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Time Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall D Hall E
8.00 - 9.00 am Video Presentation
Oral Cancer resection
Chair - Dr. Krishnappa R., Dr. Ravi Koopad, Dr. Vijay Pillai, Dr. Neelakamal Hallur
(8 + 2 min)
  1. Marginal Mandibulectomy - Dr. Sreeram MP
  2. Segmental Mandibulectomy - Dr. Snigdha Elaprolu
  3. ITF Clearance in Buccal Cancers - Dr. Pochamallu Byra
  4. Compartment resection tongue - Dr. Amit Chirom
  5. Pull Through Total Glossectomy - Dr. Tejal Patel
  6. TMJ reconstruction - Dr. Arjun Krishnadas
 Video Presentation
Thyroid
Chair - Dr. Narayana Subramaniam, Dr. Divya GM
(8 + 2 min)
  1. Nerves in Thyroid - Dr. Manjula BV
  2. Parathyroid- identification techniques - Dr. Honey Ashok
  3. IONM thyroid - Dr. Sataksi Chatterjee
  4. Central Compartment Clearance - Dr. Shikhar Sawhney
  5. Sternotomy approach for retrosternal thyroid tumours - Dr. Aditya Joshipura
 Video Presentation
Larynx
Chair - Dr. Akshay Kudpaje
(8 + 2 min)
  1. TOUSS - Dr. Sasikrishna Kavutharapu
  2. MLS - Dr. Jagadish Tubachi
  3. Partial Laryngectomy - Dr. Shawn Joseph
  4. TL TEP - Dr. Purushottam Chavan
  5. Pharyngeal Reconstruction - Dr. Siddappa KT
 SPONSOR SLOT (20 min)
Video Presentation
Salivary Gland
Chair - Dr. Prajwal Dange, Dr. Ajay Kumar N.
(8 + 2 min)
  1. Sub-mandibular Gland excision - Dr. Veerbhadra Kalyani
  2. Superficial Parotidectomy - Dr. Khyati Vasavada
  3. Total Conservative parotidectomy / deep lobe - Dr. Lakshmi Menon R.
 SPONSOR SLOT (10 min)
Invited Talks
(8 + 2 min)
SALIVARY GLAND
Chair - Dr. Ravi Sachidananda
  1. Comparison of limited parotidectomy with superficial parotidectomy for benign tumors of parotid gland - Dr. Prashanth V.
  2. Clinical Implications of New Entities in Salivary Gland - Dr. Kirti Khandelwal
  3. Elective Neck Dissection in Salivary gland cancer - Dr. Veena Ganga
  4. Personalised medicine in salivary malignancies - Dr. Vidula Mestry
9.00 - 10.00 am Society Symposium
AOMSI
Chair - Dr. Sameep Shetty, Dr. Dinesh Shah
  1. Re-look into GBS Staging - Dr Vijay Pillai (12 min)
  2. Sentinel node biopsy: Current evidence and challenges - Dr. Krishnakumar Thankappan (12 min)

Panel Discussion
(30 min)
Moderator - Dr. Rahul Thakkur
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Girish Rao
  2. Dr. Nadimul Hoda
  3. Dr. SatyajithDandagi
  4. Dr. Shalini Thakur
  5. Dr. Swagato Chowdhury
  6. Dr. Usha Amirtham
  7. Dr. Venkatraman Bhat
  8. Dr. Vijetha J.
 Panel Discussion
Advances in thyroid cancer management
Chair - Dr. Madan Gupta, Dr Dipak Ranjan Nayak
Moderator - Dr. Gouri Pantvaidya
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Akshat Malik
  2. Dr. Deepa Nair
  3. Dr. Neha Mittal
  4. Dr. Prashant Pawar
  5. Dr. RP Deo
  6. Dr. Sasi Mouli
  7. Dr. Siddanna Palled
  8. Dr. Sunil HV
  9. Dr. Vijay Patil
 Panel Discussion
Early larynx cancers
Chair - Dr. Aniruddha Dam, Dr Rajeev Chugh
Moderator - Dr. Kapil Sikka
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Akshay Kudpaje
  2. Dr. Bhavesh Bang
  3. Dr. Nisheena Raghavan
  4. Dr. Shamsundar S. D.
  5. Dr. Shawn Joseph
  6. Dr. Anand Subash
  7. Dr. Rajiv Michael
  8. Dr. Sajith Babu
 Site Specific Symposium
Larynx Organ preservation sequelae
Chair - Dr. Hari Prasad, Dr. Nithyanand Chidambaranathan
  1. Surgical implications for salvage post organ preservation strategies - Dr. Devendra Chaukar (12 min)
  2. Organ Conservation in the older age group: strategies to consider - Dr. M. S. Belliappa (12 min)
DEBATE - Chemoradiation is the optimal modality for function preservation in advanced Laryngeal carcinoma
(10 min each)
Dr. Ashwini Budrukkar (for)
Dr. Abhishek Vaidya (against)

