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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Tentative schedule — sessions, speakers and timings may change.

69 sessions

Parallel

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

8:30 – 8:50 am
Aortic Root Anatomy for the Modern Times
Dr. Praveen Varma
Aortic
8:50 – 9:10 am
A Beginner's Guide to an Aortic Surgery Programme
Dr. Vikram Reddy
Aortic
9:10 – 9:30 am
Newer Hardware — Simplifying Complex Aortic Surgeries
Dr. Mohammed Idhrees
Aortic
9:30 – 10:00 am
To Be Confirmed
Dr. Vitaly A Sorokin
Aortic
10:00 – 10:20 am
The Narrow Aortic Root
Dr. Devagourou Velayoudam
Aortic
10:20 – 10:40 am
The Frozen Elephant Trunk
Dr. Gopichand Mannam
Aortic
10:40 – 11:00 am
Surgeon Driven Structural Heart Programme
Dr. Tushar Dhopade
Aortic
11:00 – 11:20 am
Predict Trial — India's Own Trial Comparing Grafting Strategies
Dr. Lokeshwar Rao Sajja
Aortic
Inauguration
Ceremony
11:20 am – 12:20 pm
Key Note Address: Strategic Roadmap For Young Cardiac Surgeons
Dr. Chirag Doshi
Session
12:20 – 12:40 pm
Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement (VSARR)
Dr. Satyajit Bose
12:40 – 1:00 pm
Hybrid Arch Procedures
Dr. Niranjan Hiremath
1:00 – 1:45 pm
Lunch
1:45 – 2:05 pm
Beginner's Guide to Starting a Thoracic Organ Transplant
Dr. Manoj Durairaj
Transplant
2:05 – 2:25 pm
Mechanical Circulatory Support & Thoracic Transplant: Where do Young Surgeons fit in?
Dr. Sandeep Attawar
Transplant
2:25 – 2:45 pm
Complex Redo's and The Changing Face of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Maruti Haranal
Congenital
2:45 – 3:05 pm
Pediatric Aortic and Mitral Valve Repairs
Dr. P. Rajashekhar
Congenital
3:05 – 3:25 pm
Heart Transplant in Borderline Recipients
Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Transplant
3:25 – 3:45 pm
Starting an LVAD Program
Dr. Dhaval Naik
Transplant
3:45 – 4:00 pm
High Tea Break
4:00 – 4:20 pm
Workflow of Lung Transplant
Dr. Balasubramoniam K R
4:20 – 4:40 pm
Evolution of Homograft Valve Bank in India
Dr. C S Hiremath
4:40 – 5:00 pm
Subject To Confirmation
Dr. Bijoy Kutty
5:00 – 5:20 pm
Subject To Confirmation
International Zoom Meeting
5:20 – 5:35 pm
Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions
Dr. Prashanth Vaidyanath
5:35 – 5:50 pm
The Active Role of the Endo-Cardiovascular Surgeon in the Heart Team
5:50 – 6:30 pm
Panel Discussion — Legal Issues in a Cardiac Surgeon Driven Structural Heart Program
Chairpersons Dr. Prashanth Vaidyanath · Dr. Shailesh Jain · Dr. Tushar Dhopade · Dr. Varun
Panel
6:30 pm
Quiz
Session
Quiz Master
Dr. Vinitha Nair
Session
7:30 – 10:30 pm
Gala Dinner

Breakthrough Sessions

Runs in parallel with the main scientific programme.

Young Surgeon's Forum
Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Session on Endoscopic Saphenous Vein and Radial Artery Harvest
ECMO, Cell Saver
CentriMag, LVAD

Day 2 · 25 October 2026

Dr. MCR HRD Institute Auditorium

8:30 – 8:50 am
Beginner's Guide to Start MICS Valvular Heart Surgery
Dr. Sai Kiran
MICS
8:50 – 9:10 am
Transitioning from Open to MICS to Robotics
Dr. Harish Badami
MICS
9:10 – 9:30 am
How to Avoid Injuries to IMA in Robotic and MICS
Dr. Nitin Kumar Rajput
MICS
9:30 – 9:50 am
How to Select Targets for CABG in MICS
Dr. Ritwick Raj Bhuyan
MICS
9:50 – 10:10 am
Robotic BIMA and Multivessel Grafting — The Controversies and the Answers
Dr. Nagesh Ayalasomayajula
MICS
10:10 – 10:30 am
Selecting Instrumentation for MICS and Robotics
Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
MICS
10:30 – 10:40 am
Tea Break
10:40 – 11:00 am
Yet To Be Confirmed
Dr. M. M. Yousuf
11:00 – 11:20 am
Zoom Meeting
Dr. Sudhir Srivastava
Off Beat
11:20 – 11:40 am
Anastomotic Disasters: Recognition and Management
Dr. Jacob Jamesraj
11:40 am – 12:00 pm
Yet To Be Confirmed
Dr. Sanjay Theodore
12:00 – 12:10 pm
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Dr. Archana
12:10 – 12:30 pm
Closed Technique is the Way Forward in Arterial Switch Operation
Dr. Smriti Ranjan Mohanty
Congenital
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Panel Discussion — Pediatric Cardiac Program and the Pediatric Surgeon: The Art, Science & Economics
Dr. Debasis Das
Chairpersons Dr. Smriti Ranjan Mohanty · Dr. P. Rajashekhar · Dr. Sandeep Khanzode · Dr. Ganapathy Subramaniam
CongenitalPanel
1:00 – 1:45 pm
Lunch
1:45 – 2:00 pm
Complex Mitral Valve Repairs
Dr. Paneer Selvam Krishnamoorthy
Thoracic
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Thoracic Surgery as a Great Career Choice
Dr. Balasubramoniam K R
Thoracic
2:30 – 2:50 pm
No Robo? — Start an Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Ramprassath
Thoracic
2:50 – 3:10 pm
How to Start Robotic Thoracic Surgery Programme
Dr. Manjunath Bale
Thoracic
3:10 – 3:30 pm
Building the Future Surgeon: Robotics, Reconstruction, and Beyond
Dr. Aravind Mutharevula
Thoracic
3:30 – 3:45 pm
High Tea Break
3:45 – 4:25 pm
Panel Discussion — Robotic Cardiac Surgery: Future Gold Standard or Mere Hype?
Dr. Vishal Khante
Chairpersons Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale · Dr. Nitin Kumar Rajput · Dr. Nagesh Ayalasomayajula · Dr. Ritwick Raj Bhuyan
Panel
4:25 – 4:45 pm
The Commando Procedure — Video Presentation
Dr. Randolph Wong
4:45 – 4:55 pm
Medical Ethics / Good Clinical Practice / Lab Practice / Legal Issues
TSMC
Session
4:55 – 5:10 pm
Valedictory
Ceremony