Feb 2018

e - newsletter

Indian Radiological &
Imaging Association

IRI eA-NewsletterFebruary 2018 President: Dr Kunnumel Mohanan
No.: 11 Secretary: Dr. C. Amarnath

Editors:
Dr Ramesh S. Shenoy

Dr. Murali Krishna L

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Important announcement
This year, we are introducing academic activities
announcements as well as reports/photographs of
all radiology programs. These need not be IRIA
programs. The announcements, reports &
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& [email protected]. All the academics
programs has to be for radiologists only.
For sending the reports for newsletter,
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2. Photos should be in jpeg format seperatly as
attachment
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Presidents page Dear Members,

Season’s Greetings!

It gives me a great pleasure to communicate with you
through the February 2018 issue of the e-Newsletter of
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association, which is the first
e-Newsletter of the new team of office bearers for the year
2018. I am glad to see that the new editorial team of the e-
Newsletter, Dr. L. Murali Krishna and Dr. Ramesh S. Shenoy
have done a wonderful job in designing the Newsletter.

Our association is growing day by day and so are the
activities of the association, therefore, apart from the regular
News Bulletin, a monthly e-Newsletter has been started by
IRIA HQ giving information about the various activities of
the association at the national and state chapter levels to the
members. This regular e-Newsletter is intended to make
members feel that they are part of the IRIA family and also
provide opportunities for IRIA HQ to seek and get feedback/
inputs from the members on matters related to the
association from time to time.

We have started the year 2018 with the 71st Annual
Conference of IRIA and AOCR 2018 which was organized at
The Renaissance, Mumbai from January 25-28th, 2018. This
conference was a mega event in the history of IRIA and
AOSR and the credit goes to Dr. Bhavin Jankharia & Dr.
Jignesh Thakker, Organizing Chairmen and Dr. O. P.
Bansal, Dr. Shailendra Singh & Dr. Sanjeev Mani,
Organizing Secretaries and their entire team.

Presidents page As you are aware, the ‘Indian Radiological & Imaging
Association’ is fighting a turf battle for the benefit of its
members and the case is in the Honorable Supreme Court
of India. The question is - who is authorized to do
Ultrasound? Our contention is that, only those doctors who
possess post graduate degree or diploma in Radiodiagnos
are eligible to do the same. This battle became necessary
because many Radiology colleagues amongst us trained
mere MBBS doctors in Ultrasound and enabled them to
challenge the Radiology profession. Therefore, I would like
to advice all our members, to desist themselves from
training or conducting workshops for the benefit of non-
radiologists. However, members may continue to do the
same for Radiologists only. Let us not destroy our own
profession.

The interim orders of our SLP filed in the Honorable
Supreme Court of India would come on 6th March, 2018.
We hope for the best.

We have already launched a major social project named
‘Reksha’, aimed to save female gender. This was
inaugurated by Sri Amithab Bachan ,who offered
willingness to become the Brand Ambassador of the
project. The cruel act of female feticide must stop. IRIA
believes that any person collaborating in female feticide
must be put in jail. But PCPNDT act alone will not save our
girls. Social support mechanisms should also be
implemented for the benefit of the girl child. Here IRIA is
willing to join hands with the Government and honest
NGOs

Presidents page Another major program launched this year is Radiology
Education and Research foundation which will generate
sufficient funds for up scaling up the educational and
research activities in Radiology under direct supervision of
IRIA

For the first time in the history of IRIA, the chairman of the
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) attended our
conference and we have jointly launched the Radiation
safety program which will definitely help in reducing
medical radiation hazards.

Let us work together for a bright future for our profession.

Jai IRIA

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Mohanan K.
President, IRIA

Gen. Secretary's notes Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from IRIA HQ!
At the outset, I congratulate the entire organizing team of
AOCR 2018 consisting of Dr. Bhavin Jankharia & Dr.
Jignesh Thakker, Organizing Chairmen and Dr. O.P.
Bansal, Dr. Shailendra Singh & Dr. Sanjeev Mani,
Organizing Secretaries and their entire team for leaving no
stone unturned to make this conference excellent. This
AOCR 2018 is a landmark in the history of both IRIA and
AOSR.