Concluding remarks (5min) – Dr. Hasib Abdul Gaffor, Dr. Purushottam Chavan 		Invited Talks
RECONSTRUCTION
(8+2 min)
Chair - Dr. Karthik S, Dr. Shama Shetty
  1. Tips to start and avoid failures in free flap - Dr. Brian Shunyu
  2. Innovations of nasolabial flap in Oro-mandibular defect reconstruction in patients with oral cavity malignancy - Dr. Dillip Kumar Samal
  3. "Innovative Reconstruction of Early Oral Cancer Defects Using Acellular Dermis: My Experience" - Dr. Rahul Shah
  4. Local flaps for oral cavity defects - Dr. Rudresh Tabali
  5. 'Jaw and Teeth in a Day'- Tech for Transformation - Dr. B. Srinivasan
  6. Combined Simultaneous Mandible and Maxillary Reconstruction using a single Fibula flap or Fibula with a soft tissue flap - Dr. Karnav Bharat Panchal
10.00 - 11.00 am Global Symposium
Future Directions in Head and Neck Oncology
(10.00 - 12.00 pm)
Chair - Dr. Sudhir Bahadur, Dr. Vikram Kekatpure
(15 min each)
Moderator - Dr. Snehal G. Patel
  1. Introduction - Dr. Jatin P. Shah
  2. On the shoulders of the giants - Dr. Kepal Patel
  3. Mutational Landscape of Head and Neck
  4. Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Dynamic Biomarkers - Dr. Nishant Agrawal
  5. Stuck in the middle with you: Hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal states in head and neck cancer as drivers of invasion and metastasis - Dr. Sidharth Venkata Puram
  6. The implications of translational science to the management of head & neck cancer - Dr. Umamaheswar Duvvuri
  7. “Peri-operative immunotherapy for head and neck cancer- hype or hope” - Dr. Gopal Iyer
  8. Innovations in in-vivo imaging - Dr. Snehal G. Patel
  9. Leveraging research in tobacco-related carcinogenesis for public health, advocacy and mentorship - Dr. Samir Khariwala
11.00 - 12.00 noon Panel Discussion
Larynx- salvage treatment options
Chair - Dr. Sreelekha Ray, Dr. Ranjan Roy Choudhary
Moderator - Dr. Sourav Datta
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Anuj Kumar
  2. Dr. Dheeraj K.
  3. Dr. Murali Nadig
  4. Dr. Poonam Joshi
  5. Dr. Rajdeep Guha
  6. Dr. Satish C. T.
  7. Dr. Saurabha Kumar
  8. Dr. Shri Harsha Krishna
  9. Dr. Umanath Nayak
 Invited Talks
ADVANCES & ROBOTICS
(8+ 2min)
Chair - Dr. Sadia Shaikh, Dr. Raghavendra
  1. Head and neck Onco-Surgery: Past, Present, And Future - Dr. Manik Rao Kulkarni
  2. AI in head and neck oncology- the future is here - Dr. Santosh Cikkareddy
  3. Robotic infraclavicular approach:single approach from lower neck to skull base - Dr. Abhilasha Sadhoo
  4. Early experiences with the SP-Da Vinci in Head & Neck Surgery-A new frontier - Dr. Gunesh Rajan
12.00 - 12.30 pm Keynote
Evolution of Head and Neck Cancer Practice in India in the past 25 years - Dr. Anil D'Cruz
Chair - Dr. Ravi Nayar, Dr. Jaimanti Bakshi 		Site Specific Symposium
TENIS and Radio Iodine Refractory Thyroid Cancer
Chair - Dr. Hamsa Nandini, Dr Prashanth V.
(12 min each)
  1. Defining iodine-refractory thyroid disease - Dr. Mayuri Rajapurkar
  2. TENIS and Radio Iodine Refractory Thyroid Cancer, surgical perspective - Dr. Deepak Sarin
  3. Nuclear medicine perspective – role of newer imaging and treatment - Dr. Dhanapathi Halanaik
  4. Medical oncology perspective – role of re-differentiating agents and targeted therapy - Dr. Vijay Agarwal
 Panel Discussion
Salivary Gland
Chair - Dr. Seemanth Kumar Medhi, Dr. Sumit Gupta
Moderator - Dr. Krishnakumar Thankappan
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Azeem Mohiyuddin
  2. Dr. Bindu Venugopal
  3. Dr. Divya G. M.
  4. Dr. Jyotiman Nath
  5. Dr. Raghavendra
  6. Dr. Satish Nair
  7. Dr. Shilpi Sharma
  8. Dr. Suma M. N.
  9. Dr. Vijay Kumar Srinivasalu
  10. Dr. Vishal Choksi
  11. Dr. Sudhir Kale
 Society Symposium
ISO
Case Based Panel Discussion on Thyroid Cancers
Chair - Dr. Rajendra Toprani, Dr. Jatin P. Shah
Moderator - Arvind Krishnamurthy
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Anuj Shah
  2. Dr. Kepal Patel
  3. Dr. Manisha Pattnayak
  4. Dr. Niti Narang
  5. Dr. Prasad Narayanan
  6. Dr. Samir Batham
  7. Dr. Subramanian Kannan
  8. Dr. Sunil H. V.
  9. Dr. Tapaswini Pradhan
12.30 - 1.00 pm Keynote
From Cancer Care to Control - How clinicians can make a difference? - Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi
Chair - Dr. K. S. Gopinath, Dr. Arun P.
1.00 - 2.00 pm LUNCH BREAK
2.00 - 3.00 pm FHNO Award Papers - I (Basic Science)
(8+2 min x6)
  1. ABS-035 - SMART-HNC: An AI-Integrated Clinical Software for Structured Documentation and Decision Support in Head and Neck Oncology - Dr. Yashaswi Abhilashchandra Dube
  2. ABS-196 - Title-From User Prompts to Diagnosis- ChatGPT redefining a new roadway! - Dr. Sweta Parida
  3. ABS-199 - Bridging gaps in Cancer Care through Education and Community Support: Outcomes from a 4 District-Based Cancer control Program Covering 48,000 Patients in Gujarat - Dr. SWATHY U
  4. ABS-254 - Prediction of drug response using mechanically tunableGelMA hydrogels in oral squamous cell carcinoma - Mr. Pavan Muddappa Hallur
  5. ABS-311 - 3D Digital Modeling and Augmented Reality Annotation of Surgical Specimens: A Feasibility Study for Developing Standardized Protocol - Dr. Prajwal Dange
  6. ABS-312 - Nodal Deposit-to-Size Index and Residual Nodal Ratio of the Metastatic Deposit in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Dr. TEERTHA SADASHIV SHETTY
3.00 - 3.45 pm PA Shah Oration: Dr. Mark E. Zafereo
Evolution in treatment for Advanced Thyroid Cancer: targeted therapy, immunotherapy & surgery
Chair - Dr. Jyoti Dabholkar, Dr. Madan Kapre, Dr. Alok Thakkar
3.45 - 4.30 pm Foundation Oration: Dr. Prathamesh Pai
"Skull Base Surgery ... a path less trodden"
Chair - Dr. Vikram Kekatpure, Dr. Krishnappa R., Dr. Sudhir Bahadur
4.30 - 5.00 pm Keynote
Laryngeal Surgery: The Surgeon in Larynx Preservation: Dr. Ashok M. Shenoy
Chair - Dr. Suhel Hasan, Dr. Veerendra Kumar 		Panel Discussion
Functional reconstruction
Chair - Dr. Vaibhav Singh, Dr. Satadru Roy
Moderator - Dr. Deepak Balasubramanian
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Anjan Shah
  2. Dr. B. Srinivasan
  3. Dr. Kiran J.
  4. Dr. P. C. Jacob
  5. Dr. Radhika Kapahtia
  6. Dr. Vijay Haribhakti
  7. Dr. Vijay Pillai
  8. Dr. Vishal Gupta
  9. Dr. Vivek Shetty
 Site Specific Symposium
Oropharynx
Chair - Dr. Sriprakash Duraisamy, Dr. Shikhar Sawhney
  1. Role of personalized treatment based on prognostic grouping - Dr. Mudit Agarwal (10 min)
  2. Status of TORS in India – where do we stand? - Dr. Karan Gupta (10 min)
  3. RT-associated dysphagia – where do we stand and what’s the way forward? - Shwetabh Sinha (10 min)
DEBATE - Has TORS stood the test of time for oropharyngeal carcinoma?
Dr. Shamit Chopra (for)
Dr. Sowrabh Arora (against)
(15 min each - 10 min debate + 5min rebuttal) 		Sponsored Talk MSD
(4.30 - 4.50 pm)

Role of IO and its sequencing strategy in the management of HNSCC - Dr. Vijai Simha
(20 min)

Paediatric Oncology Symposium
(4.50 - 5.40 pm)
  1. Head and Neck Oncology in paediatric population - small but significant – Dr. Arun / Dr. Prakruthi
  2. Tough in tiny- Head and Neck cancer surgeries in children - Dr. P. Chavan
Society Symposium
Society of oncologic imaging India with FHNO
Chair - Dr. Dharmendra Kumar, Dr. Shaoni Sanyal
(20 min each)

  1. Decoding Neck Imaging: A Surgeon’s Guide to CT and MRI - Dr. Sudhir K. Kale
  2. Chasing the perineural spread in head and neck - Dr. Shivakumar Swamy
  3. Role of Interventional radiology in head and neck- scope and outcomes - Dr. Madhu S. D.
5.00 - 5.30 pm Keynote
Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Dynamic Treatment Decisions based on tumour response: Dr. Sarbani Ghosh Laskar
Chair - Dr. Shamsundar S. D., Dr. Bindhu Joseph

Head and Neck Cancer Awareness and Role of Keytruda in treatment of M/UR HNSCC
(5.30 - 5.50 pm)
Dr. Sridhar P. S.
(20min)
6.00 pm onwards ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM
AIMS - Kochi
Hall B
Reconstruction under Resource Constraints
Chair - Dr. Subramania Iyer, Dr. Krishnakumar Thankappan
  1. What are the barriers? - Dr. Shilpa Chatni
  2. Optimizing Outcomes with Local & Regional Flaps - Dr. Surij Salih
  3. Cheek & tongue defects, Versatility of PMMC - Dr. Sharan Shetty
  4. Mandibulectomy with No Free Fibula, Options and Outcomes - Dr. Rahul Buggaveeti

