Scientific Program

AB Wall Tribe Summit 2026 Scientific Program

Scientific Program PDF
  • Pre-Conference

    13 March 2026

  • Day 01

    14 March 2026

  • Day 02

    15 March 2026

INGUINAL HERNIA

Venue: KIMS Hospital

VENTRAL HERNIA

Venue: Sparsh Hospital

TIME TOPICS SPEAKER
08:30 - 09:05 am MESH MARVELS – EVERYTHING ABOUT MESHES
Chairpersons: Dr. Sriharsha B, Dr. Sunil Kumar Alur, Dr. Rashmiranjan Sahoo, Dr. Pari Muthukumar, Dr. Kiran K J

Polypropylene/polyester
Role of self-fixating mesh in extra peritoneal repair
Composite meshes
Standardizing tacking to reduce fixation errors in IPOM + procedures
Dr. Chandrashekhar
Dr. Lakshmi Kona
Dr. Monika Joshi
Dr. Wasim M Dhar
09:10 - 09:30 am THE AWR BLUEPRINT
Chairpersons: Dr. Sapna Purushottam, Dr. Srikantiah, Dr. Rajesh Mahida, Dr. Durai Ravi

The abdominal wall revisited
Reimagining the groin
Dr. Sharad Sharma
Dr. Ashwin Thangavelu
09:30 - 10:15 am THE HERNIA CHECKLIST
Moderator: Dr. Anmol Ahuja

Panelists:
Dr. Abhishek Tiwari
Dr. Harish Kakkilaya
Vishnupriya (Physiotherapist)
Dr. Rohan Naik (Pulmonologist)
Dr. Jyothi (Anesthetist)
Archana (Dietician)
10:15 -11.05 am THE AWR ERGONOMIC STUDIO
Chairpersons: Dr. Manjunath Haridas, Dr. Bhaskaran A, Dr. Manish Joshi, Dr. Sandip Ray, Dr. Debashis Pattanaik

ETEP inguinal
ETEP RS
TAPP inguinal - Lap and Robotic
TAPP/ rTAPP ventral and TARUP
IPOM plus and safe peritoneal access
Lateral / Subxiphoid Hernias
Dr. Shivani Sood
Dr. Sabari Girieasen
Dr. Anirudh Reddy
Dr. Dhananjay Pandey
Dr. Neeraj Rayate
Dr. Saurabh Misra
11:05 -11:35 am PLENARY TALK
Chairpersons:Dr. Mushtaq Qureshi, Dr. Prem Kumar A, Dr. Vikram S Biligiri, Dr. Muralidhar Kathalagiri, Dr. Ameet Kumar

SWOT – you and your practice..(following footprints)
Dr. Ramana Balasubramaniam
11:35 - 11:45 am COLOUR CODED SURGERY
Dr. Somyaa Khuller
11:45 - 11:55 am THE ART OF FASCIAL CLOSURE
Dr. Vishakha Kalikar
11:55 - 12:35 pm HERNIA 911
Chairpersons: Dr. Uttam Thakur, Dr. Madan Mariyappa, Dr. Sriramulu P N, Dr. Sandeep Murali, Dr. Keyur Yagnik

Handling hernia in emergencies
PRS rupture
Leaking abdomen: CLD with obstructed hernia
Role of Robotics in acute care hernia surgeries
Dr. Deepak Subramanian
Dr. Rahul Mahadar
Dr. Sandeep Sabnis
Dr. Arun Prasad
12:35 - 01:25 pm SmAWRter COURSE
Dr. Ashvind Bawa
Dr. Vinayak Mishra
01:25 - 02:25 pm THE FIGHT CLUB – THE TECHNIQUE SMACKDOWN

Chairpersons: Dr. Anjanappa, Dr. Sreedhara V, Dr. Sameer Rege, Dr. Nikhil Oswal, Dr. Vivek Gupta

Inguinal
- Open
- Lap
- Robotic

Primary Ventral 3.5 cm
- Open
- IPOM plus
- Preperitoneal

Prophylactic repair in contralateral hernia
- for
- against





Dr. Naveen Alexander
Dr. Mahesh Channappa
Dr. Suprashant Kulkarni


Dr. Shrikant Patro
Dr. Shivanshu Mishra
Dr. Bharath B


Dr. Mushtaq Qureshi
Dr. Nitin Rimmalapudi
02:25 - 03:55 pm THE BIG TICKET

Chairpersons: Dr. Sunil Kumar V, Dr. Sharad Sharma, Dr. Vivek Bindal, Dr. Bharathi H, Dr. Sreekar Pai

Parastomals
EC fistulas with hernias
Reverse TAR
Prophylactic mesh reinforcement during laparotomy closure

