Pre-Conference Workshops — Friday, 10 July 2026
Hands-on workshops for practicing physicians. Limited seats — separate registration required.
All Day
Workshops — Multiple Locations across Hyderabad
Hands-on skills training by expert faculty
Workshop Day
| Workshop |
Venue |
Course Director(s) |
| Pulmonary Function Test |
Deccan College of Medical Sciences |
Dr Fahad Abdullah |
| Invasive & Non-Invasive Ventilation |
Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills |
Dr Sai Praveen Haranath · Dr Vijay Kumar Chennamchetty |
| Advanced Bronchoscopy |
Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad |
Dr Harikishan Gonuguntla |
| Interstitial Lung Diseases |
AIG Hospital, Banjara Hills |
Dr Vishwanath Gella · Dr Nagarjuna Maturu |
| Thoracoscopy |
KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad |
Dr V Ramana Prasad |
| Sleep Disordered Breathing |
CARE Hospital, Hitech City |
Dr K Sailaja · Dr Nalini Nagalla |
Day 1 — Saturday, 11 July 2026
9:00 – 9:30 am
Opening Ceremony
Function
9:30 – 10:00 am
Dr PV Benjamin Memorial Oration 1: Tuberculosis — past, present and future
Dr Rajendra Prasad
Memorial Oration
10:00 – 10:20 am
A SAD state of affairs — The Etiopathogenesis and treatment of small airway disease
Dr Pratibh Prasad
Session
10:20 – 10:40 am
Are three a crowd? The rational indications of triple therapy in airway disease
Dr Vijaykumar C
Session
10:40 – 11:00 am
Beyond LABA-LAMA-ICS — widening scope of Aerosol Therapy
Dr Nishant Sinha
Session
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Symposium: Black and White — and Everything in between: Concepts of Chest Imageology (CXR, HRCT & USG Chest)
Dr Uttara Vijaikumar · Dr TLN Swamy · Dr B Murali
Session
12:00 – 12:20 pm
Bubbles in the Lung — A systematic approach to diagnosis and treatment of Cystic Lung Disease
Dr Harikishan G
Session
12:20 – 12:40 pm
Moving target — Imaging and treatment of Pulmonary Embolism in challenging scenarios
Dr Latha Sarma
Session
12:40 – 1:00 pm
When drugs don't work — A calibrated approach to the Treatment of MDR-TB
Dr Aleemuddin Naveed
Session
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Dialogue 1: A giant step, or just a leap of faith? — New treatment options for Pulmonary Hypertension
Dr BG Saicharan · Dr Samiuddin
Dialogue
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Dr Kanwalchander Memorial Oration 2: Differentiated TB care — a way for better outcomes
Dr Subba Rao
Memorial Oration
3:00 – 3:20 pm
Old wine, new bottles? The new EULAR guidelines for CTD-ILD
Dr Sandeep Raj B
Session
3:20 – 3:40 pm
Diagnosis from thin air — The diagnostic potential of exhaled breath
Dr Thamee Shahid
Session
3:40 – 4:00 pm
What's here, what's coming? Anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory therapies in ILD
Dr CN Prasad
Session
4:00 – 4:30 pm
Dr OA Sarma Memorial Oration 3: SARD-ILD — Bridging the gap between Breath and Breathlessness
Dr GK Paramjyothi
Memorial Oration
4:30 – 5:00 pm
Panel Discussion 1: The logic in biologics — A rational choice of biologics in airway diseases
Moderator: Dr Nagarjuna M
Dr Chandrakanth Tarke · Dr Yugandhar Battu · Dr Vivekvardhan V · Dr Srikar Darisetty · Dr Laxman Babu
Session
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Inaugural Function
Function
Day 2 — Sunday, 12 July 2026
9:00 – 9:30 am
PG Session
Dr R Vijay Kumar
PG Session
9:30 – 10:00 am
Dr D Umapathy Rao Memorial Oration 4: Public Health Priorities for TB elimination in India
Dr Srinath Satyanarayana
Memorial Oration
10:00 – 10:20 am
A new lingo for lung care — Optimal utilisation of large-language models for the pulmonologist
Dr Sai Praveen Harnath
Session
10:20 – 10:40 am
New in Pneumonia — Molecular tools and genomics for pneumonia diagnosis in 2026
Dr Sudhir Nadimpally
Session
10:40 – 11:00 am
Making the right choice — Drug selection in pneumonia therapy: now and ahead
Dr Fahad Abdullah
Session
11:00 – 11:30 am
Panel Discussion 2: Making sense of TB diagnostics in 2026
Moderator: Dr Subhakar Kandi
Dr M Sravan Kumar · Dr T Pramod · Dr MG Krishnamurthy · Dr P Ravi KMC · Dr G Nalini · Dr C Sumalatha
Session
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Panel Discussion 3: How I do it — Foreign Body removal & EBUS guided interventions
Moderator: Dr Jayachandra A
Dr Vishal C · Dr Preeti V · Dr Laxminarayan J · Dr Mahesh Gudelli · Dr Kiran Grandhi · Dr VBN Raju
Session
12:00 – 12:20 pm
Man and his Machine — Choice of specific devices for the treatment of respiratory disordered breathing
Dr Nalini N
Session
12:20 – 12:40 pm
Inside the pressure cooker — Troubleshooting on positive pressure ventilation
Dr Visweshwaran B
Session
12:40 – 1:00 pm
The many faces of Aspergillus
Dr Narendra Kumar N
Session
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion 4: A shot in the arm — Vaccination strategies for the prevention of respiratory diseases
Moderator: Dr Pradyuth Waghrey
Dr Ramesh Kumar K · Dr Syed Mahmood · Dr Sailaja K · Dr Sudhir Prasad · Dr A Vinay Kumar · Dr Raghunath Reddy
Session
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Dr CE Prasad Memorial Oration 5: Orphan Lung Disease
Dr Manmadh Rao
Memorial Oration
3:00 – 3:20 pm
Hiding in plain sight — The overlooked subtleties of PFT testing
Dr Gangadhar Reddy M
Session
3:20 – 3:40 pm
Marking the enemy — Tumour markers & molecular diagnosis in thoracic malignancies
Dr Dayanand K
Session
3:40 – 4:00 pm
The conundrum of the non-caseating granuloma — When and when not to consider Sarcoidosis
Dr Vishwanath G
Session
4:00 – 4:30 pm
Dialogue 2: Hiding in plain sight — Conundrums in pulmonary function testing
Dr Ashfaq Hasan · Dr Mateenuddin Saleem
Dialogue
4:30 – 5:00 pm
PG Quiz
Dr Nagarjuna M
PG Session
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Valedictory Function
Function
Abstract Submissions Closed
Registration Opening Soon