Panel Discussion
Moderator - Dr. Deepak Balasubramanian
Panellists -
  1. Dr. Chandrasekhar Rao
  2. Dr. Sandip Duarah
  3. Dr. Naveen Hedne
  4. Dr. Sriprakash Duraisamy
 TMH - Mumbai
Hall C
Open Forum
  1. How to harness a network for growth and collaboration - 30 mins
    (Moderator - Dr. Deepa Nair)
  2. Discussing a legacy of original contributions in head neck cancer - 30 mins
    (Moderator - Dr. Mitali Dandekar)
 AIIMS - Delhi
Hall D
Special Invitees- Liverpool–AIIMS Collaboration Team, Liverpool

Session I: Next Generation Pathology – Collaborative Insights
Chairs - Dr. Subramania Iyer, Dr. Alok Thakar
  1. Decoding the microenvironment of OSCC: From morphology to molecular features - Dr. Aanchal Kakkar and Dr. Keith Hunter (20 min)

Session II: Beyond the Knife – Legal Challenges in Modern Head & Neck Practice (35 min)
Chair - Dr. Richard Shaw, Dr. Kapil Sikka
Moderator - Dr. Deepak Sarin
Panellists -
  1. Dr. P. Chavan
  2. Dr. Atul Sharma
  3. Dr. Bubul C. Roy
  4. Dr. Abhilash K.
  5. Dr. Vikas Gupta (Legal Expert)
  6. Dr. Dheeraj K.
  7. Dr. Rajeev Kumar

Session III: Beyond the Fellowship – Charting Career Paths in Head & Neck Oncology

AIIMS Special Round Table (Careers, research opportunities, and training avenues in India & abroad)
Chairs - Dr. Ashok M. Shenoy, Dr. Chirom Amit Singh
Moderator - Dr. Dhiwakar M.
Panellists -
  1. Dr. Terry Jones
  2. Dr. Jemy Jose
  3. Dr. Kapil Sikka
  4. Dr. Smriti Panda
  5. Dr. Vimmi Gautam
  6. Dr. Shaphabah K.
  7. Dr. Areej Moideen
  8. Dr. Bhinyaram
  9. Dr. Rishikesh Thakur
  10. Dr. Sasikrishna
  11. Dr. C. Venkatakarthikeyan
  12. Dr. Richa Vaish
  13. Dr. Rafie
 BBCI
Hall E
  1. Incidence and Demography of Hypopharyngeal cancer in Assam - Dr. Rohan Dey (10 min)
  2. Workup of Hypopharyngeal Cancer - Dr. Siddharth Basu Roy (10 min)
  3. Organ preservation in hypopharyngeal cancer - Dr. Mridul Sarma (15 min)

Case Based discussion of Hypopharyngeal Cancer
(40 min)
Moderator - Dr. Gopi Reddy
Chairperson - Dr. Kuddush Ahmed, Dr. M. N. Baruah, Dr. Tashnin Rahman
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Amlan Deb Barma
  2. Dr. Kunal Jha
  3. Dr. Kirti Khandelwal
  4. Dr. Dhaneswor Singh
  5. Dr. Yan Yanthan
  6. Dr. Puspakishore Singh
  7. Dr. Tony Borang
 CMC - Vellore
Hall F
Advancing the frontiers in Head & Neck Cancer care
  1. Advances and Innovations in Management of Thyroid Cancer - Dr. Jeyashanth Riju J.
  2. Innovations in Oral Cavity Reconstruction - Dr. Konduru Vidya
7.00 pm onwards INAUGURATION FOLLOWED BY DINNER

Award E Posters - Hall F and G (Converge Area)
Head and Neck - Quiz - Prelim - Hall F (Converge Area)

Time Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall D Hall E
8.00 - 9.00 am Video Presentation
Free Flaps - harvest
(8+2 min)
Chair - Dr. Vivek Shetty, Dr. Sreeram M.P.
  1. Scapula - Dr. Noothanapati Nageswara Rao
  2. Fibula - Dr. Sunayana Sarkar
  3. RAFF - Dr. Greeshma Upadhya
  4. ALT - Dr. Ridhi Sood
  5. Gastro-omental free flap - Dr. Satish C.
 Video Presentation
PNS and Skull Base
(8+2 min)
Chair - Dr. Kaberi Kakati, Dr. Parin Patel
  1. Endoscopic Medial Maxillectomy - Dr. Neelesh Tiwari
  2. Transnasal trans cribriform resection - Dr. Devanand K.
  3. Endoscopic Endonasal Anterior Craniofacial resection - Dr. Venktesh Vaidhyalingam
  4. Endonasal endoscopic transsellar approach - Dr. Ankit Mahuvakar
  5. LTBR - Dr. Yogesh Dokhe
 Video Presentation
Reconstruction- Local and Regional Flaps
(8+2 min)
Chair - Dr. Yash Chaddha, Dr. Latika Kansal
  1. Nasolabial Flap - Dr. Hamsa Nandini
  2. FAMM Flap - Dr. Abhijith George
  3. Infrahyoid Flap - Dr. Krishna Prasad
  4. Platysma Flap - Dr. Ramesh
  5. PMMC and modifications - Dr. Sumeet Mahajan
 SPONSOR SLOT (10 min)
Invited Talks
THYROID-PARATHYROID
Chair - Dr. Nishath Sabreen, Dr. Anbuchezhian Ranganathan
(8+2 min)
  1. Adjuncts in thyroid surgery- how much difference do they make? - Dr. Kinshuk Chatterjee
  2. Bridging the Diagnostic Gap: Molecular Testing for Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules in India - Dr. Jeyashanth Riju J.
  3. Refractory Hyper-calcaemia in Primary Hyper-parathyroidism - Dr. Sasi Mouli
 SPONSOR SLOT (10 min)
Invited Talks
MARGINS
Chair - Dr. Amith K. P., Dr Aparna Ganesan
(8+2 min)
  1. Tumour size and Tumour margin in formalin fixed specimens - An Analysis - Dr. Suja S.
  2. Optimum surgical margin of resection in oral cavity cancers - Dr. Vipin Arora
  3. “Margins In Oral Cavity - How Much Is Enough” - Dr. Amit Tyagi
9.00 - 10.00 am Site Specific Symposium
Fundamentals of complex reconstruction
(9.00 - 10.15 am)
Chair - Dr. Purushottam Chavan, Dr. Srikamakshi Kothandaraman
  1. Mid face reconstruction – principles and considerations - Dr. Gautam Biswas (online) / Dr. Karnav Bharat Panchal (10 min)
  2. Secondary reconstruction of oral cavity defects – how, what, and when? - Dr. Dhanushya Gohil (10 min)
  3. Tissue-engineered mandibular reconstruction in malignancy - Dr. Subramania Iyer (10 min)
  4. Flap-sparing radiotherapy – is it safe? - Dr. Dodul Mondal (10 min)
Fireside chat:
(30 min)
Secondary corrections following reconstruction of oral cavity defects – how, what, and when?
Dr Subramania Iyer, Dr. Vikram Kekatpure, Dr. Dushyant Mandlik (10 min each) 		Site Specific Symposium
Anterior Skull Base
(9.00 - 10.00 am)
Chair - Dr. Chandrashekhar Dravid, Dr. Shahnaz Kantharia
  1. Pathology perspective - Dr. Munita Bal (8 min)
  2. Role of neoadjuvant – patient selection, treatment protocol - Dr. Rajeev L. K. (8 min)
  3. Protons vs. photons for anterior skull base pathology - Dr. Sapna Nangia (8 min)
Panel discussion
(30 min)
Moderator - Dr. Gunesh Ranjan
Panellist -
  1. Dr. HV Madhusudan
  2. Dr. Munita Bal
  3. Dr. Rajeev L. K.
  4. Dr. Regi Thomas
  5. Dr. Rudresha A. H.
  6. Dr. Sarbani Ghosh Laskar
  7. Dr. Shanthi Arun Velusamy
  8. Dr. Shivakumar Swamy S.
  9. Dr. Yogesh Dokhe
 Global Symposium
Asian & South Asian
(9.00 - 10.00 am)
Chair - Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Dr. Sabiha Alam
  1. National oral cancer screening on targeted betel nuts chewers in Taiwan - Dr. Sheng-Po Hao (online- 15 min)
  2. Oral cancer screening under the Universal Health Coverage Scheme, Thailand experience - Dr. Patravoot Vatanasapt (15 min)
Panel : Oral Cancer Screening and Early Detection in Asia
(30 min)
Moderator - Dr. Hitesh Singhavi
Panellists -
  1. Dr. Anil D'Cruz
  2. Dr. Dej Kumar Gautam
  3. Dr. Divya GM
  4. Dr. Kunjan Acharya
  5. Dr. PatravootVatanasapt
 Site Specific Symposium
Unknown Primary
(9.00 - 10.00 am)
Chair - Dr. Karan Gupta, Dr. Gururaj Deshpande
  1. Investigational flow chart - Dr. Kapila Manikantan (12 min)
  2. Pan-mucosal irradiation- role in current era - Dr. Nitin Bhaskar V. (12 min)
DEBATE
(30 min)
Tonsillectomy and base tongue mucosectomy for MUO is the standard of care
Dr. Vinidh Paleri (for)
Dr. Kirthi Koushik A. S. (against)

