Scientific Progam

Day 1 : Friday , September 14, 2012
09.00 - 10.00 am Registration
10.00 - 11.00 am

Inauguration Function

GV Rao :
           Welcome Address
Ms Katherine Dhanani, Hon'ble Consul General, United States Consulate, Hyderabad :
           Inauguration
DN Reddy :
           Islets : Bench to Bedside
AN Balamurugan :
           Islet Research in India - Historical Perspective
Ashok Saluja :
           Islet Research and Global Perspective
Chandershekhar :
           Presidential remarks
Ms Katherine Dhanani, Hon'ble Consul General, United States Consulate, Hyderabad :
           Inaugural Address

11.00 - 11.30 am Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.45 pm

Scientific Session A1

Chairpersons : David Cooper, DN Reddy

Melena Bellin, Univ Minnesota :
           Islet Cell Transplantation - Overview
Alvin Powers, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN :
           Islet Morphogenesis and Beta Cell Proliferation
V.Mohan MV Diabetes Center,Chennai :
           Preserving Beta Cell Functions in Type 2 Diabetes

12.45 - 13.45 pm Lunch Break
13.45 - 14.30 pm

Scientific Session A2

Chairpersons : Tanvir Kaur, V Vijaya Laxmi

Rupjyoti Talukdar, Asian Healthcare Foundation :
           Exocrine - Endocrine interactions
M.Sasikala, Asian Healthcare Foundation :
           Microenvironment and Islet Functions
14.30 - 15.30 pm

Scientific Session A3

Chairpersons : Marlon Levy, PV Rao

Pramod Garg, AIIMS :
           Three decades of experience with Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis in India
Greig Beilman, Univ Minnesota :
           Islet CellAuto Transplantation - Overview

15.30 - 16.30 pm

Scientific Session A4

Chairpersons : Basoo Naziruddin, Jayanthi Ramesh

Balamurugan Appakalai, Univ Minnesota :
           Maximizing Islet Yield and Quality for Islet Transplantation in Chronic Pancreatitis
Louis Fernandez, Univ Wisconsin :
           Assessment of Islet Quality and Islet Functions

16.30 - 17.00 pm Coffee Break
17.00 - 18.00 pm

Scientific Session A5

Chairpersons : K Raghu Ram, R Pratap Reddy

Marlon Levy, Baylor All Saints Med Center, Fortworth, TX :
           United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Guidelines for Pancreas Allocation
           for Transplantation
Surendran R, Stanely Medical College, Chennai :
           Experiences with harvesting Cadaveric Organs in India
PiotrWitkowski, Univ Chicago :
           Pancreas Procurement and transport

Day 2 : Saturday , September 15, 2012
9.30 - 10.30 am

Scientific Session B1

Chairpersons : Alvin Powers, V Mohan

Bashoo Naziruddin, Baylor Medical Center, TX :
           Building cGMP regulations for Islet Isolation and Transplantation
David Cooper, Pittsburgh, PA :
           Potential for Islet Xenotransplantation

10.30 - 11.30 am

Scientific Session B2

Chairpersons : T S Rao, SV Madhu

Bipin Kumar Sethi, Care Hospital, Hyderabad :
           Type 1 Diabetes: Need for Islet Transplantation in India
M Balasubramanyam, MV Diabetes, Chennai :
           Organellar Stress in Islet Functions
11.30 - 12.00 pm Coffee Break
12.00 - 13.00 pm

Scientific Session B3

Chairpersons : P Suresh, Ajay Kumar

GV Rao, Asian Inst Gastroenterology, Hyderabad :
           Immunoisolatory Devices in Islet Transplantation
Prabha Nair, Sree Chitra Tirunal Inst, Trivendrum :
           Immunoisolation and Tissue Engineering Approaches

13.00 - 14.00 pm

Scientific Session B4

Chairpersons : Greg Beilman, PS Sastry

Ramesh Bhonde, Manipal Inst Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru :
           Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Islet Transplantation
Deepa Bhartiya, National Inst Research Reproductive Health, Mumbai :
           Embryonic Stem Cells derived Pancreatic Progenitors
14.00 - 14.30 pm Lunch Break
14.30 - 15.00 pm R.Pradeep, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology :
           Summary of the Proceedings
15.00 - 17.00 pm

Interactive Brain Storming Session

Moderators : C.Subramanyam, Ashok Saluja, Manu Tandan

Panelists : T S Rao, Tanvir Kaur, Faculty members

Topics for discussion
* Identifying key issues in islet transplantation
* Recognizing collaborative research areas
* Evolving a road map for establishing islet transplantation centers