Meetings

Chairperson -  Dr Shilpa sharma  ; Secretary - Dr Anju Gambhir

EC members- Rakesh Bhargava, Akshay Pratap, Simmi Rattan, Manu Arora, Niyaz Ahmed.

MONTHLY MEETING OF IAPS- DELHI STATE CHAPTER (15.02.2020)

Dear All.

The first Delhi Chapter of IAPS meeting of the year 2020 was held at RML Hospital and ABVIMS on 15/02/2020

There were over 50 people including the Residents who were present. However, Prof. Amita Sen who could not attend on account of dual fractures was missed

After lunch organised by the hosts, the following topics were presented well and good discussions followed.

                                                  MEETING OF IAPS- DELHI STATE CHAPTER (15.02.2020)

TIME EVENT

1pm - 2pm LUNCH

 2pm - 3:30pm

Presentations

Presenter

“Obstructive Cholangiopathy?” Diagnostic Dilemna Dr. ARNAB KUMAR SAHA

 “Major pancreatic trauma- conservative management” Dr. DIVYA

 “Unusual presentation of MCDK  with Pyoperitoneum Dr. ANIRUDH SHARMA

 “CDH Vs Eventration: a diagnostic dilemma” Dr. CHETNA KHANNA

 3:30pm – 4pm

General body meeting of IAPS

4pm TEA

 Following the clinical presentation, a short GBM was held.
The Secretary Dr. Anju Gambhir welcomed the incoming President Dr. Shilpa Sharma and congratulated the outgoing President Prof SR Choudhury for an excellent tenure held by him. The Secretary then congratulated Dr. Rakesh Bhargava on his recovery from a recent MI and welcomed his presence.

Since we do not have a permanent address of Delhi IAPS chapter Office, we have not been able to register the body till date, nor get a PAN card. Hence it was decided that Office of the Delhi IAPS Chapter shall be housed at C-8/50, Sector 8 Rohini, Delhi 110085 at the clinic of Dr. Anju Gambhir. This was decided by raise of hands of all members present there. There was a suggestion of an annual payment for the same but nothing was finalised.

It was also decided to rename the Chapter as Pediatric Surgery association of Delhi or Association of Pediatric Surgeons of Delhi, since we cannot register the body with the word India or Indian in it (At present the word IAPS  in Delhi Chapter of IAPS, when expanded starts as Indian) since it implies it to be a Pan India body.

The next meeting is  on 25/04/2020 at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya as reqested by  Dr. Mamta Sengar who heads the Department there.

On account of recent involvement with an elder's sickness at home followed by demise, I apologise for the delay in sending this mail. Kindly excuse.

Wish you all        A VERY HAPPY HOLI    in advance

Kind Regards to all

Dr. Anju Gambhir

20/04/2020

Dear All,

On account of the ongoing lockdown, the meeting scheduled for 25/04/2020 at CNBC Hospital stands cancelled. Next date shall be announced shortly.

Till then, keep safe, keep healthy.

Best wishes to all

Kind regards.

Anju Gambhir

Dear All,

After a long hiatus,  the Delhi Association of  Pediatric Surgeons came together  for a  virtual  meeting. Prior to this the last meeting was held at  Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences  on 15/02/2020

2020 has not been good as far as any  Association activities of the Delhi Pediatric  Surgeons are concerned. CORONA ensured that!!!. However,  at the  National  level,  many  Webinars  continued and learning was on.

September is  Childhood Cancer Awareness month.  In association with Rajiv Gandhi Cancer  Institute and  Research  Center  and under the  aegis of the  Delhi Association of Pediatric Surgeons  a virtual meeting on Zoom  was conducted on 12/09/2020 from 2 - 4 pm. Dr. Shalini  Mishra  Nee Shalini  Sinha graciously  organized and  hosted the meeting. Participants  included  members of the  Delhi and  even  National  IAPS  since it was a virtual meeting as well  as members of the  PHO ( Pediatric  Hematology Oncology) group who had lent their Zoom  Id to  enable the meeting. There were  nearly  100 participants,  a good  attendance indeed.

Topic for the  day was Management of Genitourinary Rhabdomyosarcoma. Eminent speakers disseminated their knowledge on various  aspects of the  condition.

