NECK PAIN DEMYSTIFIED FOR THE GENERAL ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON

    • 4th Floor, Auditorium, Rapicon Hall, Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedekar Memorial Hospital, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Opp. Ranibaug, Byculla East, Mumbai.
    • Sunday, 5th July, 2026
    • Convener: Dr. Ayush Sharma
    • Co-convener: Dr. Ayush Sharma, Dr. Sandeep Sonone
Date: Sunday, 5th July, 2026
Convener: Dr. Ayush Sharma
Co-convener: Dr. Ayush Sharmabr
Dr. Sandeep Sonone
Hon. President: Dr. Samir Dalvie
Hon. Secretary: Dr. Abhijit Kale

PROGRAM

Time Topic Speaker
09.00 AM - 10.30 AM SESSION 1: A PAIN IN THE NECK
09.00 am - 09.15 am Approach to a patient with Neck Pain (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Ketan Badani
09.15 am - 09.30 am TechNeck: Insights into prevention & management (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Abhijeet Pawar
09.30 am - 09.45 am The neck pain paradox: Treat the patient, Not the picture (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Pranav Shah
09.45 am - 10.00 am Pain blocks in the Cervical spine (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Manish Kothari
10.00 am - 10.15 am Lect: Headaches - When are they Cervical? (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Gautam Zaveri
10.15 am - 10.30 am Lect: Vertigo - Cervical or Otherwise? (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Arjun Dhawale
10.30 AM - 11.00 AM REFRESHMENTS
11.00 AM - 12.00 NOON SESSION 2: CASE BASED INTERACTION
Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy - An interactive case-based panel discussion
Panellists: Dr. S. K. Shrivastava, Dr. Mihir Bapat, Dr. Satyen Mehta, Dr. Nandan Marathe
Moderator: Dr. Gautam Zaveri
Case 1: Emphasizing clinical features
Case 2: Tandem Stenosis
Case 3: 1/2 level Cervical Stenosis
Case 4: Multilevel Cervical Stenosis with Cervical Lordosis
Case 5: Cervical Stenosis with Kyphosis
12.00 NOON - 01.00 PM SESSION 3: CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
12.00 noon - 12.15 pm Lect: Cervical Radiculopathy - The Impostors (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Samir Dalvie
12.15 pm - 12.30 pm Lect: Cervical Radiculopathy - Guidelines for nonoperative treatment (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Ketan Badani
12.30 pm - 12.45 pm Lect: Surgery for Cervical radiculopathy - When & What? (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Sandeep Sonone
12.45 pm - 01.00 pm Video: MISS for Cervical radiculopathy (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) Dr. Ayush Sharma