International Symposium on Neonatal and Pediatric Transfusion Practices |

Department of Transfusion Medicine
Post Graduate Institute of Child Health, Noida
Invites for
“International Symposium on Neonatal and Pediatric Transfusion Practices”
Organised in association with the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT)

21st December 2024 | VENUE: 5th Floor, Main Auditorium, PGICH, Noida

Under the aegis of

World Apheresis Association (WAA)
National Neonatology Forum (NNF)
Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine (ISTM)
Pediatric Hematology Oncology (PHO) Chapter of the Indian Association of Pediatrics (IAP)

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Dear Seniors and Colleagues,

Greetings from the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Child Health (PGICH), Noida. We are pleased to invite you to the “International Symposium on Neonatal and Pediatric Transfusion Practices” on the 21st of December 2024. The symposium is organized with the support of the International Society of Blood Transfusions (ISBT).

Paediatric patients are not small adults. Transfusing blood components to these patients is a challenge to transfusion medicine specialists and neonatologists/ paediatricians as it requires a careful understanding of pediatric physiology and pathology. Regular revisions in transfusion triggers, recent advances in the understanding of transfusing complex neonatal/ pediatric scenarios and unprecedented technological innovations in the field of transfusion medicine led us to plan this international symposium on paediatric transfusion medicine practices. The focus of the symposium will be on the most routine day-to-day issues related to neonatal/ paediatric transfusions and immuno-hematology along with recent advances.

For this symposium, we have brought together faculty members from across the globe representing the most prestigious institutes. International stalwarts in the field of neonatal and pediatric transfusions will grace the symposium with their presence during the symposium. Faculty for the CME will discuss issues that are often unanswered or not focused even during post-graduate teaching and clinical training.

Faculties from both transfusion medicine and paediatric sub-specialities will aim to create a stimulating atmosphere for the exchange of knowledge and to define best practices in this field. The symposium will provide a platform to encourage young talent in pediatrics and pediatric sub-specialities as well as transfusion medicine, to interact with the doyens in the field. We believe the event will be of interest to practising and training pediatricians, and transfusion medicine specialists as well as to pathologists and medical officers from blood banks. This CME is being conducted under the aegis of the Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine (ISTM), the National Neonatology Forum (NNF) and the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Chapter of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP).

As part of the pre-symposium training, we plan to host a workshop on “Apheresis in Pediatric Patients” with the association with World Apheresis Association on 20th December 2024. As part of the workshop, we aim to highlight the advances in the therapeutic aspect of transfusion medicine, such as therapeutic plasma exchange with recent concepts in apheresis, photopheresis, gene therapy and stem cell processing. This workshop will provide an opportunity for residents to interact with global experts in the field of pediatric apheresis.

We look forward to welcoming you all in December 2024 for an academic feast in the vibrant field of Paediatric Transfusion Medicine.