The meeting started with a welcome note by  the Delhi Association of Pediatric  Surgeons (DAPS)  secretary  Dr. Anju Gambhir and a word of  welcome from  Dr. Shilpa  Sharma,  chair of DAPS as well.

Prof Sandeep  Agarwala from  AIIMS  Delhi delivered the first talk on Paratesticular RMS. An interesting interaction from the  audience all over ensued.
Following this,  Prof. Sajid Qureshi from  Tata Memorial  Cancer  Institute  Mumbai  spoke lucidly on Bladder and Prostate  RMS. This too was well  received and a lively  discussion  followed

Dr. Shalini Mishra then proceeded to discuss Vaginal  RMS and fielded queries from  the participants.

The session  ended with the last talk by Dr. Kundan Singh  Chufal on the  role of Radiation  therapy in the  treatment of Genitourinary  RMS. Audience continued with  active interaction.

Prof V Bhatnagar  gave  his  expert comments towards the end.

Cancer survivors and their guardians some
of who are active  volunteers with the  Childhood Cancer Support  Group ( RGCIRC) AASHAYEIN then lightened the mood with their beautiful  dance and other interactions

All in all, the inability of the members of DAPS to meet during the preceding 6 months was taken care of to an extent by the  excellent  academic feast flavoured by the discussions that ensued

Dr. Anju Gambhir then  proposed a  vote of thanks to the  organizers Dr. Shalini  Mishra and the  PHO Secretary  Dr. Sunil Bhat for being  gracious enough to lend their  Zoom  id as platform , the  speakers  Prof Sandeep  Agarwala,  Prof Sajid Qureshi
and also the audience for their  patient and active  involvement. Final thanks was to the  AASHAYEIN team for their  good work and spirit.

Shall covey convey the theme for the Pediatric  Surgery  Awareness week this year as decided  by National  IAPS asap.

Till then.
Take care
Stay safe.

Kind regards.
Anju Gambhir

07/11/2020

Dear All,

Hope all are safe and well. Please do take extra care of your family during these times as Delhi is soaring with cases.

 MAMC organized a wonderful CME on Ethics in DSD. The efforts of the team under the leadership of Prof Simmi Rattan were applaudable. The team consisted of  Dr Shasanka S Panda (Asso. Prof.) Dr Sujoy Neogi (Asso. Prof.) Dr Chiranjeev Kumar (Asst. Prof.) and  Dr Prafull Kumar (CMO NFSG)  along with jubilant residents who could manage the online program smoothly.

The program was attended by nearly 100 delegates, about 80 stayed through the whole program. There was very good discussion on each topic by eminent professionals in the field.

 For those of you who missed it, please find the You tube link below that will be active in a while.

https://youtu.be/-nbdMqWvoH0

 Please find the Program here so that you may see the link accordingly 

  Date: 7th November 2020 (Saturday)

 Time: 11:30 AM – 14:00 PM 

 Theme: Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) -- Error Traps 

Welcome address by Secretary, Delhi IAPS 1

 DSD terminologies and error traps in diagnosis Dr Simmi K Ratan

 Ethical issues in DSD — Error traps Dr Shilpa Sharma 

Medical management of DSD — Error traps Dr Samir Acharya 

Chair : Dr Sangeeta Yadav 

DSD: Challenges in sex of rearing & surgical options Dr M Bajpai 

 Index case of DSD – Error traps in Management Dr Mamta Sengar 

Panel Dr DK Gupta Dr Amita Sen Dr Roy Choudhury Dr Satish Aggarwal 

 Index case of DSD – Error traps in Management Dr Meera Luthra 

 Historical anecdotes in DSD: Management error or media buzz Dr Vijay Kumar Kundal

 Dr Anju Gambhir Dr Ravi Kale 

Valedictory & GBM by President, Delhi IAPS Organizing Committee: 

Chairperson -  Dr Shilpa sharma  ; Secretary - Dr Anju Gambhir

EC members- Rakesh Bhargava, Akshay Pratap, Simmi Rattan, Manu Arora, Niyaz Ahmed.

05/06/2021

Dear  All,

 It was a pleasure meeting you all in the virtual meet on Saturday 5/6/21 after a long time and after going through stressful times. The social meet provided a platform  to lighten the mood and celebrate the enormous talent in our midst. We have so many hidden gems who would not have surfaced if Corona had not appeared and changed the entire working environment.

