28th to 30th November 2021

Hybrid Conference at Ramada Colombo

& Oak Ray Regency Kandy

Register free for virtual sessions @ http://respire12.com

Limited physical Day registration Rs. 3000 Call College Office

participation Full registration Rs. 5000 011 2678201

Inauguration Ceremony on Dr. C. G. Uragoda Oration

Pre Congress Workshop
“ 28 November 5.45 pm onwards
th
“Vaccines; End Game
on Lung Function Testing
at Liberty Ballroom, of Covid 19”
with CREST, India
Ramada Colombo Prof. Neelika Malavige

DAY 1 - 29th NOVEMBER 2021

07.00 - BREAKFAST CAPSULE 01 HRCT what a pulmonologist wants - Answers from a Radiologist
08.00 Dr. Saman Kapilawansa Consultant Respiratory Physician, District General Hospital, Kalutara
Dr. Sumudu Palihawadana Consultant Radiologist, NHRD, Welisara By invitation only

08.00 - GUEST LECTURE 01 Lung cancer conundrums in COPD/ILD

08.40 Prof Yoichi Nakanishi, President, Asia Pacific Respiratory Society, President Kitakyushu City Hospital Organisation, Japan

0840 -
SPONSOR MESSAGES
0845

0845- SYMPOSIUM 01 - Hall A Colombo Studio SYMPOSIUM 02 - Hall B Kandy Studio

1015 Obstructive Airway Diseases - COPD Respiratory infections

0845- ICS in COPD - to keep, or not to keep 0845- HAP HAZARD Prevention of Airborne Infections
0910 Dr. Kirthi Gunasekera, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Colombo in Buildings Consultant Clinical
Microbiologist and Infection Control Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha

0910- COPD exacerbation - out today in tomorrow 0905- Latent TB from guidelines to practice
0935 Prof. Chin Kook Ree St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul 0925 Dr. Eshanth Perera, Consultant Respiratory Physician, NHRD, Welisara

0925- Antibiotic resistance in a bundle

0935- COPD phenotypes does one size fit all
0945 Dr. P. K. Jain Chairman, College of Critical Medicine, Seth G S Medical
1000 Dr. Chathura Wirasinghe Consultant Respiratory Physician, College, Mumbai
DGH Nuwara Eliya

0945- Pulmonary Fungal infections in the covid pandemic

1000- Q&A 1005 Dr. Primali Jayasekera Consultant Mycologist, MRI Colombo
1015
1005- Q&A
1015
1015 -
1030 TEA

1035 - SYMPOSIUM 03 - Hall A Colombo Studio

1205 COVID 19

1035- Respiratory support in Covid pneumonia “When and which?”

1100 Prof. Rashan Haniffa Consultant in Intensive Care, University College Hospital, London

1100- Guidance on guidelines to COVID therapeutics

1125 Prof. Kev Dhaliwal Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine, Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland

1125- Post COVID lung diseases – New challenges to the pulmonologists

1150 Dr. Sujeet Rajan Consultant Respiratory Physician, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences and Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai

1150- Q&A
1205

1210 – INDUSTRY GUEST LECTURE 01 INDUSTRY GUEST LECTURE 02

1240 (Sponsored by Cipla) (Sponsored by Abbott)
Fibrosis in Covid Dr. Deepak Talwar Senior Consultant & Chairman Vaccines Dr. Raja Dhar Director & HOD department of pulmonology at the
Metro Respiratory Center of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine Metro Hospital, Noida, culcutta medical research institute
Delhi-NCR

1240 –
LUNCH
1310

1310 - SYMPOSIUM 04 - Hall A Colombo Studio SYMPOSIUM 05 - Hall B Kandy Studio

1440 Obstructive Airway Diseases - Asthma Sleep

1310- What is new in asthma excerpts from GINA Guidelines 1310- OSA phenotypes
1330 Dr. Roland Leung Specialist in Respiratory Medicine Hon Associate 1330 Dr. Renata L Riha Consultant in Sleep and Respiratory Medicine,
Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hon. Reader, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

