People Behind WRC 2025

Shaping the Future of Resuscitation Care

This year's congress is hosted in collaboration with Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Center, Madurai, a renowned institution known for clinical excellence and a strong commitment to emergency and critical care education.

Organizing Committee

The Visionaries Behind WRC 2025

The World Resuscitation Congress 2025 is proudly organized by the Indian College of Emergency Medicine (TICEM) – a pioneering academic body dedicated to elevating Emergency Medicine standards across India and beyond.

Established with the mission of “Saving Lives, Shaping Future,” TICEM is committed to fostering innovation, clinical excellence, research, and knowledge-sharing in the field of Emergency Medicine. Its Annual Scientific Meeting has emerged as a premier platform for interdisciplinary collaboration, capacity building, and global knowledge exchange.

WRC 2025 in Madurai is a joint scientific initiative that brings together TICEM's landmark Annual Scientific Meeting with multiple international summits on trauma, disaster medicine, pre-hospital care, and toxinology – offering a truly integrated global emergency care congress.

The Pulse Behind the Congress

Meet the minds who power WRC 2025 — a dynamic collective of emergency medicine pioneers, global collaborators, and operational architects. With heart, precision, and vision, they orchestrate every detail of this world-class congress. As you explore their profiles, you’ll discover not just organizers — but passionate leaders shaping the future of resuscitation science in India and beyond.

Chief Patrons

Dr S Gurushankar

Chairman
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre
Madurai, India

Dr Ramesh Ardhanari

Medical Director & Emeritus Sr. Consultant
General Surgery
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Patrons

Prof. Dr J. A. Jayalal

President
Commonwealth Medical Association
UK

Dr S. Arulrhaj

Dr B C Roy National Awardee
Past President, API & IMA

Prof. Dr L. Arul Sundaresh Kumar

Dean
Madurai Medical College & GRH
Madurai, India

Dr B. Kannan

Medical Administrator
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr SSC Chakra Rao

Chairman
Indian Resuscitation Council Federation
Kakinada, India

Organizing Chairperson

Dr Narendra Nath Jena

Director & Head
Institute of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Organizing Secretary

Dr S. Senthilkumaran

Sr. Consultant & Head
Emergency & Critical Care
Manian Medical Centre
Erode, India

Organizing Vice Chairpersons

Dr Sachin Menon

Consultant, Regional Director
American Heart Association
India, Srilanka, Nepal & Bangladesh

Dr P.P. Venugopalan

Chair & Lead Consultant
Meitra Hospital
Calicut, India

Scientific Committee Chairperson

Prof. Dr Md. Yunus

Professor & Head
Trauma & Emergency Medicine
AIIMS, Bhopal, India

Scientific Committee Vice Chairpersons

Dr Yash Javeri

Director
Critical Care & Emergency Medicine
Regency Super Speciality Hospital
Lucknow, India

Dr Vishwas Sathe

Prof. in Anaesthesiology
(Cardiac Unit), In charge
MGM Skills Lab
Mumbai, India.

Prof. Sakthi Vaiyapuri

Prof. in Cardiovascular &
Venom Pharmacology
University of Reading, UK

Workshop Chairpersons

Prof. Dr Debasis Das Adhikari

Professor & Head
Dept. of Pediatrics Emergency Medicine
Christian Medical College
Vellore, India

Workshop Vice Chairpersons

Dr Joginder Solanki

Consultant - Emergency Medicine
NHS Trust, UK
Director - IAEM

Dr Shamim Ahmed Bhat

Deputy Chairman
Emergency Medicine
King Saud Medical City, Riyadh

Prof. Dr Tarun Sharma

Professor
General Medicine
AIIMS, Bilaspur, India

Scientific Committee Member

Dr Vinita Mittal

GM, Academics
Max Institute of Medical Excellence
Saket, Delhi, India

Dr Dina Shah

Founder Director
Vissionaire Emergency Care Services
Noida, India

Dr Senthilkumaran M.