The atmosphere was highly informal and we enjoyed listening to melodious songs sung by DRS.. SR Choudhury, Rakesk bhargava, Kapil Vidhyarthi and Shalini Misra. Infact the opening song was one composed and sung by  Dr. Roy Choudhury and everyone accompanied him in his rendition of Jai Ho by AR Rehman. 

 Dr. Rakesh Handa then spread the aroma  and taste of flowers, foliage and fruits from his home garden and farm through a beautiful collection of patiently taken pictures of them all. Dr. Manu Arora took us all to a Safari in Kenya through his lens and vivid descriptions of his shots. Dr. Harshwardhan whose photographic skills we are well aware of gave us excellent  insights into life in Rajasthan and its culture with a gamut of candid and other specific pictures taken in his inimitable professional way.

 There was much more to come. We observed the dexterity and ease with which Dr. Deepak Bagga performed difficult Yoga Asanas in scenic surroundings all across the country through pictures taken beautifully by his wife Dr. Poonam. Dr. Simmi whose love for tea I know too well, exhorted the humble 'chai ka cup' so well that the poetess amongst us all came to the fore.   Dr Ravi Kale and his daughter Riddhi who are affiliated with Global Dhyaan Foundation brought in serene moments with Riddhi taking us all through guided meditation and mantra chanting.

Dr. Amita Sen took us back in time with her Archeology secrets by giving us detailed information  on BhimBhetka Caves, Humayun,s tomb and Mughal Miniature and enhancing her description by the history attached to all.  Last but not the least Dr. Devendra introduced us to a new instrument Melodica by playing beautifully on it.

The mixed platter was very delightful and each serving was lapped up by all. All in all it was a delightful evening. We  had planned for two hours but how it went beyond three hours no one realised.  All those who could not join in were missed, and they too missed. 

We plan to have another social meet soon on the same Zoom platform, and would request more people to join in then. The more , the merrier. Also hope to witness more talent through all sections, old and younger to present their skills in the next meet.

Kind regards to all

Anju Gambhir

Secretary DAPS

01/11/2021

Dear All,

PFA Newsletter for November 2021 from National IAPS

We extend our heartiest greetings to you all and your families on Diwali, the festival of lights and pray that it lights up your lives and brings happiness to all.                               

As conveyed to all already by Dr. Shilpa, the executive were of the consensus that  elections of DAPS be postponed for a minimum of 6 months since we cannot have them without a proper meeting. Also online elections would be very costly to hold.

Hope to see you all sometime soon.

Till then, enjoy the festivities and keep safe

Best wishes and kind regards.

Anju Gambhir                                                                                    Shilpa Sharma

Secretary DAPS                                                                                President DAPS

Chairperson - Dr Shilpa sharma 

Secretary - DR Anju Gambhir

EC members- Rakesh Bhargava,Akshay Pratap, Simmi Ratan,Manu Arora, Niyaz Ahmed

Dear DAPS members,

We would like to thank you all for your immense support during the last few years. We would like to extend a warm welcome to the new team that WILL take over from January 2023. 

Dr Alpana Prasad Chairman, Dr Prashant Jain Secretary, Dr Shilpa Sharma Past Chairman, Dr Anju Gambhir Chairman Elect 

EC members-  Ashish Prasad, Sameer Acharya, Shandip Sinha, Rajat Piplani, Shalu Shah.

 DAPS has 130 members currently.The new DAPS members of 2022 are Noorullah, Aparajita Mitra, Mrinal Arora, Divya Bhadoo, Alisha Gupta. Welcome to the DAPS Family.

Highlights of  Our Tenure

1. Updated Directory till Dec 2022.

2. DAPS logo designed by Dr Shilpa

3. Membership Certificates

4. Elections 2022

5. Annual Conference with GBM 2022

6. Documents submitted for Registration  and PAN card

7. DAPS Calendar 2021 published and distributed from personal contribution of all EC members.

8. Public Awareness drives in all Delhi Hospitals on Pediatric Surgery Day 2022.

The DAPS Annual meeting was well attended by 150 delegates. It was telecast on zoom with an online registration of 250 and attendance of 80-100 at any time. There was ample discussion. The recordings have been edited to keep the quality high and will be shared soon.