I am happy to inform you that today the membership
strength of IRIA has crossed 15,200. More and more
Radiologists are becoming members of our Association.
The strength of any organization is active participation of
its members. In the field of Radiology, we have many
goals to achieve.

In order to enhance the knowledge of the members and
Post Graduate students and young Radiologists
especially, IRIA organizes CME programs. Total four CME
programs are organized every year. IRIA HQ also
organizes two IRIA Resident Education Programs (IREP)
in a year exclusively for the Residents.

I am happy to inform 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.

Gen. Secretary's notes I am also happy to inform you that apart from international
conferences, IRIA has 50 “IRIA National Annual
Conference Fellowship Grants’. Members especially
residents who are Provisional Life or Life Members of IRIA
for minimum one year of membership as on 31 st
December can apply for the same. A grant of Rs 10,000/-
per candidate is given to the candidates as selected by the
committee.

Members are also requested to apply for various Orations,
Awards, Medals and Fellowship instituted by IRIA and
ICRI, the notification of which is published every year in
the June issue of the News Bulletin.

I request all the members to please abide by the rules and
regulations of PC & PNDT Act. It will be our endeavor to
restrict the Ultrasound practice only to the Radiologists. I
request the unflinching support from all members and let
us pledge to uphold the dignity of our
profession and not to indulge in any unethical practices.

I take this opportunity to thank Dr. L. Murali Krishna and
Dr. Ramesh Shenoy for bringing a very good e-Newsletter
of IRIA.

I request the members to feel free to contact me on any
issue pertaining to the Association.

Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,

Dr. C. Amarnath
Secretary General, IRIA

Report AOCR 2018 REPORT:
The culmination of more than 2 years of hard work, that started at
Kobe, Japan in 2014 finally paid off. Led by the ever dependable
Organising Chairman, Dr Jignesh Thakker, the conference saw a
remarkable 4500 delegates attend the event.

8102 RCOAThe first two days were filled with orations and quizzes, and the
highlight was the SK Sharma Orations on ultrasound, by Dr Richard
Barr & Dr Marnix Van Holsbeeck, on Elastography and
musculoskeletal ultrasound respectively. Post lunch, the academics
went a notch higher with lectures spread across six halls, by both
national and international faculty. This continued over the entire
duration of the conference that lasted until 2 pm on the last day. At the
same time, six halls dedicated to free papers had more than 500
papers presented.

All attempts were made to make this a green conference, with
certificates via email, information via the mobile app and website, and
practically no indiscriminate use of paper.

Social events were more like Live Concert nites, with the cultural nite
featuring AmeyDatey, followed by Sonu Nigam nite and then DJ
Chetas for the grand finale on 27th Jan.

Various celebrities both from the academic world, as well as Bollywood
lit up the event, to make it a memorable congress on all fronts.

We wish to thank the IRIA representatives, Dr Bhavin Jankharia& Dr
OP Bansal, as well as the entire MSBIRIA committee that made the
event happen.

Dr Shailendra Singh FACT FILE
Dr Sanjeev Mani NUMBER OF DELEGATES : 4628
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES : 41
MOBILE APP DOWNLOADS : 3679

POSTERS : 1072
FREE PAPER PRESENTATIONS : 520

RCOA Glimses

RCOA Glimses

RCOA Glimpses

Albums Most of the photographs of the AOCR IRIA 2018 is uploaded in
different albums in facebook account of the same. So we have
RCOA provided the link of those album to reduce the size of this e-
newsletter

AOCR 2018 Day 1, 25th

AOCR 2018 DAY 2, 26th
AOCR 2018 Day 3, 27th

AOCR2018 DAY 4 28th
AOCR 27th DJ CHETAS NITE
AOCR CONCERT NITE - Sonu Nigam
Mr Amitabh Bachchan at AOCR 2018, Mumbai -
Click here for the video
AOCR IRIA: Free Papers Abstracts on the website: available
for download

News Chairman AERB Inaugurated Radiation Safety Awareness Campaign of
Indian Radiology and Imaging Association (IRIA)

