IEP Chandigarh November 7, 2022
The 2nd workshop on PET/CT guided interventions was organized by the Department of Nuclear Medicine, PGIMER Chandigarh on the 5th and 6th of November, 2022. Spread over two days, the workshop provided a comprehensive look at PET-guided interventions to over 50 delegates from all over the country who were in attendance.
Two International faculty, one from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre (MSKCC) and one from Brigham & Women Hospital, Harvard University also attended virtually and shared their experiences. Various interdisciplinary lectures by clinicians, pathologists, and nuclear medicine physicians alike were held on Day 1 concerning PET guided interventions.
First workshop on PET/CT guided interventions was organized in March 2020, with the aim of disseminating this knowledge to various centers throughout the country and help them in providing unmatched clinical benefit to their patients. The current second workshop being held in a post covid era represents an undying effort in this very endeavor.
Prof. Dr. Vivek Lal, Director, PGIMER was the Chief Guest who inaugurated the workshop on the first day and addressed the audience highlighting the importance of nuclear medicine in today’s medical management of patients, especially the cancer patients. PGIMER provides state of the art care for patients throughout the country. Prof. B.R. Mittal, Organizing Chairperson and Head, Department of Nuclear Medicine welcomed the delegates and informed the audience about the role and benefits of PET guided interventions. PET guided interventions constitute various novel, state-of-the-art techniques utilizing the strength of molecular imaging in patient care. He boasted that the department of Nuclear Medicine, PGIMER is one of the leading high-volume centers in PET-guided intervention in the world, benefitting over 1000 patients each year in establishing a definitive diagnosis and providing improved patient care. Dr. Kanhaiyalal Agrawal from AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Secretary, Indian College of Nuclear Medicine also spoke on the occasion. Dr. Rajender Kumar, Organising Secretary proposed vote of thanks.
Dr. Rajender Kumar and Dr. Harmandeep Singh, the Organising Secretaries, along with Dr. Venkata Krishnaraju and other experienced PET/CT-guided interventionists and other supporting staff members of the department demonstrated the procedures and provided hands-on training to the selected participants.
In addition, various in-house novel therapeutic techniques pioneered at PGIMER such as PET/CT-guided pain palliation and PET/CT-guided antibiotic injections were introduced to the delegates. The delegates were very happy for the academic feast and expressed their desire to have many more theme-based workshops/CMEs by the nuclear medicine department of PGIMER, the best and leading department of the country.
