Transplant Coordinators Conference 2019

Day 1 November 30, 2019 Saturday

Time

Session

Faculty

8.45 am

Registration

9.20am – 9.30 am

Welcome Address

Ms. Lalitha Raghuram, President
Network and Alliance of Transplant Coordinators  (NATCO)

9.30 am – 10.30 am

Invited Rapid Fire Talks

Chairpersons:
Ms. Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Dr. Sonal Asthana

• Impact of myths on organ donation and transplantation in movies & television serials on the public in India – Ms. Ann Alex
• Organ donation in Islam – Perspectives from south of India – Ms. Ishwarya Thyagarajan
• New learnings post-transplant coordinators’ training – Ms. Trilly  Mathew
• Transition from a government to corporate hospital - are the pain points the same? - Ms. Sandhya Nair
• Ethical dilemmas of coordination in corporate hospitals – Ms. Vrinda Pusalkar
• Life before Ashes – Impact of an innovative campaign – Ms. Jaya Jairam

10.35 am – 11.30 am

Experts deliberate separately between 9.30 am-10.30 am before presenting to the larger group.

Developing a common template for PPP model for organ donation in India

Chairpersons:
Mr. PWC Davidar, IAS, Government of Tamil Nadu
Dr. Rajesh Chandwani, Chairperson CMHS, IIM Ahmedabad
Dr. Suresh Sankar, Nephro Plus Chennai

Experts:

• Dr. Jayanti Ravi, IAS, Principal Secretary Health & Family Welfare, Gujarat
• Dr. Rakesh Gupta, IAS, Project Director, Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates Program, Haryana & Nodal Officer, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, CM office Haryana
• Dr. Kishor Phadke, Convenor, Jeevasarthakathe, Bengaluru
• Dr. Atul Mulay, Secretary, ZTCC, Pune
• Dr. Shubnum Singh, Director Medical Education, Max Health Care, Delhi
• Dr. Dhiren Shah, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon, CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad
• Mr. Mahendra Kumar Rekhi & MD & CEO SBI Foundation
• Mr. Aman Bhaiya & Asst. Vice President & Program Head
• Mr. Badal Rag, Associate Vice President-Brand, The Times of India
• Mr. Abhishek K. Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Edelweiss Tokio
• Dr. Somnath Chattopadhyay, HOD, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplant, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
• Mr. Amal Sivaji, Associate Director- Healthcare, USISPF
• Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee. MOHAN Foundation

11.35 am – 11.45 am

Tea break

11.45 am – 1.00 pm

Making transplants affordable

1. Costs of transplants

Chairpersons:
Dr. Dhiren Shah, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon, CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad
Dr. Amit Joshi

2. Crowd funding - Checks and Balances

Moderator:
Mr. Sundeep Kumar

• Liver Transplant costing – Dr. Sonal Asthana
• Heart transplant costing –Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram
• Challenges of post-operative expenses in renal transplant- Dr. Sujata Rajapurkar

• Milaap model and challenges – Mr. Mayukh Choudhury
• Sources of funding in India – Ms. Jaya Jairam
• Experience with crowd funding - Mr. Anil Srivatsa

1.00 pm – 1.45 pm

Lunch

1.45 pm – 2.05 pm

Challenges and Successes in Deceased Organ Donation in Gujarat - an NGO perspective

Chairpersons:
Dr. Dhiren Shah

Mr. Nilesh Mandlewala, Donate Life India
Ms. Bhavna Chhabaria, Shatayu

2.10 pm – 2.25 pm

What makes a leader?
Chairpersons:
Ms. Lalitha Raghuram
Dr. Suresh Sankar

Dr. Rakesh Gupta

2.30 pm – 3.45 pm

Free paper presentations

Judges:
Dr. Kishore Phadke
Dr. Muneet Kaur Sahi
Ms. Priyanka Borah

Transplant Coordinators (5 minutes + 2 minutes Q & A from Judges)

3.50 pm – 4.15 pm

Checks and balances to protect hospital staff in coordinating living transplants

Chairpersons:
Dr. Sunil Shroff
Ms. Sujata Ashtekar

Dr. Abhijat Sheth, Apollo Hospital, Ahmedabad

4.15 pm – 4.30 pm

Tea break

4.30 pm – 5.20 pm

Medico Legal Formalities and Organ Donation – The Role of Police

Chairpersons:
Dr.  S.L. Singal,
Project Coordinator, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, CM office, Haryana
Ms. Arati Gokhale, ZTCC Pune

State wise comparison in MLC procedures -  Dr. Hemal Kanvinde, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai (10 minutes)

