ANNUAL MEETING
The 5th Annual Conference Of Ispghan (indian Society Of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology And Nutrition)
28th Annual Meeting Of The Pediatric Gastroenterology Chapter Of The Iap Was Held On The 27th And 28th Of October At Hyatt Regency, Mumbai With A Pre-conference Meeting Of Case Scenarios On Genetic Liver Problems On The 26th Of October Which Was Telecast Live To Pediatricians All Over The Country.
The meeting which was organised by Children’s Liver Foundation and IAP, Mumbai had more than 500 registered delegates and a learned and enthusiastic faculty from India and abroad.
This was a joint effort of the two societies which have been organising the popular “Hepaticon” every year The pre-conference meeting had case scenarios with a genetics background being presented and discussed with a very interactive audience comprising of PG students, Pediatric Gastroenterologists, Pediatricians, Gastroenterologists, Geneticists and dieticians.
The two days of the conference had few didactic talks interspersed with panel discussions on a wide variety of topics which would be of interest to both the generalists and specialists including a panel discussion on the same theme which was moderated by Dr YK Amdekar, the Organising Chairperson of the meeting.
The inauguration moved away from the conventional lamp lighting to an eco-friendly planting trees online in the Sunderbans forests in the name of ISPGHAN 2018.
The meeting was formally inaugurated by Dr Armida Fernandes, senior Pediatrician and founder of the NGO – SNEHA that works on projects of health, nutrition and violence in women and children across the slums of Mumbai.
Dr Aabha Nagral – Organising secretary and Managing trustee of Children’s Liver foundation, Dr Bela Verma, president IAP, Mumbai, Dr Malathi Sathiyasekaran – President ISPGHAN, Dr Anshu Srrivastava- Secretary ISPGHAN shared their views in the inauguration.
The highlight of the meeting was the eposter session which was the first for an ISPGHAN meeting and was a big success with more than a 100 abstracts received for the conference. The meeting truly reflected the coming of age of the specialty of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The proceedings of the meeting are available on www.childrenliverindia.org
Indian Society Of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology And Nutrition
6 Th Annual Conference Ispghan 2019 &
29th Annual Conference Of The Pediatric Gastroenterology Chapter Of Iap.
DATE : 18th-20th Oct 19
VENUE : Itc Grand Chola, Chennai
Events
ISPGHANCON eCON 2020, 26th Sept, Saturday Afternoon
S.NO | Timing | Topic | Speaker(S)/ Session Coordinator(S) Name | Questions & Answers |
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1. | 01.30 PM – 01.35 PM | Inaguration and Welcome | ||
2. | 01.35 PM – 02.05 PM | School going child with persisting jaundice | Dr.Ashish Ramesh Bavdekar (Pune)
Dr.Vishnu Biradar (Pune) Dr.Sdhna Bhasin Lal (Chandigarh) |
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2.05-2.10 PM | Case snippet -1 | Dr. Jaya Agarwal | ||
3. | 02.10 PM – 02.25 PM | Talk : Functional Abdominal Pain | Dr.Dhanasekhar K (Chennai) | |
4. | 02.30 PM – 03.05 PM | Case 2 : Toddler with chronic diarrhea | Dr.Anshu srivatsava (Lucknow)
Dr.Rajkumar Gupta (Jaipur) Dr.Nishant Wadhwa (New Delhi) |
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3.05 – 3.10 PM | Case snippet -2 | Dr. Sakshi | ||
5. | 03.10 PM – 03.25 PM | Talk : Probiotics | Dr.Bhaskar Raju B (Chennai) | |
6. | 03.30 PM – 04.05 PM | Case 3 : Infant with jaundice since 2 months of age | Dr.Neelam Mohan (Gurgoan) Dr.Sanjiv Harpavat (USA)
Dr.Somashekara H.R (Bengaluru) |
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4.05 – 4.10 PM | Case snippet -3 | Dr. Jaya Agarwal | ||
7. | 04.10 PM – 04.25 PM | Talk : GERDs and PPIs | Dr.Nirmala Dheivamani (Chennai) | |
8. | 04.30 PM – 05.05 PM | Case 4 : Infant with bloody diarrhea | Dr.Surender Yachha (Lucknow)
Dr.Moinak Sen Sharma (Lucknow) Dr.Gautam Ray (Kolkatta) |
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9. | 05.10 PM – 05.20 PM | CP Mittal award winning paper | ||
5.20 -5.25 PM | Quiz 1 | |||
10. | 05.25 PM – 05.50 PM | Challenging diagnosis , Easy treatment Brief Snippets | Dr.V.S. Sankaranarayanan (Chennai)
Dr.Jagadeesh Menon (Chennai) |
ISPGHANCON eCON 2020, 27th Sept, Sunday Morning
S.NO | Timing | Topic | Speaker(S)/ Session Coordinator(S) Name | Questions & Answers |
