7th Annual Conference Neuropathology Society of India
NPSICON 2025
Organized By: Neuropathology Laboratory, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dates: 21st to 22nd February 2025
Venue: JL Auditorium, AIIMS, New Delhi-29, India
21th February 2025 (Friday): Day 1 of Conference
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM - Registration | ||
| SESSION 1 (8:30 – 10:00 AM) - NEURO-ONCOLOGY SYMPOSIUM -1 Chairpersons: Drs. Sonika Dahiya, Sushma Patil and Kirti Gupta |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
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| 8:30 to 8:45 AM | Welcome Address | Dr. M C Sharma |
| 8:45 to 9:00 AM | Diagnostic Strategies for Ependymomas | Dr. M C Sharma |
| 9:00 to 9:15 AM | CMMRD and the Role of Immunotherapy in pHGG | Dr. Epari Sridhar |
| 9:15 to 9:30 AM | Insights Beyond 2021: Glioblastomas, IDH-Wild Type and pHGG, H3-Wild Type and IDH-Wild Type | Dr. Kirti Gupta |
| 9:30 to 9:45 AM | What's New Beyond 2021: Emerging Tumor Entities | Dr. Shilpa Rao |
| 9:45 to 10:00 AM | Discussion | |
| SESSION 2 (10:00 – 10:45 AM) - Prof. Ashru K Banerjee Oration Chairpersons: Drs. Nuzhat Hussain and Geeta Chacko (Introduction of Dr. Banerjee by Dr. Nuzhat Hussain & Introduction of Dr. David Capper by Dr. Geeta Chacko) |
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| 10:00 to 10:45 AM | DNA Methylation Based Classification: Past, Present and Future | Dr. David Capper |
| 10:45 to 11:15 AM | TEA BREAK | |
| SESSION 3 (11:15 AM – 12:35 PM) - INFLAMMATORY AND IMMUNE MEDIATED DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM Chairpersons: Drs. Hans H Goebel, Catriona McLean, BD Radotra and MC Sharma |
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| 11:15 to 11:35 AM | Inflammatory Myopathies – An Australian perspective (Keynote Lecture) | Dr. Catriona McLean |
| 11:35 to 11:50 AM | Recent Advances in Immune-Mediated Peripheral Neuropathies | Dr. Megha Uppin |
| 11:50 AM to 12:05 PM | Autoimmune Encephalitis – Expanding the Pathologist’s Armamentarium | Dr. Anita Mahadevan |
| 12:05 to 12:20 PM | The triggering role of inflammation in Dementia: A ray of hope? | Dr. Yasha TC |
| 12:20 to 12:35 PM | Discussion | |
| SESSION 4 (12:35 to 1:00 PM) - Dr. Subimal Roy Award Presentation Chairpersons: Drs. RK Saran and Meenakshi Swain (Introduction of Dr. Subimal Roy by Dr. RK Saran) |
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| Presenter: To Be Announced | ||
| 1:00 to 2:00 PM | LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING | |
| SESSION 5 (2:00 to 2:45 PM) - PRESIDENTIAL ORATION Chairpersons: Drs. BD Radotra and Chitra Sarkar (Introduction of Dr. Vani Santosh by Dr. Yasha TC) |
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| 2:00 to 2:45 PM | Speaker: Dr. Vani Santosh | |
| SESSION 6 (2:45 – 4:05 PM) - Approach to Diagnosis of CNS tumors in Resource Restrained Settings: How Far to Go Chairpersons: Drs. Vani Santosh, Geeta Chacko and Ashish Suri |
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| 2:45 to 3:00 PM | AOSNP-ADAPTR Survey of Resource Availability for CNS Tumor Diagnostics in the Asian Oceanian region | Dr. Chitra Sarkar |
| 3:00 to 3:15 PM | Approach to Diagnosis of Pediatric type diffuse high-grade gliomas | Dr. Geeta Chacko |
| 3:15 to 3:30 PM | Approach to Diagnosis of Medulloblastomas | Dr. Vaishali Suri |
| 3:30 to 3:50 PM | Clinical applications of Molecular Neuro-Oncology (Keynote Lecture) | Dr. Rakesh Jalali |
