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	Highlights

	Main conference was held at Bhargava Auditorium, PGI, Chandigarh from 9th –11th February. Prof. N.K. Ganguly the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research inaugurated the conference. Prof R.C. Sobti, Vice chancellor of Panjab University was the Guest of Honour. Nearly 450 faculty members and delegates registered for the conference. In addition to Indian 15 international delegates from countries like USA, Ukraine, Iran, Australia, Greece, Croatia, France and Israel were also present There were two Oration lectures. The conference oration was delivered by Dr. Adamson from USA on “Successes and challenges with IVF: global scenario” and second one the ISAR oration by Dr. Kamini Rao, President ISAR on “Treat tuberculosis prevents infertility”. The main conference had a variety of sessions like guest lectures, panel discussions, stump the experts, debates etc. There was a special session” Meet the experts” where there were group discussions in groups of 10-15 delegates. The conference was accredited by the Punjab Medical Council and for Continuing Medical education (EACCME) for CME credits. We appreciate the contribution of” Serono symposia” for the help. A trade exhibition was organized along with the conference. Almost 30-40 pharmaceutical and equipment companies displayed their products. Free communications Nearly 50 research papers were received for presentation in oral or poster sessions. These presentations were reviewed by senior faculty members and 3 best papers were selected for the prizes in to categories i.e. oral and poster. Oral Presentation Total Papers -25 1st Dr. Kavneet Gill A comparative study of results of ovarian stimulation in PCOS using gonadotrophins with or without GnRH-a downregulation during IUI. 2nd Dr. Shweta Mittal Efficacy of recombinant LH in IVF-our preliminary experience. 3rd Dr. Priya selvaraj Comparison of Pregnancy rates in frozen thawed cycle using home made media with commercially available media & assessing its feasibility & outcome. Poster Presentation Total papers – 24 1st Dr. Tejshree Singh Prevalence of endometrial hyperplasia with or without atypia in PCOS. 2nd Dr. Neena Malhotra Comparision of efficacy of 2 doses of intraperitoneal bupivacaine for pain relief after operative laparoscopy- randomised controlled trial 3rd Dr. Abhilasha Parkash Enhancing fertility by hsteroscopy

Scientific Programme 9th -11th February
Time	Session
8.00 am onwards	Registration
9.00 -10.00 AM	Plenary session I (Organon)	Chair – Shreyas Padgaonkar,
		Nalini Mahajan
15 Min	PCOD New drugs	A. Bhansali
15 Min	Is LH required in IVF stimulation protocol?	S.G Dastidar
15 Min	Rise & fall of aromatase inhibitors	A. Weissman
15 Min	Discussion
10.00-11.20AM	Plenary session II	Chair -Anju Huria, N.Sofikitis
15 Min	Third party reproduction	L.K. Dhaliwal
15 Min	Critical veview of ICMR guidelines for ART centres	Nimish Shelat
15 Min	Discussion
15 Min	Chemotherapy and fertility preservation	George Korula
15 Min	Evidence for minimalist treatment in infertility	Amit Patki
15 Min	Discussion
11.20 AM-11.45 PM	TEA
11.45AM-12.15 PM	Conference Oration	Chair: Kamini Rao, L.K.Dhaliwal
30 Min	Successes and challenges with IVF around the world	David Adamson
12.15 AM -1.00PM	INAUGURATION
