Scientific Schedule

3 December 2026, Day 1 | Scientific Schedule

07:30 – 08:00 | Registration

Introduction and opening remarks by Organising Chairs:
DR. ANAND MURUGESAN
DR. RAJA REDDY

08:00 – 09:30 | Session 1: Keynote Lectures

Chair: DR RAVI KRISHNA KALATHUR

  • Interventional Pain Practice: Building Precision, Safety, and Excellence in Daily Practice – DR MILES DAY
  • Regenerative Orthobiologics- Guidelines, regulatory, legal and Ethical aspects- DR SUDHIR DIWAN
  • Artificial Intelligence in Pain medicine – Opportunities and Challenges – DR ANDREA TRESCOT
  • Regional anesthesia is mistaken for Pain medicine: The importance of etiology driven Interventional pain management – DR RAJA REDDY
  • Understanding Nociplastic Pain: Bridging Mechanisms to Clinical Practice – DR GAUTAM DAS
  • Advances in Neuromodulation: From Spinal Cord Stimulation to Closed-Loop and Beyond – DR ADNAN AL KAISY

09:30 – 10:00 | Coffee Break & Exhibition

10:00 – 11:00 | Session 2: Interactive Lecture Series – Hall A, Hall B & Hall C

HALL A – Head and Facial Pain

Chair: DR JEE YOUN MOON

  • Clinical Evaluation of Headache and Facial Pain – DR RAVI KRISHNA
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain Syndromes – DR ASHISH CHAKRAVARTHY
  • Image-Guided Trigeminal Ganglion Interventions for Facial Pain – DR MILES DAY
  • Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block and Other Procedures – DR SADASHIVAN IYER
  • Neuromodulation for Refractory Facial Pain – DR ANDREA TRESCOT
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

HALL B – Cervical Spine, Axial and Radicular Pain

Chair: DR RAJA REDDY

  • Clinical Evaluation of Cervical Spine Pain – DR SUSHPA DAS
  • Cervical Spine Pain Generators: Disc, Facet, Nerve Root – DR DHRUV BIBRA
  • Cervical Spine Medial Branch & Radiofrequency Interventions – DR GAUTAM DAS
  • Cervical Radiculopathy & Selective Nerve Root Blocks – DR KARTHIK BABU NATARAJAN
  • Cervical Epidural Procedures, Interlaminar & Transforaminal – DR ANURAG AGARWAL
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

HALL C – Thoracic Spine Pain

Chair: DR MADHAN PANDIAN

  • Clinical Evaluation of Thoracic Spine Pain – DR KHAJA JAVED KHAN
  • Thoracic Pain Generators and Differential Diagnosis – DR MADHUJEET GUPTA
  • Intercostal Nerve Blocks in Thoracic Pain – DR SHALINA CHANDRAN
  • Thoracic Facet Interventions – DR SHOVAN RATH
  • Sympathetic Blocks for Thoracic Pain – DR PRAVESH KANTHED
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

11:00 – 12:00 | Session 3: Interactive Lecture Series – Hall A, Hall B & Hall C

HALL A – Regenerative Medicine / Ortho Biologics

Chair: DR ANAND MURUGESAN

  • Platelet Rich Plasma in Musculoskeletal Disorders | Scientific Principles & Literature Review – DR RAJA REDDY
  • Bone Marrow Concentrate in Knee Osteoarthritis | Harvest, Techniques & Evidence – PROF ANANTH SHETTY
  • Adipose Derived Stem Cells | Methods, Protocols & Evidence – DR RONALD BARRETO
  • Ortho biologics in Spine disorders | Indications, Techniques & Evidence – DR SUDHIR DIWAN
  • Sub chondral Biologics | Principles & Techniques in Cartilage & Disc disorders – DR AGNES STOGICZA
  • Panel Discussion, Q & A

