13th Annual Conference – 2025
13th-14th December, 2025
LT1, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
The Chandigarh Chapter of IRIA organized its 13th Annual Conference at PGIMER,Chandigarh on 13 th and 14 th December, 2025, which was attended by more than 350 delegates including postgraduate students, fellows and practicing radiologists from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Uttarakhand.
The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Prof. Kushaljit Singh Sodhi, Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER, Prof. Ajay Gulati, Secretary and Dr. Anmol Bhatia, Treasurer of the Chandigarh chapter both from PGIMER. The conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Dr. Sandeep Kavthale, the President elect of the National Indian Radiological & Imaging Association (IRIA). Dr. Pankaj Sharma from AIIMS, Rishikesh who is the Secretary General of National IRIA was the Guest of Honor.
The theme of the conference was “Radiology in practice 2025’’. The meeting was accredited for 7 CME Credit points by Haryana Medical Council. Eminent speakers included faculty from PGIMER & GMCH, Chandigarh, AIIMS Rishikesh, IGMC Shimla, DMC Ludhiana & SGRD Amritsar. There were live workshops conducted on Ultrasound elastography and Musculoskeletal shoulder joint pathologies by experts in these fields. Scientific deliberations with didactic lectures and interactive case discussions were conducted by reputed national faculty who were experts in their fields. There were detailed discussions on Medicolegal aspects in Radiology & Emerging Interventional Radiology techniques which can offer minimally invasive treatment for management in various clinical conditions. A spotter session in the memory of Late Dr Hemant Patel was also conducted in which the postgraduate students participated actively with great interactive discussions with the faculty.
General body meeting was also conducted and the new team includes Dr. Paramjeet Singh, as the incoming President of the Chapter, Prof. Ajay Gulati as Secretary and Dr. Anmol Bhatia as Treasurer.