Next workshop will be held in April 2025. See registration details below.

About This Workshop

EP 101

The EP 101 workshop is envisaged as an introduction to basic interventional cardiac electrophysiology for early career trainees. It is designed to allow free interactions between the trainees and faculty by having limited number of trainees. The limited number of participants, homogeneous group and focused scope distinguish this from other conferences and gives a unique opportunity for training.

The workshop will be conducted over two days, alternating between JIPMER Puducherry and CMC Vellore as the venue. The topics will cover the basics of interventional electrophysiology, from ECG evaluation of arrhythmias, through setting up of the EP lab to pacing maneuvers, mapping and ablation of supraventricular tachycardias and idiopathic ventricular tachycardias.

Participants will be picked from final year DM / DNB Cardiology trainees, Cardiologists within the first two years of completion of training and first year EP fellows. Number of participants will be limited to 18. The course directors are Dr. Raja Selvaraj from JIPMER and Dr. John Roshan from CMC.

Key Features

Defined target audience

Final yr DM / Within 2 yrs of passing DM / First yr EP Fellow

Only Basic EP

Learn the basics. No 3D. No AF ablation

Only two faculty

Committed faculty, more scope for interaction

Limited Number of Participants

Small group for more interactive discussion

Interactive sessions>

Learn by discussing

Certification

Certification for training recieved

Department of Cardiology

JIPMER, Puducherry

12-04-2025 & 13-04-2025

Saturday and Sunday

Only 18 seats

Hurry up! First come, first serve

Program

A quick introduction, setting out the key elements of the program. Objectives, important design aspects, feedback, evaluation

Equipment used in the EP studies, including catheters, connectors, junction box, amplifier, display settings; setting them up and troubleshooting

ECG findings of relevance to EP study in patients with narrow and wide complex tachycardia

Biophysics principles involved in use of RF energy for ablation. Differences between non-irrigated and irrigated RF. Typical settings used for different arrhythmias.

Basic views and anatomy in each view. Applied fluoroscopic anatomy for each chamber. Useful views while mapping different arrhythmias.

Stimulation protocols, what is sync and how to set it up. How to set up each protocol on the stimulator

Principles and recording on unipolar and bipolar signals. Placement of usual catheters. Measurements in sinus rhythm. Common pacing protocols.

Distinguishing nodal vs extranodal VA conduction. Identifying dual AV nodal physiology. Preexcitation patterns and response to extrastimuli.

Ventricular overdrive pacing - How to perform and interpret. PVCs during tachycardia

Linking, simultaneous atrio-ventricular pacing, miscellaneous maneuvers

Slow pathway ablation for typical AVNRT - electrogram based and fluoroscopic approaches. Uncommon locations for ablation. Ablating safely - practical approach.

General principles of mapping accessory pathways. Mapping right sided pathways. Mapping left sided pathways. Posteroseptal pathway ablation

Tracings from an illustrative real case, discussing various concepts step by step.

Basic principles of entrainment. Identifying entrainment. Identifying location in circuit based on entrainment response.

Mapping and ablation of focal atrial tachycardia. Isthmus ablation for typical flutter.

ECG - Identifying common wide QRS tachycardias. Clues during atrial and ventricular pacing.

Differentiation of SVT, VT and preexcited tachycardia. Identification of bundle branch reentry.

Identify antidromic tachycardia using atriofascicular pathway. Differentiate bystander pathway. Mapping and ablation of atriofascicular pathways.

Delegates shown series of tracings with questions and write answers.

Step by step approach to wide QRS tachycardia illustrated with tracings from real case.

Tracings shown for evaluation are discussed. Final scores and toppers announced. Feedback forms to be filled.

Faculty

Dr.Raja Selvaraj is a Professor of Cardiology at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry and heads the Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing program. He completed his EP fellowship at the Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal and has more than 150 publications. Apart from practising and teaching electrophysiology, he is passionate about chess, travel, photography and mountains.

