3rd National Conference of

Society of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

(SPCCC-2025)
Hosted by

Narayana Health, Bengaluru

Shaping the Future of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Narayana Health, Bengaluru proudly presents the 3rd National
Conference of Society of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care (SPCCC), a
premier platform dedicated to advancing pediatric cardiac intensive
care in India.

Bringing together leading pediatric cardiac intensivists and

multidisciplinary teams, this conference will feature high-impact
discussions, debates, and case-based learning aimed at enhancing
clinical practice, improving patient outcomes, and fostering innovation
in pediatric cardiac critical care.

Block the Dates

12th April 2025 | 8 am - 6 pm
13th April 2025 | 8 am - 2 pm

Harold Varmus Auditorium

7th Floor, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center CLICK TO
Narayana Health City, Bengaluru REGISTER

KMC points will be awarded

RSVP: Mr. Venkatesh B R +91 70267 31551 spcccnh2025@gmail.com

Conference Highlights:

Expert-Led Sessions – 10 focused sessions featuring 33

distinguished speakers, covering key topics in cardiac
intensive care, cardiac surgery cardiology and cardiac
anesthesia.

Debate: Cardiac Conundrums – Thought-provoking debates

on controversial topics, including end-of-life decisions, early
chest tube removal, and ECMO transfusions.

Super Sixers – Young intensivists take the stage with rapid

6-minute, 6-slide, 6-takeaway presentations on cutting-edge
pediatric cardiac ICU topics.

Intensive Epilates – A showcase of challenging real-world

cases from leading cardiac ICUs across India.

Mind Hunters Quiz – A dynamic quiz for fellows, designed to

enhance learning and engagement.

Innovations & Technology – Exploring advancements in

ECMO, artificial intelligence, and ventricular assist devices
(VADs) in pediatric cardiac care.

Advanced Postoperative Management – Key insights into

fast-tracking, peritoneal dialysis, and RV dysfunction in
post-cardiac surgery patients.

Non-Cardiac Effects of Cardiac Surgery – Understanding

the neurological, pulmonary, and renal impact of cardiac
interventions.

Panel Discussion: The Future of Pediatric Cardiac ICU –

Strengthening teamwork, ICU databases, and quality
improvement initiatives for superior patient outcomes.

SPCCC-2025
 Scientific Schedule
Day 1 - 12th April 2025
Topic Speakers Moderators
08:00 - 08:30 Registration and Coffee
Session 1: Heart of the Matter
Dr. Soumya
08:30 - 08:50 Neonatal and infant cardiac physiology with Dr. Shivang Saxena
relation to cardiac surgery Ramanan
Dr. Anup Charles
08:50 - 09:10 High-risk Hearts: Predicting and managing Dr. Jigar Surti
morbidity in neonatal cardiac surgery Dr. Sweta
Mohanty
09:10 - 09:30 Beyond the Stethoscope: POCUS in cardiac Dr. Mugdha Khapre
ICU
09:30 - 09:40 Q & A
Session 2: Flow Wars
Dr. Sanket
09:40 - 10:00 Lungs and Hearts: The ICU dance Dr. Kamlesh Tailor
Sontakke
10:00 - 10:20 Postoperative pulmonary hypertension- PVH Dr. Ritajyoti Sengupta Dr. Shreedhar
vs PAH: How to differentiate and manage? Joshi
10:20 - 10:40 From fluids to diuretics: Mastering volume in Dr. Saumen Meur
the postoperative hearts
10:40 - 10:50 Q & A

10:50 - 11:00 Inauguration:

Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman of Narayana Health

11:00 - 11:10 Coffee/Tea Break

Session 3: Intensive Ingenuity
Dr. Parag
11:10 - 11:30 Hemolysis Index Demystified: What It Is and Dr. Hema S. Shankarrao
How to Interpret It in PCICU and ECMO? Dekate
Dr. Rajesh Hegde
11:30 - 11:50 Hybrid procedures and the ICU: What the Dr. Sabyasachi
Pandey Dr. Basavaraj
intensivist must know?
11.50 - 12:00 Q & A

Session 4: Rhythms in Recovery

Dr. Satarupa
12:00 - 12:20 Electrical storms in a structurally normal heart Dr. Amira Ali Shaik
Mukherjee
12:20 – 12:40 When rhythm disturbances delay extubation: Dr. Atul Prabhu
Dr. Anil Kumar Dr. Keshava
Patient vs hemodynamics
Murthy S.
12:40 - 13:00 “The Art of Pacing”: Postoperative strategies Dr. Tanzila Sharique Dr. Sejal Shah
in congenital heart surgery

13:00 - 13:10 Q & A

13:10 – 14:00 Lunch

 Topic Speakers Moderators

Session 5: Beyond the Heart

14:00 - 14:20 Fueling survival: The impact of genetic, growth Dr. A. Jayaraj
and gut health Premkumar Dr. Jigar Surti
Dr. Lalitha A. V.
14:20 - 14:40 Silent sufferers: Collateral damage in Pediatric Dr. Chidhambharam L.
Cardiac Surgery Dr. Shivkumar S.

