SCVTA
Indian Association of Cardiovascular
Indian Academy of Echocardiography

14th Comprehensive Perioperative Echo Workshop & CME

DateNovember 20 - 22, 2026
Venue Medanta- The Medicity, Gurgaon
Early Bird Registration is Extended till 15th October for 14th Comprehensive Perioperative Echo Workshop & CME

Scientific Highlights

  • Foundational Concepts in Transesophageal Echocardiography
  • The Crucial Role of TEE in the Era of Robotic MICS and Heart Transplantation
  • Integrated Multimodality Imaging in Clinical Decision-Making for Structural Heart Interventions
  • 3D Echocardiography Symposium

Hands-on Sessions

  • Simulator-Based Hands-on Workshop
  • Beating Heart TEE Simulator with Clipping Experience
  • Hemodynamic Workshop using EchoPac & Advanced TEE Techniques
  • Advanced POCUS and Lung Ultrasound Workshops
  • Lung Isolation Workshop

Wet Lab

Porcine Heart Dissection with Echo-Anatomic Correlation

Echo Image
3D Echo
Wet Lab
TEE Session
14TH COMPREHENSIVE PERIOPERATIVE ECHO CME & WORKSHOP
November 20 -22, 2026
DAY 1
Registration : 7.30 Onwards
8.30
Welcome Address
Session 1 Echo Like an Expert
Moderator: Dr Deepak K Tempe
Chairpersons: Dr Pawan Kapoor, Dr Ashutosh V Sharma, Dr Sunil Dhole, Dr Talib Khan
Foundational Concepts in Transesophageal Echocardiography
9.00 – 9.20
Physics of Ultrasound
Dr Manish Bansal
9.20 – 9.40
Comprehensive Intraoperative TEE Exam
Dr Rajesh Arya
- Based on ASE/SCA guidelines - Must-know standard views and interpretation
9.40 – 10.00
Essentials of LV systolic function assessment
Dr Deepak K Tempe
10.00 – 10.20
Essentials of LV diastolic dysfunction
Dr Madhav Swaminathan
10.20 – 10.40
Assessing the Right Ventricular Function
Dr Hardeep Garewal
10.40 – 11.00
Q&A
11.00 – 11.30
COFFEE
11.30 – 1.00
Hemodynamic Workshop on GE EchoPAC Stations
Dr Manish Bansal / Dr Hardeep Garewal
LUNCH 1.00 – 1.30
Hands –On Workshops: 1.30 -3.30
Hands-on Simulator based Workshop
Dr P Hemamalini Palani / Dr Rachna Wadhwa
Beating Heart TEE Simulator with Clipping Experience
Dr Manisha Mishra
Advanced TEE Workshop
Dr Manish Bansal, Dr Hardeep Garewal
Regional Anaesthesia: Integrating Regional Anaesthesia into Cardiac Anaesthesiology Practice
Dr Lovelesh Kakani, Dr Gurpreet Singh, Dr Ashok Vats, Dr Ruchika Rao
Wet Lab (3.30 – 5.30) Wet Lab - Porcine Heart Dissection With 2 D & 3 D Echo-Anatomic Correlation
Dr Manisha Mishra, Dr Harpreet Wasir, Dr Udgeath Dhir
DAY 2
Session 1
Decision Making in Aortic Valve Surgery
Moderator: Dr Rajeev Juneja, Dr Anil Bhan
Chairpersons: Dr Jasvider Kohli, Dr Arupratan Maiti, Dr Rohit Bhatia
8.30 – 8.45
Echo Anatomy of Aortic Root & Imaging of Aorta for Aneurysms, Dissections
Dr Sucharita Das
8.45 – 9.00
Current hemodynamic classification of AS; What we need to know?
Dr Anand Kumar
9.00 – 9.15
Role of Echo in Aortic Valve Repair
Dr Shekhar Suman Saxena
9.15 –9.30
Q & A
Session 2
Mitral Valve Imaging and Surgical Decision-Making
Moderator: Dr Rahul Mehrotra
Chairpersons: Dr Rajesh Chand, Dr Jasbir Singh, Dr Rajeev Ranjan,
9.30 -9.45
Echocardiographic assessment of MR severity: Pitfall & Solutions
Dr Sameer Srivastava
9.45 – 10.00
Decision making in Functional MR: Repair/Replace/Clip
Dr Alexander Gregory
10.00- 10.15
Assessing Mitral Valve for Suitability for Repair
Dr C Kumar
10.15-10.30
Utility of TEE in Ensure Success and Durability of the Valve Repair: A Surgeons View
Dr Amit Chandra
10.30–10.45
Post Mitral Valve Repair- It’s Not Perfect but is it Good Enough?
Dr Manisha Mishra
10.45 -11.00
Q & A
11.00 – 11.30
COFFEE
Session 3