| 3:50 to 4:05 PM | Discussion | |
| 4:05 to 4:30 PM | TEA BREAK | |
| SESSION 7 (4:30 – 5:30 PM) - DEBATE | ||
| 4:30 – 5:30 PM | "AI in Neuropathology: Enhancing Precision or Risking Bias?" Chairpersons: Drs. David Capper, Rakesh Jalali and Tatpravesh Sethi |
Speakers: Drs. Swapnil Rane and Ayushi Sahay |
| 5:30 – 6:30 PM | GB MEETING | |
| 6:30 PM ONWARDS | GALA DINNER | |
22th February 2025 (Saturday): Day 2 of Conference
| SESSION 8 (8:00 - 11:00 AM) - Oral Papers & Award Papers Chairpersons: Drs. Nuzhat Hussain, Uttara Chatterjee, Nandeesh BN and Srinivas BH |
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| Time | Topic | Details |
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| 8:00 to 8:10 AM | Oral Paper 1 | |
| 8:10 to 8:20 AM | Oral Paper 2 | |
| 8:20 to 8:30 AM | Oral Paper 3 | |
| 8:30 to 8:40 AM | Oral Paper 4 | |
| 8:40 to 8:50 AM | Oral Paper 5 | |
| 8:50 to 9:00 AM | Oral Paper 6 | |
| 9:00 to 9:10 AM | Oral Paper 7 | |
| 9:10 to 9:20 AM | Oral Paper 8 | |
| 9:20 to 9:30 AM | Oral Paper 9 | |
| 9:30 to 9:40 AM | Oral Paper 10 (RA) | |
| 9:40 to 9:50 AM | Oral Paper 11 (RA) | |
| 9:50 to 10:00 AM | Oral Paper 12 (RA) | |
| 10:00 to 10:10 AM | Oral Paper 13 (YA) | |
| 10:10 to 10:20 AM | Oral Paper 14 (YA) | |
| 10:20 to 10:30 AM | Oral Paper 15 (YA) | |
| 10:30 to 10:50 AM | Lecture by M/S Lucent Bioscience | |
| 10:50 to 11:00 AM | Discussion | |
| * All oral papers 8+2 minutes Resident Award (RA) Young investigator award (YA) | ||
| 11:00 to 11:30 AM | TEA | |
| SESSION 9 (11:30 AM – 12:15 PM) - Prof. S.K Shankar Oration Chairpersons: Drs. MC Sharma and C. Sundaram (Introduction of Dr. Shankar by Dr. C. Sundaram and Introduction of Dr. Goebel by Dr. MC Sharma) |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM | 69 common years with congenital myopathies | Dr. Hans H Goebel |
| SESSION 10 (12:15 – 1:00 PM) - CPC Neuropathologist: Dr. Nandeesh BN Clinician: To Be Announced Chairpersons: Drs. C. Sundaram, Sujata Chaturvedi and Anand Balasubramanian |
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| 12:15 – 1:00 PM | Neuropathologist: Dr. Nandeesh BN | Clinician: To Be Announced |
| 1:00 to 2:00 PM | LUNCH and POSTER VIEWING | |
| SESSION 11 (2:00 – 3:30 PM) - Neuro-Infections and Epilepsy Chairpersons: Drs. V.V. Radhakrishnan, Yasha TC and Anita Mahadevan |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 2:00 to 2:15 PM | Evolutionary Pathogenesis of Fungi: Ocean to Human Brain | Dr. C. Sundaram |
| 2:15 to 2:30 PM | Brain Tuberculosis – It’s multiple manifestations | Dr. BD Radotra |
| 2:30 to 2:45 PM | LEATS: Current Concepts | Dr. Uttara Chatterjee |
| 2:45 to 3:00 PM | Case Discussion: Some interesting cases of Infection of CNS | Dr. Rajeshwari |
| 3:00 to 3:15 PM | Case Discussion: Some interesting cases of Muscle Diseases | Dr. Balan |
| 3:15 to 3:30 PM | Discussion | |
| SESSION 12 (3:30 – 5:00 PM) - Neuro-Oncology Symposium – 2 Chairpersons: Drs. Chitra Sarkar, Epari Sridhar and Megha Uppin |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 3:30 to 3:50 PM | Meningioma: Recent cIMPACT-NOW update (Keynote Lecture) | Dr. Sonika Dahiya |
| 3:50 to 4:05 PM | Current Insights into Pineal Tumors | Dr. Suvendu Purkait |
| 4:05 to 4:20 PM | Updated Protocols for Classifying Pituitary Adenomas | Dr. Nuzhat Hussain |
| 4:20 to 4:35 PM | Exploring Intracranial Sarcomas | Dr. Debajyoti Chatterjee |
| 4:35 to 5:00 PM | Discussion | |
| 5:00 PM | VALEDICTORY AND HIGH TEA | |