21st MAHANEOCON 2025
6th WEST ZONE NEOCON 2025
📅 Date: 7th to 9th November 2025
📍 Venue: Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) - Pune
Host: Pune NNF
Co-Host: Armed Forces Medical Services Chapter of NNF, Pune IAP & Maharashtra State Chapter of NNF (MSC NNF)
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18th - 25th October 2025
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Date: 8th November 2025 (Saturday)
Perinatology
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM (25 MIN TALK + 5 MIN DISCUSSION)
| Topic | Speaker | Lead Discussants/Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| Antenatal Interventions to improve neonatal outcomes!! | Dr. Kavita Sreekumar |
Dr. P. D. Pote, Dr. Deepali Ambike |
| Golden hour management - What is new? | Dr. Ashish Mehta |
Dr. P. D. Pote, Dr. Deepali Ambike |
Ethics
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM (PANEL DISCUSSION)
| Panel Discussion | Moderator | Panelists |
|---|---|---|
| Ethical Dilemmas in NICU: - Case based approach | Dr. Kishore Sanghvi |
Dr. Anitha Haribalkishna, Dr. Biraj Thakkar, Dr Sunil Gavhane, Dr. Sandeep Bokhare Patil, Dr. Vishal Gohil |
Plenary session - 'Tiny Guts, Big Questions!'
10:15 AM TO 11:15 AM (25 MIN TALK + 5 MIN DISCUSSION)
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| Neonatal Microbiome – Relation to Neonatal disorders | Dr. Sourabh Dutta | Dr. Jayashree Mondkar, Dr. Ruchi Nanavati |
| Probiotics will the controversy ever end? | Dr. Sanjay Patole | - |
11:15 AM to 12 PM
Inauguration & Felicitation of distinguished west zone dignitaries
Inauguration & Felicitation of distinguished west zone dignitaries
12.00 PM to 12.10 PM
Life time achievement award from MSC NNF
Life time achievement award from MSC NNF
Well-being
12.10 PM to 12.30 PM
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| Give 'Life' to our 'Lives' – Prioritising personal wellbeing in a doctors' life | Dr. V. C. Manoj | Dr. Manoj Zalte, Dr. Mahesh Sulakshane |
Nutrition - shaping neonatal outcomes
12.30 – 01.15 PM (PANEL DISCUSSION)
| Panel Discussion | Moderator | Panelists |
|---|---|---|
| Best Nutritional strategies to optimize outcomes in critical neonates | Surg VAdm Sheila Mathai (Retd) |
Dr. Gunjana Kumar, Dr. Anish Pillai, Dr. Neeraj Gupta, Dr. Ramesh Choudhary, Dr. Shwetal Bhat |
LUNCH 1:15 PM TO 2:00 PM
Neurology - The Great Debate
2.00 – 2.30 PM (Debate)
| Topic | Speakers | Moderator |
|---|---|---|
|
Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy: To Cool or Not Cool? (12 min+12 min) |
Dr. Kiran More (YES - TO COOL), Dr. Sameer Shaikh (NO- NOT TO COOL) |
Dr. Somshekhar Nimbalkar |
Key Note address
2.30 – 3.00 PM (25 minutes talk and 5 minutes discussion each)
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| KMC and its role in respiratory and hemodynamic stability | Dr. Arvind Sehgal | Dr. Rekha Udani |
T20 Talks – Short Innings, Lasting Impact
3.00 – 4. 00 PM (One hour: Eight minutes per talk focussed questions and answers - Not more than 8
slides per talk)
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hypernatremic dehydration: Management algorithm | Dr. Nitu Mundra |
Dr. Surender Bisht, Dr. Prashant Udavant, Dr. Sanjay Lalwani |
| 2. Newer AAP charts for Jaundice; applicability to Indian setting | Dr. Sankalp Dudeja | |
| 3. Metabolic Bone Disease: Diagnosis and intervention | Dr. Rakesh Kumawat | |