HALL B – Neuropathic Pain

Chair: DR ANDREA TRESCOT

  • Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain – DR SHIRISH PRASAD AMATYA
  • Clinical Diagnosis and Classification of Neuropathic Pain – DR SMRUTIREKHA HOTA
  • Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain – DR ANAMUL H MILTON
  • Interventional Treatments for Neuropathic Pain – DR MADHAN PANDIAN
  • Neuromodulation for Neuropathic Pain – DR PRANAB KUMAR
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

HALL C – Lumbar Facet and Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Chair: DR GAUTAM DAS

  • Clinical Evaluation of Lumbar Spine Facetal Pain – DR PANKAJ SURANGE
  • Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks, Diagnostic or Therapeutic – DR TUSHAR MUNNOLI
  • Denervation Interventions for Lumbar Facet Pain – DR RAJENDRA SAHOO
  • Clinical Evaluation of Sacro Iliac Joint Disorders – DR KAWSAR SARDAR
  • Image guided Interventions for Sacroiliac Joint Pain – DR NEERAJ JAIN
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break & Exhibition

13:00 – 14:00 | Session 4: Interactive Lecture Series – Hall A, Hall B & Hall C

HALL A – Lumbar Discogenic and Radicular Pain

Chair: DR MILES DAY

  • Clinical Evaluation of Discogenic Low Back Pain & Lumbar Radiculopathy: Diagnosis – DR MUNSHI SHIRAZ
  • Intervention for Discogenic Pain & Basi Vertebral Nerve Ablation – DR SUDHIR DIWAN
  • Lumbar Spinal Nerve Root Clinical Evaluation of Lumbar Radiculopathy – DR OVIDIU PALEA
  • Epidural Adhesiolysis-: Techniques  & Challenges – DR ADNAN AL KAISY
  • Lumbar Spine Endoscopic discectomy-Indications, technique and evidences DR PANKAJ SURANGE
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

HALL B – Chronic Pelvic & Abdominal Pain

Chair: DR ANDRZEJ KROL/DR MURALIDHAR THONDEBHAVI

  • Pathophysiology Mechanisms & Pain Generators – DR GURUMOORTHY
  • Clinical Syndromes – DR WIQUAR AHMED
  • Diagnostic Challenges – DR ARUN BHASKAR
  • Interventional Approaches – DR JEE YOUN MOON
  • Advances in neuromodulation for chronic pelvic pain – DR ANAND MURUGESAN
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

HALL C – Musculoskeletal & Peripheral Nerve Disorders

Chair: DR NEERAJ JAIN

  • Shoulder Disorders & Clinical Diagnosis – DR MADHAN PANDIAN
  • Denervation of Major Joint Osteoarthritis – DR RAJA REDDY
  • Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy – DR ANDRZEJ KROL
  • Greater Trochanteric Pain & Deep Gluteal Syndromes – DR RAJENDRA SAHOO
  • Trigeminal peripheral nerve blocks – DR VICTOR SILVA
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

14:00 – 15:00 | Session 5: Interactive Lecture Series – Hall A, Hall B & Hall C

HALL A – Cancer Pain and Palliative Care

Chair: DR AGNES STOGICZA / DR PRANAB KUMAR

  • Evaluation of Cancer Pain Syndromes – DR NINADINI SHRESTHA
  • Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain – DR GK KUMAR
  • Abdominal sympathetic blocks – Recent advances – DR ANAND MURUGESAN
  • Intrathecal Neurolysis in Cancer Pain – DR ARUN BHASKAR
  • Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Cancer Pain – DR NEERAJ JAIN
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

HALL B – Neuromodulation in Pain Medicine

Chair: DR SUDHIR DIWAN

  • Principles of Neuromodulation – DR SMRUTIREKHA HOTA
  • Clinical evaluation and Patient selection for neuro modulation – DR OVIDIU PLEA
  • Neuromodulation in Cancer Pain – DR JEE YOUN MOON
  • Peripheral Nerve Stimulation – DR AGNES STOGICZA
  • Outcomes & Evidence in Neuromodulation – DR RAJKUMAR ARORA
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

