Programme
Kerala Pedicon 2025 - Scientific Program
DAY 1 - 29th November, Saturday
Hall A
Hall B
Hall A
| Time | Session Type | Topic | Speaker(s) / Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | Symposium | Infection Newsmakers: Bugs that never leave the headlines | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Amoebic Meningoencephalitis: Challenges in Early Diagnosis and Treatment | Dr. Bindu G S | |
| 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM | Shigellosis: Fatal face of Dysentery | Dr. Jayakrishnan M P | |
| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | When the shield breaks: Unravelling Rabies Immunization failures | Dr. Sheeja Sugunan | |
| 9:45 AM – 11:30 AM | Guest Lectures | ||
| 9:45 AM – 10:05 AM | Dengue Dialogues | Dr. Ramesh Kumar | |
| 10:05 AM – 10:25 AM | Neonatal Antimicrobial Stewardship – made easy | Dr. Manoj V C | |
| 10:25 AM – 10:45 AM | When Pneumonia doesn’t follow the norms | Dr. Gowri Sankar | |
| 10:45 AM – 11:05 AM | Mucopolysaccharidosis: early Diagnosis and management | Dr. Sanjeeva N | |
| 11:05 AM – 11:30 AM | Key Note Session | Journey on Management of Acute Liver Failure in India | Dr. Neelam Mohan |
| 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM | Sivadas Memorial Oration | Fit future through lifestyle leaders | Dr. Upendra Kinjawadekar |
| 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM | INAUGURATION | ||
| 1:15 PM – 1:40 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:40 PM – 2:00 PM | Guest Lecture | Innovative therapies in Genetic disorders with special reference to NF1 Plexiform Neurofibromatosis | Dr. Sankar VH |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Panel Discussions | ||
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Panel Discussion | From Toddlers to teens: Managing Asthma right | Moderator: Dr. Krishnamohan. Panellists: Dr. Ajith Krishnan, Dr. Jijo Joseph, Dr. Gopimohan, Dr Muhammed Hasan |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Panel Discussion | Formulating A consensus Statement on Management of Common CHD: The Huddle | Moderator: Dr. Zulfikar Ahamed. Panellists: Dr. Lakshmi, Dr. Renu Kurup, Dr. Shine Kumar, Dr. Arun Gopalakrishnan |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Panel Discussion | Beyond the Bug: Immune and Infection triggered Encephalitic Syndromes | Moderator: Mohammed Kunju. Panellists: Dr. Mary Iype, Dr. Kalpana, Dr. Vinayan, Dr. Mini S |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Panel discussion | From clinics to startups: Entrepreneurship for youngsters | Moderator: Dr. M Narayanan. Panellists: Dr. M K Nandakumar, Dr. G Harikumar, Dr. Arun Mammen |
| 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM | Symposium | Nutrition and Growth: Challenges in Clinical Practice | |
| 4:00 PM – 4:10 PM | Growth monitoring: from charts to clinical decisions | Dr. Rajesh T V | |
| 4:10 PM – 4:20 PM | Toddlers at the table – Challenges and Solutions | Dr. Priya Sreenivasan | |
| 4:20 PM – 4:30 PM | Management of a child with MAM: RUSF the need of the hour | Dr. Rugmini | |
| 4:30 PM – 4:40 PM | Ironing out of the deficiency: New insights into iron deficiency anaemia | Dr. Rehna T | |
| 4:40 PM – 4:50 PM | Human Breast Milk banking – challenges behind the promise | Dr. Deepa KS |
Hall B
| Time | Session Type | Topic | Speaker(s) / Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM | Symposium | Paediatric Emergencies: Turning minutes into miracles | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM | Paediatric trauma- Golden hour Management | Dr. Prameela Joji | |
| 9:10 AM – 9:20 AM | From Drips to Decisions: New Directions in Fluid Therapy | Dr. Nithya Shyam | |
| 9:20 AM – 9:30 AM | Dos and Don’ts in Snake bite – Referral and transport | Dr. Susy Joseph | |
| 9:30 AM – 9:40 AM | From Chaos to Control: Evolving Strategies in Status Epilepticus | Dr. Anu Marie Peter | |
| 9:40 AM – 9:50 AM | Tiny chests, Big Debates: what works in Bronchiolitis. | Dr. Pramitha | |
| 10:00 AM – 11:20 AM | Guest Lectures | ||
| 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM | Into the Airways: Adventures in Bronchoscopy Practice | Dr. Sajith Kesavan | |
| 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM | ABC of CBC: Decoding the complete blood count | Dr. Mohandas Nair | |
| 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM | Healing Hands, Legal Minds: POCSO in Everyday Practice | Dr. Ashok Kumar | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM | Focus lost: Antibiotic strategies for unexplained fever. | Dr. Shanavas | |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | ORATION & INAUGURAL FUNCTION | (In HALL A) | |
| 1:00 PM onwards | LUNCH | ||
| 1:40 PM – 2:00 PM | Rapid Fire – Mixed Bag | ||
| 1:40 PM – 1:50 PM | Pediatric Orthopedics | Dr Mohammed Shafeek | |
| 1:50 PM – 2:00 PM | Approach to Pediatric Syncope- Heart or Head? | Dr Pradeep | |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Panel Discussions | ||
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Panel Discussion | Recurrent Abdominal Pain: From cries to clues | Moderator: Dr. Prasanth K S. Panellists: Dr. Geetha S, Dr. Lathika, Dr. Maya P, Dr. Jubin |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Panel Discussion | The Rheumatology Detectives: Cracking the PUO Code | Moderator: Dr. Suma Balan. Panellists: Dr. Geetha P, Dr. Rekha Krishnan, Dr. Regi R Chandran, Dr. Shermin |
| 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM | Symposium | Recent advances in critical Care Medicine | |
| 3:00 PM – 3:10 PM | Antibiotics in sepsis, 1st golden hour | Dr. Vivin | |
| 3:10 PM – 3:20 PM | Adjunct therapies in paediatric ARDS, Evidence vs Practice | Dr. Deepu | |
| 3:20 PM – 3:30 PM | Pediatrics ECMO, Myths Vs facts | Dr. Prashant Dev | |
| 3:30 PM – 3:40 PM | Pressor Precision: Tailoring catecholamines in shock states | Dr. Shiju Kumar | |
| 3:40 PM – 3:50 PM | Immunomodulators in PICU: Hope or Hype | Dr. Shilpa Abraham | |
| 4:00 PM – 4:40 PM | Panel discussion | High risk neonate follow up- what the paediatrician should know | Moderator: Dr. Radhika. Panelists: TBD, Dr. Nihaz Naha, Dr. Aby Mathew, Dr. Renjith Thomson, Dr Lins Paul |
| 4:40 PM – 5:00 PM | Rapid Fire – Neonatology | ||
| 4:40 PM – 4:50 PM | Tiny lives in transit: safe transport of sick newborns. | Dr. Muraliraj | |
| 4:50 PM – 5:00 PM | Spot It Early –Neonatal Thyroid Screening Simplified | Dr. Hazeena |