Chandigarh:
An outreach conference was organized by the State Chapter of Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR-Chandigarh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh) under the leadership of Prof Paramjeet Singh, Head Department of Radiodiagnosis and Prof Ajay Kumar, President of the State Branch from 14th to 16th November 2025 at AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar. The Conference was held in coordination with the State Chapter of IRIA Odisha.
Dr Harish Bhujade, Secretary of the state ISVIR (Chandigarh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh) said that the main purpose of this outreach program was to spread the knowledge of image-guided therapeutic procedures among the radiology residents and practicing doctors in different parts of India. The program was attended by around 200 delegates. Senior faculties from the Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER, Chandigarh including Prof Ajay Kumar, Prof Mahesh Prakash, Dr Ujjwal Gorsi, Dr Harish Bhujade, Dr Anuj Prabhakar and Dr. Tarvinder Singh delivered lectures on neuro-interventions and body interventions. Many eminent national faculties including Dr Nitin Shetty (National ISVIR secretary) and Dr Sandeep Kathavale (President elect National IRIA) also participated in the program. Local organising committee includes Dr Taraprasad, Dr Ranjan and faculties from Radiology department of AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
Prof Ajay Kumar appraised that ISVIR State Chapter (Chandigarh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh) with vision of spreading the knowledge about Interventional Radiology through teaching, training and hands on workshop have already been successfully organized such outreach programs at various cities across North India like Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jodhpur, Shimla, Rishikesh, Udaipur, Bhopal, Patna and now Bhubaneswar.
A hands-on workshop was conducted during the conference in which the residents had the opportunity to practise image-guided procedures on simulators. Such programs help to strengthen the health care system and also ensure widespread dissemination of knowledge and the initiation of interventional radiology in every nook and corner of the country, said Prof Paramjeet Singh.