Shri S. A. Bharadwaj, Chairman AERB inaugurated the Radiation Safety
Awareness campaign launched by the Indian Radiological and Imagine
Association (IRIA) on 27th January 2018 during the 17th Asian Oceanian
Congress of Radiology and the 71st Annual Conference of the Indian Radiology
and Imaging Association (IRIA) held at Renaissance Mumbai Convention
Centre Hotel, Powai, Mumbai. Dr. Mohanan Kunnumal, President IRIA informed
that, IRIA in its awareness campaign will identify Radiation Safety coordinator
from each of its state chapter to spread awareness on radiation safety. They will
coordinate with AERB in enhancing reporting mechanism and management of
adverse events in radiology. Dr. A. U. Sonawane, Head Directorate of
Regulatory Affairs & Communications, AERB informed about incidents involving
injuries due to radiation during interventional radiology procedures and
emphasised need for awareness on radiation protection among radiological
medical practitioners. Speaking on the occasion, Chairman AERB urged to the
members of IRIA to follow regulatory & safety norms of AERB so that radiation
doses received by the professional are well within limits set by AERB.

Kerala State Conference

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Kerala State Conference

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Gujarat State Jan 2018 Academic Meeting of Vadodara City sub-chapter of Gujarat State
Chapter of I.R.I.A. was held on 19th January 2018 (Friday)
evening at the Sayaji Hotel, Kala Ghoda, Vadodara. Renowned
Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon Dr. Simon Lambert from UK had
delivered lectures on Biomechanics and Clinical Tests of Shoulder
Joint, as well as Expectation of Shoulder Surgeon from the
Radiologist in Reporting of Shoulder Ultrasound and MRI scan;
which were followed by question-answer session. The session was
very informative. Then, Dr. Nutan Shah had given a talk on
National Medical Commission Bill and its impact on Medical
Fraternity. The meeting was attended by 33 Radiologists and was
followed dinner.
Gujarat State Chapter of I.R.I.A. feel honoured for having privilege
to host 73rd Annual Conference of I.R.I.A. at Ahmedabad in
January 2020; which was passed by General Body Meeting of
I.R.I.A. on 26th January 2018 at Renaissance Hotel, Powai,
Mumbai.
Dr. Hemant T. Patel, President & Dr. (Prof.) Deepak V. Mehta,
Secretary, Gujarat State Chapter of Indian Radiological and
Imaging Association

IRIA House of Telangana state
chapter at Hyderabad

Telangana Chapter

Telangana Chapter Multi Specialty Free Medial Camp Report

We are happy to inform you that Telangana State Chapter of I
RIA, under the guidance of Dr.K.Prabhakar Reddy successfull
y organized one day Multi specialty Free Medical Camp in ass
ociation with Kandavalli Family of Tandoor village and KPR Fo
undation in Z.P.High School premises at Tandur village, Vikara
bad Dist. on 7th January, 2018.

Specialists from various corporate Hospitals including 20 Radi
ologists from Hyderabad, Technicians and sisters, totally aro
und 60 medical personnel participated in the Medical camp.

Mr.Mahendar Reddy, Hon. transport Minister, Govt. of Telanga
na State, as Chief Guest Mr.Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, Hon.
Member of Parliament as Guest of Honor and local leaders p
articipate in the inaugural function of the medical camp. Aroun
d 1600 patients from Tandur and surrounding villages attende
d the medical camp..

Two X- ray machines, 4 ultrasound Machines, 3 ECG equipme
nts were used in the camp.170, Xays, 200 Ultrasound
Scans, 200 ECGs, 750 Tests for diabetes and 700 B.P.
Chceks were performed in the camp. Free medicines were giv
en to the patients against Doctors prescription and free food s
erved to all the patients during the camp.

We are proud to say that IRIATS Chapter then combined IRIA
AP Chapter organizing such free annual one day free
medical camps since many years in rural areas. This is
the 9th Annual one day multispecialty Medical camp
organized this year.

