KITES - 2026

International Thoracic Transplant & ECMO Summit

January 22-24, 2026 | Bengaluru, India

DAY 1

Dr. Pavan Yadav /

Dr. Suraj M. Yalamuri / Dr. Tathagat Narula / Dr. Stefan Wiebe

TBD

Thursday, January 22, 2026 | Session Focus: Advanced ECMO and Program Optimization

Time

Topic

Speakers

Agenda

Moderator

09:00 am

Does MCS Work?

Dr. Suraj M. Yalamuri

A critical review of Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) outcomes

TBD

09:30 am

Panel – ECMO Indications and Contraindications

Dr. Parag C. Patel / Dr. StefanWiebe /

Dr. Suraj M. Yalamuri

Focus on key clinical decision points

Dr. Anoop

10:00 am

Inauguration of ECMO Conference

10:30 am

Morning Refreshment

11:00 am

Building and Scaling an ECMO Program

Dr. Stefan Wiebe

Strategies for successful program development.

TBD

11:30 am

Shock Team and How to Upgrade to ECMO

Dr. Parag C. Patel

Integrating the Shock

Team concept into practice.

TBD

12:00 pm

RV Failure on V V ECMO

Dr. Christoph G. S. Nabzdyk

Management strategies for right ventricular dysfunction.

TBD

12:30 pm

Lunch Break

13:30 pm

LV Venting - An Algorithmic Approach

Dr. Trina Augustin

Step-by-step decision-making for Left Ventricular (LV) venting.

TBD

14:00 pm

ECMO Reconfigurations - A Surgeon's Perspective

Dr. Nishant Saran

Surgical techniques for circuit changes and complications.

TBD

14:30 pm

Panel - Troubleshooting Common and Critical Issues in ECMO

Dr. Trina Augustin/ Dr. Christoph G. S. Nabzdyk/

Dr. Nishant Saran

Case-based scenarios.

Dr. Anoop

Time	Topic	Speakers	Agenda	Moderator
15:00 pm Afternoon Refreshment
15:30 pm	What’s the Latest in Anticoagulation?	Dr. Patrick Wieruzewski	Current guidelines and emerging strategies in ECMO.	TBD
16:00 pm	AI and Large Data Innovation in ECMO	Dr. Anirban Bhattacharyya	Exploring the future role of Artiicial Intelligence.	TBD
16:30 pm	Panel – ECMO as Bridge to Transplant	Dr. Anupam Kumar/ Dr. David Erasumus/ Dr. Tathagat Narula	Discussion on candidate selection and management.	Dr. Prabhat Dutta
17:00 pm	Closing Remarks	Dr. Pavan Yadav		TBD

DAY 2

Friday, January 23, 2026 | Session Focus: Latest, Greatest, & Hands-On Simulations

Time	Topic	Speakers	Agenda	Moderator
09:00 am	State of the Art in Rehabilitation in Thoracic Transplant	Dr. Bryon J. Taylor	Focus on pre - and post - transplant physical therapy.	TBD
10:00 am	State of the Art in Heart Transplant: Current Advances and Evolving Paradigms	Dr. Parag C. Patel	Latest developments in cardiac transplantation.	TBD
11:00 am		Morning Refreshment
11:30 am	Alice in Wonderland – What else can you do with a pump and Oxygenator	Dr. Suraj M. Yalamuri	Creative and non-standard applications of ECMO/MCS.	TBD

Time	Topic	Speakers	Agenda	Moderator
12:00 pm	PK, PD, Volume of Distribution? A Practical Approach to Drug Dosing on ECMO	Dr. Patrick Wieruzewski	Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics simpliied.	TBD
12:30 pm	Afternoon Q & A	Dr. Parag C. Patel/ Dr. Bryon J. Taylor/ Dr. Patrick Wieruszewski		TBD
13:00 pm		Lunch
14:00 pm	Pediatric ECMO	TBD
14:30 pm	Perioperative Anaesthetic Strategies to Reduce PGD and Improve Early Graft Function in Lung Transplantation	Dr. Prabhat Dutta

Simulation Stations (15:00 pm - 17:00 pm) Hands-On Training

Station	Focus	Faculty
1	Cannulation	Dr. Suraj M. Yalamuri
2	Wet Drills on Console	Dr. Stefan Wiebe
Rotate every 1 hour; Repeat each station 3 times

DAY 3

Saturday, January 24, 2026 | Session Focus: Cutting-Edge Lung Transplant

Time

Topic

Speakers

Agenda

Moderator

09:00 am

Introduction / Welcome / Kickoff

Dr. Pavan Yadav / Dr. Tathagat Narula

09:30 am

Contraindications to Candidacy: The Changing Landscape of Lung Transplant Indications and Candidate Selection

Dr. David Erasumus

Enhancing Graft Success and Patient Recovery.

TBD

10:00 am

Pushing Boundaries: Machine Perfusion and Donor Care Innovations in Lung Transplant

Dr. Tathagat Narula

Dr. Sam

10:30 am

Morning Refreshment

11:00 am

Intraoperative and Post-Operative Care in Lung Transplantation:

Enhancing Graft Success and Patient Recovery

Dr. David Erasumus

Dr. Sam

11:30 am

Evolving Immunosuppression Paradigms to Optimize Lung Transplant Outcomes

Dr. Anupam Kumar

Optimizing Lung Transplant Outcomes.

