Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons
(In Association with Kanpur Surgical Club & Department of Gen. Surgery, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur)
FALS HERNIA 2025
Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery for Hernia
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11th, 12th & 13th April, 2025
Venue
GSVM Medical College Auditorium,Kanpur
Live Operative venue
GSVM Medical College,Kanpur
FIRST TIME IN UTTAR PRADESH !
6 CME (UP-MCI) CREDIT POINTS
Contact Persons
Dr. Deepak Agrawal
Mob. 9839084876
Dr. G. D. Yadav
Mob. 9415092218
Dr. Shivanshu Misra
Mob. 7065755877
Dr. Kaustubh Gupta
Mob. 8933080808
Dr. Manoj Sonkar
Mob. 9910540502
Dr. Abhimanyu Kapoor
Mob. 9648266991
Executive Committee
Dr. Satish Midha
President
IAGES
Dr. T. Sivakumar
Honorary Secretary
IAGES
Dr. Meenakshi Sharma
Honorary Treasurer
IAGES
Dr. Subhash Agarwal
Immediate Past President
IAGES
Dr. Ganni Bhaskara Rao
VP (Central Zone)
IAGES
Dr Manish Baijal
Chairman FALS Board
IAGES
Executive Committee
Dr. Satish Midha
President
Dr. T. Sivakumar
Honorary Secretary
Dr. Meenakshi Sharma
Honorary Treasurer
Dr. Subhash Aggarwal
Immediate Past President
TRUSTEE
Dr. Subhash Khanna
Chief Trustee
Dr. Sayandev Dasgupta
Trustee
Dr. Ramen Swrajya Goel
Trustee
Dr. Sunil D Popat
Trustee
Dr. L. P. Thangavelu
Trustee
ADVISORS
CHIEF ADVISOR
Dr. Zameer Pasha
ADVISOR
Dr B. Krishna Rao
Dr Pradeep Chowbey
Dr K. Ravindranath
Dr M. G. Bhat
Dr Kuldip Singh
Dr Ajay Kriplani
Dr Suresh Deshpande
Dr John Thanakumar
Dr V. Venkatesh
Dr Abhay Dalvi
Dr. Ramesh Agarwalla
EC MEMBERS (NORTH ZONE)
Dr. Deep Goel
Vice President(North Zone)
EC MEMBERS
Dr. Ashish Vashistha
Dr. Ranbir Singh
Dr Tarun Mittal
Dr Vivek Bindal
EC MEMBERS (WEST ZONE)
Dr. Ramesh Punjani
Vice President
EC MEMBER
Dr. Anil Heroor
Dr Brijesh Sheshnarayan Dube
Dr. Nidhi Kamlesh Khandelwal
Dr Vishal Soni
EC MEMBERS(CENTRAL ZONE)
Dr. Ganni Bhaskara Rao
Vice President(Central Zone)
EC MEMBER
Dr. Bharat Kumar Nara
Dr. Samir Ranjan Nayak
Dr. Shivanshu Mishra
Dr. Sushama Surapaneni
EC MEMBERS (EAST ZONE)
Dr. Sarfaraz Jalil Baig
Vice President (East Zone)
EC MEMBER
Dr. Arunima Verma
Dr. Gunabhi Ram Das
Dr. Madhuri Patnaik
Dr. Priya Ranjan
EC MEMBERS (SOUTH ZONE)
Dr. Ashwin Thangavelu
Vice President(South Zone)
EC MEMBER
Dr. Deepak Subramanian
Dr. Kalaivani V
Dr. M.Kanagavel
Dr. Senthil Meenakshi Sundaram
CO-OPTED MEMBERS
Dr. S. K Ajaiya Kumar
Dr. Achal Gupta
Dr. Jaya Maheswari
Dr. Ishant Chaurasia
Dr. S Navaneetha Krishnan
Dr. Randeep Wadhawan
Dr. Siddharth Tamaskar
Dr. Suresh Vasistha
FALS BOARD
Dr. Manish Baijal
Chairman
Dr. Jaydeep Palep
Co-chairman
Dr. Vivek Bindal
Co-chairman
Dr. Ramesh Agarwalla
Advisor
CONVENORS
FALS UPPER GI
Dr. Prof. Kalaisaran,
Dr. J. K. A. Jameel
Dr. Nikhil Gupta
Dr. Tarun Mittal
FALS COLORECTAL
Dr. Deep Goel
Dr. Pradeep Jain
Dr. Laxmi Kona
FALS HERNIA
Dr. Ashwin Masurkar
Dr. Deepak Subramanium
Dr. Ganesh Shenoy
Dr. Jaideep Palep
Dr. Kalaivani
Dr. Madhuri Patnaik
Dr. Meenakshi Sharma
Dr. Ramesh Punjani
Dr. Sandeep Dave
Dr. Shivanshu Mishra
Dr. Sushama Surapaneni
Dr. T. Siva Kumar
Dr. Brijesh S. Dube
FALS ROBOTIC SURGERY
Dr. Ashish Vashistha
Dr. Deep Goel
Dr. Randeep Wadhawan
Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik
Dr. Vishal Soni
Dr. Vivek Bindal
Organizing Committee
Dr. Shiva K. Misra
Advisor
