IRIA Kochi Aug 19

VOLUME 3 • AUG 2019

Radimage Kochi

Monthly newsletter by IRIA Kochi Chapter

Presidents Column Dr. M. R. Balachandran Nair

President

Greeting from Kochi chapter of IRIA IRIA Kochi Chapter

We feel immensely pleased to announce the
successful completion of an Outreach program in Breast imaging - ' The Amrita
Breast Conclave – Unlocking Breast imaging' on 04 Aug 2019 at IMA hall Kochi.
It was an initiative of Amrita Breast Center, Department of Radiodiagnosis,
Amrita Institute of Medical Science (AIMS) in association with Breast Imaging
Society of India and Kochi city chapter of IRIA under guidance of Kerala chapter
of IRIA. A team of dedicated radiologist shared their experience and discussed the various clinically
relevant aspect of Breast Imaging. The feedback about the program was excellent and there were
many requests for repeat session in 2020. Our thanks to Dr. Janaki and Dr. Srikanth Moorthy for
conceiving the idea of Breast Outreach program. Special thanks to Dr. Bijal Jankharia (National IRIA
Breast Imaging Outreach Program Director ), Dr. Bagyam Raghavan, Dr. Rupa Ananthasivan, Dr. Rupa
Renganathan, Dr. Sabitha S. Desai, Dr. Ajith Nambiar, Dr. D. K. Vijaya Kumar and Dr. Gomathy
Subramaniam (State Co-ordinator for Breast Imaging) for making this program a great success. On 04
August, Kochi chapter participated in tree plantation as part of National IRIA President Dr. Hemant
Patel's call to plant one lakh sapling across India. Dr. Amel Antony, National Vice president of IRIA
inaugurated the program by handing over a sapling to Dr. Ramesh Shenoy, State Joint Secretary and
Senior Radiologist from Kochi in presence of state secretary of IRIA Dr. Rijo Mathew. Dr. Amel Antony, Dr.
Rijo Mathew and Dr. Ramesh Shenoy appealed to all members to look after the sapling as trees will
provide a green and stable environment.On 17th and 18th August, Kochi chapter will be conducting its
first IRIA Resident Education Programme (IREP). Kochi IREP has excellent faculty, willing to teach the
residents the basic concept for understanding and interpreting images. The program includes spotters,
lectures and examination-oriented sessions. All residents are welcome for this program. SAMRAKSHAN, a
national program that aims to reduce perinatal mortality in India through systematic, phased approach
to guide radiologist in India using ultrasound and colour doppler, under the leadership of Dr. Rijo
Mathew, initiated learning packages in an online platform, 'Easy Class'. This can be availed using access
code after registration at IRIA app. I request all to register and make full use of this teaching
program. Registration for IRIA election has started from 10th Aug 2019. All are requested to participate in
the election process. Please refer to IRIA Election Notice Board regularly for information, updates and
guidelines regarding the election process.

Wish you all a Happy ONAM
Jai IRIA
Dr. M. R. Balachandran Nair
President, IRIA Kochi

Message: Dr. Hemant Patel, National IRIA President

Dear Members,
I am pleased to know that IRIA Kochi has started publishing its e-Newsletter.
Since our association is growing day by day and so its activities, it is essential that apart
from other routine medium, a monthly e-News Letter is started which is a very effective
medium of giving the information of various activities of Kochi IRIA to the members.
I wish all success to Dr. Ramesh Shenoy and his entire Editorial Team of the e-Newsletter.
LONG LIVE IRIA!
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Hemant Patel
President, IRIA