HALL C – Safety in Interventional Pain Medicine

Chair: DR ADNAN AL KAISY

  • Patient Selection and Risk Assessment – DR SENTHIL PRAKASH
  • Sterility and Infection Prevention – DR SUSHPA DAS
  • Radiation Safety in Pain Procedures – DR NISHAD PK
  • Managing Complications in Interventional Pain – DR MADHURI LOKAPUR
  • Ethical and Legal Aspects of Pain Medicine – DR VINEETHA
  • Panel Discussion, Q&A

15:00 – 16:00 | Tea Break, Feedback, Instructions for Day 2 Cadaver Lab, Opening Ceremony & Day 1 Closure

4 December 2026, Day 2 | Scientific Schedule

Ground Floor: Fluoroscopy & Ultrasound Cadaveric Interventions

First Floor: Ultrasound Masterclass, Live Demo & Hands on Scanning

08:00 – 08:30 | Registration & Instructions

  • Delegates allocated to ground floor on day 2 will attend first floor on day 3
  • Delegates allocated to first floor on day 2 will attend ground floor on day 3

Ground Floor: Fluoroscopy & Ultrasound Cadaveric Interventions (Total 14 Cadaver Stations)

  • Track A | 7 Stations: 3 Fluoroscopy Cadaver Stations & 4 Ultrasound Cadaver Stations
  • Track B | 7 Stations: 3 Fluoroscopy Cadaver Stations & 4 Ultrasound Cadaver Stations
  • There will be 14 Groups Each group will have 5 delegates
  • Groups 1 to 7 will rotate between Stations 1 to 7, Track A
  • Groups 8 to 14 will rotate between Stations 8 to 14, Track B
  • Each rotation 45 minutes

08:30 – 10:00 | Session 1, Track A & Track B Rotations

10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00 | Session 2, Track A & Track B Rotations

12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break

13:00 – 14:30 | Session 3, Track A & Track B Rotations

14:30 – 15:00 | Tea Break

15:00 – 15:45 | Session 4, Track A & Track B Rotations

15:45 – 16:00 | Feedback, Q&A

TRACK A

Station 1 – Ultrasound Cadaver | Upper Limb Interventions

Day 2: Dr Madhan Pandian & Dr Navita Purohit

Learning Objectives: Long Head of Biceps, Rotator Cuff/Subacromial Bursa, Acromioclavicular Joint, Glenohumeral Joint, Suprascapular Nerve, Common Extensor/Flexor Tendon and Cubital Canal

Station 2 – Ultrasound Cadaver | Cervical & Thoracic Spine Interventions

Day 2: Dr Rajendra Sahoo & Dr Ashwini GS

Learning Objectives: Cervical Medial Branch, Cervical Selective Nerve Roots, Thoracic Facet/Medial & Intercostal Nerves

Station 3 – Ultrasound Cadaver | Lumbosacral & Pelvic Interventions

Day 2: Dr Smruti Hota & Dr Senthil Prakash

Learning Objectives: Lumbar Facet/Medial Branch, Caudal Epidural, Sacroiliac Joint, Piriformis Muscle & Pudendal Nerve

Station 4 – Ultrasound Cadaver | Lower Limb Interventions

Day 2: Dr Wiquar Ahmed & Dr Shravan Kumar

Learning Objectives: Hip Joint, Greater Trochanteric Bursa, Gluteus Medius / Minimus Tendon, Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Nerves, Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve, Knee Joint & Tibiotalar Joint

Station 5 – Fluoroscopy Cadaver | Cranial and Cervical Interventions

Day 2: Dr Miles Day & Dr GK Kumar

Learning Objectives: Trigeminal (Gasserian) Ganglion Block & Sphenopalatine Ganglion, Cervical Interlaminar Epidural, Cervical Medial Branch Block

Station 6 – Fluoroscopy Cadaver | Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Interventions

Day 2: Dr Andrea Trescot & Dr Dhruv Bibra

Learning Objectives: Thoracic Facet/Medial Branch, Thoracic Sympathetic Block (T2–T3), Thoracic Splanchnic Nerve Block, Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural, Lumbar Facet/Medial Branch Block, Sacral Nerve Root Block & Sacroiliac Joint

