May 2019

IRIA Newsletter May 2019
No.: 26

President: Dr. Hemant Patel Gen. Secretary: Dr. Rajeev Singh

IRIA Digital Team: Dr. Ramesh S. Shenoy, Dr. Ankur Shah, Dr. Nitin Gonge,
Dr. Murali Krishna, Dr. Gaurav Goswami, Dr. Judy Mary Kurian



Editors Messages Dr. Ramesh S. Shenoy & Dr. L. Murali Krishna

Academic activities / announcements, as well as reports / photographs of all radiology programs, will
be included in the newsletter. These need not be IRIA programs. The announcements, reports &
photographs may be sent to [email protected] & [email protected]. All the academics
programs has to be for radiologists only.
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3. All other formats will not be included in the newsletter

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Dear Colleagues,
I take this opportunity to thank all the members for their kind
support. I am trying my best to prove upto your expectations
and do all which is required for the upliftment of our beloved
association.
There was a notice released by National Board of
Examinations inviting to apply for FNB NEUROVASCULAR
INTERVENTION Program, wherein they have excluded MD,
DMRD, DNB in Radio-diagnosis from this Fellowship program.
Immediately IRIA objected to the eligibility criteria for this two year, as to
why the Radiologists who are MD, DMRD, DNB in Radio-diagnosis have
been deprived to enter into this Fellowship program. IRIA strongly condemned this program.
I have good news to share with you. There was a meeting of National Board of Examinations
at New Delhi on 27th April, 2019. I represented IRIA in this meeting to safeguard Radiology.
After explanations from radiologist’s point of view, we could convince all committee members
to have inclusion of MD / DNB radiologists for FNB neurovascular interventions. Official
notification will come out in due course of time. This development will help to many young
Radiologists to pursue their career in Neurovascular Interventions.
IRIA is committed to do best for its members.
As you are aware that a Conference exclusively on Ultrasound, which has been named as
“Sono Summit 2019”, is being organized by IRIA from 27 - 30 June, 2019 at Chennai Trade
Centre, Chennai. The SONO Summit is exclusive largest Conference focused on Ultrasound in
India. The Workshop and Live Demo will be at forefront. This conference will be attended by
almost all the prominent Radiologists practicing Ultrasound from all over the country. The world
class international faculty includes Dr. Anil T. Ahuja, Dr. Girish Gandikota, Dr. Ulrike M.
Hamper, Dr. Priyanka Jha and Dr. Ravi Devidas Kadasne.
You are cordially invited to participate in Sono Summit 2019 and grace the occasion with your
presence.
You are requested to send your suggestions/opinion/views on any matter pertaining to the
association for its betterment at email id of IRIA HQ [email protected].
With best wishes and kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Hemant Patel
President, IRIA

Gen. Secretary's notes

Dear Colleagues,

I am glad to interact through May issue of the e-Newsletter of IRIA. I
thank all the members for their kind support.

In order to enhance the knowledge of the members, Post Graduate
students and young Radiologists especially ICRI conducts CME
programs, which are funded by IRIA. The first CME of the year is
Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME 2019 which shall be organized by Telangana
state chapter on 25 - 26 May 2019 at Auditorium, Indo American Cancer
Hospitals, Hyderabad. The theme of the CME is Chest Radiology. I
request all the members to attend this scientific event.

I am happy to inform you that IRIA provides International Travel Fellowship Grants to its
members, young Radiologists in particular. 100% of shortest Economy class air-fare,
upto max Rs 25,000/- is given to six persons each for attending RSNA, ECR, ICR, AOCR,
KCR, CCR whose paper / posters are accepted. I request all members to apply for the same if
attending any of these international conferences. The guidelines and form are published in the
February issue of the News Bulletin of IRIA.

All the members are requested to intimate IRIA HQ about the change in their mailing address,
Email id or Mobile Number so that it can be updated in the records. I also request the
Presidents and Secretaries of all the state chapters to kindly help in updating the data of
members of their respective state chapter at the earliest so that not only our the directory is
made up to date, but we can also conduct election through e-voting system. More importantly,
it will save the environment by avoiding the use of paper and save a lot of costs on the part of
IRIA.

As per the constitution, any Life Member with minimum 10 years continuous membership of
the association and has attained the age of the 65 years, or has been retired from the active
practice by reason of physical disability can be bestowed Emeritus Membership of the
Association. Such members shall not be liable to pay the subscription but shall enjoy all the
rights of a member. They shall have the voting rights. No delegation fee will be charged from
the Emeritus Members attending the Annual Conference of IRIA. The state chapters are
requested to kindly intimate the IRIA HQ about the members who has crossed the age of 65
years to that they can be bestowed the Emeritus Membership of the association.