01.00-02.00 PM	Putting up posters and LUNCH (Serono)
02.00-02.30 PM	ISAR Oration	Chair: Sadhna Desai
		B.N Chakravarty
30 Min	Treat tuberculosis prevent infertility	Kamini Rao
02.30-04.00 PM	Guest Lectures I (Solvay)	Chair Jayam Kannan
		Mangla Telang
25 Min	Germ cell transplantation methods: probable	N Sofikitis
25 Min	Application in clinical and experimental medicine
25 Min	Composition of culture media & impact on
	embryo quality Infertility treatment: Indian scenario	B.N. Chakravarty
15 Min	Discussion
04.00-05.00 PM	Panel Discussion I	Moderators: Shishta N. Basu
		Sonia Malik
60 Min	Diagnosis of genital TB and implications on ART outcome	Panelist : L.K. Dhaliwal,Dhiraj ,Jyothi Pillai, Gupta, Sanjay Patel
05.00-06.00 PM	Meet the experts (Ferring)	Experts
	Ovum donation/Surrogacy	Sanjeev Khurd, Dipankar Banerjee
	Role of Ultrasound in infertility	Asim Kurjak, Narendra Malhotra
	Induction of ovulation with gonadotrophins and Gn - RH analogues	A. Wiessman, Ameet Patki
	Cryopreservation and vitrification	B.S. Minhas, Manish Banker
	Poor Responders	Sadhna Desai ,J Bhattacharya
	Workup of the infertile couple	S.D. Dastidar, Vinita Das
	Endometriosis	D Adamson, R. Gita
	Genital Tuberculosis	K.K Gopinathan ,Sonia Malik
	Case selection for IVF and ICSI	Nimish Shelat, R.K. Sharma
	Repeated implantation failure	Nalini Mahajan,Vijay Kumar
	Sperm Banking	Vijay Mangoli, Dhiraj Gada
	Endoscopy in infertility	Prakash Trivedi, Nutan Jain
	Male infertility	N sofikitis,A.K. Mandal
	ICSI in azoospermia	G. Baker,Sudesh Kamath
	Myoma and infertility	Jayam Kannan, Shefali Jain
	Intra uterine insemination	Nandita Palshetkar, Sandeep Talwar
	IVF Lab Set up and quality control	Korula George, Anoop Gupta
	Poor oocytes /Embryo	Kuldeep Jain
	IVF stimulation protocols	B.N. Chakravarty ,H. Bavishi
	PGD	Himanshu Patel, Shweta Mittal
	Blastocyst culture	Nirmala Sadasivan, M.S. Srinivas
Saturday 10th February (Hall A) Bhargava Auditorium
08.00-09.AM	Free communications I VHB)	Judges: Sarla Malhotra,Vinita Das,
		Kulwinder Kaur
10 Min	A comparative study of results of ovarian
	stimulation in PCOS using gonadotrophins with or
	without GnRh -a down regulation during IUI	Kavneet Gill
10 Min	DHEA pretreatment to improve oocyte yield
	In poor responders- A preliminiary experience	Nalini Mahajan
10 Min	Predictors of poor ovarian response in IVF	Betty Thomas
10 Min	Effect of counceling of the outcome of infertility treatment in tertiary reproduction medicine unit	Achamma Chandy
10 Min	A retrospective study comparing antagonist protocol versus agonist long protocol in IVF/ICSI cycles	Mohan Kamath
10 Min	Efficacy of Recombinant LH in IVF. Our preliminary experience	Shweta Mittal
9.00-10.00 AM	Plenary Session III ART	Chair- Poonam Goel, K.Rao
15 Min	DNA repair in oocytes	K.Rao
15 Min	Preventing Ectopic and pregnancy loss after ART	Vanita Jain
15 Min	Troubleshooting in OPU	H.Bavishi
15 Min	Discussion
10.00-11 AM	Stump the experts I	Moderator : R.Gita
		Experts: D. Adamson, Kamini Rao B.N. Chakravarty, Yashbala
		Cases by : Anoop gupta Vanita Suri Aditi gupta Sandeep Talwar
11.00-11.30AM	TEA
11.30-1.00 PM	Guest Lecture II ART (LG Life Sciences)	Chair - Kamini Rao,
25 Min	Cost reduction strategies in IVF	Mohinder Kochhar
25 Min	Alternate treatment protocols with antagonists	A Weissman
25 Min	Naunces of Blastocyst culture	Hrishikesh Pai