Dr. Sanjay Kala
Patron
Principal & Dean
GSVM Medical College, Kanpur
Dr. Deepak Agrawal
Organizing Chairman
Dr. G. D. Yadav
Organizing Chairman
Dr. Shivanshu Misra
Organizing Secretary
Dr. Abhimanyu Kapoor
Scientific Secretary
Dr. R.K. Jauhari
Scientific Secretary
Dr. Kaustubh Gupta
Joint Org. Secretary
Dr. Manoj Sonkar
Treasurer
WHY AND WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS FALS HERNIA, KANPUR?
- Practicing surgeons wishing to have an accreditation/certification for laparoscopic/robotic hernia surgeries, here’s the chance and place to be! After qualifying for the FALS hernia course, the surgeon is entitled to a Fellowship degree (FALS Hernia).
- Practicing surgeons, who wish to enhance/update their skills in laparoscopic and robotic hernia surgeries.
- State-of-the-art lectures & programs by master hernia surgeons across the nation.
- FALS hernia is being held for the first time in the history of Uttar Pradesh. So, here’s a chance to participate in this historic event and grab the seats!
- Six UP – CME credit points awarded by the UP Medical Council.
- Witness Live laparoscopic and robotic surgeries by the masters of minimal access hernia surgeries.
- A time to interact, and have fun, with fellowship in the city of Ganges!
FALS Hernia Guidelines
This course is to train senior or advanced laparoscopic surgeons and to keep the members abreast with recent advancements in advanced laparoscopic procedures. FALS courses are organized in various sub specialties such as Hernia, Bariatric Surgery Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Oncology, HPB Surgery and Robotic Surgery.
A. FELLOWSHIP CATEGORY
Eligibility Criteria:
IAGES MEMBERSHIPIS MUST.
Those who are not members may apply for membership online. See the website www.iages.in for more details.
Members of collaborating associations who have signed MOU with IAGES are also eligible.
They are expected to get their application endorsed by the respective collaborating association prior to joining the course.
1.Non-Examination category
Surgeons who have been doing laparoscopic surgery in the chosen field for 10 or more years are eligible for Non-Examination Category.
Candidates should have performed more than 100 laparoscopic surgeries in the chosen subspecialty and need to submit a logbook to substantiate the claim.
All the candidates will be interviewed by the IAGES board for final assessment before the award of fellowship.
2. Examination Category
All surgeons with a minimum of 3 years experience in the chosen specialty of laparoscopic surgery. (Includes experience in laparoscopy as a postgraduate surgical resident).
The applicant should have performed over 25 laparoscopic procedures in the chosen specialty either jointly or independently.
All the candidates would appear for MCQ assessment and Viva by the IAGES FALS board for final assessment during the forthcoming annual national conference before awarding the fellowship.
B. NON-FELLOWSHIP CATEGORY
FALS course is also open to Non-members and all surgical postgraduates and interested surgeons across the globe, under the non-Fellowship category wherein they are eligible to take this course and receive the Certificate of completion of FALS course. They could register and participate in the annua national conference as Postgraduates or Non-member category.
