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Pre-Conference Workshops โ€” Friday, 10 July 2026

Hands-on workshops for practicing physicians. Limited seats โ€” separate registration required.

All Day
Workshops โ€” 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 ยท Dr Vijay Kumar Chennamchetty
Advanced Bronchoscopy Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad Dr Harikishan Gonuguntla
Interstitial Lung Diseases AIG Hospital, Banjara Hills Dr Vishwanath Gella ยท Dr Nagarjuna Maturu
Thoracoscopy KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad Dr V Ramana Prasad
Sleep Disordered Breathing CARE Hospital, Hitech City Dr K Sailaja ยท Dr Nalini Nagalla

Day 1 โ€” Saturday, 11 July 2026

9:00 โ€“ 9:30 am
Opening Ceremony
Function
9:30 โ€“ 10:00 am
Dr PV Benjamin Memorial Oration 1: Tuberculosis โ€” past, present and future
Dr Rajendra Prasad
Memorial Oration
10:00 โ€“ 10:20 am
A SAD state of affairs โ€” The Etiopathogenesis and treatment of small airway disease
Dr Pratibh Prasad
Session
10:20 โ€“ 10:40 am
Are three a crowd? The rational indications of triple therapy in airway disease
Dr Vijaykumar C
Session
10:40 โ€“ 11:00 am
Beyond LABA-LAMA-ICS โ€” widening scope of Aerosol Therapy
Dr Nishant Sinha
Session
11:00 โ€“ 11:15 am
Tea Break
Break
11:15 am โ€“ 12:00 pm
Symposium: Black and White โ€” and Everything in between: Concepts of Chest Imageology (CXR, HRCT & USG Chest)
Dr Uttara Vijaikumar ยท Dr TLN Swamy ยท Dr B Murali
Session
12:00 โ€“ 12:20 pm
Bubbles in the Lung โ€” A systematic approach to diagnosis and treatment of Cystic Lung Disease
Dr Harikishan G
Session
12:20 โ€“ 12:40 pm
Moving target โ€” Imaging and treatment of Pulmonary Embolism in challenging scenarios
Dr Latha Sarma
Session
12:40 โ€“ 1:00 pm
When drugs don't work โ€” A calibrated approach to the Treatment of MDR-TB
Dr Aleemuddin Naveed
Session
1:00 โ€“ 2:00 pm
Lunch
Break
2:00 โ€“ 2:30 pm
Dialogue 1: A giant step, or just a leap of faith? โ€” New treatment options for Pulmonary Hypertension
Dr BG Saicharan ยท Dr Samiuddin
Dialogue
2:30 โ€“ 3:00 pm
Dr Kanwalchander Memorial Oration 2: Differentiated TB care โ€” a way for better outcomes
Dr Subba Rao
Memorial Oration
3:00 โ€“ 3:20 pm
Old wine, new bottles? The new EULAR guidelines for CTD-ILD
Dr Sandeep Raj B
Session
3:20 โ€“ 3:40 pm
Diagnosis from thin air โ€” The diagnostic potential of exhaled breath
Dr Thamee Shahid
Session
3:40 โ€“ 4:00 pm
What's here, what's coming? Anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory therapies in ILD
Dr CN Prasad
Session
4:00 โ€“ 4:30 pm
Dr OA Sarma Memorial Oration 3: SARD-ILD โ€” Bridging the gap between Breath and Breathlessness
Dr GK Paramjyothi
Memorial Oration
4:30 โ€“ 5:00 pm
Panel Discussion 1: The logic in biologics โ€” A rational choice of biologics in airway diseases
Moderator: Dr Nagarjuna M
Dr Chandrakanth Tarke ยท Dr Yugandhar Battu ยท Dr Vivekvardhan V ยท Dr Srikar Darisetty ยท Dr Laxman Babu
Session
6:00 โ€“ 7:00 pm
Inaugural Function
Function
7:00 โ€“ 10:00 pm
Gala Dinner
Function

Day 2 โ€” Sunday, 12 July 2026

9:00 โ€“ 9:30 am
PG Session
Dr R Vijay Kumar
PG Session
9:30 โ€“ 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 โ€“ 10:20 am
A new lingo for lung care โ€” Optimal utilisation of large-language models for the pulmonologist
Dr Sai Praveen Harnath
Session
10:20 โ€“ 10:40 am
New in Pneumonia โ€” Molecular tools and genomics for pneumonia diagnosis in 2026
Dr Sudhir Nadimpally
Session
10:40 โ€“ 11:00 am
Making the right choice โ€” Drug selection in pneumonia therapy: now and ahead
Dr Fahad Abdullah
Session
11:00 โ€“ 11:30 am
Panel Discussion 2: Making sense of TB diagnostics in 2026
Moderator: Dr Subhakar Kandi
Dr M Sravan Kumar ยท Dr T Pramod ยท Dr MG Krishnamurthy ยท Dr P Ravi KMC ยท Dr G Nalini ยท Dr C Sumalatha
Session
11:30 am โ€“ 12:00 pm
Panel Discussion 3: How I do it โ€” Foreign Body removal & EBUS guided interventions
Moderator: Dr Jayachandra A
Dr Vishal C ยท Dr Preeti V ยท Dr Laxminarayan J ยท Dr Mahesh Gudelli ยท Dr Kiran Grandhi ยท Dr VBN Raju
Session
12:00 โ€“ 12:20 pm
Man and his Machine โ€” Choice of specific devices for the treatment of respiratory disordered breathing
Dr Nalini N
Session
12:20 โ€“ 12:40 pm
Inside the pressure cooker โ€” Troubleshooting on positive pressure ventilation
Dr Visweshwaran B
Session
12:40 โ€“ 1:00 pm
The many faces of Aspergillus
Dr Narendra Kumar N
Session
1:00 โ€“ 2:00 pm
Lunch
Break
2:00 โ€“ 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion 4: A shot in the arm โ€” Vaccination strategies for the prevention of respiratory diseases
Moderator: Dr Pradyuth Waghrey
Dr Ramesh Kumar K ยท Dr Syed Mahmood ยท Dr Sailaja K ยท Dr Sudhir Prasad ยท Dr A Vinay Kumar ยท Dr Raghunath Reddy
Session
2:30 โ€“ 3:00 pm
Dr CE Prasad Memorial Oration 5: Orphan Lung Disease
Dr Manmadh Rao
Memorial Oration
3:00 โ€“ 3:20 pm
Hiding in plain sight โ€” The overlooked subtleties of PFT testing
Dr Gangadhar Reddy M
Session
3:20 โ€“ 3:40 pm
Marking the enemy โ€” Tumour markers & molecular diagnosis in thoracic malignancies
Dr Dayanand K
Session
3:40 โ€“ 4:00 pm
The conundrum of the non-caseating granuloma โ€” When and when not to consider Sarcoidosis
Dr Vishwanath G
Session
4:00 โ€“ 4:30 pm
Dialogue 2: Hiding in plain sight โ€” Conundrums in pulmonary function testing
Dr Ashfaq Hasan ยท Dr Mateenuddin Saleem
Dialogue
4:30 โ€“ 5:00 pm
PG Quiz
Dr Nagarjuna M
PG Session
5:00 โ€“ 6:00 pm
Valedictory Function
Function
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