Scientific Program
DAY 1
Godavari Hall
| Time | Topic | Faculty / Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:15 am | LADA: Managing it the right way in 2026 | Duologue: Dr Ashutosh Sonawane and Dr Kundan Khamkar |
| 09:15 am - 09:30 am | Classification in Diabetes: Where do we stand today in 2026 - Clinical Implications | Dr Shailaja Kale |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am | Interpreting culture sensitivity report: Rationale use of antibiotics | Dr Ashit Hegde |
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | Biomarkers of oxidative stress and its clinical implications | Dr Shankar Khobragade |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Spectrum of Lung Surgeries | Dr Sanjeev Jadhav |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Management of "rave party drug" toxicity | Dr Sanjay Patne |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Community acquired pneumonia: Changing Spectrum | Dr Aniruddha Bhamburkar |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Case based approach to a non diabetic patient with proteinuria | Dr Jayraj Korpe |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Adult vaccination: Doing it the right way | Dr Ashok Bawaskar |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Changes in Tuberculosis Guidelines: What a physician needs to know | Dr Babaji Ghewade |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Advances in inhaler therapy | Dr Bharat Trivedi |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Lipid Guideline in 2026: What has changed? | Dr Vijay Negalur |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | National TB programme - Present scenario | Dr Dilip Mhaisekar |
| 12:15 pm - 01:00 pm | Award Of Excellence in INTERNAL MEDICINE Examination: Viva Voce Examination | Co-ordinator: Dr Jitendra Kodilkar |
| 01:00 pm - 01:30 pm |
DR BHAGWAT AURANGABAD MEMORIAL ORATION Preventing heart attack: From womb to pyre |
Dr Jagdish Hiremath |
| 01:30 pm - 02:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 02:00 pm - 02:15 pm | First golden hour after stroke: What to do what not to do? | Dr Rahul Baviskar |
| 02:15 pm - 02:30 pm | Orthostatic Hypotension: From approach to management | Dr Tejas Sakale |
| 02:30 pm - 02:45 pm | Decoding coagulopathy: Beyond PT, aPTT and INR in clinical decision making | Dr Chandrakant G Lahane |
| 02:45 pm - 03:00 pm | Drug induced movement disorders | Dr Vijay Ghuge |
| 03:00 pm - 03:15 pm | How to read: Understanding the basics in EMG, NCV and an EEG report | Dr Dhananjay Duberkar |
| 03:15 pm - 03:30 pm | Stroke in a young | Dr Tushar Patil |
| 03:30 pm - 03:45 pm | Viral CNS infections: Clinical Management beyond the PCR result | Dr Adin Sejdic (International Faculty) |
| 03:45 pm - 04:00 pm | ICU psychosis | Dr Aditya Aundkar |
| 04:00 pm - 04:15 pm | When chemotherapy wins before surgery in solid organ tumors: Evidence based approach | Dr Shailesh Bondarde |
| 04:15 pm - 04:30 pm | Latest advances in hyperkalemia management with focus on sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) | Dr Umesh Khanna |
| 04:30 pm - 04:45 pm | The known and unknown of best in class MRA: Esaxerenone | Dr Deodutta Chafekar |
| 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm | Insulin Pump: Knowing the basics | Dr Suresh Purohit |
DAY 1
Gautami Hall
| Time | Topic | Faculty / Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:15 am | Role of steroids in hepatitis with special emphasis on alcoholic and autoimmune hepatitis | Dr Kartik Balankhe |
| 09:15 am - 09:30 am | MASLD: What's new? | Dr P K Joshi |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am | Analysing ABG with help of AI: A case based approach | Dr Yatindra Dube |
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | Approach to a patient with fragility fracture: Special emphasis on DEXA scan and BMD | Dr Krish Panikar |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Sudden death in OPD: How to handle medico-legally | Dr Mayur Sarode |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Home based sleep testing for OSA: How to read the report, opportunities and limitations | Dr Anil Rohankar |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Newly diagnosed hypertension beyond 150/90: Go slow or amplify | Dr Mukund Penurkar |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Role of steroids in acute febrile illness | Dr Sanjay Godbole |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Practical aspects in managing Deep Vein Thrombosis | Dr Pritesh Junagade |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Managing Tuberculosis in special situations: A case based approach | Dr Rohit Mahavarkar |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Evaluating a case with chronic headache | Dr Sunil Gajare |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Giddiness Demystified: A clinical approach to 'chakkar' | Dr Rahul Magar |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | TBD | TBD |
