Hearty Welcome to the ‘Physician Assistant Session’

Welcome to the sixth IACTS-PA session at this year’s annual conference of the Indian Association
of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in association with the American Association of Thoracic Surgery,
Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons and European Association for
Cardio-thoracic Surgery.

Over the last 5 years, we have been having a one-day dedicated session for Physician Assistants
alongside the main session of IACTS and it has gained much accolades. Eminent international and
national speakers participate in our session making it an enriching experience. This session serves
as a great platform for practicing cardiac surgical PAs for academic presentations and peer
interactions to share their experiences across various institutions in the country and enhance
their knowledge and skills.

In our endeavor to put together unique and useful lectures, we have lined up an interesting and
inspiring sequence of sessions suitable and enjoyable for any practicing Cardiac Surgical PA!

Take part in the knowledge feast and enjoy the educational experience.

Date: February 8, 2020 (Saturday)

Venue: The Forum Grand, Ahmedabad

Time: 9 am – 5 pm
 Day’s Events
Key Note Address

Surgeon’s faculty lectures

Senior PA’s Guest lectures

Practising PA’s talks

Scientific paper presentation with cash awards

Interesting Sessions:

Video session on New devices in Cardiac Surgery

Tips and tricks to excel at IACTS certifying exam

Journal review session

Unique and interesting case experiences- Poster presentation with cash award

International collaboration opportunities for Indian CVTS PAs- Exciting road ahead!

Ms. Anitha Chandrasekhar Mr. Prakash Siva

Scientific Chair – IACTS-PA Session 2020 Organizing Secretary

MGM Healthcare, Chennai Jupiter Hospital, Mumbai

Email: anitha_sach@yahoo.com Email: prakash.siva336@gmail.com

Register @ www.iacts2020.com
 AGENDA FOR IACTSCON 2020 - PA SESSION- FEB 8

8.30 – 8.45 am Registration

8.45 – 9 am Assembling and Opening remarks

9.00 – 9.30 am Inauguration function

Dignitaries: IACTS President Dr. Shiv Nair

IACTS General Secretary Dr. C. S. Hiremath

IACTS PA Session Convener Dr. P. Chandrasekar

IACTSCON 2020 Organizing Secretary Dr Dhaval Naik

Welcome Address: Ms. Anitha Chandrasekhar

Session Inauguration: Dr. Shiv Nair

Accolades and Achievements of PAs: Dr. P. Chandrasekar

Vote of thanks: Mr. Prakash Siva

9.30 – 10.00 Key Note Address: Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac Surgery

Dr K M Mandana

Fortis Hospital, Kolkata

10.00 – 10.15 am Tea

10.15 am – 11.15 am Session 1: New Devices in cardiac Surgery- Video Session

10.15 – 10.35 am Lecture 1- TAVI- Dr Ajeet Bana

10.35 – 10.55 am Lecture 2- TEVAR- Dr V V Bashi

10.55– 11.15 am Lecture 3: Impella/ Pulsecath- Dr Vivek Rao

11.15 am – 12.00 Session 2: Journal review session

Moderators: Mr. Ashish/ Mr. Ebin

11.15 – 11.30 Journal 1- Ms. Shabana Shabnam A

‘Current and evolving trends in the management of severe mitral

annular calcification’- JTCVS 2019

11.30 – 11.45 Journal 2- Mr. Soumalya Mitra

‘Cerebral protection strategies in Aortic arch Surgeries- A network

Meta-analysis’- JTCVS 2020

11.45 – 12.00 Journal 3- Ms. Vijisha

‘Radial arteries for coronary angiography and CABG- Are two arteries
enough?’- JTCVS 2019

12.00 – 1.10 pm Session 3: International Collaboration for Indian PAs

Moderators: Mr. Tanmay Acharia/ Mr. Sandeep Sinha

12.00 – 12.30 pm Cardiac Advanced Life Support: Prospects in India – Mr. David Lizotte

12.30 - 12.50 pm International Standards and opportunities for a Surgical PA –

Dr Bhuvaneshwari Krishnamoorthy

12.50 – 1.10 pm Continuous professional development for CTVS PAs: The RCSEd FOPC
approach– Dr Sridhar Rathinam

1.10 – 2.00 pm Lunch

2.00 – 2.30 pm Session 4:

Tips and Tricks to excel at IACTS certifying exam

Mr. Shivakumar Sharma

2.30 – 4.00 pm Session 5: Award Session

Judges: Dr Rajan Modi/ Dr Ashima Bhelotkar

2.30 – 3.30 pm Scientific paper presentation

3.30 – 4.00 pm Poster presentation

4.00 – 4.15 pm Tea

4.15 – 5 pm PA group discussion

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 Faculty and Speakers line-up

Key Note Address by Dr K M Mandana

Director- Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fortis Hospital, Kolkata

Dr. Ajeet Bana

Chairman- Cardiac Sciences

Eternal Hospital, Jaipur

Dr. V V Bashi

Director- Institute of Cardiac and Advanced Aortic Disorders

SIMS Hospital, Chennai

Dr. Vivek Rao

Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery

Surgical Director - Mechanical Circulatory Support

Toronto General Hospital

 Dr Bhuvaneshwari Krishnamoorthy

Senior Surgical Care Practitioner – Manchester, UK

President- Association of Cardiothoracic Surgical Care

Practitioner

Dr. Sridhar Rathinam

Consultant Thoracic surgeon- University Hospitals of

Leicester

Chair- Cardiothoracic surgery specialty specific board- Royal

College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

Dr Rajan Modi

Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

SALS Hospital

Ahmedabad

Dr Ashima Bhelotkar

Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon

Fortis Hospital

Kolkata
 Mr. David Lizotte

Executive Director

Association of Physician Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery

United States of America

Mr. Siva Kumar Sharma

Cardiac Surgical Physician Assistant and Clinical Perfusionist

Manager QAO

Bankers Heart Institute, Vadodara, Gujarat

Ms. Shabana Shabnam A

Senior Cardiac Surgical Physician Assistant

Rela Institute of Medical Sciences, Chennai

Mumbai

Mr. Soumalya Mitra

Senior Cardiac Surgical Physician Assistant

Medica Super-Specialty Hospital, Kolkata

Ms. Vijisha

Senior Cardiac Surgical Physician Assistant

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

Mumbai