Dr. Rajesh Enagala
General Secretary, IRIA TS Chapter

Telangana Chapter

Radiology Premiere League 2018 MSBIRIA arranged 2nd edition of RPL this year at Aurangabad ,
as they were winners of 1st edition played in Mumbai .This tear 9
teams participated which were named as Aurangabad dashers ,
Nashik champs , Kalyan Lions ,PCMC blasters , NMR riders ,
Vidarbha warriors , Jalna Jubilant & Latur legends .
Special to mention 3 teams who won the hearts of many “Latur,
Jalna & Vidarbha “who participated with great spirits on call by
MSBIRIA office request.
Aniruddha Kulkarni, Iqbal Minne & Anup chalwade with their core
team made arrangements starting from cricketing facilities like
Pitch , ground , umpires to food , cultural program etc.
Enthusiasm on social media and deadly fighting spirit of various
teams made the tournament amazing experience for all.

No one can forget passionate Atul Sawant (best bowler of
tournament), boy who flies from Abu Dhabi to be part of this
tournament, representing NMR Riders .He kept organizers on toes
on what’s app with numerous questions & rules .Everyone loved
this young boy.

In first semifinal Aurangabad dashers were comprehensively
beaten by Kalyan lion’s .In second semifinal NMR recorded great
victory over PCMC.
Final match was low scoring but at end Best & consistent all round
performers NMR Riders turned out to be champions.
The prize distribution was done by Pravin Suryavanshi CEO MGM
& Shivaji Sukre GMC .Ranjeet Gawade of NMR became man of
the match of Final & with all round performance during the
championship Vishal Sankhpal was declared best batsman of the
tournament. Medals and trophies distribution brought many
sliming faces all around with few loomed ones .Selfies &pictures
were clicked all around with wonderful memories on and off the
ground .Highlight though was “ Green tea & Tara Pan “

All are anxiously waiting for 3rd edition to be conducted at Navi
Mumbai in year 2019.

Radiology Premiere League 2018

Academics Ramachandra Advanced Radiology Education (RARE)

Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences conduct the
Annual Ramachandra Advanced Radiology Education- (RARE)
in 2nd or 3rd week of February every year. It comprises one-day
preconference Workshop, consists of Musculoskeletal Radiology,
Gastrointestinal Radiology, Genito Urinary Radiology, Neuro
Radiology, Interventional Radiology and Practical Physics. The
conference included excellent speakers from our department
and eminent Radiologists from various institutions all over India
will deliver lectures, Quiz, Case Discussion and Physics Theory.
It is one of the largest successful Radiology Education in India.
Prof D. R. Subramanian Gold Medal for the best student delegate
in RARE.

This year From 7th February to 11th February 2018 we
conducted 15th Post graduate Review Course Ramachandra
Advanced Radiology Education (RARE 2018). One Day
Preconference workshop on 7th February & followed by
conference. About 160 Delegates attended the workshop. About
400 Delegates attended the conference this year

Dr. P. M. Venkata Sai awarded Dr. Liya Mary from the Pushpagiri
Medical College, Gold Medal for best student in RARE 2018 and
Dr. Biji Babu from SRMC the Prof. V. Vidhyanathan Certificate for
best performing PG student of 2017-2018.

Academics Post-graduate refresher course (PRC) is an annual
academic event, organized by the Department
of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, since
2005 for the exam-going radiology residents.
The course has a holistic approach to the post graduate
Radiology practical examinations with spotters, quiz, viva,
‘hot seat’ case based discussions, ‘mock exam’ and
practical tips about how to perform in the viva voce along
with practical exam oriented lectures.
The event is usually awarded 20 CME credit points by The
Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University. It is generally
conducted in 1st or 2nd week of January and the course is
announced on the preceding 1st October in CMC website
http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/
Email id – [email protected]

As there are individual and small group interactive
sessions, we are able to accommodate only 150 students;
candidates will be registered on a 'first-come, first-served'
basis.
The fourteenth annual Post-Graduate Refresher Course
was held on the 5th and 6th of January 2018. 160 post-
graduate residents in radiology from various institutions
across the country participated. The course was a grand
success and we thank God for blessing our efforts.

