HERNIA MASTER CLASS – 2018

This was a single theme, single day CME and live operative workshop organized by Best Institute and Research Center in association with Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute and A.V.Hospital, Bangalore. The venue was at PMSSY Auditorium, BMC Super speciality Hospital and Research Institute, Victoria Hospital campus, Bangalore. Dr. M. Ramesh,Director, Best Institute and Research Center and Medical Director of A. V Hospital was the Organising Chairman and Dr. Seshagiri Rao ,Prof and Head, Department of General Surgery BMCRI was the Co-Organising chairman. Dr Tulip, Medical Director of Dr. Tulips Obesity and Diabetic Surgery Center was the Organising Secretary and Dr. Ganesh Shenoy from A. V. Hospital was the Joint Organising Secretary and Program Co-ordinator. This conference was endorsed by Hernia Society of India and KSCASI. Dr.T. Sivakumar ,Vice president, South zone, Hernia Society of India and Dr. Narayana Hebsur, Secretary KSC ASI graced the occasion. Dr. M. K. Ramesh Vice Chancellor, RGUHS was the Chief Guest for the inaugural ceremony. This event included didactic sessions, debates, panel discussion and live operative HERNIA MASTER CLASS – 2018 workshop on Inguinal and Ventral hernias. Dr C.S.Rajan , Dr Ashok Nayak ,Dr Challani,Dr.H.V.Shivaram, Dr Durganna,Dr. Sheshagiri Rao , Dr.B.S.Ramesh, Dr Arun Kumar, Dr Madan Mariappa, Dr Sudharshan, Dr Subramanya, Dr Ramesh Reddy , Dr Mallikarjuna, Dr. M.N, Dr Abdul Razack, Dr Premkumar and Dr Sreekar Pai were faculty for the C.M.E The live operative workshop was telecasted from AV Hospital to the venue. A. V. Hospital is the first and only hospital in South India to be recognized by HSI as “Center of Excellence” in Endohernia Surgery Training The live operative workshop included Laparoscopic TEP, TAPP, E-TEP for Inguinal hernia, Laparoscopic IPOM Plus repair for Umbilical Hernia and Laparoscopic Nissens Fundoplication for Hiatus Hernia. This is the first time in our state conference that Laparoscopic E-TEP mesh repair for Inguinoscrotal hernia was demonstrated in a live operative workshop. Dr.M.Ramesh ,Dr.Tulip , Dr T.Sivakumar and Dr Ganesh Shenoy were the operating faculty. It was attended by 132 delegates from all across the state of Karnataka and neighboring states. This conference was granted 2 credit hours by Karnataka Medical Counsil.