PRIME Academy

Terumo India partners with Medanta – The Medicity, for Advanced Perfusion Training Program

18th -19th January, 2017, Medanta-The Medicity Hospital Gurgaon, Haryana, India.

Cardiovascular Business and Medical Affairs, Terumo India

Overview

Throughout the modern era of cardiac surgery, most operations have been performed via

median sternotomy with cardiopulmonary bypass. This paradigm is changing, however, as

cardiovascular surgery is increasingly adopting minimally invasive, port access techniques.

Advances in patient evaluation, instrumentation, and operative and perfusion technique have

allowed surgeons, perfusionists perform a wide variety of complex operations through

smaller incisions. With patients desiring less invasive operations and the literature supporting

decreased blood loss, shorter hospital length of stay, improved postoperative pain leads to

better patient outcome.

Along with the broader perfusion community, perfusion is in the midst of an ongoing

evolution in technique. What began in the 1990s with the first reports of minimally invasive

valve surgery has spread to influence nearly every type of cardiovascular operation

performed today, and this evolution is being further spurred by the continuous training and

education.

Objective

Terumo India initiated PRIME academy (Perfusion Related Insights – Management and

Evidences) in academic partnership with Indian Society of extracorporeal technology ISECT

(only National Perfusion society across India) and CoE Medanta –The Medicity.

To meet the unmet needs of the perfusionists and bring the best of perfusion strategies in

port access, heart transplant and complex surgical repairs.

To incorporate the cutting edge evidence- based perfusion practice during the cardiac

surgeries.

Program

PRIME Academy has conducted its second “Advanced Perfusion Program” at one of the largest cardiac centers, Medanta-The Medicity, to get an exposure of an experienced faculty of Cardiac Surgeons, Anaesthesiologists, and Senior Perfusionists, with hands on training and comprehensive lectures through a well-structured program for 2 days.

Main attraction of the PRIME Scientific program was to develop better understanding of perfusion strategies in port access cardiac surgeries and heart transplant, blood conservation, cannulation techniques and clinical pharmacology in the special cases. Program highlight was an intermix of theoretical and practical sessions in operation theatres, case observations, clinical evidences in blood conservation, performing blood conservation techniques in OR and understanding Pediatric perfusion physiology.

Scientific Program was inaugurated by Dr. Naresh Trehan- Chairman, Medanta –The

Medicity along with Mr. Probir Das – Managing Director, Terumo India, Dr Sandeep Arora,

Director – Medical and Clinical Affairs, Terumo India, and Mr Sudipta Ghosh, Director –

Cardiovascular Business, Terumo India. Further, senior experts in the field of cardiac

surgery and cardiac anaesthesiology were part of the scientific program.

PRIME Academy Program at Medanta, received an overwhelming response and active participation from junior perfusionists and helped Terumo to emerge as a strong scientific partner amongst perfusion community in India.

Dr. Naresh Trehan (CMD – Medanta) and Mr. Probir Das (MD- Terumo India) joining hands together

for enhancement of perfusion education and inaugurating PRIME Academy Program.

Mr. Probir Das and Dr. Naresh Trehan delivering the inaugural speech during the PRIME Academy

program.

Dr. Sandeep Arora, Dr. Kamla rana and Mr. Rahul Sharma facilitating the guest faculty, Dr. Yatin

Mehta and Dr. Saxena

Dr. Anil Bhan delivering his lecture Dr. Mishra delivering his lecture

PRIME Program candidates during the OR session

PRIME Program candidates and faculty

Program feedback