Dr. Venkat Raman Kola

26th February, 2026 | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Workshop

Time	Session

10:00 10:20	Strategies and protocols for Weaning and decannulation of patients on ECMO Dr. Venkat Raman Kola Speaker Royal Ballroom 1 - Radisson Blu GRT
11:00 13:30	Hands-on Workstations Station 1 - Initiation, Priming the ECMO Circuit initial setting and maintenance of ECMO Dr. Pranay Oza Speaker Dr. Rajesh Mohan Shetty Speaker Station 2 - ECMO Cannulation Dr. Niranjana Panigrahi Speaker Dr. Venkat Raman Kola Speaker Station 3 - Pump failure; Air Embolism Dr. George Prashanth Kurian Speaker Dr. VETRISELVAN PARASURAMAN Speaker Station 4 - Hybrid Therapy & Circuit Change – CASE SCENARIO Dr. Sivakumar Ganeshbabu Speaker Poonam Malhotra Speaker Station 5 -CRRT with ECMO Hemadsorption and Extra Corporeal CO2 Removal Dr. Rahul Anil Pandit Speaker Prof. RAVINDRANATH TIRUVOIPATI Speaker Royal Ballroom 1 - Radisson Blu GRT
14:30 17:30	Simulation Case based discussion- ECMO Simulation scenarios and management Dr. Rahul Anil Pandit Speaker Prof. RAVINDRANATH TIRUVOIPATI Speaker Scenarios- VA Initiation/ Counselling Still VT/VF – electrolyte imbalance LV distension Pump failure Harlequin syndrome Weaning Dr. Niranjana Panigrahi Speaker Dr. Rahul Anil Pandit Speaker Dr. Rajesh Mohan Shetty Speaker Dr. Venkat Raman Kola Speaker Dr. VETRISELVAN PARASURAMAN Speaker Poonam Malhotra Speaker Case Scenarios VV. Initiation Hypovolemia/ Dr. Arpan Chakraborty Speaker Dr. Pranay Oza Speaker Dr. Sivakumar Ganeshbabu Speaker Dr. Vinod kumar Singh Speaker Prof. RAVINDRANATH TIRUVOIPATI Speaker Royal Ballroom 1 - Radisson Blu GRT

Day 1 - 27th Feb. 2026

Time	Session

14:45 15:30	Thematic Session (13+2) - MixedBag Dr. NATESH PRABU R Chairperson Dr. Rajiv Kashyap Chairperson Dr. Venkat Raman Kola Chairperson Dr. Vignesh C Chairperson GLP 1 Agonist in intracranial hypertension Dr. Ashit Hegde Speaker GLP 1 use in Critical Care Dr. Sameer Arvind Jog Speaker Ventilator Dyssynchrony Ross Freebairn Speaker Hall 2

Day 2 - 28th Feb. 2026

Time	Session

10:00 11:30	ISOT - Expanding the Donor Pool through Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Manish Balwani Chairperson Identification of Potential DCD Donors: Unused Opportunities in Indian ICUs (20min talk + 10 mins discussion) Sanjay Kolte Speaker Manish Balwani Chairperson Sourabh Sharma Chairperson Dr. Monalisa Mishra Moderator Ethical, Legal & Consent Framework for DCD in India: A Practical Approach (20min talk + 10 mins discussion) Ashish Sharma Speaker Subho Banerjee Chairperson Dr. Ashutosh Bhardwaj Moderator Indian Experience with DCD: Outcomes, Challenges, and Way Forward (20min talk + 10 mins discussion) Amol Bhawane Speaker Divyesh Engineer Chairperson Dr. Venkat Raman Kola Moderator Silent Hall - Screen 2 (Synergy Hall)
13:35 14:20	Thematic Session (13+2) - Extra corpeal life support Dr. Niraj Tyagi Chairperson Sanjay Kumar Chairperson Sivanesan Chairperson Refractory Hypoxemia in VV ECMO Dr. Venkat Raman Kola Speaker Anticoagulation During ECMO Dr. Arpan Chakraborty Speaker Ventilation Strategy in VV-ECMO Dr. Vivek Gupta Speaker Hall 3

Day 3 - 01st Mar. 2026

Time

Session

12:00

13:00

Thematic Session (13+2) - Mixed Bag

Dr. Saurabh Jain Chairperson

Dr. Venkat Raman Kola Chairperson

Raja Amarnath Chairperson

Management of Transfusion reactions in the ICU

Dr. Nirmal c Jaiswal Speaker
Augmented renal clearance and its clinical relevance in the ICU

Dr. Sridhar Nagaiyan Speaker
Managing severe malaria in the ICU

Dr. Pavankumar Nanchary Reddy Speaker
Practical points for effective nebulization in the mechanically ventilated patient

Dr. Bibhukalyani Das Speaker

Silent Hall - Screen 1 (PG Hall)