(15 min each - 10 min debate + 5min rebuttal) 		Site Specific Symposium
Surveillance and survivorship
(9.00 - 10.00 am)
Chair - Dr. Krishna Prasad, Dr. Veerbhadra Kalyani
  1. Best practices for post-treatment surveillance in head and neck cancers - Dr. Akshat Malik (12 min)
  2. QoL in head and neck cancer patients - Dr. Richa Vaish (12 min)
  3. From hospital bed to Times Square NY twice - Shrenik Shah (12 min)

Invited Talk
"Competing Risk Survival Analysis - Is it time to move on from traditional KM analysis?" - Dr. Natarajan Ramalingam
(8 min)
10.00 - 10.30 am Panel Discussion
Lateral Skull Base
(10.00 - 10.30 am)
Chair - Dr. Col Nitu Singh / Dr. Wg Cdr Anvita Bhansali
Moderator - Dr. Deepa Nair
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Guru Charan Sahu
  2. Dr. Kaberi Kakati
  3. Dr. Kavitha Palled
  4. Dr. Parin Patel
  5. Dr. Sanjaya Mishra
  6. Dr. Vidisha Tuljapurkar
  7. Dr. Vidya Bhushan R.
 Global Symposium
Singapore
(10.00 - 11.00 am)
Current and future concepts in managing recurrent Head and Neck Cancer
Chair - Dr. Rajshekhar Halkud, Dr. Munin Narayan Baruah
  1. Treatment concepts for recurrent head and neck cancers - Dr. Gopal Iyer (15min)
  2. Reconstruction and rehabilitation for recurrent oral cancer - Dr. Rahul Nagadia (15min)
  3. Management of recurrent thyroid cancer - Dr. Szymon Mikulski (15min)

SPONSOR TALK
(10.45 - 11.15 am)
Evolving role of Immunotherapy in LA HN SCC - Dr. Vijay Agarwal
(30 min) 		Panel Discussion
Complications In Head and Neck Surgery
(10.00 - 11.00 am)
Chair - Dr. Nadimul Hoda, Dr. Lakshmi Narasimman
Moderator - Dr. Shivakumar Thiagarajan
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Apurva Garg
  2. Dr. Greeshma Upadhya
  3. Dr. Karthik Rao
  4. Dr. Mahamaya Prasad Singh
  5. Dr. Nithyanand Chidambaranathan
  6. Dr. Rishikesh Thakur
  7. Dr. Shilpa Chatni
 Molecular Tumour Board
(10.00 - 11.00 am)
Chair - Nishant Agarwal, Dr. Pankaj Sahu
Moderator - Dr. Sudhir Nair
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Aanchal Kakkar
  2. Dr. Amit Rautan
  3. Dr. Kumar Prabhash
  4. Dr. Nidhi Tandon
  5. Dr. Prahlad Elamarthi
  6. Dr. Prasad Narayanan
  7. Dr. Ravi Thippeswamy
  8. Dr. Sanjib Chaudhary
  9. Dr. Vishalakshi Nanjappa
10.30 - 11.00 am Global Symposium
BAHNO
(10.15 - 12.00 pm)
Chair - Dr. Vinidh Paleri, Dr. Alok Thakkar, Dr. Dushyant Mandlik
Strategies to reduce treatment- related morbidity
  1. Pathology strategies to improve patient stratification and treatment selection - Dr. Keith Hunter
  2. Radiation delivery strategies - Dr. Chris Nutting
  3. Surgical strategies - Dr. James O’Hara
  4. Functional reconstruction - Dr. Ben Rymer
  5. Beyond the procedure: SLT Strategies - Dr. Laura-Jayne Watson

Panel Discussion
Moderator - Dr. Vinidh Paleri
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Ben Rymer
  2. Dr. Chris Nutting
  3. Dr. Gauri Pantvaidya
  4. Dr. James O’Hara
  5. Dr. Laura-Jayne Watson
  6. Dr. Prof. Keith Hunter
  7. Dr. Prof. Richard Shaw
  8. Dr. Prof. T. M. Jones
  9. Dr. Samskruthi P. Murthy
  10. Dr. Smriti Panda
 Society Symposium
AOI Karnataka
(10.30 - 11.30 am)
Panel Discussion on
Complex Anatomy, Complex Decisions: The Parapharyngeal Space Revisited
Moderator - Dr. Bharathi B. M.
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Azeem Mohiyuddin
  2. Dr. Jemy Jose
  3. Dr. Prashanth V.
  4. Dr. Rajendra B. Metgudmath
  5. Dr. Ravi Sachidananda
11.00 - 11.30 am Recurrent metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
(11.00 - 12.30 pm)

Panel Discussion
(11.00 - 12.00 non)
Chair - Dr. Aamir Saifi, Dr. Shyam
Moderator - Dr. Rajeev Sharan
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Bharath R.
  2. Dr. Kinjal Shankar Majumdar
  3. Dr. Kirthi Koushik A. S.
  4. Dr. Manish Goswami
  5. Dr. Narayana Subramanium
  6. Dr. Rakesh Katna
  7. Dr. Shekar Patil
  8. Dr. Swagnik Chakrabarti
  9. Dr. Tanweer Shahid
 Invited Talks
TRACHEA
Chair - Dr. Hemant, Dr Indu Shukla
(8+2 min)
  1. Tracheostomy beyond a hole in the neck - Dr. Vinayak Kurle
  2. Management of tracheal tumors - multidisciplinary approach - Dr. Srinivas K. Gopinath
 Emergencies in Head and Neck Cancer
(11.00 - 12.00 non)
Chair - Dr. Sowjanya Gandla, Dr. Veena Ganga, Dr. Anuj Bipinkumar Shah
Moderator - Dr. Purushottam Chavan
Panellist -
  1. Dr Murad Lala
  2. Dr. Gurpreet Singh Brar
  3. Dr. Madhu S. D.
  4. Dr. Namrata Ranganath
  5. Dr. Neeti Kapre
  6. Dr. Pavithra S.
  7. Dr. Ridhi Sood
  8. Dr. Sumit Gupta
  9. Dr. Tashnin Rahman
11.30 - 12.00 non Society Symposium
IASO

