September 21, 2005
Scientific Program: 33rd Annual Conference, RSSDI (2005)

September 23rd to 25th, 2005, Bangalore

Day 1: September 23rd, 2005 (Friday)

Continuing Medical Education: ‘Diabetes in the 21st century’

Symposia 1 9.00AM- 9.40AM

Chairpersons:KJ Shetty, Bangalore &

9 am to 9.20 am:

S Sadikot, Mumbai

9.20am to9.40 am:
Diabetes: PROACTIVE Trial
Eberhard Standl- Germany

Symposia 2 9.40AM- 10.20AM
Chairpersons:- SJ Nagalothimath,-Belgaum,GC Reddy, Hyderabad

9.40 am to10 am:
Pancreatic diabetes and malnutrition modulated diabetes: present and future

SV Madhu, New Delhi

10 am to10.20 am
Unmeasured lipids in diabetes: recent concepts

AK Das, Pondichery

Symposia 3 10.20-11.00AM
Chairpersons;- S Chandrasekharan, Chennai,Mohan Badagandi, Bangalore

10.20 am to 10.40 am

What is new in insulin –really new

Anil Bhansali, Chandigarh

10.40 am to 11 am
Newer insulins: scope and future

Philip Home, UK

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11 am to 11.30 am-TEA BREAK

Symposia 4 11.30AM-12.30PM
Chairpersons:- NR Rau, Manipal,

11.30 am to 11.50 am
Mitochondriopathies in diabetes

R Muralidharan, Chandigarh

11.50 am to 12.10 noon
Macrosomia despite euglycemia in gestational diabetes

Usha Sriram, Chennai
Symposia 5 12.10PM- 1.10 PM
Chairpersons:- Lilly John, Bangalore,BM Jayaram, Bangalore

12.10 to 12.30 noon
Psychiatric disorders in diabetes: the hidden connection

RG Naik, Mumbai

12.30 to 12.50 noon
Should routine cardiovascular evaluation in type 2 diabetes include treadmill test, doppler, holter and echocardiography?

Rakesh Sahay, Hyderabad

12.50 to 1.10 pm
DCCT and UKPDS: Relevance in the new millennium

Sally Marshall, UK

1.10 pm to 2 pm-LUNCH BREAK

Symposia 6 2.00Pm-2.40PM
Chairpersons:-K Dileep Kumar, Visakhapatnam,B Jayakumar, Thiruvantapuram

2 pm to 2.20 pm
Management of diabetes in ‘Ramadan fast’

Nihal Thomas, Vellore

2.20 pm to 2.40 pm
Towards a cure for diabetes: transplantation and stem cell therapy

Mohan Keshavmurty, Bangalore

Symposia 7 2.40-3.20PM
Chairpersons:-H Basavanna Gowda,Mysore,K Kannan, Madurai

2.40 pm to 3 pm
Pharmacogenomics in the treatment of diabetes: scope and perspective

Subhankar Chowdhur, Kolkota

3 pm to 3.20 pm
Psychological distress and diabetes: the clinical and metabolic connections

Mala Dharmalingam, Bangalore
Symposia 8 3.20PM-4.00PM
Chairpersons

, Bangalore,HK , Singh, Patna

3.20 pm to 3.40 pm
Dealing with stress: the nuts and bolts

K Madhu, Visakhapatnam

3.40 pm to 4 pm
Sleep and obesity in the cause of metabolic syndrome

Ramanathan Iyer, S, Mumbai

Symposia 9 4 pm to 5 pm
Moderator:- S K Singh, Varanasi

Discussants- Datta Chudhary (Guwahati) ,Jamal Ahmed (Aligarh), Susheel Jindal (Indore), Manoj Chada (Mumbai), V Ramanarasimham (Visakhapatnam), Brig J S Saini (Mumbai), Samar Banerjee (Kolkata), Jitendra Singh (Jammu)..

5 pm to 5.30 pm-HIGH TEA

6 pm-INAUGURATION OF 33RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF RSSDI

7.15 PM onwards-Cultural Programme-Followed by DINNER

Day 2: September 24th, 2005 (Saturday)

9.00AM- 9.30AM- Oration 1

RSSDI Presidential oration:
Diabetes and the heart, the link-Muralidhar S Rao, Gulbarga
Chairpersons:-RV Jayakumar, Kochi,GR Sridhar, Visakhapatnam

9.30-10.10 am- Oration 2

RSSDI ORATION
Type-2 diabetes mellitus: Hype versus Hope

Romesh Khardori, USA

Chairpersons

Muralidhar S Rao, Gulbarga,KM Prasanna Kumar, Bangalore

10.10 AM-10.50 AM-Symposia 10

Chairpersons- BK Sahay, Hyderabad, Narasimha Setty, Bangalore

10.10-10.30 am
Polycystic ovary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus

S Das,,Cuttack

10.30 am to 10.50 am

Priorities in management: preventing diabetes, or treating to target all persons with diabetes?- Frank Vinker ( USA)

10.50 am to 11.20 am-TEA BREAK

11.20 am TO 12.20 noon- Prof MMS AHUJA THEME SYMPOSIUM:

Glycemic targets in diabetes - how far are we?
All-India Data presentation, 2005
Chief Discussant

HB Chandalia, Mumbai, Muniratnam Chetty, Bangalore
Data contributors

GT-100: Glycemic targets in diabetes mellitus: how far are we from them
Rajeev Chawla, Shefali Mahajan, New Delhi

GT-101: Glycemic targets in diabetes mellitus – how far are we from them? Data from a tertiary care centre in Delhi
Saurabh Srivastava, SV Madhu, Delhi

GT-102: An analysis of quality of glycemic control and complications in type 2 diabetes
Achari V, Thakur AK, Sinha AK, Patna
GT-103: Glycemic targets in diabetes mellitus – how far are we from them

Sunil Gupta, Nagpur
GT-104: Dyslipidemia profile of diabetic patients
Rakesh Parikh, Mumbai
GT-105: Glycemic targets in diabetes mellitus – how far are we from them
KN Bhatt, Lovleen Bhatia, Surat

GT-106: Burdenof followin gADA 2005 lipid guidelines inpeople with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Sabeer TK, Naveen A, Bhattacharyya A, Bangalore

GT-107: Glycemic control in diabetes – a prospective study from Regional Diabetic Centre KG Hospital, Coimbatore

Elizabeth Philip, J Giri, Coimbatore

GT-108: Glycemic targets in diabetes mellitus – how far are we from them

Sanjay Reddy, Mala Dharmalingam, Bangalore

GT-109: Glycemic status of diabetic patients: community based data (ADEPS)

V Usha Menon, A Gilchrist, KV Kumar, H Kumar, Kochi

12.20 noon to 1.10 pm- FREE PAPERS 1
Chairpersons:-Dr Shekar- Mysore, Dr Geetha Bhat-Bangalore

OR-1: Corneal endothelial cell count and thickness in diabetes mellitus
Rajesh Parekh, Ranganath KN, Mala Dharmalingam

OR-2: Modeling and stimulation to control blood sugar level in diabetics by insulin pump therapy
RP Pareek, Nilam Aditi Sangal

OR-3: Hypoglycemic activity of camel milk in chemically pancreatectomized rats – an experimental study
RP Agarwal, FC Tuteja, MS Sahani, A Kochar

OR-4: Secondary diabetes due to pancreatopathies: a case series of eight unusual presentations
Topiwala, Joshi SR

OR-5: Diabetes control after coronary artery surgery: survey in a tertiary care center
Suresh KG, Rashmi MN, Elveyna E, Bhattacharyya A

1.10 pm to 2 pm-LUNCH

2.00PM- 2.40PM Symposia 11

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DIABETES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Chairpersons:- Add Sarita Bajaj, Allahabad (Here) A Nigam, Jaipur,

2 pm to 2.20 pm
Electronic medical records (EMR) in clinical practice: the Indian experience

MV Muraleedharan, Trisur

2.20 pm to 2.40 pm

Linking electronic medical records and hospital information systems
RV Jayakumar, Kottayam

Symposia 12 2.40PM- 3.20PM
Chairpersons:- CB Sridhar, Bangalore,PV Rao, Hyderabad

2.40 pm to 3 pm

Accessing medical information on diabetes for clinicians and researchers: Internet, PubMed and other open access sources

Shashank Joshi, Mumbai

3 pm to 3.20 pm
Bioinformatics and computational biology in diabetes mellitus: an overview
Allam Apparao, Visakhapatnam

Free Papers 3 3.20 pm to 4. pm-

RSSDI Research Award status (2005): Protocols and progress

RA-200: Light microscopic study of allo-transplanted rat pancreatic islets with tacrolimus as immunosuppressant
S Gunasekaran

RA-201: Post-prandial lipid abnormalities and endothelial dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without macrovascular disease
Saurabh Shrivastava, SV Madhu, Gopesh Mehrotra

RA-202: A Multicentre study of subjects with an early onset of diabetes in India (MEDI)

Unnikrishnan AG, Bhadada SK, Sahay RK, Bhatia E, John M, Sharma D, Ganapathy B, Jayakumar RV, for the MEDI Investigators

RA-203: An evaluation of Autonomic Nervous Activity in Type II diabetics using conventional and newer methods.

Ganapathi Bantwal, Dr S. Sucharita, Dr Jyothi Idiculla, Rebecca Kuriyan, Dr Vageesh, Dr Vinay Bhat, Dr Mario Vaz

Chairpersons:-D Maji, Kolkata,

FREE PAPES 4 4 .00PM -5.00PM

Chairperson- OP Gupta is here, Ahmedabad, Devaraj- Mysore

OR-6: Study of incidence of obesity in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics using anthropometric measurements
MA Shekar, HM Somasekhara, BS Vishwanath

OR-7: Study of prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in a rural population

Basavanna Gowdappa H, Prasanna Raj, Suma

OR-8: Managing hyperglycemia during intitial 24 hrs of myocardial infarction: retrospective hospital based study
AS Jain, Nilesh Badhe, Varsha Kalmegh
OR-9: Identification of risk factors for diabetes – survey in Indian rural population