Subcostal Hernia
TARM
E TEP Access
ICG in AWR
The Big Fat Hernia
Dr. Sameer Rege
Dr. Ramesh Punjani
Dr. Jignesh Gandhi
Dr. Kanagavel Manickavasagam
Dr. Rajesh Srivastava
Dr. Abhimanyu Kapoor
Dr. Rajesh Mahida
Dr. Keyur Yagnik
Dr. N K Dukkipatti
04:00 - 04:40 pm HERNIA PANEL

Moderator: Dr. Kalaivani V

Panelists:
Dr. Vani Vijay
Dr. Anupama Pujar
Dr. Deepthi Thakkar
Dr. Vishakha Patil
Dr. Preethi Mrinalini
Dr. Latha Bhoir
04:45 - 05:45 pm AB WALL PREMIER LEAGUE Quiz Master
Dr. Naveen Alexander
05:45 - 06:10 pm PLENARY TALK
Common Sense In Surgery
Chairpersons: Dr. Arvind Gubbi, Dr. Prabhakara G N, Dr. Ramesh Punjani

Dr. C S Rajan
06:10 - 06:30 pm INAUGURATION
06:30 - 07:15 pm AWRSC GBM
TIME TOPICS SPEAKER
08:00 - 09:00 am XRAD
AWRSC EC MEETING
Dr. Ankit Mishra
09:15 - 10:10 am AWRSC HENIFORD GRANT SESSION
Chairpersons: Dr. Arun C M, Dr. Subhash R C, Dr. Mayank Gupta, Dr. Sabari Girieasen, Dr. Nabeel Nazeer

Rescue for peritoneal tears in Carolinas crossover
Lap management of strangulated bowel with tackling of
unusual situations in defect enlargement and closure
Recurrent Inguinal Hernia Repair simplified
Tips to handle difficulties in recurrent hernias by MIS
When the mesh misbehaves
Inferior epigastrics : what happens when you cut them?
Early intra-operative recognition and safe completion of
E-TEP RS after enterotomy
Difficulty meter in laparoscopic mesh explants after IPOM
Linea alba injury in eTEP RS crossover
Dr. Priyanka Shinde
Dr. Nitin Baste

Dr. Kedar Patil
Dr. Shobana Mohandoss
Dr. Subbaiah T S
Dr. Sai Bharat Sunkara
Dr. Gudisay Sam Vivek

Dr. Tharun Ganapathy
Dr. Satya Kumar Barla
10:10 - 10.30 am PLENARY TALK
The Road less travelled
Chairpersons: Dr. Jignesh Gandhi, Dr. Rajesh Shrivastava, Dr. Vijaya G
Dr. Vivek Bindal
10:30 -11.50 am LOSS OF DOMAIN
Chairpersons: Dr. Shrikant Kulkarni, Dr. Venkata Narasimhan, Dr. Naveen Alexander, Dr. Kanagavel

LOD optimization
Fasciotens
TAR
ACST
Bridging in AWR
Sac Preservation
The AWR No touch
LOD with obstructed hernia
Dr. Parthasarthy G
Dr. Pramod Shinde
Dr. Vishakha Kalikar
Dr. Sreeram Seshadhri
Dr. Ganesh Shenoy
Dr. Debashish Pattnaik
Dr. Pawanindra Lal
Dr. Srikrishna Das
11:50 -12:30 am THE DARK SIDE OF AWR : PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Dr. Prem Kumar Balachandran

Panelists:
Dr. Pawanindra Lal
Dr. Jayadatt Pawar
Dr. Aakash Patel
Dr. Anupam Goel
Dr. K J Kiran
Dr. Saravanan Nanjappan
12:30 - 01:00 pm THE AWR JUGAAD
Chairpersons: Dr. Bharath Konan, Dr. Niranjan P Dr. Gaurav Prasad, Dr. Anmol Ahuja, Dr. Ramesh T S

Dr. Joyner Abraham
Dr. Aditya kumar
Dr. Nikhitha
Dr. Sharmin Dossa
Dr. Aakash Patel
Dr. Janki Patel
01:00 - 01:15 pm Open abdomen
Chairpersons: Dr. Ravishankar H R
Dr. Sanjay Sonar
01:15 - 01:30 pm Paediatric Hernias
Chairpersons:Dr. Jeevak Shetty, Dr. Ravishankar H R
Dr. Diwakar Gaddi
01:30 - 02:05 pm AB WALL ROBOTICS
Chairpersons: Dr. Manohar, Dr. Ashwini Kudri, Dr. Somyaa Khuller, Dr. Sreedhara V

rTAPP inguinal
rTApp Ventral
rETEP RS
TARUP
Dr. Mahak Bhandari
Dr. Ashish Krishna
TBA
Dr. Aritra Ghosh
02:05 - 02:15 pm INNOVATION IN WOUND CARE

Dr. Vivek Bindal
02:15 - 02:30 pm VALEDICTORY, PRIZE DISTRIBUTION, CLOSING CEREMONY

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