Provisional Life Members, please note that the Provisional Life Membership is for a maximum
period of six years only. All Provisional Life Members, who have been enrolled for more than
six years, are requested to send a certified copy of their PG degree / diploma along with State
Medical Council registration certificate so that their Provisional Life Membership is converted to
Life Membership. Otherwise, it would be presumed that they have not been able to complete
their PG degree / diploma in six years and their provisional membership will be terminated.

Gen. Secretary's notes

As decided in the GBM held at Mumbai, the Transfer of Life Membership is affected only
by the Central Office, IRIA after the receipt of request from the member. The IRIA HQ shall
transfer the membership as desired by the member and inform the respective state
chapters about such transfer. The seniority of the membership of the member shall be
maintained. The member shall be eligible to contest for any election in the state chapter where
he / she has transferred. There shall not be any kind of transfer of membership subscription
from one state chapter to another state chapter. Members are requested to please note and
get their membership transferred to the state where they have shifted permanently.

As decided in the GBM held at Mumbai, a committee under the chairmanship of Dr. N.
Kulasekaran and Dr. Pragati Sinha & Dr. Rajesh Sharma as members presented its report
regarding studying the ramification of Amendment No. 15. This report has been duly approved
by the General Body vide at its meeting held at PGIMER Chandigarh for necessary
implementation. The same is reproduced here below.

“The members who are providing training or giving a live demonstration to the non-radiologists
in other Associations / Societies having non-Radiologists as members and having a conflict of
interest with IRIA should be subjected to the disciplinary action as per the constitutional
provision and the action against the member will be taken to the extent of suspending from the
membership / debarring from the association. Members giving the scientific lecture should be
allowed.”

All the state chapters have been requested to kindly implement the report with respect to
Amendment No.15 in their respective state chapters and discourage the members, who are
providing training or giving live demonstration to the non-radiologists in other Associations /
Societies having non-Radiologists as members and having a conflict of interest with IRIA.
However, Members giving scientific lectures are allowed. We also believe in adopting a policy
of facilitating “Home Coming” of such members, who give training and live demo to the non -
radiologists and harm interests of our members, but until they really come back home, we urge
all state Presidents & Secretaries not to invite them at any IRIA platform at the state level.

LONG LIVE IRIA!

With best wishes and kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Rajeev Singh
Secretary General, IRIA



Chandigarh Chapter

‘Rakshathon’ or ‘Walk for the Girl Child’ was organized by the radiologists
under the ‘Raksha Project’ of Chandigarh Chapter of Indian Radiological
Imaging Association (IRIA) on Sunday, 24th March, 2019. The event was
organized by Dr. Sandhya Dhankhar and the Raksha Team of the local
chapter including Dr. Ravinder Kaur, Dr. Monica Chabbra, Dr. Vanita Gupta
and Dr. Tulika Singh. Approximately 150 practicing radiologists and
residents in training participated in the event. The local citizens and at least
70 children also participated in the walk. Sh. S.K. Singh (I.G. Security and
Traffic Police, Punjab), Prof. Jagat Ram (Director of PGIMER,
Chandigarh), Dr. G. Deewan (Director Health Services, Chandigarh) flagged
off the Rakshathon from the Sukhna Lake. All of them appreciated this
initiative taken by the radiologists of the city under the banner of IRIA. The
main aim of Rakshathon was public awareness to save the girl child and to
bring change in the mindset of people to make society safe for women. Dr.
Sandhya informed about the activities done under the ‘Raksha Project’ by
the Chandigarh chapter like installation of sanitary pad vending machine,
distribution of woolens, sewing machines and school bags to the needy girls
of the city.

Chandigarh Chapter

Obituary

Prof. Suman Kochhar left for her heavenly abode on 2nd
April, 2019. She served as the Head of the Department of
Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College and Hospital
(GMCH), Chandigarh for more than 20 years. She was an
eminent radiologist and a very vibrant and active member of
our radiology family. It is a big loss not only for the Chandigarh branch of
IRIA but for the whole radiology fraternity.

Dr. Suman did her MBBS from MD University, Rohtak in 1981 and MD
Radiodiagnosis from PGIMER, Chandigarh in 1986. She was extremely
active on the academic front and had 66 publications in International and
National journals and delivered 59 talks in various conferences. She was
member of National Academy of Medical Sciences and Fellow of the Indian
College of Radiology and Imaging. She held the posts of the National Vice
President of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association (IRIA), National Vice
Chairperson of Indian College of Radiology & Imaging (ICRI), President of
Punjab and Chandigarh Branch of IRIA and President of Chandigarh chapter
of IRIA at different times in her illustrious career. Recently, she was awarded
the State Award for Meritorious Services by the Chandigarh Administration.
Dr. Suman was the main force behind the establishment of the Department
of Radiodiagnosis in GMCH by procuring state-of-the-art MDCT, MRI and
color Doppler machines. She was instrumental in starting BSc (X-ray
Technology) and M.D. Radiodiagnosis in the department. She was very
hardworking and sincere in her duties. She was one of the kindest persons
and will be missed by everyone. We salute her and may her soul rest in
peace.

