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
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