I hereby thank my supportive and dynamic team of Secretary Anju Gambhir, my EC Rakesh Bhargava, Manu Arora, Akshay Sharma, Simmi Ratan, Niyaz Ahmed and  all  DAPS members for a fruitful tenure as Chairman DAPS.

A warm welcome to DAPS EC 2023

kind regards,

 Shilpa Sharma and Anju Gambhir 

Chairperson - Dr Alpana Prasad ; Secretary - DR Prashant Jain

EC members- Dr Shandip Sinha ;Dr Sameer Acharya ;Dr Ashish Prasad;Dr Rajat Piplani;Dr Shalu shah

Clinical meeting at Safdarjung Hospital on 04/03/2023.

 The meeting was well attended by around 50 delegates. The highlights of the meeting were -:

 1. The hands on workshop on Minimal Access Paediatric Surgery.

 2. Felicitation of founding members of Department of Paediatric Surgery at SJH (Prof. Sumita Mallick, Prof. Dr. Rajeev Kulshesthra, , Prof. Deepak Bagga).

 3. This was followed by interesting and challenging case presentations by the Department of Paediatric surgery at SJH. The management of all the cases were well appreciated and discussed in detail.  

 We are thankful to Dr Archana Puri and Department of Paediatric Surgery SJH, for conducting the meeting at such a short notice.

 General Body Meeting -:

 1. Directory of DAPS will be updated. A google form will be sent individually to all the members. Everyone is requested to update their details and upload their recent photographs. 

 2. Live membership fees will be revised from Rs 1000/- to Rs 2500/-

 3. A quarterly E-newsletter will be prepared. It is requested from all the members to contribute towards the newsletter.

 4. A suggestion was made for planning an outdoor event (picnic/conference).

 5. Dr Mamata Sengar has agreed to host the next clinical meeting in the month of April at CNBC.  

Regards,

Dr Prashant Jain

Secretary

DAPS

Dear all,

The monthly meeting of Delhi Association of Pediatric surgeons (DAPS) was organized by Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalya (CNBC), New Delhi on 6th May, 2023. The meeting had a huge attendance of 74 delegates. 

The meeting started with the felicitation of Dr. Anup Mohta, past HOD of Department of pediatric surgery and Director of CNBC. 

This was followed by the Academic session, which included 4 interesting presentations. Two interesting case presentations  “An unusual neck swelling in an infant” and “Iatrogenic recto urethral fistula” were discussed. The department shared their experiences with “Mini PCNL in children” and long term follow up of Incontinence in female epispadias. 

Kindly note that the next DAPS meeting will be organized by the Department of Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology, BLK-MAX Super Speciality Hospital, on Saturday, 15th July 2023.

Requesting you all to block the date.

Regards,

Dr Prashant Jain

Secretary DAPS

Dear Members,

The DAPS monthly meeting was organized by the Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology department, BLK-MAX Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, held on 15th July at Hotel Jaypee Siddharth.

The meeting was well attended by 60 members and the highlights of the meeting were -:

1. Inauguration of the 1st edition of the quarterly newsletter 'DAPS Patrika' by senior members Dr V. Bhatnagar, Dr R Kulshreshtha and the Chairman Dr Alpana Prasad.

2. This was followed by interesting and challenging presentations by Dr Prashant Jain, Dr Ashish Prasad and Dr Raghav Narang.  The sessions were interactive and well appreciated.

Kindly note -: 

1. DAPS Annual Conference is being organized by the Department of Paediatric Surgery, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikasalaya, New Delhi from 12-13th August 2023. The topic for the meeting is ' Surgical Solutions for Childhood Urinary Incontinence'.

Kindly block your dates and register in large numbers. 

PFA -: DAPS patrika and photographs from the meeting and the clinical invite from CNBC.

regards,

Dr Prashant Jain

Secretary, DAPS

Dear DAPS members,

the DAPS Annual Conference 2023 WAS HELD on 12-13th August 2023 at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi. The theme of the conference WAs ' Surgical Solutions for Childhood Urinary Incontinence'. The conference haD interesting presentations by stalwarts of Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology. iT WAS a hybrid conference. 

Regards,

Kindly join me in Congratulating Dr Shilpa Sharma, Secretary-General and Treasurer, WOFAPS, and Chairman of RIPSS- Research and Innovation Paediatric Surgical Society (research section of IAPS) and the Department of Paediatric Surgery for success of the 8th Annual Conference of RIPSS- Research and Innovation Paediatric Surgical Society (research section of IAPS) and 8th International Conference on Stem Cells and Cancer (ICSCC2023) in association with the Delhi Association of Pediatric Surgeons (DAPS), held from 20-22/12/2023. 

