Scientific Schedule 2024

Time

Program

08:00 to 08:45

Registration

09:00 to 09:05

Opening remarks by chairperson of scientific committee – Dr. Rishi Kumar Kafle

Session 1

5 mins

09:10 to 09:15

Theme: Multidisciplinary topics

Chair-persons: Dr. Bhupendra Basnet, Dr. Kalpana Kumari Shrestha, Dr. Pawan Chalise, Dr. Aimen Amer

Speakers

09:15 to 09:30

(12 + 3 mins)

Dr. Pukar Chandra Shrestha

Topic: The Journey of Liver Transplantation in Nepal: Achievements, Challenges and Future Directions

09:30 to 09:48

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Georgi Abraham

Topic: Immunological Changes in Transplantation in Old Age Group

09:48 to 10:03

(12 + 3 mins)

Prof. Dr. Dibya Singh Shah

Topic: BK Virus Nephropathy following Kidney transplant: prevention to management

10:03 to 10:21

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Arpita Ray Chaudhury

Topic: Developing deceased and altruistic kidney share program in the Eastern part of India

10:21 to 10:39

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Vivek Vij (Online)

Topic: Minimally invasive surgery in liver transplantation

10:40 to 10:55

15 min             

TEA BREAK

Session 2

5 mins

10:55 to 11:00

Theme: Transplant Pathology and Immunology

Chairpersons: Dr. Gopi Aryal, Dr. Sabina Shrestha, Dr. Sumit Acharya, Dr. Rekha Manandhar

Speakers

11:00 to 11:18

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Alok Sharma

Topic: Current approach to interpretation of Renal allograft biopsies

11:18 to 11:33

(12 + 3 mins)

Dr. Sushmita Ghimire

Topic: HLA typing experience from SDNTC

11:33 to 11:51

(12 + 3 mins)

Dr. Pratik Das

Topic: Desensitization before Renal Transplantation

11:51 to 12:09

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Shruti Tapiawala

Topic: Immune stratification, pre op evaluation and listing for deceased donor kidney transplantation

12:15 to 13:00

LUNCH

Session 3

5 mins

13:00 to 13:05

Theme: Organ donation

Chair-persons: Dr. Bikash Devkota, Dr. Anant Kumar, Dr. Rishi Kumar Kafle, Dr. Neeraj Joshi, Dr. Dipesh Shrestha

Speakers

13:05 to 13:23

(15 + 3 mins)

Pallavi Kumar

Topic: Incentives on Organ Donation – A worldview

13:23 to 13:41

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Akinari Fukuda

Topic: Maximizing Organ Donation - Japanese experience

13:41 to 13:59

(15 + 3 mins)

13:59 to 14:17

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Aimen Amer

Topic: Novel perfusion technologies for donation after circulatory death

Dr. Selva Kumar Naganathan

Topic: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol in Living Donor Liver Transplantation

14:20 to 14:35

15 min             

TEA BREAK

Session 4

5 mins

14:35 to 14:40

Theme: Live Renal Transplantation

Chairpersons: Dr. Pratik Das, Dr. Rajendra Agrawal, Dr. Prakash Poudel, Dr. Mahesh Sigdel, Dr. Prem Gyawali

Speakers

14:40 to 14:58

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Anant Kumar

Topic: Minimally invasive surgery and improving outcomes to promote donation and transplantation

14:58 to 15:16

(15 + 3 mins)

Sommer Gentry, PhD

Topic: Worldwide experience and perspective of living donor kidney exchange

15:16 to 15:31

(12 + 3 mins)

Dr. Kalpana Kumari Shrestha

Topic: Kidney Health Risks and Transplant Outcomes Among Migrant Workers

Session 5

5 mins

15:35 to 15:40

Theme: Challenges in Transplantation

Chairperson: Dr. Andre Baranski, Dr. Yadav Dev Bhatta, Dr. Prabesh Neupane, Dr. Anil Bhattarai, Dr. Bishwas Pradhan