TBD

12:00 pm

Managing pre sensitized recipients for lung transplant

Dr. Unmil Shah

Time

Topic

Speakers

Agenda

Moderator

12:30 pm

Q & A

Dr. David Erasumus/ Dr. Anupam Kumar/ Dr. Tathagat Narula

Dr. Vijil Rahulan

13:00 pm

Lunch

14:00 pm

Robotic Lung Transplantation: Enhancing Outcomes and Patient Experience

Dr. Pedra Catarino

Dr. Mahesh / Dr. Menendar

14:00 pm

Nonconforming Regional Perfusion in Thoracic Transplant

Dr. Pedra Catarino

Dr. Mahesh / Dr. Menendar

15:00 pm

Afternoon Refreshment

15:30 pm

Optimizing Outcomes: Strategies to Combat CLAD and Mitigate

Long-Term Complications

Dr. Anupam Kumar

CLAD: Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction.

Dr. Moiz

16:00 pm

Extracorporeal photospheresis Indian Experience

Dr. Vijil Rahulan

16:30 pm

Open Panel with All Speakers, Moderators

All speakers

Final Q&A, Key Takeaways, and Conference Wrap-up

Dr. Unmil Shah

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr. Sandeep Attawar

Founder Director &

Chair of Advanced Heart Failure,

Dr. Pavan Yadav M

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Clinical irector & Lead Co sultant

Lung Transplantation, In erventio al Pulmonnolog

Dr. R. Chinnadurai

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Regional Medical Director & Chief of Adult Medical Intensive Care &

Terminal Lung Disease &

The Solid Thoracic Organ Transplant Program, KIMS Institute of Heart, Lung Transplantation & Assist Devices,

KEY SPEAKERS

KIMS Hospitals, India

& Sleep S

edicine,

Emergency Services, KIMS Hospitals, Bengaluru

Dr. Nirmala M A

Senior Associate Consultant, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,

Attending consultant, Lung transplantation &

Mayo Clinic

Interventional Pulmonology, KIMS E-City

Dr. Gangi Reddy T K

Dr. Manjunath M N

Professor Cardiac Surgery Director Aortic Surgery,

Staff physician, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars- Sinai Medical Center

Medical Director Vanderbilt Lung Institute,

Lung Transplant Program, Associate Professor of Medicine,

Interventional Pulmonology,

KIMS, E-City

Attending consultant, Lung transplantation &

KIMS Mahadevapura.

Senior Interventional Pulmonologist,

KIMS Mahadevapura.

Attending consultant, Lung transplantation & Interventional Pulmonology, KIMS, Bengaluru

Senior consultant - Lung transplantation & Interventional Pulmonology

Vanderbilt Universit

KIMS Mahadevapura

KIMS INSTITUTE OF HEART & LUNG TRANSPLANT - EXPERT SPEAKERS PANEL

Dr.Vijil Rahulan Dr.Unmil Shah

Senior Lung transplant pulmonologist, Reliance foundation, Mumbai

COURSE DIRECTORS

Dr.Anoop Mohandas

Senior Consultant, Cardiac anaesthesia, KIMS Institute of Heart & lung transplantation,

Hyderabad

Tathagat Narula, M.B.B.S., M.D., FACP

Consultant Lung Transplant, Division of Lung Failure and Transplant, Medical Director Adult Cardiopulmonary

Rehabilitation Unit, Assistant Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine,

Mayo Clinic Florida

Dr. Stefan Wiebe, MSc (Bioethics)

ECMO Lead, Helios HSK Wiesbaden,liil Senior Lecturer, University of Otago

Co-Founder EINZ

Suraj Yalamuri, MD

Consultant,

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic Medical Director for HeartWorks,

Co-Founder EINZ

INTERNATIONAL FACULTY

Trina Augustin, MD

Senior Associate Consultant, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,

Mayo Clinic

Dr. Stefan Wiebe, MSc (Bioethics)

ECMO Lead, Helios HSK Wiesbaden,0 Senior Lecturer, University of Otago

Co-Founder EINZ

Pedro Catarino, MD, FRCS

Professor Cardiac Surgery Director Aortic Surgery,

Staff physician, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars- Sinai Medical Center

Patrick Wieruszewski, PharmD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,0 Assistant Professor of Pharmacy,

Mayo Clinic

David Erasmus, MD

Medical Director Vanderbilt Lung Institute, Lung Transplant Program,

Associate Professor of Medicine,

Vanderbilt University

Suraj Yalamuri, MD

Consultant,

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic Medical Director for HeartWorks,

Co-Founder EINZ

Anupam Kumar, MD, FCCP

Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine,

Judith H. and John M. Murphy Professorship in Advanced Lung Disease,

Medical Director of Lung Transplantation Faculty, Department of Medicine

University of Minnesota Medical Center

Parag C. Patel, M.D.

Transplant Cardiologist, Associate Professor at Mayo Clinic, Division

Chair for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Mayo Clinic Florida

Christoph G.S. Nabzdyk, MD, PhD

Consultant,

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic

Nishant Saran, MBBS

Consultant,

Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic Health System

Tathagat Narula, M.B.B.S., M.D., FACP

Consultant Lung Transplant, Division of Lung Failure and Transplant, Medical Director Adult Cardiopulmonary

Rehabilitation Unit, Assistant Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine,

Mayo Clinic Florida

Bryan J. Taylor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science

Consultant I Director of Research Operations, Program Director Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,

Mayo Clinic Florida