With participation from over 2500 delegates and 400 faculties from across the country, and over 30 renowned international faculties from the USA, the UK, Germany, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, Russia, Japan, Singapore, Denmark and more, the three-day 24th Annual Conference ISAR 2019, a gynecological conference on fertility management, organised by Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR), was held in Mumbai recently.
Those present at the inaugural ceremony were Chief Guest Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal, Minister of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra and Member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, and Guest of Honour Bipasha Basu Singh Grover and Soha Ali Khan, Actress; Dr Utture Shivkumar Shankar, President, Maharashtra Medical Council and Dr Nandita Palshetkar, President, FOGSI, Organising Chairperson of this Congress, along with Dr Rishma Dhillon Pai, President, ISAR and Dr Hrishikesh D Pai, Organising Chairperson, ISAR 2019.
Highlighting key features of the conference, Dr Pai said, “The conference focusses on advances in the field of fertility, obstetrics and gynaecology with eminent faculties from across India and other countries, showcasing the latest trends.
“Fertility management is closely linked with specialties such as obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and neonatology. Assisted reproduction needs a multi-disciplinary approach and expertise. For optimum and better outcomes, we need to integrate these and ISAR 2019 aims to achieve that goal. The conference is bringing the eminent specialists in these specialties together for a better understanding, synergy and collaboration,” she added.
On the first day, workshops were conducted by prestigious national and international organisations like Maharashtra State Chapter of ISAR (MSR), FOGSI Infertility Committee, Mumbai Obstetrics and Gynecological Society (MOGS), American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) and The International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR). Other organisations such as World Endometriosis Society (WES), Indian Association of Gynecological Endoscopists (IAGE) also participated in this conference.
ISAR also announced to start the course for special IVF nurses.
On the first day, a book, “Newer Trends in Art”, written by Dr Nandita Palshetkar, Dr Rishma Dhillon Pai, Dr Hrishikesh D Pai, Dr Sunita Tandulwadkar, Dr Kinjal R Shah and Dr Manisha T Kundnani was also launched.
Bipasha Basu Singh Grover said, “What you guys are doing is amazing; that the girls can freeze their eggs and decide when to have their baby is wonderful. You can be in a stable relationship, stable career and then choose to have the child and give them your best.”
The Chief Guest, Shri Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal, Minister of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra, said, “I can see a paradigm shift in the mindset of the society and I was wondering why there is this fast change? The answer is ISAR. I would like to congratulate all of you for having this conference because this knowledge is to be distributed, shared, discussed, and that is how things should work.”
“For the first time, ISAR has done a conference with ASRM (American Society for Assisted Reproduction) and ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) with a special embryo transfer training workshop under the guidance of ASRM where the simulators and trainers have come from the USA. Bringing this breakthrough medical advancement to India is commendable,” informed Dr Hrishikesh Pai, Organising Chairman, ISAR 2019.
Apart from it, the scientific sessions covered cutting-edge topics in daily practice, the most recent development and management of the rapidly evolving health care requirements.
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