15 Min	Discussion
01.00PM-02.00PM	Lunch & Judges Round for Posters (VHB)	Judges (P1-11) 1: KK Gopinathan, A.Weissman, Deepa Goel,
02.00PM-03.00 PM	Panel Discussion II Embryology (Cook)	Judges (P12-22): Mangla Telang, Manish Banker, Himanshu Patel
60 Min	Improving results in IVF lab	Moderator : J.Malhotra,S. Padgaonkar
		Panelists : Fessy Louis, S.G Dastidar ,
		B.S.Minhas,Varinder Shah, Gorden Baker
03.00PM-04.00 PM	Plenary session V Embryology (Trivector)	Chair: B.S.Minhas, Ameet Patki
15 Min	Semen Banking	Dhiraj Gada
15 Min	Quality indices in IVF lab	Vijay Mangoli
15 Min	Oocyte & ovarian cryopreservation	Manish Banker
15 Min	Discussion
4.00-5.00 PM	Plenary session VII (Endometrium) (Feron)	Chair :Vani Thapar, Dheeraj Gada
15 Min	Fluid in Endometrium	Nalini Mahajan
15 Min	Thin endometrium	Sadhna Desai
15 Min	Markers of endometrial receptivity	R.G. Patel
15 Min	Discussion
5.00-6.00 PM	Debate I	Chair- C.B. Nagori,Kala Vashist
20 Min	Endometrioma: Primary ART v/s surgery	P.R.Handa for Surgery
		Dilip Datta for ART
20 Min	Cornual Block: tubal cannulation v/s ART	Kuldeep Jain for cannulation
		Sujata Kar for ART
20 Min	Womb on hire Y/N	Kamla Selvaraj (Y),Mala Arora (N)
Saturday 10th February 07 Hall B
08.00AM-09.00 AM	Free Communications II	Judges: S.C Saha,Kumud Bala Gupta Nutan Jain
10 Min	Laser assisted hatching and ICSI outcome	Thomas Vadingadu
10 Min	Pregnancy with early dividing embryos a	Rajul Tyagi
	comparative study
10 Min	Comparisons of outcome of ART cycles with	Bhart Vishnu Joshi
	transfer of fresh or frozen embryos
10 Min	Role of blastocyst transfer	Ann Margaret
10 Min	Comparison of pregnancy rates in frozen thawed	Priya Selvaraj
	cycle using home made media with commercially
	A available media and assessing its feasibility and outcome.
10 Min	Evaluation and comparison of the uterine BPP	Mili Thakur
	by transvaginal and color Doppler USG in women with unexplained infertility and fertile women and to assess its prognostic value in predicting pregnancy
09.00AM-10.00 AM	Plenary session IV Rep Endocrionology (Evona)	Chair: R. Murlidharan, Kamla Selveraj
15 Min	Endocrine evaluation of infertile couple	Jayam Kannan
15 Min	Ovarian aging and fertility	Mandakini Parihar
15 Min	Luteal Phase Defect	Nandita Palshetkar
15 Min	Discussion
10.00AM-11.00 AM	Stump the Experts II	Moderator Abha Majumdar
		Experts: Sudha Prasad, Kamla Selvaraj
		H.Pai,A Weissman
15 Min	Cases	Deepa Goel
15 Min		Mohan Kamath
15 Min		Neelam Aggarwal
15 Min		Edwin Remirez
11.00AM-11.30PM	TEA
11.30AM-01.00 AM	Guest Lecture III Ultrasound (Wipro GE)	Chairperson– Umesh Jindal, Harveen Kaur
25 Min	Can ultrasound replace diagnostic laparoscopy	A. Kurjak
25 Min	Multifetal pregnancy reduction	Sonal Panchal
25 Min	Minimal monitoring of IVF stimulationwith ultrasound	N. Malhotra
15 Min	Discussion
01.00PM-02.00PM	Lunch
02.00PM-03.00 PM	Panel Discussion III Endoscopy	Moderators: Prakash Trivedi, Umesh Jindal
60 Min	When fertility enhancing surgery becomes fertility reducing surgery?	Penalist :Rajul Tyagi, R.G. Patel,Mala Arora
		Shefali jain,G.R.V. Prasad
03.00PM-04.00 PM	Plenary Session VI Endoscopy	Chair- Jaswinder Kalra,Jaishree Bhattacharya
15 Min	Management of hydrosalpinx before ART	Sanjeev Khurd
15 Min	Management of Extensive Endometriosis for Improving Fertility Out Come	Nutan Jain