Academics APRICOT 2018 – REPORT
Annual post graduate Radiology and Imaging
Comprehensive Teaching Programme (APRICOT) is an
annual series of two day teaching programme geared
towards teaching PG students and practicing Radiologists
preparing for exams. It specifically revises important
theory topics in a rapid review mode and then simulates
the practical exam to a high degree of fidelity. Apricot is a
sincere and established outreach by the faculty members
of the Department of Radiodiganosis, Govt. Medical
College, Calicut to aid exam going Post graduate
Students and Radiologist.

The programme has its inception in the year 2014. Initially
it was conducted for only one day, but due to
overwhelming response and requests from the attendees
we are conducting it as a two day programme from 2015
onwards, with limited uptake of 50 candidates.
It includes extensive and in-depth review of topics in
radiology in a system wise manner with display of
important spotters at the end of each sessions.
Candidates were evaluated during each of these spotters
sessions and top 8 candidates were selected for the final
quiz session.
Day 2 of apricot programme includes individual cases for
each candidate with detailed discussion of their cases in a
viva based manner as well as discussion of companion
cases. This will provide an opportunity for the candidates
to experience a practical model exam and viva before his
actual exam, which can build ones confidence.

Programme highlights
System wise revision of the radiology topics by
experienced teachers and faculties.
Display of over 250 spotters.
Grand quiz with exciting prizes.
Practical model exam.
Apricot book .

Academics

Academics KREST Kochi

KREST Kochi conducted 2 day Radiology post graduate
training program at IMA House, Kochi on February 17th
and 18th of 2018. This was the 6th program organised by
KREST Kochi. The mark of KREST Kochi program being
the shared monitors enhanced the learning experience
significantly as commented by the delegates. Faculty
comprising of Prof. C. Amarnath, Prof. Chithanbaranath,
Prof. Sreekanth Murthy, Prof. N. L. N. Murthy, Prof.
Sreekumar K P, Prof. K V Rajagopal, Prof. Gomathy
Subramaniam, Prof. Rajesh Kannan, Prof. Rajeev Anand,
Prof. T. Kesavan, Prof. C. Kesavadas, Prof. Geena
Benjamin, Prof. Devadas Acharya, Prof. Sunithi Mani, Dr
Panneer Selvam, Dr Thara Pratap, Dr Manish Nair
covered all relevant areas and gave an increased level of
confidence for the delegates attended. Prof. Rajesh
Kannan & Prof. Balachandran Nair led the course in an
exemplary manner
The soft copy of the presentations & cases discussed are
hosted in the android mobile app KREST, available in the
Google Play store as well as in the web www.krest.in

Academics STAR PRIMER 2018
It is one of the unique well known successful annual
teaching course organised by the Stanley Medical
College precisely for exam going budding radiologists. It
is a 3 day refresher course for MD ,DMRD ,DNB exam
goers which indeed refreshes not only the subject but
also the student spirit to face the exam with confidence .

Aim of this three day intensive coaching programme is to
build upon the basic knowledge in radiology , in order to
assist final year post graduate candidates who is
preparing for their final examination .This CME provides
an opportunity for each delegate to participate in image
interpretation and discussion under expert guidance, and
ensures two way communication. Sessions are designed
to conform as closely as possible to the examination
format .

This year in 2018, it was conducted from 19 to
21st of January, which also crowned to be the best
refresher course among the students . Total of 400
registered candidates participated in this educational
program from all over India . Prof T. S. Swaminathan and ,
Prof. N. Kulasekaran inaugurated the course. Twenty four
eminent and efficient faculties of India notably Dr.
Lalendraupterti ,Dr. Varaprasad, Dr. Chidambaranathan
were able to take part in the three days of dedicated
interactive case based sessions and spotters sessions.
Besides, the high light of the program were lobby spotters
which accounts for about 90 spotters mounted every
single day as quiz session .There was also separate
digital display of about 150 (per day) spotters with
answers being displayed throughout the day. In a way to
confront the Tamil culture breakfast and lunch were
served in the traditional way using banana leaf .

Prize winners of quiz session were given Prof T. S.
Swaminathan award, Prof. N. Kulasekaran award and
Prof. J. R. Daniel award. All the candidates were provided
concise theory revision material, viva made easy book,
question bank (comprising of last 10 years DNB, MD and
DMRD question papers) and a radiology kit for exams.

Academics