Station 7 – Fluoroscopy Cadaver | Lumbar Spine Advanced Interventions

Day 2: Dr Adnan Al Kaisy & Dr Kawsar Sardar

Learning Objectives: Lumbar Sympathetic, Spinal Cord Stimulator Lead Placement, Lumbar Discography, Superior Hypogastric Plexus etc

TRACK B

Station 8 – Ultrasound Cadaver | Upper Limb Interventions

Day 2: Dr Ravikrishna Kalathur & Dr Rajit Jhingan

Learning Objectives: Long Head of Biceps, Rotator Cuff/Subacromial Bursa, Acromioclavicular Joint, Glenohumeral Joint, Suprascapular Nerve, Common Extensor/Flexor Tendon and Cubital Canal

Station 9 – Ultrasound Cadaver | Cervical & Thoracic Spine Interventions

Day 2: Dr Victor Silva & Dr Gautam Das

Learning Objectives: Cervical Medial Branch, Cervical Selective Nerve Roots, Thoracic Facet/Medial & Intercostal Nerves

Station 10 – Ultrasound Cadaver | Lumbosacral & Pelvic Interventions

Day 2: Dr Agnes Stogicza & Dr Ramya Gnanasekar

Learning Objectives: Lumbar Facet/Medial Branch, Caudal Epidural, Sacroiliac Joint, Piriformis Muscle & Pudendal Nerve

Station 11 – Ultrasound Cadaver | Lower Limb Interventions

Day 2: Dr Pranab & Dr Hari Poudel

Learning Objectives: Hip Joint, Greater Trochanteric Bursa, Gluteus Medius / Minimus Tendon, Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Nerves, Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve, Knee Joint & Tibiotalar Joint

Station 12 – Fluoroscopy Cadaver | Cranial and Cervical Interventions

Day 2: Dr Pravesh Kanthed & Dr Vineetha

Learning Objectives: Trigeminal (Gasserian) Ganglion Block & Sphenopalatine Ganglion, Cervical Interlaminar Epidural, Cervical Medial Branch Block

Station 13 – Fluoroscopy Cadaver | Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Interventions

Day 2: Dr Arun Bhaskar & Dr Khaja Javed

Learning Objectives: Thoracic Facet/Medial Branch, Thoracic Sympathetic Block (T2–T3), Thoracic Splanchnic Nerve Block, Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural, Lumbar Facet/Medial Branch Block, Sacral Nerve Root Block & Sacroiliac Joint

Station 14 – Fluoroscopy Cadaver | Lumbar Spine Advanced Interventions

Day 2: Dr Pankaj Surange & Dr Anurag Agarwal

Learning Objectives: Lumbar Sympathetic, Spinal Cord Stimulator Lead Placement, Lumbar Discography, Superior Hypogastric Plexus, etc

5 December 2026, Day 3 | Scientific Schedule

Ground Floor: Fluoroscopy & Ultrasound Cadaveric Interventions

First Floor: Ultrasound Masterclass, Live Demo & Hands on Scanning

08:00 – 08:30 | Registration & Instructions

  • Delegates allocated to ground floor on day 2 will attend first floor on day 3
  • Delegates allocated to first floor on day 2 will attend ground floor on day 3

Ultrasound Masterclass, Live Demo & Hands on Scanning (Total 14 Live Scanning Stations)

Masterclass & live Demo 15 minutes Live hands-on scanning by delegates on volunteers 30 minutes.
There will be 14 Groups Each group will have 5 delegates.
Each group will attend allocated stations for live scanning after demo

08:00 – 09:30 | Session 1

08:00 – 08:15 | Masterclass & Live Demo, Shoulder Ultrasound

Day 2: Dr Raja Reddy | Day 3: Dr Madhan Pandian

08:15 – 08:45 | All 14 stations, shoulder scanning by delegates on volunteers

Learning Objectives: Long Head of Biceps, Rotator Cuff/Subacromial Bursa, Acromioclavicular Joint, Glenohumeral Joint, Suprascapular Nerve