15 Min	Intrauterine acqired lesion & infertility	Jyotirmay Choudhari
15 Min	Discussion
04.00PM-05.00 PM	Video Session	Chair: Mangla Dogra, Abha Majumdar
10 Min	Hysteroscopic adhesiolysis	Kuldeep Jain
10 Min	Genital tuberculosis	Sanjay Patel
10 Min	Uterine transplant	Edwin Ramirez
10 Min	IVF Lab Setup	Manisha Mittal
10 Min	End to end anastomosis	Sanjay Patel
05.00PM-06.00 PM	Debates II	Chair- Mandakini Parihar, Sujata Sharma
20 Min	ART in HIV couples	Y/N Rashmi Bagga (N), R.K. Ray(Y)
20 Min	ART in women> 45 years Y/N	M.Chimote(Y) ,Mangla Telang (N)
20 Min	PCOD:Ovarian drilling or medical management	Jyotirmay Chaudhury for drilling
		C V Kannaki for medical management
Sunday11th February 07- Hall A
08.00AM-09.30 AM	Free communication III (VHB)	Judges-GRV Prasad,Shefali Jain C.B. Nagori
10 Min	Use of paracervical block for transvaginal	Gayatri G. Krishnan
	oocyte retrieval
10 Min	Blastocyst culture technique	Nirmala Sadasivam
10 Min	Comparison of frequency and timing of IUIin unexplained infertiility- a randomized controlled trial	Neena Malhotra
10 Min	Comparative analysis of IVF outcomes with	Gaurav Majumdar
	ICSI using ejaculated v/s testicular sperm
10 Min	Effect of the number of motile spermazoa inseminated and of the morphology on pregnancy rates following IUI	Kalpana
10 Min	Efficacy of different stimulation protocols in IVF-a comparative study	Anjana Ray Choudhri
10 Min	Elective double embryo transfer: A Prospective study.	Shubhangi Gangal
10 Min	Does embryo transfer technique influence the outcome of IVF	K.M. Kundavi
10.15AM-11.15 AM	Plenary X Genetics in ART	Chair PR Handa, M. Banker
15 Min	Genetic evaluation of infertile male	Rajeev Kumar
15 Min	Recurrent Abortion -Genetic Evaluation	Neeraj Khare
15 Min	Is endometriosis a genetic disease?	Roya Rozati
15 Min	Discussion
11.15AM-11.45PM	Valedictory Function
12.00PM	LUNCH

Faculty
International
	David Adamson USA Brjinder S. Minhas, USA H.W. Gorden Baker, Australia Y. Menezo, France Jean Cohen, France Ariel Weissman , Israel Asim Kurjak, Croatia N. Sofikitis, Greece
National
	Alka Kriplani, A.K.Mandal, Abha Majumdar, Alka Sehgal, Amit Patki, Anil Bhansali Anju Huria, Anoop Gupta, Asha Rao, Ashok Sharma, B. Ramesh, B.N Chakarvarty, C.V. Kannaki, Chaitanya Nagori, Dalip Datta, Deepa Goel, Deepika Deka, Dheeraj Gupta, Dhiraj Gada, Dinesh Jain, Dipankar Banerji, Duru Shah, Fessy Louis, Firuza Parikh, G.R.V. Prasad, G.Rama Raju, Gautam Allahabadia, Geeta Haripriya, Geeta Radhakrishnan, George Korula, Himanshu Bavishi, Himanshu Patel, Hrishikesh Pai, Jaideep Malhotra, Jaideep Tank, Jaswinder Kalra, Jatin P.Shah, Jaishree Bhattacharya, Jayam Kannan, Jyotirmay Chaudhary, K.K.Gopinathan, Kamala Selvaraj, Kamini Rao, Kanthi Bansal, Kuldeep Jain, Kuldeep Singh, Kulwinder Kaur, Lakhbir Dhaliwal, Madhu Nagpal, M.L. Swarankar, Mala Arora, Mamta Deendayal, Mandakini Parihar, Mangla Telang , Manish banker, Manisha Mittal, Manju Jilla, Meena Chimote, Mohinder Kochar, Muralidharan, Nalini Mahajan, Nandita Palshetkar, Narendra Malhotra, Nayna Patel, Neelam Aggarwal, Nimish Shelat, Nitin Narverkar, Nutan Jain, P.G Paul, Pallav Ray, Parkash Trivedi, Poonal Goel, R.G. Patel, R.K. Sharma, Rajat Kumar Ray, Rajul Tyagi, Ramadevi Poplu, Rashmi Bagga,Renu Makwana, Rishma Pai, S.C. Saha

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