| 12:15 pm - 01:00 pm | Award Of Excellence in INTERNAL MEDICINE Examination: Viva Voce Examination | - |
| 01:00 pm - 01:30 pm |
DR BHAGWAT AURANGABAD MEMORIAL ORATION Preventing heart attack: From womb to pyre |
Dr Jagdish Hiremath |
| 01:30 pm - 02:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 02:00 pm - 02:15 pm | Pitfalls in managing patient with septic shock | Dr Aniket Joshi |
| 02:15 pm - 02:30 pm | TBD | TBD |
| 02:30 pm - 02:45 pm | TBD | TBD |
| 02:45 pm - 03:00 pm | Intensive BP control is not difficult - it is underattempted | Dr Madhusudan Asawa |
| 03:00 pm - 03:15 pm | Evolving landscape of early diabetic retinopathy- current clinical practices, detection, screening and challenges in pharmacological treatment | Dr Mahesh Chavan |
| 03:15 pm - 03:30 pm | Basic precautions and work up to be done before giving biologics | Dr Anjali Rajadhyaksha |
| 03:30 pm - 03:45 pm | Cardiac Biomarkers beyond LDL: HsCRP, Lipoprotein (a), ApoB, HsTroponin I | Dr Rakesh Bhadade |
| 03:45 pm - 04:00 pm | Dengue vaccine: Development and current implications in clinical medicine | Dr Prasad Kulkarni |
| 04:00 pm - 04:15 pm | Critical challenges in management of Dengue fever | Dr Sandeep Rai |
| 04:15 pm - 04:30 pm | Addressing stigma in mental health: A physician's role in creating a safe space | Dr Kanak Gilurkar |
| 04:30 pm - 04:45 pm | Erectile dysfunction: Treating beyond sildenafil | Dr Deepak Jumani |
| 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm | Imeglimin - A powerhouse drug in the armamentarium for Type 2 diabetes | Dr Sanhita Walawalkar |
DAY 2
Godavari Hall
| Time | Topic | Faculty / Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:15 am | Pranayam and yoga: An evidence based analysis on recommending it | Dr Nitin Patankar |
| 09:15 am - 09:30 am | TBD | Dr Mangesh Tiwaskar |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am | ABPM an essential tool in new onset hypertension: How to interpret? | Dr Narayan Deogaonkar |
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | Automated PD in AKI in ICU | Dr Sudhir Kulkarni |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | TBD | Dr Ketan Pakhale |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Five research publications that changed medical practice: An overview | Dr Amit Saraf |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Approach to asymptomatic patient with deranged liver enzymes | Dr Prakash Joshi |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Asymptomatic patient but HBsAg positive - What next to do? | Dr Balbir Singh Kohli |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Pranayam and yoga: An evidence based analysis on recommending it | Dr Nitin Patankar |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Five research publications that changed medical practice: An overview | Dr Amit Saraf |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Fungal infections: When to suspect and how to evaluate | Dr Rajeev Soman |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Novel treatments in management of anemia of chronic disease | Dr Abhay Bhave |
| 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm | Inauguration | - |
| 12:45 pm - 01:15 pm |
THANE - VASHI ORATION Nutritional recommendations for a patient on GLP1 analogues |
Dr Shashank Joshi |
| 01:15 pm - 02:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 02:00 pm - 02:15 pm | Physicians approach to ILD in 2026 | Dr Agam Vora |
| 02:15 pm - 02:30 pm | TBD | Dr Sanjay Agarwal |
| 02:30 pm - 02:45 pm | Understanding diabetic embryopathy | Dr BK Singh |
| 02:45 pm - 03:00 pm | Newer technology in medicine | Dr P K Grant |
| 03:00 pm - 03:15 pm | Pitfalls in clinical medicine | Dr S V Khadilkar |
| 03:15 pm - 03:30 pm | CVD risk - post high risk pregnancy: Are we missing the bus? | Dr Vijay Panikar |
| 03:30 pm - 03:45 pm | Mechanical ventilation: Common mistakes we still make | Dr Vatsal Kothari |
| 03:45 pm - 04:00 pm | Advances in the treatment of Chronic ITP | Dr S K Bichile |
| 04:00 pm - 04:15 pm | Relieving pain in CKD: Discussing renal safety of analgesics | Dr Mukesh Shete |
| 04:15 pm - 04:30 pm | Neurodegenerative disorders and sleep | Dr Dattatray Nadgir |
| 04:30 pm - 04:45 pm | Special care for Post COVID patients | Dr Adin Sejdic (International Faculty) |
| 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm | Managing pain in diabetic neuropathy - Beyond pregabalin | Dr Rahul Kukarni |