The Rapidly Evolving Landscape of Tricuspid Valve Evaluation and Intervention
Moderator: Dr Arun Maheshwari
Chairpersons: Dr Sanjula Virmani, Dr Alka Pradhan, Dr Gagandeep Singh Wander
11.30 – 11.45
Tricuspid Valve: Understanding a Complex and Dynamic Structure
Dr Poonam Malhotra
11.45 -12.00
Tricuspid Regurgitation in the OR: When to Intervene
Dr P Hemamalini Palani
12.00 - 12.15
Tricuspid Valve Interventions- Echocardiographic Challenges
Dr Nagendra Chauhan
12.15 – 12.30
Q & A
Keynote Address
12.30- 12.50
AI has the potential to Revolutionize Echocardiography!
Dr Madhav Swaminathan
LUNCH 1.00 -1.30
Session 4
Navigating the High Risk Structural Heart Interventions
Moderator: Dr Praveen Chandra, Dr Rajneesh Kapoor
Chairpersons: Dr Neeraj Sharma, Dr Minati Choudhry, Dr Navneet Mehta
1.30 -1.45
Interventional Echocardiography for the Anesthesiologist: A practical Walkthrough
Dr Rajni Singh
1.45 –2.00
When Things go Wrong: Echocardiographic Recognition and Management of Intraprocedural Complications
Dr Rahul Mehrotra
2.00- 2.15
Q & A
Session 5
Heart Transplant & MCS
Moderator: Dr Madhav Swaminathan
Panellists: Dr Sandeep Attawar, Dr Manoj Durairaj, Dr Nagendra Chauhan
2.15 – 2.30
Beyond the Numbers: Assessing the Pulmonary Vasculature Before Heart Transplant
Dr Murli Krishna T
2.30 – 2.45
When Is the Time Right? Hemodynamic Triggers for Escalation to Mechanical Circulatory Support
Dr Swarnika Srivastava
2.45 – 3.00
Transplant and MCS: Managing the First 72 Hours
Dr Prajeesh Nambiar
3.00 – 3.30
Panel discussion: The ECMO Dilemma in Pulmonary Hypertension: VV, VA, or V-AV?
Session 6 Intraoperative ECHO – A Game Changer
Moderator: Dr Smita Mishra
Chairpersons: Dr Deepa Sarkar, Dr Praveen Saxena, Dr Amit Misri
3.30 -3.45
Constriction vs Restriction
Dr Dheeraj Arora
3.45 -4.00
Critical calls: Is there something wrong with the New Valve?
Dr Rachna Wadhwa
4.00 -4.20
Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Disease: A systematic Approach – TEE & Epicardial Echo
Dr Suresh G Nair
4.20 – 4.30
Q & A
4.30- 5.30
ECHO QUIZ –
Quiz Master: Dr Shradha R Anthappan, Dr Ravina Mukati
Judges: Dr Rajesh Arya, Dr Anand Kumar, Dr Suresh G Nair
5.30- 6.30
Competitive Session:
Judges : Dr C Kumar, Dr Dheeraj Arora, Dr Suresh G Nair
DAY 3
3D Echo Symposium
Moderator: Dr Madhav Swaminathan
Chairperson: Dr Mukul Kapoor , Dr Sharad Tandon
8.00 - 8.20
How Do I Incorporate 3D in my everyday TEE exam ?
Dr Naman Shastri
8.20 – 8.30
3D Assessment of the Mitral Valve
Dr Akhil Diwan
8.30 -8.40
3D Assessment of the Tricuspid Valve
Dr Shradha R Anthappan
8.40 – 8.50
3D Assessment of the Aortic Valve
Dr Ravina Mukati
8.50 – 9.00
3D RV and LV Quantification
Dr Prajeesh Nambiar
9.00 10.30
Hands on session GE EchoPAC
Dr Naman Shastri
Session 2 ECHO Frontiers & Beyond
Moderator: Dr Ajmer Singh
Chairperson: Dr Ravinder Sawhney, Dr Bhuvnesh Kansara
10.30 – 10.45
Imaging of Cardiac Masses
Dr Ira Balakrishnan M
10.45 -11.00
HOCM - Will Septal Myomectomy be enough?
Dr Indira Malik
11.00 – 11.15
TEE in Intraoperative Stroke and Air Embolism
Dr Shweta Kandpal Suri
11.15 – 11.30
Q & A
11.30
Free Paper Session
Judges: Dr Ajmer Singh, Dr Anil Kumar, Dr Munish Sharma, Dr Sudeepto Banerjee
1.00
LUNCH
Leadership

Course Committee

Organising Chairperson &
Course Director

Dr. Manisha Mishra
Sr. Director - Cardiac Anaesthesia, Medanta - Gurugram

Organising Secretary

Dr. Prajeesh M Nambiar
+91 81302-99957

Conference Convenors

Dr. Bhanu Prakash
Dr. Shweta Suri Kandpal
(+91 95603-76849)
Dr. Akhil Diwan

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