SS Deo, AS Zantye, RA Mokal, SM Mithbawkar, PK Thakur

OR-10: Glycemic control and development of complications of young (<45 yrs) Type 2 diabetics of Eastern Orissa in first five years of detection
Jayanta K Panda, Umakanta Mishra

OR-11: Clinical efficacy of recombinant human platelet derived growth factor – BB in the management of diabetic foot ulcer

Y Srinivasa Rao

5 pm to 6 pm-General body meeting of RSSDI

( All RSSDI members are welcome)

7.30 PM- BANQUET-Entertainment- MS Usha Uthapp

Day 3: September 25th, 2005 (Sunday)

8.30 am to 9.30 am
NUTRITION THEME SYMPOSIUM
Glycemic load of Indian foods, and FREE Papers
Presentation of original data

Chief Discussant:-BB Tripathy, Cuttack,Wagnoo, New Delhi
OR-12: Dietary adherence among subjects with diabetes
Madhavi M, Terin M, Shobhana R, Snehalatha C, Vijay V, Ramachandran A

OR-13: The effect of modified pulse carbohydrate diet on weight and HbA1c in type 2 diabetes

V Sekar, V Sundaram, B Lakshmi, R Ajantha Kalaivani S Mala, Umamaheswari, M Banupriya
OR-14: A focus group study among type 2 diabetes subjects
Christina A, Shobhana R, Rama Rao P, Rachel S, Margaret M, Vijay V, Ramachandran A
OR-15: Immunogenecity of human and bovind insulin in type 1 diabetes mellitus
Himanshu M, Chetan B Bhat, Prasanna Kumar KM
OR-16: Dyslipidemia in type 1 diabetes mellitus of the young

Pushpa Krishna, Roopakala, Prasanna Kumar KM

Symposia 13 9.30 AM-10.30AM
Chairpersons:- ,Mayur Patel, Ahmedabad

9.30 am to10 am
Infections in diabetes: current status
Prof Nancy Khardori

10 am to 10.30 am
Lecture-Quality of life in Diabetes
Prof Clare Bradley

FREE PAPER 4 10.30 am to 11.30 am
Chairpersons ), Dr Ganapathy- Bangalore
OR-17: Infections in patients with diabetes mellitus

Arshad Iqbal Wani, Raiz Ahmad Misgar, Shariq Rashid Masoodi, Mir Iftikhar Bashir, Abdul Hamid Zargar
OR-18: Clinical profile of steroid induced diabetes
Vikram V Shanbhogue, NR Rau

OR-19: Changes in plasma glucose levels and tumor necrosis factor alfa with graded and regular exercise: does this have an impact on patients of diabetes mellitus?

Ambarish V, Chandrashekara S, Prasanna Kumar KM, Rajeev Sharma, Vadiraja HS, Vasanthakumar KC, Chetan B Bhat

OR-20: Study of insulin resistance syndrome among subjects attending OPD of Victoria Hospital, Bangalore
Murali L, Ramesh R, Byrareddy B, Veeranna Gowda, KM Narasimha Setty

OR-21: Evaluation of dry eye status in diabetes mellitus and its correlation with diabetic retinopathy

Sameena Anjum, Malavika K, Diwakar GV, Prasanna Kumar KM
OR-22: Perception of foot problems among diabetic patients

Chanda A, Idiculla JM, Ganapathi B

11.30 am to 12 noon-TEA

12 noon to 12.30 noon Prof M VISWANATHAN ORATION

Gestational diabetes mellitus – diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Abdul Zargar, Srinagar
Chairpersons

OP Gupta, Ahmedabad,Dr NadaGowda- Hubli

12.30 noon to 1 pm– Prof SAM GP MOSES ORATION
Adiposity in Indians: Implications and opportunities for metabolic research
Anoop Misra, New Delhi
Chairperson-.Alok Kanungo-Orissa,, Suresh Purohit-Mumbai
1 pm to 1.30 pm VALEDECTORY FUNCTION

1.30- 2.30 PM- LUNCH

Symposia 14 2.30- 3.10 PM

Why are ‘simple’ things difficult?
Chairpersons- NS Rao, Hyderabad, Sydney D’Souza- Mangalore

2.30 pm to 2.50 pm
How do I control hypertension?

Arvind Gupta, Jaipur

2.50 pm to 3.10 pm
How do I achieve euglycemia (and what do I mean by it)?
Sunil Gupta, Nagpur
Symposia 15 3.10 PM-4.30 PM
Chairpersons

Suryanarayan, Bangalore, Dwarakanath, Bangalore

3.10 pm to 3.30 pm
How do I ensure compliance to diet?
Lakshmi, Bangalore

3.30 pm to 3.50 pm
How do I approach sexual dysfunction in men: do I enquire regularly, and how do I manage?

SR Arvind, Bangalore

3.50 pm to 4.10 pm
What is my concept of good care in diabetes: for the care giver, the individual and the family?

C Munichoodappa, Bangalore

4.10 pm-4.30 pm -OPEN HOUSE

4.30-5 PM-TEA