Unresolved Issues in Thyroid Surgery
(11.30 - 12.30 pm)
Chair - Dr Krishnappa R, Dr Rakesh S Ramesh, Dr. Jagannath Dixit, Dr. Ashwathappa Dasappa Moderator - Dr. Narendra Hulikal
Panellists -
  1. Dr. Gurubasavana Gouda Y.
  2. Dr. Dinesh M. G.
  3. Dr. Harish B.
  4. Dr. Mahesh Kalloli
  5. Dr. Sandeep Nayak
  6. Dr. Santosh Chikkareddy
  7. Dr. Shashidhar K.
  8. Dr. Somashekhar S. P.
  9. Dr. Venkatachala K.
  10. Dr. Vishnu Kurpad
 Panel Discussion
Balancing quality with quantity- outcomes in high volume Head and Neck Practice
(11.30 - 12.30 pm)
Chair - Dr. (col) Vikas Gupta
Moderator - Dr. Kaustubh Patel
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Alok Thakkar
  2. Dr. Arun P.
  3. Dr. Ashok M. Shenoy
  4. Dr. Madan Kapre
  5. Dr. Shaji Thomas
  6. Dr. Subramania Iyer
12.00 - 12.30 pm Keynote
Chair - Dr. K.S.Gopinath, Dr. Krishnappa R, Dr. Kuddush Ahmed
Paragangliomas and neurogenic tumors of ITF - Dr. Jatin P. Shah 		SPONSOR TALK
(12.00 - 12.15 pm)

Invited Talk
(12.15 - 12.30 pm)
Shaping the Future of Salvage Surgery in Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer: Evidence from Three Multicentre Studies and a National Consensus - Dr. Vinidh Paleri 		Invited Talk - Statistics
(12.00 - 12.30 pm)
Chair - Dr. Karthik Rao
  1. Understanding Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Values - Mr. Vijay (10 min)
  2. Common Statistical Mistakes in Clinical Research and tricks to avoid them - Mr. Krishna Chaithanya (10 min)
  3. "Research Genie"- A tool to apply statistics in clinical medicine - Dr. Ramesh
12.30 - 1.30 pm LUNCH BREAK
1.20 - 2.45 pm FHNO Award Papers - II (Clinical Category)
8+2 min x 8
  1. ABS-038 - Complete Decongestive Therapy(CDT) and Associated Swallowing and Voice-Related Functional Gains in Patients with Locally Advanced Oral Cancers: An Unrecognized Relationship - Dr. Siddhartha Basuroy
  2. ABS-043 - Bridging the Delay: Impact of Treatment Timelines on Outcome in Patients Receiving Postoperative Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer - Dr. Samarpita Mohanty
  3. ABS-062 - Refining Nodal Classification in Oral Cancer: Prognostic Impact of Nodal Burden within N2b Category and Its Implication on Current AJCC Staging - Dr. Abhinav Thaduri
  4. ABS-072 - Beating the Dose: Grafting Improves Survival of Dental Implants in Irradiated Head and Neck Cancer Patients - Dr. Asif Ahmed
  5. ABS-145 - Evaluating Expenditure and Support for Economically Vulnerable Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Tertiary Centre - Dr. Shivakumar Thiagarajan
  6. ABS-237 - Trans-thyroid Cartilage Electrodes as an Alternative to Endotracheal Tube Electrodes for Thyroid Intraoperative Neuromonitoring: Prospective Clinical Agreement Analysis - Dr. Lakshmi Menon R.
  7. ABS-269 - Retrospective analysis of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary neck treated by surgery and adjuvant chemoradiation with/without primary site identification and p16 testing - Dr. ANSHU RAWAT
  8. ABS-286 - Beyond Survival: A Prospective Study on Workforce Reintegration After Oral Cancer Dr. SHAMBHAVI SHUKLA
2.45 - 3.30 pm RM Tiwari Oration: Professor Kevin J. Harrington
“Learning from Successes and Failures on the Road to Integrating Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy in Head & Neck Cancer.”
Chair - Dr. Vikram Kekatpure, Dr. Tanvir Pasha, Dr. Naveen T.
3.30 - 4.15 pm Dr. LH Hiranandani Oration: Dr. Snehal G. Patel
“The Art and Science of Healing: Tradition vs Technology in Modern Head & Neck Cancer Management”
Chair - Dr. Subramania Iyer, Dr. Dushyant Mandlik
4.15 - 4.45 pm Keynote
Is Genomic and Molecular profiling transforming treatment decisions in clinical practice? : Dr. K. Govind Babu
Chair - Dr. Rajeev L. K., Dr. Purushottam Chavan 		Site Specific Symposium
Oral Cancer-2
(4.15 - 5.15 pm)
Chair - Dr. Suresh Pillai, Dr. Devaraja K, Dr. Uma Shanker Pal
  1. Intraoperative margin control - Dr. Aseem Mishra (12 min)
  2. Salvage options in recurrent oral cancer - Dr. Anuja Deshmukh (12 min)

Fireside Chat
(30 min)
Selection of patients for neoadjuvant and adjuvant immunotherapy in head and neck cancer patients in the primary setting.
Dr. Vijay Patil, Dr. Gopal Iyer, Dr. Vinayak Maka
(10 min each) 		Society Symposium
IFHNOS
Chair - Samir Khariwala, Moni Kuriakose
  1. Risk prediction model for oral cancer: future of prevention and early detection - Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi (15min)
  2. Nomogram as the future of cancer staging - Dr. Jatin P. Shah (15min)
  3. Future of margin assessment and control - Dr. Snehal G. Patel (15min)
  4. Future of systemic therapy in HNSCC - Dr. Kumar Prabhash (15min)
 Society Symposium
AOCMF - FHNO
Technology to advance head and neck surgery
(4.15 - 5.15 pm)
Chair - Dr. Vikram Kekatpure, Dr. DK Gupta
  1. "Evolving Techniques in Maxillary Reconstruction: Transitioning from Traditional Methods to Cutting-Edge Digital Solutions" - Dr. Satyajit Dandagi (12 min)
  2. Jaw-in-a-day, as a routine workflow in busy oncology practice - Dr. Vijay Pillai (12 min)
  3. Advances in robotic surgery - Dr. Athira Ramakrishnan (12 min)
  4. Use and abuse of patient specific implants - Dr. Pramod Subhash (12 min)
 - SPONSOR SLOT -
(4.15 - 5.15 pm)
  1. Response or Survival or Both in RMSCCHN Patients (MERCK) - Dr. Vijaykumar Srinivasalu (10 min)
  2. Role of Toripalimab in NPC- (Dr Reddy’s) - Dr. Ravi Thippeswamy (10 min)

Award Video
(5)
4.45 - 5.15 pm Keynote
Contemporary Maxillofacial Reconstruction - Tailoring the reconstruction to the patient. Update on Tissue Engineering - Dr. James C. Melville
Chair - Dr. Subramania Iyer, Dr. S. M. Balaji, Dr. Vivek Shetty

GE Sponsored Session
(5.15 - 5.45 pm)

AI in Oncology
(20+20 mins)
  1. Accelerating treatment time and quality for Radiation Therapy in H & N. - Ravi Bhardwaj (Sr Director, Oncology & Neurology)
  2. LLMs in Oncology - Anuradha Kanamarlapudi (Technology Director, Healthcare Reasearch)
5.45 - 6.30 pm FHNO General Body Meeting (Hall B)
6.30 - 7.30 pm ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM
KMIO, Bengaluru
Open Forum
  1. Celebrating mentorship, growth, and the Kidwai legacy
  2. Mentorship and Milestones – Lessons from Our Teachers
  3. Tough Cases and Turning Points – What We Learnt Beyond Textbooks
  4. Where It All Began – The First FHNO Meeting and the People Behind It
  5. Felicitation
  6. Group photo and Closing Note
NH, Bengaluru
Advanced oral cancer- Lessons learnt and Challenges ahead
  1. Surgical management of advanced oral cancer - Dr. Shubhra Chauhan
  2. Personalising treatment decisions in the management of advanced oral cancers - Dr. Hamsa Nandini
  3. QOL in the management of advanced oral cancers - Dr. Srikamakshi. K.
  4. Relooking the staging criteria - Dr. Swagnik Chakrabarti
 WIA, Chennai
Moderator - Dr. Arvind Krishnamurthy
  1. Scope of Head & Neck Services @ the Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai - Dr. Arvind Krishnamurthy (10 min)
  2. Tracheostomy Decannulation Practice Patterns Post Major Oral Cavity Resections - Dr. Mahalakshmi R. (15 min)
  3. Molecular landscape of OSMF- exploring the pathogenesis of malignant transformation - Dr. Divyambika (15 min)
  4. Multi-OMICS approach in Gingivo Buccal Complex squamous cell carcinoma - Dr. Vidyarani Shyamsundar (15 min)
 TMC Kolkata
Back In the woods- Practice beyond TMC
  1. Beyond the borders: Nepal- Dr. Bibek Khanal
  2. Starting up in an Institution - Dr. Bhavesh Bang
  3. Experience in Armed Forces - Dr. Madhukar Upadhyay
  4. Life after TMC: The good, the bad and the ugly