Telangana Chapter

TS Chapter IRIA monthly meeting was held on 13th April 2018 at
Conference Hall,10th Floor, Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda, Hyderabad.
This meeting was completely sponsored by Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda.
The meeting was attended by 113 members including senior faculty, PG
Students and Life Members. Dr. Sikandar General Secretary welcomed all.
The meeting was moderated by Dr. T. Mandapal President, TS Chapter
IRIA. Dr. Silpa Polineni from Yashoda Hospitals Somajiguda, Hyderabad
delivered a guest lecture on MR imaging in Demyelinating Diseases. Dr.
Nadeem, Professor, Radiology from Osmania Medical College conducted
the spotter session. Dr. Sharda Priya from Osmania Medical College was the
winner of the spotter session. Interesting cases were presented by
Residents from various Medical Colleges and Hospitals from Hyderabad and
surrounding districts. The presidential medal was handed over by outgoing
president Dr. Veeraiah to President Prof. Mandapal. There was felicitation of
Dr. Prabhakar Reddy sir by Yashoda Hospitals for becoming the Secretary
of Asian Musculoskeletal Society. The Past President, President
and President-Elect were honoured by Yashoda Group of Hospitals by Dr.
Lalita Vice president, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, Dr. Rajini HOD
Radiology Yashoda Somajiguda, Dr. Shilpa HOD PET-CT Yashoda
Hospitals, Somajiguda and Dr. Arpita Reddy Consultant, Yashoda Hospitals
Somajiguda. Presentation of faculty with memento and certificate to Dr.
Shilpa was given by Prof. Mandapal.
Presentation to Dr. Nadeem who conducted the spotter session with
momento and certificates was given by Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy,
Presentation of spotter quiz winner Dr. Sharda Priya was given by Dr.
Venkatram Reddy. Certificates of case presentations were given by Prof.
Mandapal and Dr. Venkatram Reddy. Update on the academic yearly
programme for the 2019 - 20 was presented by Dr. Sikandar. Vote of thanks
was given by Dr Sikandar General Secretary.

Dr. Sikandar
Secretary General
Telangana State Chapter IRIA.

Telangana Chapter

Delhi Chapter

The first monthly meeting of the Delhi state chapter of IRIA for the academic session 2019-20 was
held on 27th April, 2019 at Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi. The co-ordinator for this meet was Dr Rohini
Gupta Ghasi, Professor, Department of Radiology, Safdarjung hospital and State Council Member of
the Delhi state chapter.

The meeting was attended by about 60 members of the Delhi state chapter.

Dr M K Mittal, President, Delhi state chapter, welcomed all the members and informed them about the
Academic calendar for the current year. He also announced the flagship Delhi IRIA Resident
Education Programme exclusively for Post graduate students in Radio Diagnosis, to be held on 23rd
to 25th August, 2019 and the reduced early bird registration rates for residents who register for the
programme in the first week valid till 04.05.19.

The Faculty talks were taken by the faculty at Safdarjung Hospital. These comprised of a lecture on
‘Segmental Evaluation for CT Interpretation of Congenital Heart Disease’ by Dr Anuradha Sharma,
and a series of ‘Interactive Case Discussions on MSK system cases’ by Dr Ritu Nair Misra and Dr
Geetika Sindhwani. Dr B BThukral felicitated the faculty and the co-ordinator.

This was followed by Case presentations by Radiology Residents, Dr Venkatram Krishnan, Dr Ankita
Malik and Dr Anjuna R.

The Resident presentations were judged by Dr L Upreti and Dr B R Goyal. Dr Anjuna R was awarded
the Best presentation award, for which she will be given sponsorship by the Delhi state chapter for
Registration fee for attending the 73rd Annual Conference of Radiology to be held at Ahmedabad in
January, 2020. The presenting residents were felicitated by Dr Sunil Bajaj, HOD Radiology,
Safdarjung Hospital. Dr Neha Dohare, Radiology resident at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences
was also felicitated for the Best participation in the Interactive Case Discussion Series.
The meeting ended with vote of thanks by Dr Natasha Gupta, Secretary, Delhi state chapter.

Delhi Chapter