1330- Difficult to manage Asthma The continuing challenge 1330- More than CPAP, sleep physician’s role in obesity
1350 Dr. Duminda Yasaratne Senior Lecturer and Consultant Respiratory 1350 management
Physician, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya Dr. H. C. Carol Huang Senior Staff Specialist Respiratory and
Sleep Medicine, Canberra Hospital
1350- Unexplained breathlessness explained
1410 Dr. Amitha Fernando Consultant Respiratory Physician, 1350- Managing OSA in a resource poor setting.
Central Chest Clinic/NHSL, Colombo 1410 Theory into practice - Dr. Nandika Harischandra
Consultant Respiratory Physician,TH Anuradhapura

1410- Mobbed by Mabs - A look at the evidence 1410- Circadian rhythm disorders and shifting times
1430 Dr. Keith Hattotuwa Consultant Respiratory Physician, Mid and South Essex 1430 Dr. Ian Smith Consultant Respiratory Physician
NHS Foundation Trust
Respiratory Support and Sleep Center, Royal Papworth Hospital Cambridge
1430- Q&A
1440 1430- Q&A
14.40
1440 - TEA
1500

1500 - SYMPOSIUM 06 - Hall A Colombo Studio SYMPOSIUM 07 - Hall B Kandy Studio

1630 Chronic lung disease- Beyond Pharmacotherapy Lung Cancer

1500- Nutrition in chronic respiratory diseases- 1500- Lung cancer diagnostics- tools of the trade
1525 an unmet need- Dr. Ahmad Rushdi 1525 Dr. Yamuna Rajapakse Consultant Respiratory
Consultant Nutrition Physician, NHSL, Colombo Physician, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya

1525- Home based pulmonary rehabilitation for 1525- Lung cancer treatment - beyond chemotherapy
1550 COPD in COVID era - Prof. Sally Singh 1550 Dr. Nimit Singhal
Head of cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Lyell
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust McEwin Hospital, Adelaide

1550- Managing breathlessness in end stage

1550- Lung cancer from resectability to operability
1615 respiratory disease- Dr. Tracy Smith
Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician, Westmead 1615 Dr. S Handagala Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, NHRD, Welisara
Hospital, University of Sydney

1615- Q&A
1615- Q&A 1630
1630
1630 -
Cardio pulmonary exercise testing - Mr. Joshua Barnes Health Care Scientist Respiratory Physiology Department Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
1715

DAY 2 - 30th NOVEMBER 2021

07.00 - BREAKFAST CAPSULE 02 EBUS – Dealing with the unexpected
08.00 Prof. Phan Tien Nguyen Consultant Respiratory , Physician, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital & Clinical Professor of Medicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide

08.00 - GUEST LECTURE 02 MIS C– Not to be missed

08.40 Dr. Nalin Kitulwatte Consultant Paediatric Intensivist, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo

0840 -
SPONSOR MESSAGES
0845

0845- SYMPOSIUM 08 - Hall A Colombo Studio SYMPOSIUM 09 - Hall B Kandy Studio

1015 Interstitial Lung Disease Research
0845- ILD; What is new in classification and clinical syndromes
0905 Prof. Azuma Arata Consultant Respiratory Physician, Nippon Medical 0845- Developing a questionnaire
School, Graduate school of Pulmonary Medicine, Tokyo 0910 Prof. Carukshi Arambepola Senior Lecturer, Department of
Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo
0905- HP a closer look and off the hook
0925 Dr. Deepak Talwar Senior Consultant & Chairman, Metro Respiratory
Center of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Metro Hospital, Noida, Delhi-NCR 0910- Validating a quality of life questionnaire
0935 Dr. Sathira Perera Scientia Doctoral Scholar,University of New South Wales
0925- CTD- ILD – from immune modulators to anti fibrotics
0945 –making the switch
Dr. Rachel Hoyles Consultant Respiratory Physician, Clinical Lead for the 0935- How to conduct a clinical audit in a Sri Lankan setting:
Oxford Interstitial Lung, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
1000 sharing experience from the STEMI registry
0945- Cryobiopsies in ILD – hip or hype Dr. Gotabhaya Ranasinghe Consultant Cardiologist, NHSL, Colombo
1005 Prof. Phan Tien Nguyen Consultant Respiratory, Physician, Physician,
Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital
1000- Panel discussion
1005- Q&A 1015
1015
1015 -
1030 TEA

1035 - SYMPOSIUM 10 - Hall A Colombo Studio SYMPOSIUM 11 - Hall B Kandy Studio

1205 Cough Paediatric Pulmonology
1035- Pathophysiology of cough
1035- Chronic cough in childhood
1055 Prof. Narendra Bhatta Head of Department, Pulmonary critical
care and Sleep Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences 1100 Dr. Channa de Silva Consultant Paediatric Pulmonologist,
Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital, Colombo