Moderator - Dr. Kapila Manikantan
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Ajay Manikam
  2. Dr. Latika Kansal
  3. Dr. Neha Suri
  4. Dr. Mohamed Abdul Kathar M.
  5. Dr. Anoop Attakkil
 RCC Trivandrum
Algorithmic Approach to Management of Larynx and Hypopharynx Cancers
  1. From Pixels to Prognosis: AI Driven advances in Laryngeal and Pharyngeal cancer Care - Dr. Sajith Babu (8 min)
  2. Post-Laryngectomy -Beyond Voice - Dr. Divya G. M. (8 Min)

Panel Discussion
(40 Min)
From Diagnosis to Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Approach to Larynx and Hypopharynx Cancers
Moderator - Dr. Elizabeth Mathew Iype
Panellists -
  1. Dr. Santhosh Kumar N.
  2. Dr. Sowrabh Arora
  3. Dr. Sisha Liz Abraham
  4. Dr. Sandeep Suresh
  5. Dr. Japneet Kaur
  6. Dr. Deepa Swaminathan
FHNO Fellowship Alumni
Moderator - Dr. Mohsina Hussain
Speakers (Time: 7 mins + 3 mins each)
  1. The MDT Mindset: Integrating Multidisciplinary Care into Surgical Decision-Making - Dr. Shilpi Agarwal
  2. Managing head and neck cancers in a resource constrained environment - Dr. Satadru Roy
  3. The Fellowship Advantage: Learning to Blend Clinical Practice with Research - Dr. Raviraj Gohil
  4. Fellowship Fatigue and How to Emerge Stronger - Dr. Bhavya Mishra
  5. Life After Fellowship: Shaping Practice and building Identity - Dr. Vaibhav Singh

Open Forum
Building a sustainable practice in Head and Neck Oncology - Lessons from the Masters
Panelists -
  1. Dr. Kaustubh Patel
  2. Dr. Dushyant Mandlik
  3. Dr. Karan Gupta
  4. Dr. Vijay Pillai
7.30 pm onwards Cultural Program & Gala Dinner

Society of Onco- Anesthesia and per- operative care, Bengaluru City Chapter - Workshop- Challenges in Head & Neck Onco- Anesthesia- Hall E&F (Converge area)

Time Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall D Hall E
8.00 - 9.00 am Video Presentation
Robotic Surgery
(8+2 min)
Chair - Dr. Siddappa K. T., Dr. Anand Subash, Dr.Prabhat Thakur
  1. TORS - Dr.Venkatakarthikeyan C.
  2. Robotic laryngectomy - Dr. Vidhyadharan Sivakumar
  3. Endoscopic Thyroidectomy - Dr. Rakesh Katna
 Deep Space Approaches
Chair - Dr. Samskruthi P Murthy, Dr. Babul Roy

INVITED TALK
  1. Head and Neck Paragangliomas - The State of the Art - Dr. Niveditha Damodharan
  2. Management of Head and Neck Paraganglioma - Dr. Shashidhar K.
(8+2 min)

Video Presentation
(8+2 min)
  1. CBT - Dr. Pawan Singhal
  2. PPS tumours Trans cervical - Dr. Rakesh B. S.
  3. Transoral approach PPS - Dr. Jemy Jose
  4. Endoscopic ITF approach - Dr. Gaurav Medikeri
 Video Presentation
3D planning and Implants
(8+2 min)
Chair - Dr. Narayana Subramaniam, Vivek Shetty
  1. 3D planning for fibula- mandible - Dr. Naveen B. S.
  2. Dental Implant - Dr. Trupti Kolur
  3. ZIP flap - Dr. Preethitha Babu
  4. 3D Planning for fibula-maxilla - Dr. Sudarshan Reddy
 Invited Talks
LARYNX
(8+2 min)
Chair - Dr. Naba Jyoti Saikia
  1. Larynx at the crossroads: The changing story of T3 Laryngeal Cancer Care - Dr. Gurukeerthi Kedilaya
  2. “Salvage (Total) Laryngectomy Rates Following Organ Preservation Strategies in India: Do We Have the Answer?” – Dr. Rukmini Prabhu
  3. Trouble shooting in post larygectomy tracheoesophageal voice rehabilitation - Dr. Kannan S.
  4. "Tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis, trends troubles teachings, 12-year experience" - Dr. Chandrashekhar Dravid
 FHNO - Trainee Session
Chair - Dr. Ankita Saraf
Case Presentation Examiners
Dr. Azeem Mohiyuddin Dr. Shivakumar Thiagarajan Dr. Elizabeth Iype
9.00 - 10.00 am Panel Discussion
Post Cricoid and Hypopharynx
Chair - Dr. Giri G. V., Dr. Rajshekar Halkud
Moderator - Dr. Ashok Das
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Adharsh Anand
  2. Dr. Anuja Deshmukh
  3. Dr. Poonam Joshi
  4. Dr. Rajjyoti Das
  5. Dr. Samskruthi P Murthy
  6. Dr. Siddappa KT
  7. Dr. Swaratika Mazumdar
  8. Dr. Tanvir Pasha
 Panel Discussion
Sarcomas in HN and Rare Tumours
Chair - Lt Col Manoj Kumar, Lt Col Madhukar Upadhyay
Moderator - Dr. Siddhartha Laskar
Panellist -
  1. Dr. Anupam Das
  2. Dr. Harsh Dhar
  3. Dr. Kapil Sikka
  4. Dr. Manish Mair
  5. Dr. Monali Swain
  6. Dr. Sajith Babu
  7. Dr. Shanthi Arun Velusamy
  8. Dr. Smita Saldana
 Site Specific Symposium
Oral Cancer Elimination
Chair - Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Dr. Nadimul Hoda, Dr. Sanjeev Nair
  1. Strategies to eliminate oral cancer - Dr. Moni Kuriakose (12 min)
  2. Fingerprinting of toxins in smokeless tobacco products" - Ms. Pallar Rachna Murgeshwaran (12 mins)
  3. Technology to Enable Oral Cancer Elimination - Dr. Praveen Birur (12 min)
  4. Management of OPML - Dr. Girish Shetkar (12 min)
 Site Specific Symposium
Facial Reanimation
Chair - Lt Col Kamal Deep Joshi, Col Supreet Singh Nayyar
  1. Nuances of Facial Nerve reanimation technique - Dr. Deepak Balasubramanian (10 min)
  2. Free functioning muscle transfer - Dr. Amrita Kaur (10 min)