With Regards,
Organizing Team

Scientific Program

Time	SL #	Topic	Min.	Speaker	Chairperson
12:00-13:00		Registration and Lunch
		Basics in Pediatric Apheresis
	1	Physiological diﬀerences in adults and pediatrics	15	Dr Anupa Pokhrel, Asst Prof, Transfusion Medicine, PGICH	Dr Seema Dua Addl Prof and Head, Transfusion Medicine, PGICH, Noida
13:00-14:00	2	Anticoagulation and Venous access in pediatrics	15	Dr Rahul Katharia Prof, Transfusion Medicine, Amrita Institute, Faridabad	Dr Mukul Jain Professor and Head, Pediatric Anasthesia, PGICH, Noida
	3	Indications of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Pediatrics	15	Dr Divya Setia Associate Consultant, Transfusion Medicine, Artemis Hospital Gurgaon
		Discussion	15
Therapeutic Exchange in Pediatrics
14:00-15:00	4	Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Pediatric Liver failure	15	Dr Meenu Bajpai Professor and Head, Transfusion Medicine, ILBS, Delhi	Dr Umesh Shukla Addl Prof and Head, Pediatric Gastro, PGICH, Noida
14:00-15:00	5	RBC Exchange in Pediatric (Sickle Cell Disease)	15	Dr Mohit Chowdhry Sr. Consultant & Head, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Apollo Hospital Delhi
	6	Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Atypical HUS in Pediatrics	15	Dr Rekha Hans Additional Professor, Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh	Dr Vikas Jain Addl Prof, Pediatric Gastro PGICH, Noida
		Discussion	15
Tea Break
Cytapheresis in Pediatrics (Speakers presenting online)
15:00-16:10	6	Extracorporeal photopheresis in pediatrics	20	Dr Volker Witt Department for Pediatrics, St. Anna Kinderspital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.	Dr Satyam Arora Addl Prof, Transfusion Medicine, PGICH, Noida
	7	PBSC collection in pediatric patients/ donors	20	Dr Hans Vrielink Former President WAA, Apheresis Medicine Specialist, Sanquin, Blood Supply Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Dr Nita Radhakrishnan Addl Prof and Head, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, PGICH, Noida
	9	Autologous PBSC harvest for Gene therapy in Thalassemia	20	Dr Jennifer Schneiderman Professor of Pediatrics, Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy Program; Medical Director, Therapeutic Apheresis Program; Director, Advanced Fellowship in Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Chicago, USA
		Discussion	10
16:10-18:00	10	Demonstration Red Cell Priming in Apheresis and Discussion	Dr Anupa Pokhrel Asst Prof, Transfusion Medicine, PGICH & Dr Kriti Batni Senior Resident, Transfusion Medicine, PGICH
18:00	Valedictory Sesion and Tea
08:00	Registration and Tea
Neonatal Transfusions: Recent Updates
9:00-10:00	1	Neonatal Transfusion: What's in my blood bag?	15	Dr Abhishekh Gowda, Additional Prof, Transfusion Medicine, JIPMER, Puducherry	Dr Ruchi Rai Professor, Neonatology, PGICH, Noida
	2	Intrauterine Transfusions: AIIMS New Delhi Experience	15	Dr Hem Chandra Pandey Additional Professor and Head, Transfusion Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi	Dr Sangeeta Pahuja Professor, Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion LHMC, New Delhi
	3	Transfusion Reactions: Speciﬁc to neonatal age group	15	Dr Surender Singh Bisht NICU & Senior Specialist Pediatrics Swami Dayanand Hospital, Delhi	Dr Tulika Chandra Professor, Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion KGMU, Lucknow
		Discussion	15
Pediatric Transfusion Medicine and Apheresis: Recent Updates
10:00-11:00	1	Granulocyte Transfusions in Pediatrics Oncology	15	Dr Manas Kalra Senior Consultant, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi	Dr Simon Stanworth Consultant Hematologist, John Radcliﬀe Hospital NHSBT and Oxford University Hospital Foundation, UK Dr DK Singh Professor and Head, Pediatrics, PGICH, Noida Dr Geeta Negi Professor and Head, Transfusion Medicine, AIIMS, Rishikesh
	2	Autologous peripheral stem cell harvest in Neuroblastoma: PGIMER Experience	15	Dr Ratti Ram Sharma, Professor and Head, Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
	3	Diagnosis and transfusion support in Pediatric AIHA	15	Dr Rajendra Chaudhary Former Professor and Head, Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, SGPGI, Lucknow
	Discussion		15
11:00-11:30	TEA with Snacks and Poster Walk
		Inauguration and Plenary sessions
		Inauguration	20
	1	Red Cell Transfusion threshold in pediatrics and neonatology: Evidence based practice	25	Dr Simon Stanworth Consultant Hematologist, John Radcliﬀe Hospital, NHSBT and Oxford University Hospital Foundation, UK	Dr Neelam Marwaha Former Professor and Head, transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh Dr Priti Elhence Professor and Head, Immunohematology & Blood Transfusion, SGPGI, Lucknow Dr RN Makroo Former Professor and Head, Transfusion Medicine, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi Dr Tulika Seth Professor, Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi
	2	REDS-IV-P: Need for vein to vein data in pediatric transfusions	25	Dr Cassandra Josephson Professor, Oncology, Pediatrics & Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
11:30- 13:30	3	Sickle Cell Disease: Inching towards transfusion independence	25	Dr Ruchika Goel Professor Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, SIU School of Medicine Adjunct Faculty, Pathology Transfusion Medicine Division, Johns Hopkins University Senior Medical Director, Corporate Medical Aﬀairs, Vitalant, USA
	4	Indian CAR-T program and hope in pediatric oncology	25	Dr Gaurav Kharya Senior Consultant, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Apollo Hospital, Delhi \| Founder; Director, Cellogen Therapeutics
13:30-14:30		LUNCH with Poster Walk and Assessment
		Awarded Abstracts Session		Chairpersons
14:30-15:00	1	Oral Abstract Presentations	30	Dr. Debashish Gupta Professor and Head, Transfusion Medicine Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Kerela Dr Kamini Khillan Vice Chairperson, Transfusion Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi Dr Meenu Bajpai Professor and Head, Transfusion Medicine, ILBS, Delhi
Panel Discussion 1
15:00-15:30	1	Ethics in Pediatric Transfusion medicine	30	Dr Simon Stanworth, Consultant Hematologist, John Radcliﬀe Hospital, Oxford University, UK
				Dr Ruchika Goel, Professor Internal Medicine And Pediatrics, SIU School of Medicine, USA
				Dr Aseem Tiwari, Director Transfusion Medicine, Medanta, Gurugram
				Dr Richa Gupta, Professor, Transfusion Services, GTB Hospital, Delhi
				Dr Gopal Patidar, Addl Prof, Transfusion Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi
				Dr Tapas Bandyopdhyay, Associate Prof, Neonatology, RML Hospital, Delhi
		Changing Era of Pediatric Transfusion Medicine
15:30-16:30	1	Residual Risk of TTI after NAT Adaptation in the Current Indian Scenario	15	Dr Dheeraj Khetan Professor, Immunohematology & Blood Transfusion, SGPGI, Lucknow	Dr Ravneet Kaur Professor and Head, Transfusion Medicine, GMCH, Chandigarh Dr Somnath Mukherjee Professor and Head, Transfusion Medicine, AIIMS, Bhuvneshwar Dr Rasika Setia Director and Head, Transfusion Medicine & Lab Services, BLK Hospital Delhi
	2	Scope of Gene Therapy in managing hematological disorders	15	Dr Nita Radhakrishnan Additional Prof & Head, Peds Hem Onc, PGICH, Noida
	3	Massive Transfusion in Pediatrics	15	Dr Ajay Gandhi Director, Clinical and Medical Aﬀairs, India and South Asia, Werfen
		Discussion	15
Panel Discussion 2
16:30-17:00	1	Pediatric Transfusion Medicine Clinical Consultation	30	Dr Cassandra Josephson Professor, Oncology, Pediatrics & Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA	Moderator: Dr Sangeeta Pathak Head & Senior Consultant, Transfusion Services, Max Saket, Delhi
				Dr Bhanu K Bhakhri. Professor, Pediatrics, PGICH, Noida
				Dr Sadhana Mangwana, Head & Senior Consultant, Transfusion Services, Action Balaji Medical Institute, Delhi
				Dr Anubhav Gupta, Assoc Prof, Transfusion Medicine, AIIMS, Jodhpur
				Dr Anuj Singh, Asst Prof, Peds Hem Onc, PGICH, Noida
17:00-17:30	Valedictory session and Tea