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Speakers and program schedule: “Expanding Breast Cancer Care for Indian Women”(Second Edition), New Delhi, Thursday, 27th July 2023

08.45 - 09:00 AM Registration

09:10 AM –09:45 AM (35 minutes)

Welcome Address: Mr. R. Prasannan, Resident Editor, The Week

Lighting of lamp

Introduction: Prof (Dr) Anurag Srivastava, Director of Surgical Disciplines & Chief of Breast and Endocrine Services, National Institute of Medical Science & Research, Jaipur;Former Professor & Head of Department of Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

Lead Speaker: Mr Rajeev Sadanandan (Former Health secretary, Govt. Of Kerala)

Lead Speaker : Mr Vishal Chauhan, Js,Ministry of health and FW

Session 1

09.50 AM –10:15 AM (25 minutes)

The ABC of Breast Cancer –India & Global Trends: A Discussion

Prof Vinod Raina Chief of Oncology Services Fortis Hospital Gurugram, Ex-Chief Medical Oncology BRA-IRCH AIIMS New Delhi, Ex-Chief Delhi Cancer Registry

Prof V Seenu, Senior Professor Department of Surgical Disciplines AIIMS New Delhi

10:20 AM –11:10 AM (50 minutes)

Breast Cancer Prevention: How to Reduce Risk

Breast cancer prevention tools include risk-associated lifestyle modification programs, chemo prevention medications (tamoxifen) for select moderate- to high-risk women and preventive surgery (mastectomy and oophorectomy) for select high-risk women who have received appropriate testing and counselling.

Panel:

Dr C. B. Dhanraj, Dean, PG Studies, Patanjali Ayurved College, Haridwar

 

Dr Sanjay Jain, President, The Association of Surgeons of India; Professor, Department of Surgery, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal

 

Prof Ravi Mehrotra, Director, Indian Cancer Genomic Atlas, India

Founder, Centre for Health, Innovation and Policy Foundation, India

Adjunct Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Dr Bhawna Sirohi : Director,Medical Oncology, BALCO Medical Center, Nava Raipur

Moderator: Prof Chintamani, In-charge, Department of Breast & Endocrine, Former Head,Department of Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi; President, Asian Society of Mastology (ASOMA); President & Governor, American College of Surgeons, India Chapter

11:10 AM –11: 35 AM ( 25 minutes)

Tea Break

Session 2

11:35 AM –12:10 PM (35 minutes)

Breast Cancer Care Perspectives: Patients, Providers, Enablers

Panel:

Dr Neeti Leekha Chhabra, Founder & President, Yes to Life

Dr Anita Dhar, Professor, Department of Surgical Disciplines, AIIMS, New Delhi

Dr Navneet Kaur, Professor of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, New Delhi

Moderator: Prof. (Dr.) Anurag Srivastava, Director of Surgical Disciplines & Chief of Breast and Endocrine Services, National Institute of Medical Science & Research, Jaipur; Former Professor & Head of Department of Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi

12. 15 PM –12.30 PM

Guest of Honour : Dr Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Government of India.

12:35 PM –13:15 PM (40 minutes)

Lunch Break

Session 3

13:20 PM –14:20 PM (60 minutes)

Innovations, Disruptive Technologies and Early Adoption Challenges in Breast Cancer Care: Risk Stratification and Screening (Genetic Risk, AI in Mammography, Novel Imaging , New Drugs)

Panel:

Dr Geetha Manjunath, Founder, CEO and CTO, NIRAMAI Health Analytix, Bengaluru

Dr Ajay Gogia, Additional Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, BRA-IRCH, AIIMS, New Delhi

Dr Anurag Varshney, Vice President and Head, Drug Discovery and Development Research, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar

Prof. Chintamani, In-charge, Department of Breast & Endocrine, Former Head, Department of Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi; President, Asian Society of Mastology (ASOMA); President & Governor, American College of Surgeons, India Chapter

Moderator: Prof. Anurag Agrawal, Dean, BioSciences and Health Research, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, New Delhi; Former Director, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

14:25 PM –15:10 PM (45 minutes)

 

“Molecular & Precision oncology is Center Stage in Breast Cancer”

Fortis Cancer Institute

 

Panel

Dr Vineet Govinda Gupta, Senior Consultant, Unit Head, Medical Oncology, Fortis Shalimar Bagh

Dr Vedant Kabra, Principal director, Surgical Oncology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute

Dr Vineeta Goel, Director & HOD, Radiation Oncology, Fortis Shalimar Bagh

Dr. G. Arun Kumar- Therapy Area Medical expert, Roche Products India (Pvt) Ltd

Moderator- Dr Nitesh Rohatgi, Senior Director, Medical Oncology¸Fortis Memorial Research Institute

15:15 PM –15:55 PM (40 minutes)

Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Discussion

Dr C. B. Dhanraj, Dean, PG Studies, Patanjali Ayurved College, Haridwar

Dr Pritha Mehra, Research Officer, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Noida

Dr Sujata Mittal , Sr Gyne Oncologist plant based nutritionist holistic cancer coach functional medicine and lifestyle medicine expert.

15:55 PM –16:15 PM (20 minutes)

Tea Break

Session 4

16:20 PM –16:50 PM (30 minutes)

Issues of Survivorship, Quality of Life and Care After Breast Cancer: A Discussion

Dr Anita Dhar, Professor, Department of Surgical Disciplines, AIIMS, New Delhi

Dr Navneet Kaur, Professor of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Ms Renuka Prasad, Secretary (Hon), Indian Cancer Society

 

Moderator: Prof Ravi Mehrotra, Director, Indian Cancer Genomic Atlas, India

Founder, Centre for Health, Innovation and Policy Foundation, India

Adjunct Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

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16:55 PM –17: 30  PM (35 Minutes)

The Way Forward

 

Discussion

 

Dr Vinod Raina CHAIRMAN ONCOSCIENCES,  Fortis Gurgaon.

Prof (Dr) Anurag Srivastava, Director of Surgical Disciplines & Chief of Breast and Endocrine Services, National Institute of Medical Science & Research, Jaipur; Former Professor & Head of Department of Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

Prof. Anurag Agrawal, Dean, BioSciences and Health Research, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, New Delhi; Former Director, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi

Dr (Prof) (Col) Shekhar Kashyap, DM (Cardiology) (AIIMS, New Delhi) ; Former Head of Department of Cardiology, Research and Referral Hospital (Army), New Delhi"

Prof Chintamani, In-charge, Department of Breast & Endocrine, Former Head,Department of Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi; President, Asian Society of Mastology (ASOMA); President & Governor, American College of Surgeons, India Chapter

17:35PM –17:40 PM (5 minutes)

Closing Remarks

Prof Chintamani, In-charge, Department of Breast & Endocrine, Former Head,Department of Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi; President, Asian Society of Mastology (ASOMA); President & Governor, American College of Surgeons, India Chapter

17:45 PM –17:55 PM

Vote of Thanks

Ramesh s ( Event Editor , The Week connect)