Presentation by Transplant Coordinators (8 Minutes each)

• Northern region – Ms. Rajinder Kaur
• Southern region – Dr. Srivari Bhanuchandra Dharani Pal
• Western region –Ms. Surekha Joshi
• Central region - Dr. Amit Joshi

5.20 pm

Inaugural ceremony

• Dr. Jayanti Ravi IAS, Principal Secretary Health & Family Welfare, Gujarat
• Dr.  S. L. Singal,  Project Coordinator, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, CM office, Haryana
• Mr. P.W.C. Davidar, IAS
• Dr. Errol D’Souza, Director, IIMA
• Dr. Vineet Mishra, Director, IKDRC
• Dr. Rajesh Chandwani, CMHS, IIMA
• Dr. Dhiren Shah, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon, CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad
• Ms. Lalitha Raghuram, President NATCO
• Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation
• Dr. Hemal Kanvinde,  Secretary NATCO

Day 2 December 1, 2019 Sunday

Time

Session

Faculty

9.00 am – 10.00 am

Roundtable: NGO Presentation
Developing a common template for Organ Donation Awareness

Moderator:
Ms. Pallavi Kumar
Mr. Badal Rag

• ORGAN India - Ms. Sunayana  Arora Singh
• Zublee Foundation – Ms. Priyanka Borah
• Shatayu – Ms.  Bhavna Chhabaria
• FORT – Dr. Avnish Seth
• Donate Life – Mr. Nilesh Mandlewala
• MOHAN Foundation – Ms. Lalitha Raghuram
• MF Jaipur Citizen Forum – Dr. Anita Sangwan
• Gift of Life Adventure -  Mr. Anil Srivatsa

10.05 am – 10.20 am

Transplantation of Human Organs Act - 25 years on 

Chairpersons:
Ms. Arati Gokhale
Mr. Nilesh Mandlewala

Dr. Sunil Shroff

10.25 am – 10.40 am

Foreign Donors in India

Chairpersons:
Mr. Ahsan Ullah Ansari
Ms. Sujata Ashtekar
Mr. Amit Joshi

Ms. Pallavi Kumar

10.40 am – 11.00 am

Tea break

11.00 am – 11.30 am

Swamy Narayan Oration

Chairpersons:
Mr. Raghuram Kuppuswamy
Ms. Bhavna Jagwani

Dr. Sonal Asthana

11.35 - 12.05 pm

Swamy Narayan Best Transplant Coordinator Award presentations

Judges: 
Mr. Raghuram K
Dr. Rajesh Chandwani
Ms. Arati Gokhale

Presentations by short listed Transplant Coordinators  ( 3minutes each)

12.10 am – 12.20 pm

Organ Donor Clause in Driving License - Our Journey

Chairpersons:
Mr. Amal Sivaji
Mr. Sudhir Dewan

Ms. Bhavna Jagwani 

12.25 pm – 12.45 pm

Quality of Life of donors and recipients – a Nephrologist’s perspective

Chairpersons:
Dr. Kishore Phadke
Dr. Avnish Seth

Dr. Vivek Kute

12.45 pm – 1.45 pm

Lunch

1.45 pm – 2.15 pm

Panel Discussion - How can we energise Indian Transplant Games?

Moderator:
Dr. Sunil Shroff

Mr. Anil Srivatsa
Ms. Jaya Jairam
Dr. Baldev Aulakh
Ms. Bhavna Chhabaria
Ms. Sunayana Singh

2.20 pm – 2.40 pm

Hand Transplantation, face transplant and other composite tissue transplants – is there a future for it in India?

Chairpersons:
Ms. Lakshmi

Prof.  (Dr) K. M. Boopathi, Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital, Chennai

2.45 pm – 3.00 pm

Infections and malignancy in deceased donor organs - when to accept and when to reject. 

Chairpersons:
Ms. Lalitha Raghuram
Ms. Sandhya Nair

Dr. Sunil Shroff

3.05 pm – 3.20 pm

Kidney diseases of unknown origin: is it on the rise in India, and what do we know about it?

Chairpersons:
Dr. Sujatha Rajapurkar
Dr. Vivek Kute

Dr. Manoj Gumber,
Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad

3.25 pm – 3.50 pm

Sharing experiences as a transplant recipient

Chairpersons:
Dr. Sonal Asthana
Ms. Trilly Mathew

Prof. Vijaya Sherry Chand, IIMA
Mr. Sudhir Dewan, Director, MOHAN Foundation, Chandigarh

3.50 pm – 4.10 pm

Tea break

4.10 pm – 5.00 pm

Awards function and Valedictory