To Commemorate 50 Years of Cardiac Surgery at GKNMH
4th October, 2025
The Residency Towers
Coimbatore
Program Agenda
A preview of the line up for liveSURGE 2025
REGISTRATION
Venue:
BALLROOM, THE RESIDENCY TOWERS,
COIMBATORE.
OPENING REMARKS
Dr. P. Chandrasekar
SESSION 1 – 9:00 to 10:40 AM
9:00 to 9:20 AM
10 Commandments of Aortic Valve Repair
Prof. Hans Joachim Schafers
9:20 to 9:40 AM
TCRAT-CABG: Step by Step
Dr. Dymtro Babliak
9:40 to 10:00 AM
Cerebral Protection in Arch Surgery – Current Evidence
Dr. Shiv Choudhary
10:00 to 10:20 AM
Tissue Evaluation without excision – Raman Spectroscopy in CVTS
Dr. Jai S. Raman
10:20 to 10:40 AM
Balancing Cost and Quality – The Ganga Model
Dr. S. Rajasekaran
10:40 to 11:00 AM
TEA / COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 2 – 11:00 AM to 12:40 PM
11:00 to 11:20 AM
Carotid Endarterectomy – Principles and Conduct
Dr. P.C. Gupta
11:20 to 11:40 AM
Against All Odds
Dr. Kunal Sarkar
11:40 AM to 12:00 AM
Ross Procedure in Patients < 50 years
Prof. Hans Joachim Schafers
12:00 to 12:20 PM
The Dark Side of Publishing: Putting Integrity before Impact
Dr. Pradeep Narayan
12:20 to 12:40 PM
Evolution of Technology and Innovation at Leipzig
Dr. Michael Borger
12:40 to 01:20 PM
LUNCH & NETWORKING (40 MINS)
SESSION 3 – 01:20 to 03:00 PM
01:20 to 1:40 PM
PPM : Myths, facts and reality
Dr. Robert Klautz
01:40 to 2:00 PM
Complex Tracheal Surgery in Children: Variations and Outcomes
Dr. Nagarajan Muthaiulu
02:00 to 2:20 PM
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Prof. Hans Joachim Schafers
02:20 to 2:40 PM
Medical professionals as entrepreneurs
Dr. Gopichand Mannam
02:40 to 3:00 PM
Practical Keys to Building a Culture of Safety
Dr. Thoralf Sundt
03:00 to 03:20 PM
TEA / COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 4 – 03:20 to 05:00 PM
03:20 to 03:40 PM
Oxic-Sulphidic balance in SIRS – Evolution of an idea
Dr. Paul Ramesh
03:40 to 04:00 PM
TCRAT in Combined Procedures
Dr. Dymtro Babliak
04:00 to 04:20 PM
Functional Mitral Regurgitation – Do We Understand It Better Today?
Prof. Steve Bolling
04:20 to 04:40 PM
Important Morphological Considerations in Septal Myectomy
Dr. Hartzell Schaf
04:40 to 05:00 PM
“AI in Healthcare: Disruptive or Constructive?” – The reshaping of a doctor’s role in a digital future
Dr. Shravan Subramanyam
05:00 PM
SESSION CLOSES
05:00 to 06:00 PM
Networking
06:00 PM
GKNMH – Cardiothoracic Surgery 50th year celebration
PROF. HANS-JOACHIM SCHÄFERS
Homburg, Germany
DR. DMYTRO BABLIAK
Kyiv, Ukraine
DR. JAI S. RAMAN
Townswille, Australia
DR. NAGARAJAN MUTHIALU
London, United Kingdom
DR. S. RAJASEKARAN
Coimbatore, India
DR. SHIV CHOUDHARY
Delhi, India
DR. P.C. GUPTA
Hyderabad, India
DR. GOPICHAND MANNAM
Hyderabad, India
DR. PRADEEP NARAYAN
Kolkata, India
DR. KUNAL SARKAR
Kolkata, India
DR. PAUL RAMESH
Chennai, India
DR. SHRAVAN SUBRAMANYAM
Bengaluru, India
PROF. STEVEN F. BOLLING
Ann Arbor, USA
DR. MICHAEL BORGER
Leipzig, Germany
DR. ROBERT KLAUTZ
Leiden, Netherlands
DR. HARTZELL V. SCHAFF
Rochester, USA
