XXII
IAMM TAPC ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019
Upgraded Department of Microbiology,
Osmania Medical College
“MAN
vs. MICROBE” – THE WAR THAT NEVER ENDS
18TH
To 20TH JANUARY 2019
The XXII IAMM TAPC CHAPTER Annual State Conference with theme “MAN vs MICROBE: THE WAR THAT NEVER
ENDS” was organized by Osmania Medical College, on 19TH and
20TH January 2019. Dr P. Shashikala Reddy, Professor & HOD,
Department of Microbiology, Principal, Osmania Medical College was the Organizing Secretary of the conference.
The conference was preceded by Seven (7) pre conference CME & workshops
on 18th January 2019.
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S.No
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Title
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Institute
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Organizing Faculty
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1
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Implementation of
infection
prevention and control programme
|
Apollo
Hospitals
|
Dr.
Ratna Rao
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2
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Hands on workshop on Virus Isolation
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Gandhi Medical college
|
Dr.
K. Nagamani
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3
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Detection of resistance mechanisms in
Bacteria and Fungi
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Global Hospitals
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Dr.
Ranganathan Iyer
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4
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The Next Generation Tool (MALDI -TOF): its use in diagnostic
Microbiology and
future Scope
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GYD Diagnostics
|
Dr.
O.Ganesh
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5
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Water and Food bacteriology
|
Institute of Preventive Medicine
|
Dr.
K.Shanker
|
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6
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Antibiotic
sensitivity testing methods
|
Kamineni
Academy of Medical Sciences
|
Dr.
V. Lakshmi
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7
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Hands on Workshop on WHO.NET
|
Nizam
Institute of Medical Sciences
|
Dr.P.
Umabala,
Dr.
Vijay Teja
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The conference began with The President’s
Oration delivered by Dr. P. Sreenivasulu Reddy, President IAMM TAPC Chapter on “Vaccine
Preventable diseases: impact of immunization”. Dr. K. Rajyalakshmi Oration was delivered by Dr. Reba Kanungo on
“Accreditation— A bench mark for patient safety” . This was followed by two (2) informative
guest lectures on “HPV – An Oncopartner”
by Dr. P. Vijayanand
Reddy, Professor & Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, Director, Apollo
cancer Institute, Hyderabad and on “Non Culture Methods In The Diagnosis of
Fungal Infections” by Dr. Shivaprakash M
Rudramurthy, Professor, PGIMER, Chandigarh.
Three
Postgraduates participated in Dr. C. S. Bhaskaran prize paper category followed
by Debate on “Automation Vs Conventional Methods” between Dr. Sarguna, Professor
& Dr. Naila Fatima, PG of Osmania Medical College
and Dr. Nikhat Sheerin, Asst. Professor & Dr. Prasanna, PG of Gandhi
Medical College, moderated by Dr. O. Ganesh, Director, GYD Diagnostics.
Clinical case discussions session was conducted by Dr. Ranganathan Iyer, Senior
Consultant Microbiologist, Global Hospitals followed by Ten (10) postgraduate
scientific paper presentations in Sri B.Krishna Rao memorial Prize Category. Free
scientific paper presentations were 28 and included eight Faculty papers and
twenty postgraduate papers. Sixty six (66) e- posters were evaluated on the
first day and twenty seven (27) were evaluated on 2nd day for Sri I S
N Murty Prize category.
General body meeting was held in the
evening and Dr. P. Appa Rao, Professor & HOD of Microbiology Andhra Medical
College, volunteered to conduct XXIII IAMM TAPC Annual Conference by Andhra
Medical College, Visakhapatnam.
Inagural function was held in the
evening (Presided by)attended by IAMM TAPC Chapter President: Dr. P.
Sreenivasulu Reddy, Secretary: Dr. Kasturi , Treasurer: Dr. P. Vasundhara,
Organising Secretary: Dr. P. Shashikala Reddy and her team of executive members
of XXII IAMM TAPC Chapter and all the delegates. Dr. Rakesh Mishra, Director, Centre
for Cellular and Molecular Biology was the Chief Guest and Dr. Nandan Singh, Senior
Microbiologist was the Guest of Honour. Dr. Kasturi presented the report on
association activities and Dr P. Vasundhara presented the annual report.
Conference Souvenir was released by the Chief Guest and annual news letter was
released by the Guest of Honour followed by a memorable event of felicitation to
eight (8) senior faculty members, retired as Head of the Department of
Microbiology from Osmania Medical College namely Dr. Nandan Singh, Dr.
Mandakini, Dr. P. Vijayalakshmi, Dr. Mathur, Dr. Sarada, Dr. Achyut Rao, Dr.
Anil Kumar Modi and Dr. Vasanti Kabra. Sumptuous food was served in the
poolside banquet dinner.
Second day was started with Postgraduate quiz (Dr. Satyanarayana Murthy Prize)
conducted by Dr. D.S.Murty and participated by all the delegates. This was
followed by five (5) enlightening guest lectures by Dr. V. Ravi, Professor,
Dept of Neurovirology, NIMHANS,
Bengaluru on “Current
concepts in Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Diagnosis and Management” , Dr. P.V.Chalam, Professor of Surgery & Principal, Bhaskara Medical College on “Competency
Based Medical Education –How to implement” , Dr. Savitri Sharma, Director
of Laboratory Services, L.V.
Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad on “Pythium
insidiosum keratitis – A
Newly recognized entity in India” , Dr.
Vamsi Krishna, Consultant
Medical Oncologist, Apollo cancer
institute, Hyderabad on “Infections in Febrile Neutropenia-A clinician
Perspective”, Dr. Manick Das, Professor & HOD of
Microbiology, Apollo Medical
College, Hyderabad on “Fecal
Microbiota Transplantation – an update”.
Later Postgraduate Pedagogy (Guntur Medical College Prize) was presented
by postgraduates of Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Kakatiya Medical
College, Warangal, Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati, Katuri Medical College,
Guntur and GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry.
There was panel discussion on “Adverse
Events Following Immunization” conducted by Dr. Vimala Thomas and participated
by Dr. Sudheera, Immunization Officer, TS, Dr. Alivelu , Assistant Professor of
Paediatrics, Dr. G. Jyothi lakshmi, Professor of Microbiology. Later Senior
faculty Prize (RMC prize) papers were presented followed by junior faculty
prize (Smt. B. S. Lakshmi prize) papers.
In the valedictory function Prizes were
awarded to winners in various competetions followed by vote of thanks by Co –
Organizing Secretary Dr. G. Jyothi Lakshmi.
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