Samrakshan

Project Samrakshan is a new national initiative planned by IRIA to address the high perinatal mortality rates,
low birth weight and preterm babies in India. The program aims to develop a broader and deeper focus on
fetal and maternal well being with particular emphasis on the common conditions affecting fetal health and
growth.Samrakshan, in its initial phases, focuses on two of the most common causes for fetal morbidity and
growth restriction. These are pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction. Samrakshan aims at early
identification of these conditions through focused 1st trimester scans, risk prediction and the early initiation
of appropriate interventions like low dose aspirin, and focused 3rd trimester scans with an emphasis on fetal
environment and growth. Samrakshan has several pillars that build strength to the program. These include
offline CMEs organized by state chapters of IRIA, online courses, training in Doppler studies and systematic
sequential exams, use of risk prediction models to identify at risk pregnant women, generation of local
contextual evidence through the online submission of forms that can  lead to development of Indian
standards and guidelines, dissemination of scientific evidence through a journal club, awareness generation,
and involvement of all stakeholders including OBGs and Neonatologists. Samrakshan will also synergise with
RAKSHA & other relevant programs of IRIA.Details of Samrakshan including access to resources including
courses, online submission of forms, download of hard copies of forms, access to Samrakshan Reports,
Samrakshan library, is possible through the IRIA website at http://bit.ly/samrakshaniria and through the
Samrakshan Mobile App for android that can be downloaded from the IRIA mobile app. 
Team Samrakshan is pleased to announce the following : - 
• Samrakshan Mobile App for android.
• Start of 1st trimester screening, 3rd trimester screening and Journal Club on the online portal accessible
through http://bit.ly/samrakshaniria and the mobile app. 
• 160 registrants on the portal.
• Development and deployment of the online trimester specific and outcomes forms that can be submitted
online with real time generation of important parameters of the program.
• 1st State CME organized by MP state chapter at Indore on Sep 1.
• Samrakshan library accessible through the mobile app.
• Samrakshan Reports accessible through the mobile app.
Dr. Rijo Mathew
National Coordinator
IRIA Samrakshan Project

Tree Plantation drive on 4th Aug 2019

The nation wide Go Green campaign of IRIA on the 4th of August, was marked by active participation of
members at Kochi. The drive got a pan state appeal as the Breast CME was in session. The Tree plantation drive
was inaugurated by National Vice President Dr. Amel Antony in the presence of State Secretary Dr. Rijo Mathew,
State Joint Secretary Dr. Ramesh Shenoy and Kochi Chapter President Dr. M. R. Balachandran Nair. In his brief
address Dr. Amel Antony stressed on the various initiatives launched by National IRIA under the able leadership
of Dr. Hemant Patel. Dr. Amel wanted every member to make this campaign a daily mantra, so that in the years
to come Radiologists could be the harbingers of a better environment and an affectionate Mother Earth.
Marking the occasion several saplings were planted at the Kochi IMA House with arrangements for constant care
and nurturing of the saplings. Every delegate for the CME was given a sapling as memento to get the message
across. The enthusiasm of the participants was so great that, many of them wanted additional saplings.
Radiologists as a community have finally come out of the self made cocoon of behind the scenes Doctors
disconnected from Society. The Tree plantation campaign was given wide coverage by the media as well. The
campaign has resulted in creating an awareness of the state of our environment and has convinced everyone
that it's a collective of individual efforts that's going to make the difference. The success of the campaign
became even more evident when there was a unified demand for celebrating Tree plantation as an annual
event.

Kochi Chapter Monthly Meeting - June 2019, Report

IRIA Kochi monthly meeting was held at IMA house on 30 th July 2019. Two interesting cases were presented by
final year PGs from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. Rare case of Pulmonary artery sling was presented by Dr.
Febina and a rare presentation of hip tuberculosis was shown by Dr. Divya. Prof Dr. C. J. Sandya gave a keynote
address on Imaging of patterns of oral cavity malignancies. She demonstrated the different patterns of disease
spread with stress on the MRI anatomy. More than 50 people attended the program.

