EUS sessions cover tissue acquisition, WON drainage, EUS-guided gastroenterostomy, EUS-guided biliary drainage (hepaticogastrostomy and choledochoduodenostomy), pancreatic duct drainage, EUS RFA, LAMS, EUS anatomy for beginners, liver assessment and vascular interventions. AIG LIVE 2026 runs 4–5 December 2026 at HITEX Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad, with live endoscopy from the AIG Endo Suites in Hall A through both days.
11 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) sessions at AIG LIVE 2026 Day 1 · Hall B · 11.15–11.45 AM
EUS Primer: The First Steps for Intervention 11.15–11.27 AM EUS Tissue Acquisition: Needles, Target and Technique Vipul Aggarwal 11.27–11.39 AM WON Drainage: Patient Selection, Timing and Strategy Surinder Rana 11.39–11.45 AM Discussion EUS
Day 1 · Hall B · 11.45–12.20 PM
Therapeutic Dilemmas – What Would You Do Next? 11.45–11.55 AM Chronic Pancreatitis with Head Mass – Am I Missing Malignancy? Deepak Gunjan 11.55–12.05 PM Asymptomatic Patient with Cystic Lesion (3 cm) in Pancreas Sudipta Dhar Chowdhury 12.05–12.15 PM Elderly Female, Severe Comorbidities with Acute Calculous Cholecystitis Shannon Chan 12.15–12.20 PM Discussion EUS
Day 1 · Hall B · 12.20–1.00 PM
Advanced EUS – Expert Decisions & Perspectives 12.20–12.45 PM Case-Based Panel Discussion: Obstructive Jaundice, Failed ERCP – What Next? Panelists: Vinay Dhir, Dong Wan Seo , Abed Allehibi , Sanjay Kumar, Jagadeesh R12.45–1.00 PM Keynote Lecture: A to Z about EUS-Guided Gastroenterostomy (GJ) Shyam Thakkar EUS ERCP
Day 1 · Hall B · 5.00–6.00 PM
How I Do It? 5.00–5.12 PM Minor Papilla Cannulation & Sphincterotomy Amit Maydeo 5.12–5.24 PM Ampullectomy Randhir Sud 5.24–5.30 PM Discussion 5.30–5.42 PM EUS-Guided PD Drainage Rajesh Puri 5.42–5.54 PM EUS RFA Saurabh Mukewar 5.54–6.00 PM Discussion ERCP EUS
Day 2 · Breakfast table 3 · 8.00–9.00 AM
LAMS – Everything You Need to Know Shyam Thakkar , Barham Abu Dayyeh , Torsten Beyna
LAMS: Know Your Device (Designs & Engineering) Getting LAMS Deployment Right Applications in Daily Practice – Practical Tips EUS
Day 2 · Breakfast table 6 · 8.00–9.00 AM
EUS for Beginners – A Roadmap to EUS Anatomy Speakers: Jimil Shah, Piramanayagam, Monika Jain, Nikhil Sonthalia
Pancreato-Biliary Anatomy – Stomach Station Pancreato-Biliary Anatomy – Duodenum Station Mediastinal Anatomy (10 min) Rectal Anatomy (10 min) EUS Basics & Skills
Day 2 · Hall B · 10.00–10.50 AM
Guidelines or Gut Feelings Debates
10.00–10.25 AM EUS First or ERCP First: The Biliary Drainage Debate for Distal Malignant Biliary Obstruction Jayanta Samanta, Praveer Rai 10.25–10.50 AM Trans-Pancreatic Sphincterotomy vs Conventional Precut for Biliary Access Chalapathi Rao, Pankaj Dhawan ERCP EUS
Day 2 · Hall B · 11.45–12.35 PM
Malignant Hilar Strictures – The Complete Journey 11.45–11.55 AM Diagnostic Difficulty: Imaging Tharani Putta 11.55–12.05 PM Diagnostic Difficulty: Tissue Acquisition Prakash Zacharias 12.05–12.20 PM Approach to Drainage – Routes & Stents Jeanin van Hooft 12.20–12.30 PM Biliary RFA – Is It Prime Time? VG Mohan Prasad 12.30–12.35 PM Discussion ERCP EUS
Day 2 · Hall B · 2.50–3.25 PM
Endo-Hepatology – One Scope, Complete Liver 2.50–3.00 PM EUS-Based Liver Assessment: Fibrosis, Fat and the Future Vikram Bhatia 3.00–3.10 PM EUS-Guided Liver Biopsy: Technique, Safety and Yield Sandip Pal 3.10–3.20 PM EUS-PPG: Techniques and Utility Cosmos Rinaldi 3.20–3.25 PM Discussion EndoHepatology EUS
Day 2 · Hall B · 3.25–4.00 PM
Bleeding Challenges in Endoscopy 3.25–3.35 PM Anatomy-Driven EUS Management of Gastric Varices – Feeders, Shunts and Perforators Radhika Chavan 3.35–3.45 PM EUS-Guided Vascular Interventions – Beyond Varices Malay Sharma 3.45–3.55 PM Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets – Stop, Continue or Bridge? Anil Arora 3.55–4.00 PM Discussion EndoHepatology EUS
Day 2 · Hall B · 4.00–4.35 PM
Trouble Shooting in EUS Interventions 4.00–4.10 PM EUS-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy Vinay Dhir 4.10–4.20 PM EUS-Guided Choledochoduodenostomy Abed Allehibi 4.20–4.30 PM EUS-Guided WON Drainage Samir Mohindra 4.30–4.35 PM Discussion EUS Complications & Rescue
Also see: ERCP · Third Space Endoscopy & Resection · Endobariatric & Metabolic Endoscopy · Endohepatology · IBD & Small Bowel Endoscopy · AI & Innovations in Endoscopy · Endoscopy Basics & Skills · Complications & Rescue
