23 — 25 October 2026 · Hyderabad, India

Programme

A hands-on pre-conference workshop on 23 October at NIMS, followed by two days of scientific sessions on 24 & 25 October at the Dr. MCR HRD Institute Auditorium.

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Pre-conference workshop · October 23, 2026

NIMS (Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences), Hyderabad

9:00 – 11:00 am
Applied Anatomy of Heart
Dr. Anil Tendolkar
Hall A
9:00 – 11:00 am
Sizing and Planning for FET — Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection
Dr. Niranjan Hiremath
Hall B
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Coronary Anastomosis
Dr. P. S. S. Gopal, Dr. B. Kaladhar
Hall A
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Deployment of FET
Dr. Niranjan Hiremath
Hall B
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Valve Replacement
Dr. P. Sai Surabhi, Dr. D. Praveen
Hall A
2:00 – 3:00 pm
MICS CABG Planning & Demo Workshop Simulator
Dr. Naresh K L, Dr. Vishal Khante, Dr. Nagesh Ayalasomayajula, Dr. Harish Badami
Hall B
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Endoscopic Saphenous Vein and Radial Artery Harvest Simulation
Dr. Devika Krishnakumar
Hall B
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Proximal Coronary Anastomosis Contest
Dr. Abhijeet M Dashetwar, Dr. Vinayak Shukla
Hall A

Day 1 · 24 October 2026

Dr. MCR HRD Institute Auditorium · Hall A

Session 1
Chairpersons Dr. Vinayak Shukla · Dr. Prasanna Simha Rao · Dr. Rajashekar K V · Dr. Rakesh Naik L
8:30 – 8:50 am
Aortic Root Anatomy for the Modern Times
Dr. Praveen Varma
8:50 – 9:10 am
A Beginner's Guide to an Aortic Surgery Programme
Dr. Vikram Reddy
9:10 – 9:30 am
Newer Hardware — Simplifying Complex Aortic Surgeries
Dr. P V Naresh
9:30 – 9:50 am
Surgeon Driven Structural Heart Programme
Dr. Tushar Dhopade
Session 2
Chairpersons Dr. R V Kumar · Dr. Vijay Grover · Dr. K Ganapathy Subramaniam · Dr. Vivek Tewarson
9:50 – 10:10 am
The Narrow Aortic Root
Dr. Devagourou Velayoudam
10:10 – 10:30 am
The Frozen Elephant Trunk
Dr. Gopichand Mannam
10:30 – 10:50 am
Predict Trial — India's Own Trial Comparing Grafting Strategies
Dr. Lokeshwar Rao Sajja
10:50 – 11:10 am
The Entrepreneurial Cardiac Surgeon — From Clinical Expertise to Creating Value
Dr. B Bhaskar Rao
11:10 am – 12:10 pm
Inaugural Ceremony
On the dais Dr. Satyajit Bose · Dr. Jacob Jamesraj · Dr. P N Rao · Dr. S Vengal Reddy · Dr. Chirag Doshi · Dr. Rahul Devraj · Dr. P. Chandrashekhar · Dr. Amaresh Rao Malempati · Dr. Abhijeet M Dashetwar
Ceremony
Keynote Address: Strategic Roadmap for Young Cardiac Surgeons
Dr. Chirag Doshi
Session
Session 3
Chairpersons Dr. Dharma Rakshak · Dr. Satya Sridhar K · Dr. Manish Pangi · Dr. Renjith S
12:10 – 12:30 pm
Valve Sparing Aortic Root Surgeries
Dr. Satyajit Bose
12:30 – 12:50 pm
Hybrid Arch Procedures
Dr. Niranjan Hiremath
12:50 – 1:35 pm
Lunch
Session 4
Chairpersons Dr. G Ramasubrahmanyam · Dr. Namrata Gaur · Dr. Sandeep Khanzode · Dr. Rashmi Arunkumar
1:35 – 1:55 pm
Beginner's Guide to Starting a Thoracic Organ Transplant Program
Dr. Manoj Durairaj
1:55 – 2:15 pm
Mechanical Circulatory Support & Thoracic Transplant: Where do Young Surgeons fit in?
Dr. Sandeep Attawar
2:15 – 2:35 pm
Complex Redo's and The Changing Face of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Maruti Haranal
2:35 – 2:55 pm
Pediatric Aortic and Mitral Valve Repairs
Dr. P. Rajashekhar
2:55 – 3:15 pm
Heart Transplant in Borderline Recipients
Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
3:15 – 3:35 pm
Starting an LVAD Program
Dr. Dhaval Naik
3:35 – 3:50 pm
High Tea Break
Session 5
Chairpersons Dr. N Nageshwar Rao · Dr. Krishna Prasad · Dr. S Vengal Reddy · Dr. Sai Krishna C
3:50 – 4:10 pm
Workflow of Lung Transplant
Dr. Balasubramoniam K R
4:10 – 4:30 pm
Evolution of Homograft Valve Bank in India
Dr. C S Hiremath
4:30 – 4:50 pm
AI as Surgeon's Practice Co-pilot: Evidence, Planning, Communication & Research
Dr. Sridhar Bodapati
4:50 – 5:05 pm
Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions
Dr. Prashant Vaijyanath
5:05 – 5:20 pm
The Active Role of the Endo-Cardiovascular Surgeon in the Heart Team
Dr. Prashant Vaijyanath
5:20 – 5:50 pm
Panel Discussion — Legal Issues in a Cardiac Surgeon Driven Structural Heart Program
Panelists Dr. Prashant Vaijyanath · Dr. Shailesh Jain · Dr. Tushar Dhopade · Dr. Varun G
Panel
5:50 pm
Quiz
Session
Quiz Master
Dr. Vinitha Nair
Session
7:30 – 10:30 pm
Gala Dinner