Associate Professor & HOD
Dept. of FMT
AIIMS, Madurai, India

Dr Harish Mallapura Maheshwarappa

Director
Institute of Critical Care Medicine
Kauvery Hospital
Marathahalli, Bengaluru, India

Dr Nishanth Hiremath

Sr. Consultant & Chief
Dept of Emergency Medicine &
Trauma Services
Bhagwan Mahavir Jain Hospital
Bengaluru, India

Treasurer

Dr D. Subbulakshmi

Associate Consultant
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Organizing Committee

Dr R. Shanmugam

Consultant
Dept. of Critical Care Medicine & Toxicology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Tausif Thangalvadi

Chief operating officer &
Medical Director
Red health, India

Dr Shailesh Shetty Shibaroor

Sr. Consultant & Chief
Emergency Department
Patient Safety Officer
Aster Hospitals
Bengaluru, India

Dr Malaya Kumar Mishra

Sr Consultant & HOD
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Yashoda Hospitals
Secunderabad, India

Dr Susmeet Mishra

Consultant and Head
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Sum Ultimate Medicare
Bhubaneswar, India

Dr K. Muralidharan

Consultant
Accident & Emergency Medicine
Vadamalaiyan Hospital
Madurai, India

Dr Pranav Kumar

Sr. Emergency Consultant
Mamata Medical College
Khamam, India

Dr Santosh Pandey

Consultant
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Majaraja Agrasen Hospital
West Delhi, India

Dr Arnab Nag

Sr Consultant
Emergency Department
Manipal Hospital
Kolkata, India

Dr Amareswar Reddy

Consultant
Emergency Physician
Velammal Medical College and Hospital
Madurai, India

Dr Pragnesh Parmar

Additional Professor & HOD
Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
AIIMS, Bibinagar
Hyderabad, India

Dr Venkatesh Karthikeyan

Dept. of Community & Family Medicine
AIIMS
Patna, India

Dr Vimal Krishnan S.

Professor & Head
Emergency Medicine
Kasturba Medical College
Manipal, India

Dr S. Manu Ayyan

Asst. Professor
Emergency Medicine & Trauma
Jawaharlal Institute Of Postgraduate Medical
Education and Research (JIPMER)
Puducherry, India

Dr S. Selva

Asst. professor of Emergency Medicine
Madurai medical college &
Govt. Rajaji Hospital
Madurai, India

Dr Sugan Chinna Maran

Head - Operations & Training
Tamil Nadu Apex Skill Development
Centre for Healthcare (TNASDCH), India

Dr A. Karthik Ram

Consultant
Dept. of Critical Care Medicine & Toxicology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Jude Rozario Vinoth

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Apollo Speciality Hospital
Madurai, India

Dr A. Saravanavel

Consultant & Head
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Hospital
Thanjavur, India

Registration Committee

Dr Rimy Dey

Attending Consultant - A&E
Marengo Asia Hospital
Gurgaon, India

Dr V.Dharshana Ragavan

Senior Intensivist
Critical Care Consultant
Vinodhagan Superspeciality hospital
Thanjavur, India

Dr J. Nancy Saral Mary

Emergency Physician
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Sheema Kanmani

Emergency Physician
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Advisory Committee

Dr Pradeep Rangappa

Sr. Consultant , Critical Care
President Elect - ISCCM (2026)
Manipal Hospitals
Bangalore, India

Dr N. Balamurugan

Course Director
Sr. Consultant, Neurologist & Director
SIMS Chellum Hospital
Salem, India

Dr M. N. Sivakumar

Head
Institute of Critical Care Medicine
Royal Care Super Speciality Hospital Limited
Coimbatore, India

Dr V. P. Chandrasekaran

Director
Medical Corporate
SRM Medical College & Research Centre
Chennai, India

Dr B. Kannan

Consultant
Neurologist
Sundaram Arulrhaj Hospital
Tuticorin, India

Dr K. Sampath Kumar

Sr. Consultant & Head
Dept. of Nephrology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr S. Meenakshi Sundaram

Sr. Consultant
Neurologist
Apollo Specialty Hospitals
Madurai., India

Dr Padma

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr P. Krishnamoorthy

Sr. Consultant & Head
General Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr M. Karthikeyan

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Counselling & Psychiatry
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr S. Kumar

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Cardiac Anaesthesiology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr T. Mukuntharajan