14:40 - 15:00 Tracking to Triumph: How ICU metrics Dr. Kishore Jayanthi
transform patient outcomes
15:00 - 15:10 Q & A
Session 6: PCICU Conundrums
15:10 - 15:30 End of life decisions: Parenteral autonomy or Dr. Parag Dr. Kamlesh
medical expertise Shankarrao Dekate Tailor
15:30 - 15:50 Prophylactic transfusion for children on Dr. Satarupa Dr. Rakshay
ECMO- Cupid’s arrow or devil’s wing? Mukherjee Shetty
Patient vs hemodynamics Dr. Priyavarthini
V.
15:50 – 16:10 Perioperative Analgesia in Infants: Moving Dr. Rajesh M. G.
Beyond Opioids to Regional Blocks?

16:10 - 16:20 Q & A

16:20 - 16:40 Coffee/Tea Break

16:40 - 17:00 Session 7: Redefining Cardiac Care: AI, Predictive Analytics and
Interventional Advances Dr. Abhyuday
Kumaraswamy
17:00 - 17:20 Artificial Intelligence & Big Data in PCICU Dr. Ganesh Dr. Saumen
Sambandamoorthy Meur
17:20 - 17:40 Predicting the Unpredictable: Machine Dr. Suddhasatta Dr. Balsubramanian
learning for survival after cardiac arrest in Ghosh S.
Congenital heart surgery

17:40 -18:00 Session 8:

Dr. Arun
Baranwal
Dr. Shubhadeep
Panel Discussion: Das
Pediatric Cardiac ICU: Past, Present, Future Dr. Riyan Shetty Dr. Kishore
Jayanthi
Dr. Jigar Surti
Dr. Kamlesh
Tailor

18:00 – 18:10 Q & A

18:10
onwards Executive Committee Meeting
 Day 2 - 13th April 2025
Topic Speakers Moderators

Session 1: Keeping the Heart Beating:

MCS and Heart Failure Solutions
Dr. Julius Punnen
08:00 - 08:20 Postoperative Cardiac ECMO: Roles, Dr. Shubhadeep Das
Challenges, and Opportunities Dr. Shashiraj S.
Dr. Anilkumar
08:20 - 08:40 Pediatric Heart Transplantation in India: Dr. Suresh Rao K. G.
Challenges, Experiences, and Outcomes Sapare
from a High-Volume Centre
08:40 - 09:00 Let it out: Techniques and timing of Left Dr. Sanket Sontakke
Heart Decompression on ECMO
09:00 - 09:10 Q & A
Session 2: The cardiac MixLab
09:10 - 09.30 Surgeons’ rounds: what do I expect from Dr. Sowmya Ramanan
Dr. Shivang
intensivist
Saxena
09:30 - 09:50 The Other Side of the Table: What the Dr. Priyavarthini V. Dr. Shreedhar
Intensivist expects from the Pediatric Cardiac Joshi
Surgeon
Dr. Shubhadeep
Infection control in a Large Pediatric Cardiac Das
09:50 - 10:10 ICU: Navigating High-risk moments, managing Dr. Vijay Samuel
Richard
outbreaks and sustaining team vigilance
10:10 - 10:20 Q & A
10:20 - 10:40 Coffee/Tea Break
Session 3:
10:40 - 11:00 Global Partenrships for Better Hearts: The Ms. Veeralakshmi
Dr. Riyan Shetty
Children's HeartLink Journey in Advancing Rajasekhar
Pediatric Cardiac Care in India

Session 4: Super sixers = 6 minutes, 6 slides, with 6 take home messages. Young Blood.

11:00 - 11:06 1. Refractory low cardiac output TBC

11:06 - 11:12 2. Fontan in crisis TBC

11:12 - 11:18 3. Glenn troubleshooting TBC

11:18 - 11:24 4. BT shunt pitfalls TBC

TBC
11:24 - 11:30 5. When CPR meets ECMO Dr. Yashwanth Raju
11:30 - 11:36 6. Newer anticoagulants Dr. Shankar Gowda
11:36 - 11:42 7. Biomarkers in post cardiac arrest Dr. Naveen Chandher K.
11:42 - 11:48 8. Red flags: When to suspect postoperative TBC
infection
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:30 Vote of Thanks
Call For Submission Of Abstract/ Posters
3rd National Conference of
Society of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care (SPCCC-2025)

Eligibility
• Abstracts must pertain to the disciplines of paediatric cardiac intensive care,
paediatric cardiology, paediatric cardiac surgery or paediatric anesthesia.
• Submissions are open to clinicians, researchers and healthcare professionals
working in the field.
• The presenting author must be registered for SPCCC-2025 prior to submission.

