage of organ continues to remain a crisis.

Speaker – Dr. Avi Soin

Chairman – Dr. Anuradha

Moderators – Dr. Rajasekhara Chakravarthi, Dr. Somasekhar

11.30 – 12.00 noon Brain Death
Difference between coma and brain death. Understanding brain death – Evolution and History Brain death –Difference between UK and USA concepts

Speaker – Dr. Gita Nath

Chairman – Dr. Chandrasekara Mani

Moderators – Dr. Neher Potluri

12.00 – 12.30 pm Discussing aspects of brain death including declaring it in children
How to perform Brain death test Brain death certification process Maintaining a brain death patient

Speaker – Dr. B. Subramaniam

12.30 – 1.00 pm Brain death declaration in children

Speaker – Dr. Lokesh

Chairman – Dr. Manimala Rao

Moderators – Dr. Krishna Prasad

1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch

2.00 -2.30 pm Talking to relatives

When to speak to Relatives of brain death patients and who should speak first to relatives

Speakers : Dr. Pushpa Singh

Mr. Sagayam

Ms. Sujata

Chairman – Dr. K.S. Nayak

Moderator – Dr. Kamal Kiran

2.30 – 3.00 pm Visuals to explain Brain Death to Relatives

Understanding brain death can mean yes or no for organ donation – how do we explain this to relatives. What can work and what will not work.

Speakers Ms. Sujata Ashtekar

Ms. Veena

Dr. Purna Paritala

Chairman – Dr. Aarti Vij

Moderators – Dr.Sumana Navin, Dr. Sujata Rajapurkar

3.00 – 3.15 pm Artificial Heart Valves are expensive whereas homograft are getting wasted. Understand the economics of heart and other tissue donations

Economics of Heart valve Bank establishment- Dr. K.S. Murthy

3.15- 3.30 pm Interaction
3.30 – 3.45 pm Tea Break
3.45 – 4.45 pm Consent & Counselling Relatives

Getting yes on organ donation is the key to success of the programme, understanding the consent process for all organ donation, for eye donation and other documents that can express donation wishes. How to counsel families, how to start discussion and how to counsel families – a simulation.

THO Consent Forms Dr. Sumana Navin

Organ Donation Documents Dr. Sunil Shroff

Eye Donation Donor Cards vs. Organ Donor Cards

– Does it have relevance? Mrs. Jayalaxmi

Speaking to Relatives

Three different perspectives Ms. Parvati Gujjari

Mr. Sagayam

Ms. Sujata

Rational Emotive Approach to Counseling Dr. Meena Hariharan

Role Play for grief counseling - Ms. Sujata Ashtekar

Ms. Veena

Mr. Sagayam

Dr. Pushpa Singh

Ms. Rashmi Singh

Chairman – Dr. Meena Hariharan

Moderators - Mr.K.Raghuram, Dr.Sujata Rajapurkar

4.45 – 5.30 pm Support Logistics

Support logistics are the last mile in the donation process, these can result in success or failure of a transplanted graft. Understanding these aspects in some detail

Perfusion Fluids & Cost Economics Dr. V. Raghavendra Rao

Organ Packing, Blood & Forms of Donor Details -Dr. Sunil Shroff

Forms for Transportation

Airlines, Chartered Flights – cost Economics Ms. Jayalaxmi

Chairman – Dr. B. Rama Raju

Moderators – Dr. Malakondaiah

5.30 – 6.30 pm What is NATCO? Lalitha Raghuram

Election of office bearers
8.00 pm Banquet Dinner at Hotel Fortune Park Vallabha, Road No. 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

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