Panel Discussion
(30min)
Moderator - Dr. Jimmy Mathew
Panellists -
  1. Dr. Amrita Kaur
  2. Dr. Deepak Balasubramanian
  3. Dr. Mayur Shetty
  4. Dr. Narayana Subramaniam
  5. Dr. Subramania Iyer
  6. Dr. Vidhyadharan Sivakumar
  7. Dr. Vivek Shetty
 Site Specific Symposium
Improving access to head and neck cancer- “Cost effectiveness”
Chair - Dr. Shilpi Sharma, Dr. Apurva Garg
  1. Establishing Cancer care in a tier 2 city - Dr. Nirav Trivedi (12min)
  2. Managing business of HNC in a private practice - Dr. Shashikant Limbachiya (12min)
  3. Financial aspects of head and neck oncology practice- doctors perspective - Dr. Sachin Wani (12min)
  4. Management cancer care with government health schemes - Dr. Elizabeth Iype (12min)
10.00 - 10.30 am Keynote
Chair - Dr. Purushottam Chavan, Dr. Karan Gupta
Advances in robotic surgery and its future in head and neck oncology - Dr. Umamaheswar Duvvuri 		Post Graduate Quiz
(10.00 - 12.00 pm)
QUIZ MASTER - Dr. Yogesh Dokhe
JURY -
  1. Dr. Kiran J.
  2. Dr. Shivakumar Thiagarajan
  3. Dr. Shwetabh Sinha
  4. Dr. Swaratika Mazumdar
Society Symposia
IAOHNS
Trismus of Oral Submucus Fibrosis and Oral Cancer
(10.00 - 11.00 am)
Moderator - Dr. Madan Kapre
  1. Pathology of oral submucous fibrosis - Dr. Radhika Balve (10min)
  2. Trismus of OSMF surgical management - Dr. Neeti Kapre Gupta (10min)
  3. Trismus of OSMF and oral cancer - Dr. Sanjog Singh (10min)
Case Base Panel Discussion
Trismus of OSMF in oral cancer
(30 min)
Moderator - Dr. Abhishek Vaidya
Panellists -
  1. Dr. Girish Mishra
  2. Dr. Harsh Dhar
  3. Dr. Madan Kapre
  4. Dr. Neeti Kapre Gupta
  5. Dr. Rakesh Katna
 Invited Talks
Biomarker reporting in Head and Neck tumors - Dr. Ashwini Nargund (8 min)

RECONSTRUCTION - II
(10.00 - 11.00 am)
(8+2 min)
  1. Forehead flaps - Dr. Arshad Ali
  2. Role of 3D printing technology in the Resection, Reconstruction & Rehabilitation of Head & Neck defects - Dr. Prithvi Balepur
 Silver Jubilee Outstanding Publication Award

  1. “Prospective Phase II Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Mandibular Preservation in Upfront Surgery with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery in Operable Oral Cavity Cancer” - Dr. Shivakumar Thiagarajan
  2. “Outcomes of Surgical versus Non-Surgical Treatment of Resectable T4a Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma” Dr Madan Gupta
  3. “Regression Derived Staging Model to Predict Overall and Disease-Specific Survival in Patients With Major Salivary Gland Carcinomas With Independent External Validation” Dr. Natarajan Ramalingam
  4. “Treatment Outcomes for Human Papillomavirus Negative Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis” - Dr. Smriti Panda
  5. “Radiation Dose to the Cochlea and Its Association With Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Head and Neck Cancer – A Prospective Study” - Dr. K. V. Apoorva
10.30 - 11.00 am Dr. Sudhir Bahadur State of Science Symposium AI & Data Science
Chair - Dr. Moni Kuriakose, Dr. Narayana Subramaniam

Keynote
Digital twin in oncology: Dr. Ajit Singh (30 min)
  1. TANUH: Leadership in AI for India in Non-Communicable Diseases - Prof. Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy (12 min)
  2. AI in Radiomics - Binay Panda (12 min)
  3. AI in oral cancer control - Prof. Rajesh Sundaresan (12 min)
  4. AI agents in cancer care coordination - Raja Sekhar Kommu (12 min)
11.00 - 12.00 noon
12.00 - 1.00 pm Stump the Faculty
Moderator - Dr. Anil D'Cruz
Panellist - Dr. Aparna Gangoli, Dr. Ashok M. Shenoy, Dr. Ben Rymer, Dr. Jatin P. Shah, Dr. Jyoti Dabholkar, Dr. Nishant Agarwal, Dr. Subramania Iyer
1.00 - 1.30 pm Valedictory & Concluding Remarks
1:30 pm onwards LUNCH

Instructional course - Oral cancer detection, point of care devices - Dr. Praveen Birur, Dr. Sumsum Sunny (Hall E, Converge area 8.00 - 9.00 am)

