IORACON 2025

S.No	Dr Name	Address	Designation
103	DR (COL) S. K SINGH	PATNA	FACULTY
124	DR A. N MUKERJEE	KOLKATA	President IORA
104	DR ABHISHEK KR DAS	PATNA
59	DR ADITYENDRA NATH	MUZAFFARPUR
144	DR AJEET TIWARI	LUCKNOW	GUEST FACULTY
85	DR AJIT SHINDE	NASHIK	GUEST FACULTY
14	DR AKSHAT SUMAN	PATNA
47	DR ALIND KISHORE	MOTIHARI
73	DR ALOK KUMAR	PATNA
154	DR ALOK KUMAR	LAKHISARAI	DELEGATE
70	DR AMAN KUMAR	PATNA
7	DR AMULYA KUMAR SINGH	PATNA	Org. Secretary
105	DR ANAND SHANKAR	PATNA
50	DR ANIL KUMAR	PATNA
84	DR ANUP AGARWAL	LUCKNOW	GUEST FACULTY
101	DR ANUP KUMAR	A.I.J.M.S, PATNA
135	DR ARNAB KARMAKAR	KOLKATA	GUEST FACULTY
2	DR ARNAB SINHA	PATNA
131	DR ARTI DEWAN	DELHI	GUEST FACULTY
149	DR ARUL KUMAR N	TAMIL NADU	GUEST FACULTY
13	DR ARUN KUMAR	PATNA
109	DR ARUN KUMAR	BIHARSARIF
46	DR ASHIF AHMAD	SINGRAULI (M.P)
36	DR ASHISH SINGH	PATNA	FACULTY
112	DR ASHOK KUMAR SINGH	POPULAR HOSPITAL, PATNA
113	DR ASHOK KUMAR SINHA	HITECH HOSPITAL PATNA
18	DR ASHUTOSH KUMAR	PATNA
57	DR ASHWANI GAURAV	PATNA	FACULTY
93	DR AYUSH PRAKASH
34	DR BARUN KUMAR GOLWARA	PATNA
142	DR BASANTH BEHERA	ODISSA	GUEST FACULTY
106	DR BHARAT SINGH	PATNA
108	DR BHUWAN SINGH	SAHARSA
136	DR BIPUL PRAKASH SINGH	GOPALGANJ	DELEGATE
41	DR BRAJESH KUMAR	HAJIPUR
138	DR BUSHU HARNA	PUNJAB	GUEST FACULTY
37	DR CAPT. SANJEEVA KUMAR	GOPALGANJ
159	DR CHAND MOHAN	PATNA	DELEGATE
126	DR CHINMOY DAS	GUWAHATI	GUEST FACULTY
146	DR D P BHUSHAN	PATNA	GUEST FACULTY
94	DR DAYAKAR
74	DR DHEERAJ RASTOGI	SURAT	GUEST FACULTY
42	DR DHIRENDRA KUMAR	MUZAFFARPUR
123	DR DILIP MAZUMDAR	KOLKATA	GUEST FACULTY
10	DR DINESH KUMAR	PATNA
161	DR EKBAL	BARH	DELEGATE
19	DR FAIZ AHMAD	PATNA
3	DR FIROZ ALAM	PATNA	FACULTY
116	DR G. S JHA	DARBHANGA
80	DR GHULAM RASUL MIR	SRINAGAR	GUEST FACULTY
151	DR GOKULA KRISHNAN	CHENNAI	GUEST FACULTY
117	DR GURUDEO KUMAR	PATNA	FACULTY
137	DR HARDIK KHARBANDA		GUEST FACULTY
143	DR HARI OM AGARWAL	PUNJAB	GUEST FACULTY