Submission Process
• Abstracts must be submitted to the email specified below.
• All submissions must be in English.
• A confirmation email will be sent upon successful submission.

Abstract Format
• Abstracts should be no more than 300 words.
• Use a clear and concise title that reflects the content of the abstract.
• Include the names and affiliations of all authors.
• Organize the abstract into the following sections: Introduction, Objectives, Methods,
Results and Conclusion.
• Case reports can be organized as: Introduction, Case description, Discussion,
Conclusion
• Use standard scientific terminology and avoid jargon.
• The scientific work (case report/case series/retrospective or prospective
studies/systematic review and metanalysis etc) should not have been published or
presented in any national conference prior to the present submission
• Tables and graphs can be included and will be considered as 600 characters each.
These Tables or Graphs need to be uploaded as a single image file in supported
format (JPG, JPEG and PNG)

Please forward your Abstract to spcccnh2025@gmail.com

Last Submission Date: 25th March 2025

Patrons
• Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
• Dr. Colin John
• Dr. Shekhar Rao
• Dr. Suresh P. V.
• Dr. Shreesha Shankar Maiya
• Dr. Muralidhar Kanchi
• Dr. Keshava Murthy A. Shankariah

Organsing Chairman
• Dr. Rajesh Govardhan Hegde

Organising Secretary
• Dr. Riyan S. Shetty

Scientific Committee
• Dr. Anup Charles S.
• Dr. Ganesh Sambandamoorthy
• Dr. Suddhasatta Ghosh
• Dr. Sweta Mohanty

Faculties & Chairperson's

• Dr. A. Jayaraj Premkumar, CMC Vellore, Tamil Nadu
• Dr. Abhyuday Kumaraswamy, Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Amira Ali Shaik, Metromed International Cardiac Centre, Kozhilkode
• Dr. Anil Kumar Sapare, Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Anil Kumar, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi
• Dr. Atul Prabhu, Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Balasubramanian Shanmugasundaram, Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Basavaraj, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Chidhambharam L., Apollo Children's Hospital
• Dr. Ganesh Sambandamoorthy, Narayana Health, Bengaluru

SPCCC-2025
 Faculties & Chairperson's
• Dr. Hema S., Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Jigar Surti, UN Mehta Instititue of Cardiology and Research Centre, Ahmedabad
• Dr. Julius Punnen, Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Kamlesh Tailor, Kokilaben Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
• Dr. Kishore Jayanthi, Star Hospitals, Hyderabad
• Dr. Krishna Mohan Gulla, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar
• Dr. Lalitha A. V., St. John’s Hospital, Bengaluru
• Dr. Mugdha Khapre, Fortis Hospital, Mulund West
• Dr. Naveen Chandher K., SRI Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai
• Dr. Parag Shankarrao Dekate, KIMS Cuddles Mother & Child Center, Hyderabad
• Dr. Priyavarthini V., Apollo Children’s Hospital, Chennai
• Dr. Raghunath N., Sagar Hospitals, Bengaluru
• Dr. Rajesh M. G., Amrita Institute of Mecial Sciences, Kochi
• Dr. Rakshay Shetty, Rainbow Children's Hospital, Bengaluru
• Dr. Ritajyoti Sengupta, NH-RNTagore Hospital, Kolkata
• Dr. Sabyasachi Pandey, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Bengaluru
• Dr. Sanket Sontakke, NH SRCC Children's Hospital, Mumbai
• Dr. Satarupa Mukherjee, B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata
• Dr. Saumen Meur, Manipal Hospital, Mukundapur
• Dr. Sejal Shah, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru
• Dr. Shankar Gowda, Apollo Hospital, Mysuru
• Dr. Shashiraj S., Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Shivang Saxena, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad
• Dr. Shivkumar S., Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru
• Dr. Shreedhar Joshi, Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Shubhadeep Das, NH-Howrah, Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Sowmya Ramanan, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute, Kerala
• Dr. Suddhasatta Ghosh, Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Suresh Rao K. G., MGM Health Care, Chennai
• Dr. Tanzila Sharique, Ankura Women and Children Hospital, Hyderabad
• Dr. Vijay Samuel Richard, Narayana Health, Bengaluru
• Dr. Yashwanth Raju H. N., Narayana Health, Mysuru
• Ms. Veeralakshmi Rajasekhar, Children's HeartLink, Coimbatore

Registration Fees:
INR 3,000 (for Doctors)
INR 1,000 (for Nurses & paramedics)

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