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10:00:00 AM | Inaguration and Welcome | Dr. John Matthai Session Coordinator: Dr. M.S. Viswanathan |
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1. | 10.00 AM – 10.30 AM | Interesting cases for paediatricians | Dr.Y.K. Amdekar (Mumbai) Dr.Palaniraman R (Thinidvanam) |
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2 | 10.30 AM – 11.25 AM | 1. Hepatitis B with normal enzymes : To treat or not 2. IBD: Top up or step down 3. NAC in acute liver failure : Selective or universal |
Dr. Jaya Agarwal Dr.Vibhor Borkar (Mumbai) Dr.Rajeev khanna (New Delhi) Dr.Geetha M (Kochi) Dr.Rishi Bolia (Rishikesh) Dr. Bikranth Bihari Lal (New Delhi) Dr.Deepak Goyal (New Delhi) |
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3. | 02.10 PM – 02.25 PM | Talk : Functional Abdominal Pain | Dr.Dhanasekhar K (Chennai) | |
3. | 11.30 AM – 12.00 PM | Difficult diagnosis : Case presentation | Dr.Srinivas (chennai) Dr.Vidyut Bhatia (New Delhi) Dr.Roshini Vara (UK) |
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4 | 12.00 PM – 12.20 PM | ALF in children : Whats new? | Dr.Anil Dhawan (UK) | |
5. | 12.25 PM – 12.45 PM | IBD Management – Current Perspectives | Dr.Mark Oliver (Australia) |
ISPGHANCON eCON 2020, 27th Sept, Sunday Afternoon
S.NO | Timing | Topic | Speaker(S)/ Session Coordinator(S) Name | Questions & Answers |
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6 | 1.30 PM – 2.05 PM | Case 5: Child with Isolated Splenomegaly | Dr. Aabha Nagral (Mumbai) Dr.Sutapa Ganguly (Kolkatta) Dr.Prasahant Sobhan (Trivandrum) |
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2.05 -2.10 pm | Case snippet 4 | Dr.Sakshi | ||
7 | 2.10 PM – 2.25 PM | Talk : Management of constipation | Dr.Lalit Bharadia (Jaipur) | |
2.25 -2.30 pm | Case snippet 5 | Dr. Jaya | ||
8. | 2.30 PM – 3.05 PM | Case 6 : Acute liver failure in school going child | Dr.Naresh shanmugam (Chennai) Dr.Smita Malhotra (New Delhi) Dr.Prashanth Bachina (Hyderabad) |
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3.05 -3.10 pm | Case snippet 6 | Dr. Sakshi | ||
9. | 3.10 PM – 3.25 PM | Award Paper Winners : Gastroenterology & Hepatology | ||
10. | 3.30 PM – 3.45 PM | Award of FISPGH Report of ISPHGHAN Secretary | Dr. John Matthai / Dr. Naresh Shanmugam Session Coordinator: Dr.Natwar Parwal (Jaipur) |
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3.45 – 4 pm | Talk probiotics | Dr. Bhaskar raju | ||
11. | 4 PM – 4.35 PM | Case 7: Adolescent with recurrent bloody diarrhea & Weight loss | Dr.Malathi Sathiyasekaran (Chennai) Dr.Rohan Malik (New Delhi) Dr.Maya Peethambaram (Kochi) |
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12. | 4.35 PM – 4.50 PM | Talk : Management of acute diarrhea | Dr.Shirish Bhatnagar (Lucknow) | |
4.50-4.55 pm | Quiz 2 | |||
13. | 4.55 PM – 5.25 PM | Day to day issues in PedGastro ractice | Dr.Riyaz A (Calicut) Dr.Shivani Deswal (Gurgoan) | |
14. | 5.25 PM – 5.40 PM | Valediction |
Events




ISPGHANCON eCON 2021, Oct 8th – Friday Evening
S.NO | Topic | Speaker & location | Link |
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1 | Inaugration & Welcome | Dr. John Matthai | Click Here |
2 | Functional abdominal pain – Any new remedies? | Dr Marc Benninga Netherlands | Click Here |
3 | Longterm issues with Liver Transplantation | Dr Patrick Mckiernan UK | Click Here |
4 | Neonatal cholestasis. What is new ? | Dr S K Yachha, Bengaluru | Click Here |
5 | “Refractory constipation. The way forward” | Dr Dinesh Pashankar. USA | Click Here |
6 | Award Papers | Winners | Click Here |
7 | Gut Microbiome & Liver | Dr Anil Dhawan UK | Click Here |
8 | Acute on chronic liver failure | Dr Seema Alam, New Delhi | Click Here |
ISPGHANCON eCON 2021, Oct 09th – Saturday Evening
S.NO | Topic | Speaker & location | Link |
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1 | Introductory remarks | Dr. John Matthai | Click Here |
2 | GERD- ISPGHAN guidelines 2021 | Dr. Neelam Mohan, New Delhi | Click Here |
3 | C P Mittal award | Winners | Click Here |
4 | Enteral Nutrition in IBD | Dr Andrew Day, New zealand | Click Here |
5 | Chronic Hep B & C : What new drugs on the block? | Dr. Naveen Mittal USA | Click Here |
6 | Fecal calprotection. When and Why ? | Dr Malathi S, Chennai | Click Here |
7 | Secretary’s report | Dr. Naresh | Click Here |
8 | Update on acute, recurrent and chronic pancreatitis/td> | Dr Douglas Fishman USA | Click Here |
9 | Food Allergy | Dr Mohamad Miqdady UAE | Click Here |