Breakthrough Sessions

Hall B · runs in parallel with the main scientific programme in Hall A.

Young Surgeon's Forum
Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Demo on Endoscopic Saphenous Vein and Radial Artery Harvest
ECMO, Cell Saver
CentriMag, LVAD
Perceval Sutureless Valve — Demo and Implantation
NIMS Alumni Get-Together
AIIMS Alumni Get-Together
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research Alumni Get-Together
Abstract Presentations

Day 2 · 25 October 2026

Dr. MCR HRD Institute Auditorium · Hall A

Session 6
Chairpersons Dr. Vinayak Shukla · Dr. Sanjeev Rao · Dr. Pramod Reddy K
8:30 – 8:50 am
Beginner's Guide to Start MICS Valvular Heart Surgery
Dr. Sai Kiran
8:50 – 9:10 am
Transitioning from Open to MICS to Robotics
Dr. Harish Badami
9:10 – 9:30 am
How to Avoid Injuries to IMA in Robotics and MICS
Dr. Nitin Kumar Rajput
9:30 – 9:50 am
How to Select Targets for CABG in MICS
Dr. Nitin Kumar Rajput
Session 7
Chairpersons Dr. Amarendra Singh · Dr. Vedanth · Dr. Rhazane Nalluri · Dr. Chandana N C
9:50 – 10:10 am
Robotic BIMA and Multivessel Grafting — The Controversies and the Answers
Dr. Nagesh Ayalasomayajula
10:10 – 10:30 am
Selecting Instrumentation for MICS and Robotics
Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
10:30 – 10:40 am
Tea Break
10:40 – 11:00 am
Man & Machine — The Next Industrial Revolution in Cardiac Surgery
Dr. John Murala
11:00 – 11:20 am
Analysis of the First 195 Multi-Speciality Telesurgery Cases: How Technology will Democratize Access
Dr. Sudhir Srivastava
Session 8
Chairpersons Dr. Usha Rani · Dr. Venkat Reddy K · Dr. Gopi Nallaiyan · Dr. Narmada
11:20 – 11:40 am
Anastomotic Disasters: Recognition and Management
Dr. Jacob Jamesraj
11:40 am – 12:00 pm
Graft Flow Measurement & Transit-Time Flow Measurement (TTFM)
Dr. Sanjay Theodore
12:00 – 12:10 pm
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Dr. Archana Pathy
12:10 – 12:30 pm
Closed Technique is the Way Forward in Arterial Switch Operation
Dr. Smriti Ranjan Mohanty
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Panel Discussion — Pediatric Cardiac Program and the Pediatric Surgeon: The Art, Science & Economics
Moderator Dr. Debasis Das
Panelists Dr. Smriti Ranjan Mohanty · Dr. Ganapathy Subramaniam · Dr. Sunil Kumar Swain · Dr. Sandeep Khanzode · Dr. P. Rajashekhar
Panel
1:00 – 1:45 pm
Lunch
Session 9
Chairpersons Dr. Satya Bhaskar Raju · Dr. Avinash Dal · Dr. Madasu Sudhakar Rao · Dr. Siddarth Sathia · Dr. Kalluri Sriram
1:45 – 2:05 pm
No Robo? — Start an Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Ramprassath
2:05 – 2:25 pm
Complex Mitral Valve Repairs
Dr. Paneer Selvam Krishnamoorthy
2:25 – 2:45 pm
Thoracic Surgery as a Great Career Choice
Dr. Balasubramoniam K R
2:45 – 3:05 pm
How to Start Robotic Thoracic Surgery Programme
Dr. Manjunath Bale
3:05 – 3:25 pm
Building the Future Surgeon: Robotics, Reconstruction, and Beyond
Dr. Aravind Mutharevula
3:25 – 3:40 pm
High Tea Break
3:40 – 4:10 pm
Panel Discussion — Robotic Cardiac Surgery: Future Gold Standard or Mere Hype?
Moderator Dr. Vishal Khante
Panelists Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale · Dr. P N Rao · Dr. Nitin Kumar Rajput · Dr. Nagesh Ayalasomayajula
Panel
4:10 – 4:30 pm
The Commando Procedure — Video Presentation
Dr. Randolph Wong
4:30 – 4:50 pm
Medical Ethics / Good Clinical Practice / Lab Practice / Legal Issues
TSMC
Session
4:50 – 5:00 pm
Valedictory
Ceremony