| 4. Immunization in preterm: Need to standardize | Dr. Rahul Verma | |
| 5. Thyroid screening in Preterm | Dr. Sanju Reddy | |
| 6. Persistent / Refractory Hypoglycemia: Management algorithm | Dr. A. Amol Girwalkar |
Newer Perspectives in Neonatology – 1
4.00 – 4.45 PM (20 minutes talk + 5 min discussion)
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| Neonat-Ai-logy: Pioneering the next frontier in Neonatal care | Surg RAdm Girish Gupta (Retd) | Dr. Lalan Bharati, Dr. Sudhir Malwade |
| RSV Prophylaxis in Indian setting (Sponsored talk by Dr. Reddy's Lab Ltd.) | - | Dr. Lalan Bharati, Dr. Sudhir Malwade |
Newer Perspectives in Neonatology - 2
4.45pm - 5.30 pm (20 minutes talk + 5 MIN discussion)
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| POCUS in sudden deterioration – Case based Approach | Dr. Shivanand Gauns | Dr. Pradeep Suryawanshi, Dr. Sagar Lad |
| Diagnosis of sepsis by molecular methods – where are we? | Dr. Swati Manerkar | Dr. Pradeep Suryawanshi, Dr. Sagar Lad |
GBM 6 pm to 7 pm
Banquet (7.30 pm Onwards)
Date: 9th November 2025 (Sunday)
Quality Care in NICU
8.30 am to 9.40 am (20 min talk + 10 min discussion at the end of session)
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| Establishing Human milk banks in tier 2 cities: need and challenges | Dr. Sushma Nangia |
Brig PK Sarkar (Retd), Dr. Shailaja Mane, Dr. Sanjay Natu |
| Respiratory management of Established BPD | Dr. Vinay Joshi | |
| Antibiotic crisis: the way forward | Dr. L.S. Deshmukh |
High Risk Follow-up
9.40 AM– 10.20 AM (Panel discussion)
| Panel Discussion | Moderator | Panelists |
|---|---|---|
| Follow-up of the NICU graduate | Lt Gen Shankar Narayanan (Retd) |
Brig Vandana Negi (Retd), Col. RK Thapar (Retd), Surg Capt Vivek Bhat, VR Surgeon of AFMS, Col. Ashutosh Kumar |
Mixed bag 1
10.20 AM – 11.30 AM (Each talk 20 min talk + 10 min Discussion at the end )
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| 'How to improve Neurological outcomes in ELBW neonates? | Surg VAdm Sheila Mathai(Retd) |
Lt Gen Shankar Narayan (Retd), Air Cmde Shamsher Dalal |
| Medicolegal issues in NICU | Dr. Rahul Yadav | |
| Neonatal Skin – a window for systemic disorders | Dr. Atul Kulkarni |
11.30 AM- 12.30 noon PROF SIMIN IRANI ORATION
| Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|
| Dr. Sachin Shah | Dr. Sanjay Aher, Dr. Amit Tagare |
12.30 pm to 1 pm
Felicitation of senior veteran neonatologists of Armed Forces
Felicitation of senior veteran neonatologists of Armed Forces
Lunch 1 pm to 1.40 pm
Mixed Bag 2
1.40pm – 2.50 PM (Each talk 20 min talk + 10 min Discussion at the end)
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| Neonatal shock – Update | Dr. Mohit Sahani |
Maj Gen MNG Nair (Retd), Maj Gen Uma Raju (Retd), Surg RAdm Girish Gupta (Retd) |
| Neonatal Genomics: Advances, Application & Impact on early Pediatric care | Lt Col Aradhana Dwivedi | |
| Demystifying health policies for newborns | Brig K Venkatanarayan |
Focussed talks
2.45 pm to 3.30pm (15 min each)
| Topic | Speaker | Chairperson |
|---|---|---|
| Prevention of Acute kidney Injury in Neonates | Brig Vishal Vishnu Tewari | - |
| Understanding Principles of Quality improvement in neonatal care through lived experience | Dr. Kedar Swaleshwarkar | |
| Neonatal Anemia and Transfusion guidelines | Dr. Jaikishan Mittal |
3.30pm
Valedictory and closing remarks
Valedictory and closing remarks