DAY - 1 : Friday, 7th Nov 2025
Time Converge 1 Converge 2
Judges - Dr. Richard Shaw, Dr. Deepak Balasubramanian Judges - Dr. Ben Rymer, Dr. Anuja Deshmukh
8.45 - 10.00 am
  1. ABS-023 - Double Microvascular Free Flaps via flow-through technique - A new paradigm in the reconstruction of complex oromandibular defects - Dr. Samyadipta Dey
  2. ABS-037- Treatment Intensification in Stage II Oral Cancer: Are We Moving in the Right Direction? - Dr. Anil Kumar Akula
  3. ABS-064 - Impact of Treatment Package Time on Disease-Free Survival in Advanced Oral Cavity Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of 1,891 Patients - Dr. Abhinav Thaduri
  4. ABS-107 - Prospective Study Comparing Ex-Vivo Ultrasound (USG) aided and Fresh Frozen section (FFS) analysis of deep margins with Final Histopathology in T1-T4 Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OTSCC): An Interim Analysis - Dr. Nivedhitha Murugesan
  5. ABS-118 - Behind the Smile: The Psychological Toll on Spouses of Oral Cancer Patients - Dr. Shambhavi Shukla
  6. ABS-122 - Efficacy of Compartmental Glossectomy in “Deep margin control” and its impact on Oncologic Outcomes in cT2-cT3 Oral Tongue Cancer - Dr. Roshan Ali C. H.
  7. ABS-136 - Oncological and Functional Outcomes of Simultaneous Double Free Flap Reconstruction in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancers: An instituitional experience - Dr. Tanushree Jain
  8. ABS-144 - “Inside the TIME : How TILs and TAMs Shape Recurrence in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma” - Dr. Parvathy Reghunadhan
  9. ABS-210 - The G-OSCC Score: A Clinically Anchored Decision Making Tool to Predict 3-Year Survival in Geriatric Oral Cancer - Dr. Sandeep Vijay
  10. ABS-273 - Oral reconstruction with Thoracodorsal artery perforator (TDAP) free flaps; Our modified flap technique. - Dr. Ishita Gupta
  11. ABS-245 - Comparative analysis between various machine learning algorithms in predicting the locoregional recurrence in early oral cancer patients - Dr. Anoop Attakkil
  12. ABS-313 – Revisiting Patterns of nodal metastasis in Oral cancers-When is addressing Level V indicated ? A large prospective cohort from a tertiary centre. - Dr. Nupur Kalyani
  1. ABS-03 - Anastomotic Chimerism of free fibula flap in head and neck reconstruction - Dr. Karnav Bharat Panchal
  2. ABS-006 - Oncological Outcomes of Superficial Lip and Buccal Mucosa Malignancies with Contiguous Skin Involvement: A Validation Study of AJCC 9th Staging of Oral Cavity Malignancies. - Dr. Siddhartha Basuroy
  3. ABS-041- SCIP Flap in Head and neck Reconstruction: From simple to complex defects - Dr. Karnav Bharat Panchal
  4. ABS-061 - Impact of Chemoradiotherapy versus Radiotherapy Alone in pN2b Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis - Dr. Hemant Onkar Nemade
  5. ABS-119 - Prognostic heterogenity among Stage III categories in patients of Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma - Dr. Raveena R. Nair
  6. ABS-227 - TILs In Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma- A Retrospective Observational Study. Dr. Vidita Rajan Powle
  7. ABS-234 - Depth of invasion more than 5 mm in oral squamous cell carcinoma; A soft indicator for adjuvant radiotherapy - Dr. Lakshmi Menon R.
  8. ABS-241 - Identifying the Vulnerable: Frailty Phenotype as a Predictor of Postoperative Morbidity in Elderly Oral Cancer Patients: A Prospective Observational Study - Dr. Aswin Mullath
  9. ABS-275 - Beyond Tumor Size: The Prognostic Significance of Radiological Findings in Resectable Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis - Dr. Swagata Pal
  10. ABS-318 - Functional outcomes of Infrahyoid flap reconstruction in Oral cavity malignancies-(93 cases from a tertiary center) - Dr. Gaurav Gupta
  11. ABS-319 - Does achieving textbook surgical outcomes in curative Bi-alveolar composite resections for Gingivo-buccal complex cancers impact long term survival? - Dr. Sasi Krishna Krishna Kavutarapu
  12. ABS-324-Importance of knowing microvascular techniques for head and neck reconstruction - Dr. Gaurang Singhal
12.00 - 1.00 pm Judges - Dr. Vishak Acharya, Dr. Mudit Agarwal Judges - Dr. Terry Jones, Dr Regi Thomas
  1. ABS-012 - Effect of Preoperative Vitamin D levels on Postoperative Serum Calcium Levels after Thyroid Surgery- A Single institution study. - Dr. Dhruv Ashwinkumar Trivedi
  2. ABS-028 - Robotic Infraclavicular Approach for Minimally Invasive Neck Dissection (RIA-MIND): A Promising Innovation in the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancers - Dr. Athira Ramakrishnan
  3. ABS-047 - Robotic Infraclavicular Parotidectomy (PRIA): A Comparative Analysis with Open Parotidectomy - Dr. Abhilasha Sadhoo
  4. ABS-091 - Surveillance Practices for Head and Neck Cancer: Real-World Practices in a Tertiary Cancer Centre - Dr. Sumant Singla
  5. ABS-130 - Robot-Assisted Retroauricular Approach Hemithyroidectomy vs. Open Conventional Hemithyroidectomy: A Comparative Analysis of Surgical Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction - Dr. Bhinyaram J.
  6. ABS-141 - Robotic-Assisted Breast-Axillo Insufflation Thyroidectomy (RABIT): A Single-Center Experience and Learning Curve Analysis of the First 101 Cases - Dr. Ameenuddin Khan
  7. ABS-172 - NI-RADS Based Assessment of Post-Treatment Head and Neck Cancer: A Validation Study - Dr. Nikith Bhandary B.
  8. ABS-185 - Transoral Robotic Surgery in Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Head and Neck: Insights from the Indian Clinical Experience - Dr. Sangay Choden Lepcha
  9. ABS-303 - Does Identification of External Branch of Superior Laryngeal Nerve Translate to Better Voice Outcome Following Thyroidectomy -A Prospective Study. - Dr. Madugula Durga Dilip Babu
  1. ABS-022 - Impact of Intraoperative Local Anesthetic Infiltration on Autonomic Stability and Surgical Field Dynamics in Oral Cancer Resections: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial - Dr. Meenakshi Pandey
  2. ABS-074 - Assessment of the AJCC 9th Edition TNM Staging of Nasopharyngeal Cancers on Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Endemic Northeastern Indian Population: A Validation Study - Dr. Siddhartha Basuroy
  3. ABS-101 - Treatment Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in Post-Cricoid Carcinoma: HNCOG Multicentric Retrospective Study - Dr. Tejal Patel
  4. ABS-187 - Prognostic value of margin-to-depth of invasion ratio in oral squamous cell carcinoma Dr. Kaichun Thiumai
  5. ABS-219 - Device and patient factors in cases of Tracheoesophageal prosthesis failure in patients of total laryngectomy - Dr. Chandra Shekhar Dravid
  6. ABS-235 - Predicting Postoperative Residual disease in patients with Advanced JNA: Insights from a Longitudinal Case Series - Dr. Jithin C. Shaji
  7. ABS-258 - Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) as prognostic factors in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) - A Retrospective Audit - Dr. Diksha Dinker
  8. ABS-270 - A Prospective Randomised Study On Comparison Of Effectiveness Of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (Eras) Versus Current Standard Of Care In Head And Neck Surgery Patients. - Dr. Vivek Sankar M. Sankar
  9. ABS-294 - The TRAI Score: An AI-Based Model for Preoperative Tracheostomy Prediction in Oral Cancer Surgery - Dr. Ashima Madhu
DAY - 2 : Saturday, 8th Nov 2025
Time Converge 1 Converge 2
8.45 - 10.00 am Judges - Dr. Samir Khariwala, Dr. Sudhir Nair
  1. ABS-046 - N-Glycoprotein Profiling in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Step Toward Precision Oncology - Mr. Srijon Munshi
  2. ABS-102 - Molecular characterization of Premetastatic niche in lymph nodes of patients with early Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OTSCC): A Prospective Clinical Study. - Dr. Tejal Patel
  3. ABS-140 - Extranodal Extension: A Critical Prognostic Factor Influencing Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer - Dr. Kshitiz Bansal
  4. ABS-147 - Assessment and comparison of serum, salivary and tissue biomarkers in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and Oral submucous fibrosis: A prospective study - Dr. Vyomika Bansal
  5. ABS-198 - Does palatine tonsillectomy really improves diagnostic yield in p16 negative carcinoma of unknown primary among Indian population - Dr. Guru Charan Sahu
  6. ABS-200 - Development of a High-throughput Targeted Genomic Assay for Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Neoplasms on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue - Dr. Aanchal Kakkar
  7. ABS-228 - “Sculpting the mandible: Indigenous CAD- CAM versus traditional free fibula planning – An Institutional experience” - Dr. Areej Moideen
  8. ABS-238 - Development Of An Mmp-based Predictive Model To Improve Clinical Detection Of Nodal Metastasis In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Ms. Madhumathi H. K.
  9. ABS-261 - Understanding the transcriptomic landscape of oral potentially malignant disorders - Dr. Gangotri Siddappa
4.15 - 5.20 pm Judges - Dr. Amrita Suresh, Dr. Sidharth Venkata Puram
  1. ABS-056 - Artificial Intelligence-Based Mapping of Critical Structures in Nasopharyngectomy: A Radiologic Approach in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - Dr. Parnini Goswami
  2. ABS-115 - Quality Of Life (QOL) and Psychological Functioning of Caregivers of Head & Neck Cancer Patients - Dr. Sushmitha K.
  3. ABS-162 - Dynamic surgical margins the need of hour : Margin to Depth of Invasion Ratio a potent prognostic marker - Dr. Palak Agarwal (Nominated)
  4. ABS-202 - Comparing Postoperative Adjuvant Decision-Making in Head and Neck Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Recommendations Versus Three Large Language Models (ChatGPT 5.0, DeepSeek and Perplexity AI) - Dr. Bhavya Mishra
  5. ABS-204 - Rhabdomyosarcoma with TFCP2 rearrangement: A series of nine cases of a recently described highly aggressive neoplasm - Dr. Shivangi Dagar
  6. ABS-121 - Return to Work after Head and Neck Cancer Treatment – An Indian Perspective. - Dr. Surbhi Varshney
  7. ABS-298 - Machine Learning-Derived Risk Stratification Model for Predicting Re-exploration in Head and Neck Free Flap Reconstruction - Dr. Prajwal Dange
  8. ABS-307 - Voice Banking and AI-Driven Cloning in Oral Cancer: A Pilot Feasibility Study - Dr. Kumareshwar T. V.
  9. ABS-308 - Bayesian Monte Carlo simulation and systematic review for personalized risk stratification of contralateral lymph node metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma - Dr. Prajwal Dange
  10. ABS-310 - Radiomics Based Three-Dimensional Spatial Analysis of Extranodal Extension Patterns in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Novel Spatial Approach - Dr. Prajwal Dange