| 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm | Presidential Oration | Dr S V Kulkarni |
| 05:30 pm - 06:30 pm | GBM | - |
DAY 2
Gautami Hall
| Time | Topic | Faculty / Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:15 am | TBD | TBD |
| 09:15 am - 09:30 am | TBD | TBD |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am | Managing hypertension in pregnancy | Dr Ajay Kaduskar |
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | Protein supplementation in CKD in Indian Scenario: When and how much? | Dr Nagesh Aghor |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | TBD | TBD |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | How to register a patient for transplant: knowing about the registry - Basics of screening for donor for transplant | Dr Parth Deogaonkar |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Demystifying the myths about alcohol | Dr Ramesh R Dargad |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Smoking Beyond warning: From pathophysiology to practical cessation | Dr Yuvraj Pawar |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Atrial Fibrillation: When and how to anticoagulate? |
Moderator: Dr Nikhil Patel Panelists: Dr Shripal Shah, Dr Siddhesh Kalantri, Dr Vikrant Vijan |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Role of interventions in Pulmonary Embolism and DVT | Dr Ganesh Deogaonkar |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | A clinician's perspective on FAD Diets | Dr Sanjib Medhi |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Post partum management and screening importance in hyperglycemia in pregnancy | Dr Rutul Thakkar |
| 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm | Inauguration | - |
| 12:45 pm - 01:15 pm | THANE - VASHI ORATION | Dr Shashank Joshi |
| 01:15 pm - 02:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 02:00 pm - 02:15 pm | Managing Dyslipidemia beyond statins | Dr Vinod Vijan |
| 02:15 pm - 02:30 pm | Approach to bradycardia: With special emphasis on pacing | Dr Dhopeshwarkar |
| 02:30 pm - 02:45 pm | Getting out of guilt - Forgive yourself for bad outcomes | Dr Anil Virmani |
| 02:45 pm - 03:00 pm | Chronic Stable angina |
For medical management: Dr Abhijit Pathak
vs For early intervention: Dr Manoj Chopda |
| 03:00 pm - 03:15 pm | Managing acute pancreatitis in first week | Dr Shrikant Mukewar |
| 03:15 pm - 03:30 pm | Pitfalls in managing rheumatology patients in a physician's practice | Dr Praveen Jadhav |
| 03:30 pm - 03:45 pm | Viral arthritis: When to suspect, how to evaluate and evidence based management beyond analgesics | Dr Mohini Ganu |
| 03:45 pm - 04:00 pm | How to interpret ANA positivity from perspective of a rheumatological disease | Dr Shailaja Sabnis |
| 04:00 pm - 04:15 pm | Drug coated balloons beyond stents: Are we entering a new era? | Dr Hiralal Pawar |
| 04:15 pm - 04:30 pm | Resistant Hypertension: How to evaluate? | Dr Arun Mannikar |
| 04:30 pm - 04:45 pm | Special care for Post COVID patients | Dr Adin Sejdic (International Faculty) |
| 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm | Medico-legal Survival Guide for physicians | Dr Amol Hartalkar |
| 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm | Presidential Oration | Dr S V Kulkarni |
DAY 2
Nandini Hall
| Time | Topic | Faculty / Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:15 am | 2D echo finding of MVP: When to reassure and when to worry? | Dr Sumit Patil |
| 09:15 am - 09:30 am | Four pillars in managing heart failure: Are we using them correctly | Dr Abhishek Khobragade |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am | TBD | Dr Sameer Chandratre |
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | MINOCA and INOCA: What a physician must know? | Dr Pranav Deshmukh |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | When bundle branch blocks deceive: Understanding masquerading BBB - ECG based approach | Dr Akshay Bafna |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Physician's perspective in managing pericardial effusion in 2026 | Dr Rishikesh Desale |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Approach to young sudden cardiac death in the family | Dr Atul Patil |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Dear Doctor minding your health and stress: Don't become patient! | Dr Suresh Suryawanshi |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Evaluating the impact of hyperkalemia on DD & RTA patients | Dr Mohan Patel |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Chest Xray findings a physician should never miss | Dr Swapnil Sakhla |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Role of extracorporeal therapies in toxicology | Dr Ajay Naxane |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Addressing the driver: ASI in aldosterone mediated hypertension | Dr Yashpal Gogate |