Amrita Breast Conclave - IRIA outreach program on Breast Imaging
On 4th of Aug 2019, on an exceptionally pleasant day during monsoon in Kerala, the inaugural session of
Amrita Breast Conclave was held at IMA Hall in Kochi. This was organised by Radiology Dept. of Amrita
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) under the aegis of IRIA Breast Outreach Programme with patronage of IRIA
Kochi and State chapter Kerala along with Breast Imaging Society of India (BISI). The theme of the day was -
Unlocking breast imaging. The whole day CME programme was divided into four sessions. The first session
included basics in reporting with an extensive lecture on BI-RADS in mammography and ultrasound by Dr. Bijal
Jankharia from Mumbai and MRI BI-RADS by Dr. Rupa Ananthasivan from Bengaluru. The various image
guided biopsies along with videos demonstrating the technique were presented by Dr. Bagyam Raghavan from
Chennai. A short inauguration on the aims of Breast Outreach programme of IRIA was held by IRIA Kerala,
Kochi office bearers and Breast outreach co-ordinators at National and state levels. Dr. Gomathy
Subramaniam, Senior Vice President welcomed the gathering. Dr. Amel Antony, National IRIA Vice President
inaugurated and Dr. Rijo Mathew precided the meeting. Dr. Janaki P. Dharmarajan spoke about the aims of the
CME. BISI Secretary, Dr. Bhagyam Raghavan & Dr. Srikanth Moorthy, HOD of Amrita Institute of Medical
Sciences, Kochi offered felicitation. Dr. M. R. Balachandran Nair, President IRIA Kochi proposed vote of thanks.
The Tree Plantation program was inagurated by handing over a Mahagony sapling by Dr Amel Antony to Dr.
Ramesh S. Shenoy, Secretary, IRIA Kochi. The function ended with distribution of Mahogany saplings to the
delegates as a part of tree plantation drive by IRIA.The second was a multidisciplinary session. The legal
aspects in mammography were eloquently discussed by Dr. Srikanth Moorthy from AIMS. The Surgeon’s
confession in interpreting a breast radiology report was expressed by Dr. Vijayakumar D. K. from AIMS. Dr.
Niketa Chotai from Singapore proceeded to elucidate the imaging surrogates in molecular biology of breast
cancers. The difficult hits and near misses showcased teamwork of breast imaging and pathology in the form
of case based radio-pathological concordance by Dr. Janaki P. Dharmarajan and Dr. Ajith Nambiar of AIMS.The
third session was a clinical scenario based lectures. Dr. Sabita Desai from Mumbai made simple the “Approach
to complex cystic lesions”  while Dr. Rupa Renganathan from Coimbatore gave a talk on “Multimodality
approach to screening detected cancers”. Dr. Niketa Chotai wound up the session with a talk on “False
negatives: where did we go wrong?”The final session was hands on workshop. There were four stations with
ample time for practice for the participants. Ultrasound guided breast biopsies on two stations were managed
by Dr. Rupa Ananthasivan and Dr. Bijal Jhankaria. The third station on US guided FNAC and wire placement
was managed by Dr. Janaki P. Dharmarajan. The station on US guided Vacuum assisted biopsy was handled by
Dr. Rupa Renganathan.Of the 10 faculty, 7 are BISI members. Approximately 138 delegates attended the
conference and about 80 delegates participated in the workshop. The programme was awarded 2 CME credit
points by TCMC

Kochi Chapter Monthly Meeting

Date: August 27th,2019
Venue: IMA House, Conference Hall (3rd Floor), Cochin
Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm 
Programme 
Presidential Address: Dr. M. R. Balachandran Nair  (President, Cochin IRIA)
About the programme: Dr. Rajesh Kannan  (Academic co – ordinator)
Case presentation: Dr. Rebin Bose, Dr. Sandeep Sojan (SR. MOSC)
Introduction to team Radiology (MOSC): Dr. Rajeev Anand (Prof & HOD)
Scientific Session: Our subspeciality based studies        
               
Neuro & Vascular Interventions: Dr. Jijo Joseph (Asst. Prof.) Guide : Dr. Anand M. (Associate prof.)
Female/Fetal imaging and Interventions: Dr. Durllav J Dutta (SR.) Guide : Dr. Anu Sarah Easo (Asst. prof.)
MSK/Body imaging and Non vascular Interventions: Dr Arun Prasad (SR.) Guide : Dr. Rajeev Anand. (Prof & HOD)
Technical talk: Bayer pharmaceuticals.
Vote of thanks: Dr. Mariam Eapen (Prof.)
Organization matters: Dr. Amel Antony (Vice president, IRIA)
Conclusion Remarks: Dr. Rijo Mathew (Secretary, State IRIA)
Event organized by Department of Radio Diagnosis MOSC Medical College, Ernakulam
& Supported by BAYER Pharmaceuticals 
Dr. Rajesh Kannan
Academic co – ordinator
IRIA Kochi

Forthcoming events (Click the text to visit the web for regn)
IRIA Midterm CME, Oct 13th, The Raviz Resort and Spa, Ashtamudi
International Day of Radiology, IMA House, Kochi - Theme: Sports Imaging
IRIA national Conference, Gandhi Nagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

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