28	DR HARISH V.K RATAN	TAMIL NADU
9	DR J. CHAUDHARY	PATNA	Sc.Com. Chairperson
55	DR JITENDRA KUMAR	GAYA
54	DR JNANENDU SHEKHAR	MUZAFFARPUR
134	DR JOHN EBNEZAR	BANGALORE	GUEST FACULTY
125	DR KAMAKHYA JAISWAL	VARANASI	GUEST FACULTY
152	DR KANAV MAHAJAN	JAMMU	GUEST FACULTY
107	DR KANHIYA SINGH	ARA
12	DR KARUNESH RANJAN	PATNA
61	DR KAUSHLENDRA KUMAR	PATNA
1	DR KHURSHEED ALAM	PATNA
64	DR KINGSHUK MANDAL	KOLKATA	GUEST FACULTY
90	DR KIRAN KUMAR MUKHOPADHAYAY	KOLKATA	GUEST FACULTY
49	DR KUMAR SHASHIKANT	PATNA
51	DR KUMAR YOGA RANJAN	PATNA
25	DR M. TAUQIRUL HASNAIN	PATNA
21	DR MADHAN JEYARAMAN	CHENNAI	GUEST FACULTY
118	DR MADHUSUDAN KUMAR	HAJIPUR
97	DR MAHESH PRASAD	PATNA
75	DR MANISH KHANNA	LUCKNOW	GUEST FACULTY
15	DR MANISH KUMAR	PATNA
58	DR MANOJ KUMAR	PATNA
115	DR MD EKRAM	PATNA
4	DR MD IQBAL KHAN	BARH PATNA
77	DR MD NAUSHAD ALAM	PURNIA
53	DR MD. FARMAN ALI	MUZAFFARPUR
43	DR MITHALESH KUMAR	HAJIPUR
71	DR MUKESH KUMAR	PATNA
141	DR N. C. MOHAPATRA	ODISSA	GUEST FACULTY
48	DR N. K. SINGH	HAJIPUR
20	DR NAVEEN JEYARAMAN	CHENNAI	GUEST FACULTY
139	DR NAVEEN THAKKAR	GUJRAT	GUEST FACULTY
22	DR NAVRATAN DIPU	BHAGALPUR
62	DR NIKHIL JOHN	I.G.I.M.S PATNA
67	DR NISHIKANT KUMAR	PATNA	FACULTY
155	DR NITISH KUMAR	PATNA	DELEGATE
92	DR PANKAJ PANDEY	VARANASI
129	DR PARTHA PRATIM DAS	TEZPUR	GUEST FACULTY
76	DR PARTHA SARTHI SARKAR	KOLKATA	Hon. Sec. IORA
33	DR PIYUSH KUMAR SINHA	PATNA
38	DR PRABHAT PRAKASH	MOTIHARI
120	DR PRAVIN KUMAR	DARBHANGA
31	DR PRAVIN KUMAR SAHU	PATNA
132	DR PROF SHANTANU LAKHAR	ASSAM	GUEST FACULTY
130	DR R. H GOVARDHAN	CHENNAI	GUEST FACULTY
88	DR R.R KANAUJIA	PATNA
157	DR RAHUL RANJAN	PATNA	DELEGATE
99	DR RAJAT CHARAN	PATNA
44	DR RAJEEV ANAND	PATNA
140	DR RAJEEV RAMAN	KOLKATA	GUEST FACULTY
91	DR RAJESH GUPTA	JAMMU	GUEST FACULTY
96	DR RAKESH CHOUDHARY	PATNA
69	DR RAKESH KUMAR	PATNA
29	DR RAMAN KUMAR	I.G.I.M.S PATNA
122	DR RAMESHWAR GUPTA	GWALIOR	GUEST FACULTY