| 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm | Inauguration | - |
| 12:45 pm - 01:15 pm | THANE - VASHI ORATION | Dr Shashank Joshi |
| 01:15 pm - 02:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 02:00 pm - 02:15 pm | TBD | Dr Preetam Ahirrao |
| 02:15 pm - 02:30 pm | TBD | Dr Atul Agarwal |
| 02:30 pm - 02:45 pm | Managing diabetes in resource constraint settings | Dr Chandrashekhar Ashtekar |
| 02:45 pm - 03:00 pm | Fitness for physicians: Aging healthy | Dr Vikram Rajadnya |
| 03:00 pm - 03:15 pm | Resistance training vs Aerobic exercises: Choosing the right balance in time constraint individuals | Dr Prasad Andhare |
| 03:15 pm - 03:30 pm | Use of microbiota in cancer therapeutics | Dr Mukul Gharote |
| 03:30 pm - 03:45 pm | Microplastics: How is it harming us and how to avoid | Dr Manoj Chitale |
| 03:45 pm - 04:00 pm | Choosing the right antibiotics in a patient with Sepsis | Dr Rohit Payke |
| 04:00 pm - 04:15 pm | Understanding different sexual orientations | Dr Dhongade |
| 04:15 pm - 04:30 pm | TBD | TBD |
| 04:30 pm - 04:45 pm | TBD | TBD |
| 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm | TBD | TBD |
DAY 3
Godavari Hall
| Time | Topic | Faculty / Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:15 am | TBD | TBD |
| 09:15 am - 09:30 am | Interesting Medical Dilemmas | Dr Nikhil Balankhe |
| 09:30 am - 10:00 am | Pyrexia of unknown origin: A case based Panel discussion |
Moderator: Dr Amit Sehgal, Dr Parth Shah
Panelists: Dr Siddharth Shetty, Dr Likhit Gandhi, Dr Nilesh Wasekar |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Clinic ready insights in Haematology for Physicians | Dr Avinash Pophali |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Liver manifestations in ICU: Acute Fulminant Hepatitis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Hepatorenal syndrome | Dr Akash Shukla |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Chronic pancreatitis: When to suspect, how to evaluate, basics of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy | Dr Nitin Borse |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Long term PPI dependence: How to approach and help them wean | Dr Husain Bohari |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Is it in the mind or is it in the gut? | Dr Shobhana Bhatia |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Fecal transplant: Where do we stand today | Dr Harshal Gadikar |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Diabetic Kidney Disease: Your questions answered | Dr Pratap Jethwani |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | TBD | Dr Jayant Panda |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | TBD | Dr Suhas Erande |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | TBD | TBD |
| 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm | Chronic Diarrhea: How to evaluate and basics of management | Dr Sharad Deshmukh |
| 12:45 pm - 01:00 pm | Approach to jaundice in pregnancy | Dr Jagannath Jare |
| 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm | LUNCH | |
DAY 3
Gautami Hall
| Time | Topic | Faculty / Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:15 am | TBD | Dr Nikhil Nashikkar |
| 09:15 am - 09:30 am | Once a week Insulin: Where do we stand? | Dr Murthy |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am | Setting up a metabolic clinic | Dr Girish Rajadhyaksha |
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | OSA | Dr Manoj Chaddha |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Linking adherence to outcomes: A simple diabetes management score in real world practice | Dr Rajesh Kesari |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Managing it right - Insulin and beyond | Dr Sunil Gupta |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Bhasha, Budget, Belief: The 3Bs of real world diabetes care | Dr Aravinda Jagadeesha |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | TBD | Dr Rajiv Kovil |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | TBD | Dr Yashpal Gogate |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | TBD | Dr Manoj Chawla |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | TBD | Dr Sanjeev Indurkar |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | TBD | Dr Santosh Malpani |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | TBD | Dr Lotika Purohit |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | TBD | Dr Mayura Kale |
| 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm | TBD | Dr Sujit Chandratreya |
| 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm | TBD | Dr Purvi Chawla |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | LUNCH | |