Sr. Consultant
Imaging Sciences
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr R. Sivakumar

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Cardiology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr N. Maharajan

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Anesthesiaology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr K.S. Anand

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Critical Care & Toxicology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr A. Kannan

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Pediatrics & Neonatology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr N. Mohan

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Surgical Gastroenterology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr V. Sathyanarayana

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Orthopaedics
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr R.M. Krishnan

Sr. Consultant & Head
Dept of CTVS
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Selvamuthukumaran

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Neurosurgery
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &<bR. Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr T.C. Vijay Anand

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Neurology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Pl. Alagammai

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Medical Gastroenterology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Binita Jena

Sr. Consultant & HOD
Dept. of Plastic Surgery
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr P Ananda Selvakumar

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr S. Senthil Kumar

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr S. Karthikeyan

Sr. Consultant
Dept. of Critical Care Medicine & Toxicology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Andrew Deepak Rajiv

Consultant
Dept. of Nephrology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Satyendra Uikei

Prof & Head
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Govt. Bundlekhand Medical College
Sagar, India

Dr Vishal Gajbhiye

Associate Professor
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
BMC, Sagar, India

Souvenir & Research Committee

Dr P. Thirumalai Kolundu Subramanian

Honorary Distinguished Professor
Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical
University
Chennai, India

Dr Neeraj Mangla

Consultant
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, India

Dr Sangeeta Sahoo

Additional Professor
Dept. of Trauma & Emergency
AIIMS Bhubaneswar, India

Dr Goma Bali Bajaj

Sr. Consultant
Emergency Medicine
Bhiwadi, India

Dr Trupti Bodhare

Professor and head
Community and Family Medicine
Faculty in charge- Examination
AIIMS, Madurai, India

Conference Arrangement Committee

Dr Prabhu

Emergency Physician
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr David Deepak Anbunathan

Accident & Emergency Medicine
MSC Cruises , Italy

Dr Venkatram Shankar

Emergency Physician
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr V. Mimi

Consultant
Medical intensive care unit
Meenakshi Hospital
Tanjore, India

Dr Keshava Balaji

Emergency Physician
Kauvery Hospital
Trichy, India

Workshop Arrangement Committee

Dr A.S. Manikandan

Emergency Physician
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Kaviya Kannan

Emergency Physician
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Kirubasankaran

Consultant
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Takshashila University
Tindivanam, India

Dr T. Muralitharan

Consultant
Medical Intensive care unit
Meenakshi Hospital
Tanjore, India

Dr George Immanuel

Emergency Physician
Shifa Hospitals
Tirunelveli, India

Dr Monica Roy

Associate consultant
Kauvery Hospital
Marathahalli, Bengaluru, India

Dr Ibrahim

Emergency physician
Shanthiram Medical College
Andrapradesh, India

Dr Aravind Gnanavel

Specialty Doctor
Emergency Department
Liverpool University Hospital, UK

Dr Noordeen Sathakathulla

Consultant
Emergency Medicine
Royal College of Emergency Medicine, UK

Dr R. Hasheni

Emergency Physician
PSG Hospitals
Coimbatore, India

Dr Praveen

Consultant
Dept of Emergency Medicine
Parvathy Hospital
Chromepet, Chennai, India

Dr Janarthanan M.

Consultant & Head
Emergency medicine department
Iswarya hospital
OMR, Chennai, India

Dr Subhathra Radha K.V.N

Consultant
Emergency physician
Sri Chandrasekara Hospital
Hosur, India

Dr M. Vignesh

Emergency Physician
Dept of Critical Care
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Shanmuga Bharathi

Associate consultant
Dept. of critical care medicine & toxicology
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Travel & Accommodation Committee

Dr A.S. Manikandan

Emergency Physician
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Kaviya Kannan

Emergency Physician
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

Dr Kirubasankaran

Consultant
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Takshashila University
Tindivanam, India

Dr T. Muralitharan

Consultant
Medical Intensive care unit
Meenakshi Hospital
Tanjore, India

Dr M. Radhakrishnan

Emergency Physician
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Meenakshi Mission Hospital &
Research Centre, Madurai, India

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