Jaipur - May 2024: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Masterclass with training in Organ retrieval on cadaver was held on 10th and 11th May 2024 at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan. It was a two day certificate course with primary aim of giving hands-on experience. The program included theory sessions and practical training on cadaver demonstrating retrieval of abdominal organs and vascular anastomoses. Didactic lectures included practical aspect of various surgeries in HPB including liver resection and its techniques, pancreatic surgeries, multiorgan retrieval video presentations and various case scenarios by eminent national faculty.

There were 16 participants including practicing consultants from all over India as far as North-East. Amongst the participants, two were senior surgeons from medical colleges of Rajasthan, who were very keen to initiate retrieval program at their centres which would eventually be certified as Non-Transplant Organ Retrieval Centre (NTORC) by SOTTO. Only three participants were allotted to each cadaver to ensure that each one could gain hands-on experience with the retrieval procedure. The aim of this course was to offer this exercise to a small group to enable it to be more practical teaching and training. The certificates were distributed by Dr. M. L. Swarankar, who serves as the Emeritus Chairperson of the Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology (MGUMST).