11	DR RAMIT GUNJAN	PATNA	Jt. Org. Secretary
39	DR RANJEET KUMAR	KHAGARIA
95	DR RANJIT KUMAR	PATNA
148	DR RASHID ANJUM	JAMMU	GUEST FACULTY
160	DR RATAN KUMAR GUPTA	PATNA	DELEGATE
119	DR RATNESH SINGH	PATNA
6	DR REETESH ROSHAN	PATNA
24	DR RISHABH KUMAR	PATNA
100	DR RITESH RUNNU	PATNA
32	DR ROHIT RAJ	PATNA
147	DR S. N SARAF	PATNA	FACULTY
8	DR S. NAYANAM	PATNA	President GOF
133	DR S. S AMARNATH	BANGALORE	GUEST FACULTY
17	DR S. S JHA	PATNA	Org Com Chairperson
81	DR SANDEEP SRIVASTAV	WARDHA	GUEST FACULTY
150	DR SANDEEP SRIVASTAV	NAGPUR	DELEGATE
45	DR SANJAY KUMAR	PATNA
5	DR SANTOSH KUMAR	PATNA
98	DR SANTOSH KUMAR	I.G.I.M.S PATNA
23	DR SATHISH MUTHU	TAMIL NADU	GUEST FACULTY
89	DR SATISH KUMAR TIWARI	PATNA
156	DR SAURABH KUMAR	PATNA	DELEGATE
72	DR SHAILENDRA KUMAR SINGH	PATNA
35	DR SHASHIKANT KUMAR	BIHARSARIF
26	DR SHIVANGEE GUPTA	PATNA
102	DR SUDEEP KUMAR	A.I.J.M.S, PATNA
110	DR SUDHIR KUMAR	HAJIPUR
60	DR SUHASISH RAY	KOLKATA	GUEST FACULTY
86	DR SUNIL HAZRA	KOLKATA	GUEST FACULTY
82	DR SUNIL MARWAH	GURUDHAM	GUEST FACULTY
52	DR SUNNY KUMAR	PATNA
68	DR SURENDRA PD GUPTA	PATNA
127	DR SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH	PATNA
16	DR T. P SINGH	PATNA
40	DR T.P.S LAMBA	KANPUR
66	DR TAMSEEL AHMAD ANSARI	KISHANGANJ
162	DR TAUSEEF MUJTABA	PATNA	DELEGATE
63	DR THAKRAR KRUNAL NALIN CHANDRA	RAJKOT
121	DR UPENDRA KUMAR	BETTIAH
30	DR UPENDRA PRASAD	MUZAFFARPUR
65	DR V. C ROY	PURNIA
153	DR VAIBHAV JAIN	BHOPAL	GUEST FACULTY
87	DR VAIBHAV SINHA	PATNA
145	DR VINAY ATTURI	HYDERABAD	GUEST FACULTY
83	DR VINEETA SOBHA	BANGALORE	GUEST FACULTY
111	DR VINOD KUMAR THAKUR	PATNA
56	DR VISHAL ANAND	JAMUI
128	DR VISHNU SENTHIL	CHENNAI	GUEST FACULTY
158	DR VIVEK PRIYADARSHI	PATNA	DELEGATE
114	DR VIVEKANAND UPADHYAY	PATNA	FACULTY
27	DR ZAMIR UDDIN AHMAD	PATNA
79	MR MOHAMAD AREEB	PURNIA	SPOUSE
78	MRS IZZATUN NISAN	PURNIA	SPOUSE
163	DR VIKASH KUMAR	BIHTA	DELEGATE