Logbook
Age/Sex/Surgery/Role/Post-op course/complication course/Complication/Remarks Role – Assisted/under supervision/Independent (as drop down)
Post-op course – Uneventful / Eventful as drop down)
Complications – Infection, Bleeding, Leak, Stricture, Obstruction, Others (type if others) as drop down Remarks – Type the outcome of the event, if patient has been conservatively managed, Recovered, Diseased, Transferred, etc
Assessment of FALS fellowship candidates/Exam category will be conducted by IAGES Central Office. The candidate is expected to know all important facts in Chosen subspecialty in laparoscopic surgery.
Online Exam Timing:60 minutes: maximum number of marks 100.
The online exam will have 100 MCQ Questions (Single best response type).
Practical Examination:
Interview/assessment for approximately 10 minutes on each candidate. The candidates are divided in to batches and are interviewed by the two or more senior most faculty members of IAGES depending upon the number of candidates. Maximum of 50 marks are allotted for the interview.
Outcome of written and practical assessment will be prepared by the organizing team and to be signed and to be sent to the President with a copy to Hon Secretary Office and FALS board and results will be published in the IAGES website.
Successful candidates would be expected to attend the subsequent annual conference and convocation to receive the fellowship certificate. The Fellowship certificate would be posted to the candidate if he /she fails to attend two consecutive annual congress/convocation.
FALS HERNIA FELLOWSHIP COURSE MODULES
INGUINAL HERNIA & DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA (Day 1)
• History & Evolution of Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery
• Endoscopic Anatomy of Inguinal Region
• Mesh/Fixators/Sutures & Sealants for Hernia Repair
• Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair- What does the evidence say?
• Role of Robotics in Hernia Surgery
• Difficult Groin Hernias- Giant, Recurrent, Incarcerated
• Complications of Lap Inguinal Hernia Surgery (Except Recurrence)
• Chronic Groin Pain – Is It A Myth or Reality? How to Tackle?
• Recurrence After Lap Inguinal Hernia- Factors & Solutions
• Laparoscopic Management of diaphragmatic – Hernias
• Laparoscopic Management of Hiatal Hernia
• Laparoscopy in Emergency Hernia Surgery
• TAPP- Elucidating the techniques & Key to Success
• TEP- Elucidating the techniques & Key to Success
• eTEP for Groin hernia
VENTRAL INCISIONAL HERNIA (Day 2)
• Surgical Anatomy of Abdominal wall
• Abdominal Incision Closure and preventing hernias
• Well prepared is half done- Imaging in Hernias
• Pneumoperitoneum, Botox
• Complications of Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
• e-TEP-RS + TAR
• TARM
• SCOM, SCOLA, MILOS
• Suprapubic, Epigastric & Sub Costal Hernia Repairs – Problems & solutions
• Parastomal Hernia Repair – Tips & Tricks
• Lumbar Hernias and denervation bulges
• Ventral Hernia Algorithm – Which Procedureis the best in this Patient?
• Hernia repair in the morbidly obese
• Complex Hernias – Complex Solutions?
• Lap. Ventral Hernia Repair (IPOM, IPOM Plus)
Live Operative Workshop FALS HERNIA FELLOWSHIP COURSE MODULES (Day 3)
Hotel Accommodation Venue
Note:
Accommodation charges would be born by the registered delegate separately.
– Hotel rooms are subject to availability on desired dates.
– Organizing committee would not take any responsibility for booking / cancellation
with respective hotels.
Registration Fee Includes:
– Live operative workshop & access to scientific sessions on all three days.
– Breakfast & Lunch on all three days.
– Gala dinner on Saturday 12 April 2025.
– Access to trade exhibition.
– CME credit points & e-certificate.
– Conference kit.
(Note – Attendance is compulsory on all the three days to get the FALS Hernia & also e-certificate)
Account Details
Bank Name – State Bank of India
Name – Kanpur Surgical Club
Account No. – 10404508863
Branch – Nadri Bazar,
Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur
IFSC Code – SBIN0070606
Pan No.- AAJAK5967A
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J.K. Temple
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Nanarao Park Bithoor
Kanpur Zoo
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