1055- How to approach chronic cough

1100- MSMD insights from a National Data Base
1115 Dr. Mohamed Ismail Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine,
India Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male 1125 Dr. Rajiva de Silva Consultant Immunologist
Head, Department of Immunology, Medical Research Institute of Sri Lanka,
Colombo
1115- New guidelines for chronic cough: what we know
1135 and what we don’t - Dr. Neranjan Dissanayake 1125- Approach to the breathless child
Consultant Respiratory Physician, PGH, Ratnapura
1150 Dr. Aruna Herath Consultant Paediatric Pulmonologist, Sirimavo
Bandaranayake Specialized Children’s Hospital Peradeniya
1135- Exercise and airway dysfunction, a sporting look
1155 Dr. Chaturanga Ranasinghe Senior Lecturer and Specialist in 1150- Q&A
Sports and Exercise Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
1205
1155- Q&A
1205

1210 – INDUSTRY GUEST LECTURE 03 INDUSTRY GUEST LECTURE 04

1240 (Sponsored by ResMed) (Sponsored by GSK)
Use of NIV – Lessons learnt from covid What’s New In Asthma Management - Fixed dose
Dr. Supraja K Consultant Pulmonologist, Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai therapy vs MART dosing - Prof. Norbert Berend, Emeritus Professor
University of Sydney

1240 –
LUNCH
1310

1310 - SYMPOSIUM 12 - Hall A Colombo Studio SYMPOSIUM 13 - Hall B Kandy Studio

1440 Critical Care Bronchiectasis

1310- How to minimize ventilator associated lung injury 1310- Inhaled steroids in Bronchiectasis -
1335 Dr. P K Jain Chairman, College of Critical Medicine, Seth G S 1335 too little evidence too much harm?
Medical College, Mumbai
Dr. Wathsala Gunasinghe Consultant Respiratory Physician,
NHRD, Welisara
1335- Insights into Prescription of oxygen
1400 Dr. Arpana Neopane Associate Professor in Medicine Kathmandu 1335- Bronchiectasis the SAD story (specific Ab deficiency)
Medical College
1400 the immunology of Bronchiectasis
1400- Severe Respiratory Failure, Covid and ECMO Prof. Suranjith Seneviratne Professor and Consultant in Clinical
Immunology and Allergy, Royal Free Hospital and University College London
1425 Dr. Sunny Kaul Consultant in intensive care and Respiratory Medicine Centre for Immunodeficiency
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

1400- Asthma, the fungal connection

1425- Q&A
1425 Dr. Thomas Brown Consultant Respiratory Physician,
1440 Portsmouth Hospitals,University NHS Trust

1425 - Q&A
1440

1440 - TEA
1500

1500 - SYMPOSIUM 14 - Hall A Colombo Studio SYMPOSIUM 15 - Hall B Kandy Studio

1630 Pulmonary Vasculature Pulmonary Radiology

1500- PHT : Know-How to recognize 1500- Radiological spectrum of COVID 19

1520 Dr. Aflah Sadikeen Consultant Respiratory Physician, 1525 Dr. Lalith Gamage Consultant Radiologist, National Hospital Kandy
Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Kalubowila

1520- Evaluating the right heart, the right choices 1525- The story continues - imaging in Post COVID and
1540 Dr. Charaka Hadinnapola Consultant Respiratory 1550 Long COVID - Dr. Bhavin Jankharia Consultant Radiologist,
Physician, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Royal Papworth Hospital, Partner and consultant at Picture This by Jankharia, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Cambridge

1540- CTEPH – the clot thickens

1550 Q&A
1600 Dr. Charaka Hadinnapola Consultant Respiratory Physician,
Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge 1600

1600- Pulmonary hypertension in ILDs: Lapses and overlaps

GUEST LECTURE 03
1620 Dr. Upul Pathirana Consultant Respiratory Physician, DGH, Trincomalee
1600- Year in review in Pleural Medicine
1630 Dr. Rakesh Panchal Consultant Respiratory Physician
1620- Q&A Lead Clinician for Pleural Diseases & Interventional Pulmonology
1630 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

1630-
CLOSING CEREMONY
1715

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