DAPS is thankful to Dr Prof. DK Gupta and Dr M Srinivas, Dean, AIIMS NEW DELHI for releasing the second edition of 'DAPS Patrika". I request all the members to contribute for the next edition of the Patrika.

Sending you a few glimpses of the event and the online copy of the second edition of the 'DAPS Patrika' 

Regards,

Dr. Prashant Jain

Secretary, DAPS

Chairperson - Dr Anju Gambhir ; Secretary - DR Prashant Jain

EC members- Dr Shandip Sinha ;Dr Sameer Acharya ;Dr Ashish Prasad; Dr Rajat Piplani;Dr Shalu shah

MINUTES OF DAPS CLINICAL MEETING ON 06/06/2024

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY, AIIMS NEW DELHI

Department of Pediatric surgery, AIIMS organised DAPS Clinical meeting on Saturday 06/04/2024. The meeting was well attended by around 50 delegates.

Highlights of DAPS meetings were:

1. The academic session included five interesting academic presentations of challenging and rare conditions managed successfully. Particularly, a very well appreciated challenging case of lung malformation managed through video assisted thoracoscopic excision was presented.

2. Dr Prabudh presented an enlightening session and engaged in a debate regarding the consent process of genitalia examination during the outpatient visit. 

3. Dr Shilpa presented an overview about the Inaugural world pediatric Surgery Day-7th April 2024.

4. This was followed by the GBM.

a. Dr Alpana Prasad successfully completed her tenure as Chairperson, and Dr Anju Gambhir assumed the role of Chairperson of DAPS executive committee 2024.

b. Dr Archana Puri has been unanimously appointed as the Chairperson-Elect of the DAPS for the year 2025-26.

c. Department Of Pediatric Surgery, Safdarjung Hospital, under the leadership of Dr Archana Puri will host the annual DAPS meeting.

d. The upcoming clinical meeting will be organised by Dr Niyaz in Rainbow Children’s Hospital.

e. There was an extensive discussion regarding the registration of the DAPS, for which the DAPS has to be renamed as per the provisions of the registration act. So with the consent of all the members the registration will be reapplied with a new name ie – NCR-APS

f. All the senior members were encouraged to add new members especially the recent pass outs to strengthen the association and facilitate the funding for various activities.

g. All members were requested to contribute to the next edition of the ‘DAPS Patrika’.

Regards,

Dr Prashant Jain

Secretary, DAPS

Dear Members,

MINUTES OF DAPS CLINICAL MEETING ON 10/08/2024

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital, Malviya Nagar, organized the DAPS Clinical meeting on Saturday 10/08/2024. Around 58 delegates well attended the meeting.

Highlights of DAPS meetings were:

1. The academic session included four interesting academic presentations of challenging and rare conditions managed successfully. 

2. Dr. Chandroday presented interesting cases of Juvenile ossifying fibroma and a case of Antenatal Hydrocolpos.

3. There was a very engaging discussion led by Dr. Bhatnagar on the presentation of complicated Appendicitis, all members presented their views regarding the conservative vs surgical management of acute appendicitis.

4. Dr. Niyaz presented interesting radiological imaging of esophageal perforation and a magnetic foreign body.

4. This was followed by the GBM -:

a.  The upcoming clinical meeting will be organised in the month of September, by the Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Dellhi.

b. Department Of Pediatric Surgery, Safdarjung Hospital, will host the annual DAPS meeting in the month of December.

regards,

Dr. Prashant Jain

Secretary, DAPS

Dear Sir,

The Annual Conference of DAPS, was organized by the Department of Paediatric Surgery, VMMC, and Safdarjung Hospital, on 21st  and 22nd Dec 2024. The theme for the conference was ' Paediatric Surgical diseases leading to Kidney and Liver Failure - The road ahead ' 

The conference was well attended by around 50 members and featured expert discussions and presentations addressing current challenges and future perspectives in the management of paediatric surgery diseases leading to Kidney and Liver Failure.

PFA the flyer and the pictures from the conference.

regards,

Dr Prashant Jain,

Secretary 

DAPS

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