08:45 – 09:00 | Masterclass & Live Demo, Elbow & Wrist Ultrasound

Day 2: Dr Jee Youn Moon | Day 3: Dr Tushar Munnoli

09:00 – 09:30 | All 14 stations, Elbow & Wrist scanning by delegates on volunteers

Learning Objectives: Common Flexor Tendon, Common Extensor Tendon, Cubital Canal/Ulnar Nerve & Carpal Tunnel/Medial Nerve

09:30 – 10:00 | Coffee Break

10:00 – 11:30 | Session 2

10:00 – 10:15 | Masterclass & Live Demo, Cervical & Thoracic Spine Ultrasound

Day 2: Dr Ravi Kalathur | Day 3: Dr Raja Reddy

10:15 – 10:45 | All 14 stations, cervical thoracic spine scanning by delegates on volunteers

Learning Objectives: Greater Occipital Nerves, Cervical Medial Branch, Cervical Selective Nerve Roots, Cervical Sympathetic, Thoracic Facet/Medial Branch & Intercostal Nerves

10:45 – 11:00 | Masterclass & Live Demo, Lumbar Sacral Spine & Pelvis Ultrasound

Day 2: Dr Anand Murugesan | Day 3: Dr Gautam Das

11:00 – 11:30 | All 14 stations, lumbar sacral spine & pelvis scanning by delegates on volunteers

Learning Objectives: Lumbar Facet/Medial Branch, Caudal Epidural, Sacroiliac Joint, Piriformis Muscle & Pudendal Nerve

11:30 – 12:30 | Lunch Break

12:30 – 14:00 | Session 3

12:30 – 12:45 | Masterclass & Live Demo, Hip & Groin Ultrasound

Day 2: Dr Agnes Stogicza | Day 3: Dr Andrzej Krol

12:45 – 13:15 | All 14 stations, Hip & Groin scanning by delegates on volunteers

Learning Objectives: Anterior Hip Capsule/Joint Recess, Femoral & Obturator Denervation Targets, Gluteus Tendons & Bursa, Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Nerves, Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve

13:15 – 13:30 | Masterclass & Live Demo, Knee Ultrasound

Day 2: Dr Victor Silva | Day 3: Dr Ronald Barreto

13:30 – 14:00 | All 14 stations, Knee scanning by delegates on volunteers

Learning Objectives: Suprapatellar recess, Quadriceps & Patellar tendon, Distal iliotibial band, Saphenous and Genicular nerves

14:00 – 14:30 | Tea Break

14:30 – 15:15 | Session 5

14:30 – 14:45 | Masterclass & Live Demo, Foot & Ankle Ultrasound

Day 2: Dr Rajendra Sahoo | Day 3: Dr Wiquar Ahmed

14:45 – 15:15 | All 14 stations, Foot & Ankle scanning by delegates on volunteers

Learning Objectives: Tibio Talar Joint Recess, Subtalar joint, First MTP joint & Tarsal Tunnel / Posterior Tibial Nerve

15:15 – 16:00 | Feedback, Q&A & Closure

Station Faculty Allocation

Station Faculty
Station 1 Day 3: Dr Madhan Pandian
Station 2 Day 3: Dr Tushar Munnoli
Station 3 Day 3: Dr Raja Reddy / Dr Jeshnu Tople
Station 4 Day 3: Dr Smruti Hota / Dr Najwa
Station 5 Day 3: Dr Agnes Stogicza
Station 6 Day 3: Dr Pranab Kumar
Station 7 Day 3: Dr Rajendra Sahoo
Station 8 Day 3: Dr Kawsar Sardar
Station 9 Day 3: Dr Andrea Trescot
Station 10 Day 3: Dr Victor Silva
Station 11 Day 3: Dr Neeraj Jain
Station 12 Day 3: Dr Ravikrishna Kalathur
Station 13 Day 3: Dr Jeshnu Tople
Station 14 Day 3: Dr Shirish