IORACON PATNA — DAY I

1^st November 2025 — Scientific Programme (Day I only)

Opening & Registration

Time	Title	Speaker
8:20–8:50 am	Registration	—
8:50–8:55 am	Welcome Address – IORA President	Dr Amitava Narayan Mukherjee
8:55–9:00 am	Opening Speech – Organising Secretary	Dr Amulya K. Singh

Session 1 — Introduction to Ortho-Rheumatology

Evolution of a subspeciality

Chairpersons: Dr S. P. Gupta; Dr Zamir Uddin Ahmad; Dr Kaushlendra Kumar; Dr Karunesh Ranjan

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:00–9:10 am	Introduction to Ortho-Rheumatology	Dr Rameshwar Gupta
9:10–9:20 am	Inward Journey to Glory – Ortho Rheumat Way	Dr Dilip Mazumder
9:20–9:30 am	Indian Ortho-biologic Journey — An Overview	Dr Manish Khanna
9:30–9:35 am	Discussion	—

Session 2 — Special Keynote Lecture

Chairpersons: Dr Vinod Thakur; Dr Ashok Kumar Sinha; Dr Mithilesh Kumar; Dr Sudeep Kumar

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:35–9:47 am	Absolutive Stability in Rheumatoid Fractures	Dr Naveen Thakkar
9:47–9:59 am	Rheumatoid Wrist Deformity with Tendon Ruptures — My approach	Dr Ajeet Tiwari
9:59–10:11 am	Basis of Boutonnière & Swan Neck Deformities: Clinical Application	Dr Pankaj Jindal
10:11–10:23 am	Shoulder Replacement in RA	Dr Amitava Narayan Mukherjee
10:23–10:30 am	Discussion	—

Session 3 — Developing Into Rheumatology Therapeutics

Chairpersons: Dr Anil Kumar; Dr Bharat Singh; Dr Rakesh Choudhary; Dr Bipul Prakash Singh

Time	Topic	Speaker
10:30–10:40 am	Methotrexate: The Gold Standard	Dr Chinmoy Das
10:40–10:50 am	Sulfasalazine: The Master Choice	Dr S S Jha
10:50–11:00 am	Early Use of Biologicals in RA — Should We Be So Aggressive?	Dr Amulya K. Singh
11:00–11:10 am	axSpA: Therapeutic Graduation to bDMARDs	Dr S S Jha
11:10–11:20 am	Iguratimod role in RA, ASA & Other Inflammatory Arthritis	Dr S S Amarnath
11:20–11:30 am	Fundamental Guidelines by IORA	Dr Chinmoy Das
11:30–11:40 am	Discussion	—

Session 4 — Rheumatologist’s Keynote Address

Chairpersons: Dr V. C Ray; Dr Ashok Kumar Sinha; Dr Rajeev Anand; Dr G. S Jha

Time	Topic	Speaker
11:40–11:52 am	RA and the Reproductive Years: What Every Clinician Should Know	Dr Vineeta Shobha
11:52–11:55 am	Discussion	—

Session 5 — Special Orations & Inauguration

Chairpersons: Dr Amitava Narayan Mukherjee (IORA President); Dr Parthasarthi Sarkar (IORA Secretary)

Time	Activity	Speaker
11:55–12:15 pm	Axial Spondyloarthropathy & Cytokines: From Pathogenesis to Management	Dr Rajesh Gupta
12:15–12:35 pm	Prof S S Jha Oration	Dr John Ebnezar
12:35–12:55 pm	Prof Manish Khanna Oration	Dr Rajeev Raman
12:55–1:25 pm	INAUGURATION — Felicitation, Lighting of lamp, Addresses, Vote of Thanks, National Anthem	Organising Chairman/President; IORA President & Secretary; Chief Guest & Dignitaries

Lunch & IORACON Ki Adalat

Time	Activity	Speaker / Notes
1:25–1:55 pm	Lunch	—
1:55–2:25 pm	IORACON Ki Adalat — Rheumatologist / Judge	Rheumatologist: Dr Vineeta Shobha; Judge: Dr S S Jha

Session 6 — Osteoporosis (Keynote) & Session 7 — Guest Lecture

Osteoporosis Chairpersons: Dr Jnanendu Shekhar; Dr Kanhiya Singh; Dr Madhusudan Kumar; Dr Alok Kumar

Time	Topic	Speaker
2:25–2:40 pm	Yesterday to today — Management of Osteoporosis	Dr Sunil Marwah
2:40–2:43 pm	Discussion	—
2:43–3:03 pm	Guest Lecture — JAK selectivity in Rheumatoid Arthritis	Dr Vineeta Shobha

Session 8 — Keynote Lectures (12 min each)

Chairpersons: Dr Arun Kumar; Dr Praveen Kumar; Dr Ashutosh Kumar; Dr Anand Shankar

