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WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY SYMPOSIUM
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Monday, March 23, 2015
MAPPING MISSING MILLIONS
Venue: Ramalingaswami Board Room, AIIMS
9:00 AM
9:10 AM
9:20A.M
9:40 AM
9:55 A.M
10:15 AM
Welcome
Dr. J C Samantaray, Prof. & Head,
Department of Microbiology, AIIMS
Director’s Address
Dr. M C Misra, Director,
AIIMS
TB Research: A Direction
Dr. V M Katoch, Former Secretary
Department of Health Research
WHO Perspective on TB Control Dr. N Menabde, WHO Representative to
India
Research in TB: Lacunae
Dr. Bindu Dey, Adviser,
DBT
High Tea
WHAT’S NEW IN MDR-TB TREATMENT
Chairpersons
10.30-11:00
Science behind the Scene:
Repurposed Drugs
11:00-11:30
Kill kinetics of mycobacteria and
Possible consequences for therapy
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Former Director,
V P Patel Chest Institute.
Dr. Rohit Sarin, Director,
National Inst. TB & Resp. Diseases
Dr. Gyanu Lamichhane Asstt. Prof
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Johan Mouton, Head, Med Microbiol
& Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC
Netherlands
PROGRAMMATIC EFFORTS TOWARDS MDR-TB CONTROL
Chairpersons
Dr. Rohit Sarin, Director,
National Inst. TB & Resp. Diseases
Dr. K K Chopra, Director
New Delhi TB Centre
11:30-12:00 MDR-TB CONTROL: National
Dr. K S Sachdeva, ADG,
Program Effort
RNTCP
12:00-12:30 Need to engage the Private
Dr. Reuben Swamickan,
Sector for TB control
USAID, India
IMMUNOTHERAPY TOWARDS TB CONTROL
Chairpersons
Dr. Pawan Sharma, Senior Consultant
NER, BPMC, DBT
Dr. Jaya Tyagi, Professor
Department of Biotechnology, AIIMS
12:30-1:00
Tuberculosis: An ancient disease
Dr. Gobardhan Das
With modern outlook
Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, JNU, New
Delhi
1:00-1:30
1:30 PM
TB vaccine, a conundrum of sorts?
LUNCH
ROLE OF LABORATORY
Chairpersons
2:30-3:00
3:00-3:30
Dr. K M Atmakuri, Asstt. Prof , THSTI
Newer diagnostic modalities on
The horizon
Genesis of Drug Resistance in
Mycobacterium tuberculosis:
Do we know enough??
Dr. Usha Baweja, Senior Consultant
Microbiology, Medanta, Gurgaon
Dr. V P Myneedu, Med Sup.
National Instt. TB & Resp. Diseases
Dr. Hitender Gautam, Asstt. Prof.
Department of Microbiology, AIIMS
Dr. Urvashi B Singh, Additional Prof.,
Department of Microbiology, AIIMS
NEWER TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR MDR- TB
Chairpersons
Dr. J N Pande, Senior Consultant, Sita
Ram Bhartiya Hospital New Delhi
Dr. Naresh Gupta, Prof. and Head
Deptt. Of Medicine, MAMC, New Delhi
3:30-4:00
High Dose Rifampicin in TB
Dr. Martin Boeree, Associate Prof
Treatment
Clinical TB, Radboud Univ, Nijmegen
Medical Centre, Netherlands
4:00-4:30
Trials with Newer drugs/regimens
Dr. Randeep Guleria, Prof. and Head
Deptt. Of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, AIIMS
TEA
UNDERSTANDING TUBERCULOSIS PATHOGENESIS
Chairpersons
Dr. Gobardhan Das, Special Centre for Molecular
Medicine, JNU, New Delhi
Dr. A B Dey, Prof. & Head
Deptt. Of Geriatric Medicine, AIIMS
Dr. H K Prasad, Professor
Deptt of Biotechnology, AIIMS
4:30-5:00
TB pathogenesis: How to stay
Dr. Rajesh Gokhale
Ahead of this game
Director, IGIB, CSIR, Delhi
5:00-5:30
Mycobacterium tuberculosis:
Dr. Petros Karakousis, Associate Prof.
Molecular Basis of Persistence
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School
Of Medicine, USA
March 24, 2015
Workshop on MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS, MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY and SEQUENCING
TECHNIQUES used in MYCOBACTERIOLOGY
For registration, Email with Curriculum vitae at stoptbsymposium@gmail.com
Organized by:
Dr. Urvashi B Singh, Chief, Tuberculosis Section, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi
Enroll yourself before 22nd March 2015 on Email at stoptbsymposium@gmail.com
Registration free for participants, certificate of participation will be awarded to registered candidates.