Speakers

15:40 to 15:58

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Rajneesh Malhotra

Topic: Durable MCS (Mechanical Circulatory Support): Bridge to transplant or Destination Therapy

15:58 to 16:16

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Dorry Segev

Topic: Frailty and Physiologic Reserve

17:00 to 18:00

Inaugural Session

Welcome by Dr. Pukar C. Shrestha, President, Transplant Community of Nepal and Chair, Organ Transplant Co-ordination Committee (OTCC), Govt. of Nepal

Remarks by Prof. Dr. Dibya Singh Shah, President Elect, Transplant Community of Nepal

Remarks by Dr. Dorry Segev, Representative from International Delegates

Speech by Health Secretary

Speech by Health Minister, Hon. Pradip Poudel

Felicitations to International Delegates

Remarks by Chief Guest

Vote of Thanks from organizing secretary Dr. Kalpana Kumari Shrestha

18:00 onwards

Dinner with Cultural program

Time

Program

08:00 to 09:00

Registration

Session 6

5 mins

09:00 to 09:05

Theme: Current Trends in Transplantation

Chair-persons: Dr. Pukar Chandra Shrestha, Dr. Sandeep Guleria, Dr. Akinari Fukuda,  Dr. Dibya Singh Shah

Speakers

09:05 to 09:25

(20 mins)

State-of-the-Art Lecture

Dr. Dorry Segev

Topic: Artificial Intelligence and how it will impact our field (including the developing world)

09:25 to 09:43

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Tara Sigdel (Online)

Topic: Advancing Non-Invasive Diagnostics for Early Detection of Allograft Injury: Insights from Omics Approaches

09:43 to 10:01

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Emily Thompson

Topic: Donor organ therapeutics prior to transplantation

10:01 to 10:20

(15 + 3 mins)

Carrie Scuffell

Topic: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol in Kidney Transplantation

10:20 to 10:35

15 min             

TEA BREAK

Session 7

5 mins

10:35 to 11:40

Theme: Multidisciplinary Topic

Chairpersons: Dr. Arpita Ray Chaudhury, Dr. Rajani Hada, Dr. Rakesh Kumar Verma, Dr. Roshan Ghimire

Speakers

10:40 to 10:58

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Sandeep Guleria

Topic: Pediatric Transplantation

10:58 to 11:16

(15 + 3 mins)

Dr. Andre Baranski

Topic: Professionalization in the Abdominal Organ Procurement

11:16 to 11:34

(15 + 3 mins)

Sommer Gentry, PhD

Topic: Registries and Their Importance

Session 8

5 mins

10:35 to 10:40

Theme: Miscellaneous Topics

Chairpersons: Dr. Mahesh Sigdel, Dr. Madhav Ghimire, Dr. Lushan Singh, Dr. Selva Kumar Naganathan

Speakers

11:40 to 11:50

(8 + 2 mins)

Dr. Sovit Thapa

Topic: Post renal transplant dengue infection – An experience from SDNTC

11:50 to 12:00

(8 + 2 mins)

Dr. Roshan Ghimire

Topic: Difficulties in Donor Hepatectomy

12:00 to 12:10

(8 + 2 mins)

Dr. Pawan Chalise

Topic:

Session 9

Panel discussion on Brain death donation

Moderator: Dr. Pukar Chandra Shrestha

12:10 to 13:00

Presentation by National Transplant Co-ordination Unit, Govt. of Nepal

Panelists

Dr. Basant Pant, Neurosurgeon, Chairman, ANIAS

Dr. Subhash Prasad Acharya, Department of Critical Care, TUTH

Dr. Kalpana Kumari Shrestha, Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician

Dr. Anant Kumar, Urology Renal Transplant and Robotics of Max Saket Complex, India

Dr. Emily Thompson, Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, Newcastle University & Freeman Hospital, UK

Dr. Dorry Segev, Transplant Surgeon, NYU Langone Health, USA

13:00 to 13:30

Closing Ceremony