Time	Topic	Speaker
3:03–3:15 pm	What is new & relevant in Indian context in rheumatology: RA — A High-Cost Disease in a Low-Resource Setting	Dr Vineeta Shobha
3:15–3:27 pm	Ax-SpA — Diagnostic Delay, Comorbidities & Progression Over Time	Dr Ghulam Rasul Mir
3:27–3:29 pm	Protrusio Hip — Management Options	Dr R H Govardhan
3:29–3:40 pm	Discussion	—

Session 9 — Inflammatory Disorders (8 min each)

Chairpersons: Dr Brajesh Kumar; Dr Bhuwan Singh; Dr Mahesh Prasad; Dr Ramakant Kumar

Time	Topic	Speaker
3:40–3:48 pm	Never miss a gout diagnosis	Dr Suresh Babu G
3:48–3:56 pm	Genetics & gout with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome	Dr D P Bhushan
3:56–4:04 pm	Role of Inflammatory Markers in RA	Dr Partha Sarkar
4:04–4:12 pm	Approach to patient with Mono-arthritis / Polyarthritis	Dr Kanav Mahajan
4:12–4:20 pm	Undiagnosed Inflammatory Arthritis in OA Knee Patients	Dr Bushu Harna
4:20–4:28 pm	Palindromic Rheumatism	Dr Partha Pratim Das
4:28–4:36 pm	Co-relation between Markers, RF, Vit D3 in Tendinopathies	Dr Arnab Karmakar
4:36–4:45 pm	Discussion	—

Overlap Tea: 4:30–5:00 pm

Session 10 — Arthroplasty (8 min each)

Chairpersons: Dr Ranjeet Kumar Singh; Dr P. K. Sahu; Dr Anup Kumar; Upendra Kumar

Time	Topic	Speaker
5:00–5:08 pm	Ankylosed Hip — Challenges	Dr N C Mohapatra
5:08–5:16 pm	Complex Joint Replacement in RA — How different from OA	Dr Nishikant
5:16–5:24 pm	TKR in RA Patients	Dr Basanta Kumar Behera
5:24–5:32 pm	Robotic integration in Valgus Total Knee Replacement	Dr Ashish Singh
5:32–5:40 pm	TKR in Advanced OA secondary to RA	Dr S K Singh
5:40–5:45 pm	Discussion	—

AGM & Gala Dinner

Time	Activity	Notes
6:00 pm onwards	Annual General Body Meeting — IORA Members	Members
7:30 pm onwards	Gala Dinner / Banquet	—

IORACON PATNA DAY II – 2nd November 2025

Session 11 – IORA Gold Medal Paper (8.00 – 9.00 AM)

Time	Title	Speaker
Chairpersons: Dr Rajesh Gupta, Dr S S Jha
—	Assessment of outcomes in Bilateral Single stage total knee replacement surgery	Dr Dheeraj Rastoji
—	Do Anti-Nuclear Antibodies have any role in the diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis?	Dr Bushu Harna
—	Dialysis induced arthropathy in Chronic renal failure patients	Dr Hardik Kharbanda

Session 12 – Osteoporosis (9.00 – 10.00 AM)

Time	Title	Speaker
Chairpersons: Dr R. R Kanaujia, Dr J. Choudhary, Dr Satish Tiwari, Dr Khurshid Alam
9.00 – 9.08 AM	Challenges in osteoporotic fracture management: Role of Teriparatide	Dr Rajesh Gupta
9.08 – 9.16 AM	Management of Osteoporotic proximal femur fracture in Elderly by Enders Nail	Dr K P Jaiswal
9.16 – 9.24 AM	Recommendation for Prevention of Fragility Fractures	Dr Aarti Dewan
9.24 – 9.32 AM	Management of Osteoporotic fractures by MIROS	Dr Kingshuk Mandal
9.32 – 9.40 AM	Paediatric Osteoporosis	Dr Rashid Anjum
9.40 – 9.50 AM	Discussion	—
9.50 – 10.00 AM	Aches & Pains in middle aged female	Dr Pankaj Jindal

Session 13 – ISCSG Session (10.00 – 11.00 AM)

