The Art of Healing Little Hearts: Amrita Symposium on Pediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia and Critical Care

The department of Cardiac Anesthesia, Amrita Hospital, Kochi welcomes you to be a part of The Amrita Symposium on Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia and Critical Care to be conducted in association with Children’s HeartLink, USA on the 26th and 27th of July 2025. The symposium is intended for consultants and trainees across all specialties involved in the perioperative care of children with congenital heart disease. Topics will focus on specific aspects of practical management of children undergoing cardiac surgery in the operating room and in the surgical ICU. There will also be hands-on training sessions for nurses on core skills in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit with completion certificates handed out.

Venue: Amriteswari Hall, Tower 2, 5th floor, Amrita Hospital, Kochi

Topics
 

• Setting Up a Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit in a low resource setting
• TEE Anatomy in CHD using Virtual Reality based 3D simulations
• Regional Blocks in pediatric cardiac surgery
• Practical Lung Ultrasound Techniques
• Sepsis/Antibiotic Use/Antibiotic Stewardship/Diagnostic Techniques in the pediatric cardiac surgical ICU
• The Airway in Congenital Heart Disease – A Case Series
• Nutrition in the Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• Peri-operative Arrhythmias
• The ICU environment

Host Faculty

Patrons:

• Dr. Rakhi Balachandran
• Dr. Praveen Kumar Neema
• Dr. R. Krishna Kumar
• Dr. Brijesh P. K.

Organizing Secretary:

• Dr. Sreelakshmi P. Leeladharan

Scientific Committee:

• Dr. Jessin Jayasankar
• Dr. Rajesh M. G.
• Dr. Sharath Padmanabhan
• Dr. Diana Thomas

Contact
 

Dr. Sreelakshmi P Leeladharan 
Mobile: +91 9995863049  
 

Dr. Sharath Padmanabhan
Mobile: +91 9048029880
 

Email: [email protected]