RAJA SELVARAJ

JIPMER, Puducherry

Dr.John Roshan is a Professor of Cardiology and heads the unit of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology at CMC. He is also the program director for the EP Fellowship at CMC. He completed his adult EP fellowship at the Toronto General Hospital and a Paediatric EP fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada. He is on the International Heart Rhythm board of examiners to set questions for the CCDS and CEPS exams. He is the recipient of many awards including the prestigious AV Gandhi gold medal for excellence in Cardiology. He has a great passion for teaching, wildlife and enjoys driving on long road trips.

JOHN ROSHAN

Christian Medical College, Vellore

Second EP 101

28-29 February 2020, CMC

  1. 1. Dr. Dinakar Bootla
  2. 2. Dr. Amanullah Enayati
  3. 3. Dr. Jaskaran Singh Gujral *
  4. 4. Dr. Krishna Prasad Nevali
  5. 5. Dr. Vickram Vignesh R *
  6. 6. Dr. Wasim Rashid *
  1. 7. Dr. Ansul Patodia
  2. 8. Dr. Sai Krishna Reddy
  3. 9. Dr. Satbir Singh
  4. 10. Dr. V. Krishna Santosh
  5. 11. Dr. Anunay Gupta *
  6. 12. Dr. R Sakthivel *
  1. 13. Dr. Raghavendra
  2. 14. Dr. Perla Harsha Teja
  3. 15. Dr. Arpudh Michael Anandaraj
  4. 16. Dr. Naveen Kumar P

* Top 5 in evaluation

Third EP 101

05-06 January 2024, CMC

  1. 1. Dr. Chinmay Parale *
  2. 2. Dr. Akshay Aggrawal
  3. 3. Dr. Anish Bharghav
  4. 4. Dr. Suresh Kumar Sukumaran *
  5. 5. Dr. Ramanathan Velayutham
  6. 6. Dr. Vamsi Merugumala
  7. 7. Dr. Saikiran Kakarla *
  1. 8. Dr. Harsh Kumar Pandey
  2. 9. Dr. Anbarasan S
  3. 10. Dr. Soorampally Vijay *
  4. 11. Dr. Shamim Chowdhury
  5. 12. Dr. Enosh Katta
  6. 13. Dr. Avishkar Agarwal
  7. 14. Dr. Ritesh Acharya
  1. 15. Dr. Ashish Kumar
  2. 16. Dr. Sumit Kumar
  3. 17. Dr. Priyanka Agarwal
  4. 18. Dr. Kulkarni Yogesh Jagannath *
  5. 19. Dr. Kollimarla Sriram
  6. 20. Dr. Mirza Shohiab Ur Riyaz
  7. 21. Dr. Sandhya S

* Top 5 in evaluation

Registration details

Registration for the 2025 workshop will open on 30 January 2025. To register yourself for the workshop, please send an email to registration@ep101.in after 10 am on 30 January with the following details. You will recieve a reply within one week if selected. Please note that this is a fully self-funded workshop

  • Name:
  • Age:
  • email:
  • Mobile no:
  • Whatsapp no: (if different)
  • Month and year of completion of DM / DNB Cardiology, Institute name:
  • Month and year of starting EP fellowship, Institute name (if applicable):
  • Briefly (2-3 lines) mention why you want to attend this workshop:

Before registering, please make sure you fit into one of the following categories:

  1. 1. Final year Cardiology trainee (DM or DNB)
  2. 2. Completed Cardiology training (DM or DNB) after July 2021
  3. 3. In the first year of EP fellowship

First 12 seats will be filled from the eligible candidates who register on first come, first serve basis. The remaining 6 seats will be chosen by the workshop faculty from all applications received until February 5th. If enough applications are not received, this will be extended to February 12. Selected candidates will have to pay registration fees of Rs. 4000 through bank transfer and share the transaction ID. Food and accommodation will be provided to all participants. Travel to and from Puducherry will have to be arranged by the candidates.