Time	Title	Speaker
Chairpersons: Dr N. K Singh, Dr Kumar Shashikant, Dr Prabhat Prakash, Dr Risabh Kumar
10.00 – 10.08 AM	Need for Interventional Orthobiologics	Dr Arul Kumar N
10.08 – 10.16 AM	Exosomes – As Nanomedicine delivery for MSK disorders	Dr Madhan Jeyaraman
10.16 – 10.24 AM	Process variables in the preparation of BMAC	Dr Sathish Muthu
10.24 – 10.32 AM	Adipose tissue orthobiologics in Geriatric population	Dr Naveen Jeyaraman
10.32 – 10.40 AM	Orthobiologics in AVN – Where are we?	Dr Manish Khanna
10.40 – 10.48 AM	Current concepts in management of Inflammatory Tendinopathies	Dr Amlan Jyothi
10.48 – 11.00 AM	Discussion	—

Session 14 – IORA Journal Session (11.00 – 11.30 AM)

Time	Title	Speaker
Chairpersons: Dr T. P. S Lamba, Dr Rajat Charan, Dr Samshul Hoda, Dr Farman Ali
11.00 – 11.10 AM	IORA journal – current scenario	Dr Madhan Jeyaraman
11.10 – 11.20 AM	Road Map for IORA Journal	Dr Sathish Muthu
11.20 – 11.30 AM	Q & A	—

Session 15 – Spine (11.30 AM – 12.10 PM)

Time	Title	Speaker
Chairpersons: Dr Sudhir K Singh, Dr Ritesh Runu, Dr Ratnesh Singh, Dr Md Iqbal
11.30 – 11.38 AM	Fixation in Ankylosing Spondylitis	Dr Kiran Kumar Mukerjee
11.38 – 11.46 AM	Back pain and Sacroilitis – Clinicohaematologic radiological approach	Dr Suhasish Ray
11.46 – 11.54 AM	Recent recommendations for Axial Spondyloarthritis	Dr Dheeraj Rastogi
11.54 – 12.02 PM	Paediatric and Adolescent SpA – Unique challenges	Dr Vishnu Senthil
12.02 – 12.10 PM	Discussion	—

Session 16 – Rheumatology Management (12.10 – 1.20 PM)

Time	Title	Speaker
Chairpersons: Dr Santosh Kumar, Dr Dinesh Kumar, Dr Kumar Yoga Ranjan, Dr Vaibhav Kumar
12.10 – 12.18 PM	How to prevent Rheumatoid arthritis – Can we develop a vaccine?	Dr Firoz
12.18 – 12.26 PM	Ortho biologics in Rheumatoid arthritis	Dr Gokula Krishnan
12.26 – 12.34 PM	Dialysis induced arthropathy in Chronic renal failure patients	Dr Hardik Kharbanda
12.34 – 12.42 PM	Movement as Medicine – Exercise Prescription	Dr Vivekanand Upadhay
12.42 – 12.50 PM	Role of Arthroscopy in RA	Dr Gurudeo Kumar
12.50 – 12.58 PM	AVN of Femoral Head treated with DMARD regimen	Dr S N Saraf
12.58 – 1.06 PM	Shoulder Arthroplasty in RA Patients	Dr Ramit Gunjan
1.06 – 1.14 PM	Optimizing Perioperative Management for Arthroplasty in RA	Dr Ashwini Gaurav
1.14 – 1.20 PM	Discussion	—

IORACON 2025

IORACON PATNA — DAY I

IORACON PATNA DAY II – 2nd November 2025

Session 11 – IORA Gold Medal Paper (8.00 – 9.00 AM)

Session 12 – Osteoporosis (9.00 – 10.00 AM)

Session 13 – ISCSG Session (10.00 – 11.00 AM)

Session 14 – IORA Journal Session (11.00 – 11.30 AM)

Session 15 – Spine (11.30 AM – 12.10 PM)

Session 16 – Rheumatology Management (12.10 – 1.20 PM)

1.20 – 1.30 PM – Valedictory Function

1.30 – 2.00 PM onwards – Overlap Lunch

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