CME on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring & Inauguration of Precision Medicine services

Enhancing Patient Care Through Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

8th July 2025 09:00 am – 04:30 pm

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venue: Amphitheatre, 4th floor, Believers Hospital, Thiruvalla.

Registration Fee ₹ 500 including lunch / ₹ 300 excluding lunch

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Purpose of the CME Event

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) is a critical tool in the era of personalized medicine. This CME event is designed to enhance the knowledge and clinical application of TDM among healthcare professionals involved in prescribing, monitoring, and managing drug therapy.

  • The purpose of this educational initiative is to:
  • Provide up-to-date knowledge on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and their role in therapeutic decisions.
  • Equip clinicians and pharmacists to interpret TDM results accurately and adjust drug doses accordingly.
  • Review the importance of TDM for drugs with high variability in metabolism or narrow safety margins (e.g., antiepileptics, immunosuppressants, antimicrobials).
  • Prevent adverse drug reactions and treatment failures through evidence-based dose optimization.
  • Emphasize the importance of proper sample collection timing, handling, and communication for accurate TDM results.
  • Foster interdisciplinary collaboration between clinicians, laboratory professionals, and pharmacists.
  • Discuss factors affecting systemic drug exposure, such as organ function, drug interactions, and adherence.
  • Explore tools and strategies for integrating TDM into routine clinical workflows and electronic health records.
  • Share clinical case studies demonstrating the value of TDM in improving treatment outcomes.
  • Guide institutions on setting up TDM services, protocols, and performance monitoring.
  • Who Should Attend?
  • Physicians (especially in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, infectious disease, psychiatry, neurology, nephrology, medical oncology, haematology, and transplant care)
  • Clinical pharmacists and pharmacologists
  • Laboratory medicine professionals
  • Hospital administrators involved in patient safety and quality improvement

Program Schedule

  • Introduction to Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
    Dr. Binu Susan Mathew Pharmacologist, CMC Vellore
  • Role of Pharmacogenetics in Precision Medicine
    Dr. Ratna Prabha Pharmacologist, CMC Vellore
  • Model-Informed Precision Dosing
    Dr. Blessed Winston Pharmacologist, CMC Vellore

  • Inauguration of Precision Medicine and Pharmacometrics

  • The Challenges of Invasive Fungal Infections: Guidelines, case studies and the role of TDM Infectious Disease
    Dr. Deborah JE Marriott, Physician, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  • Integrating TDM into Antimicrobial stewardship
    Dr. Grace Mary John, Clinical Pharmacist, BCMCH
  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for the Management of Respiratory Diseases
    Dr. Balamugesh T, Pulmonologist, CMC Vellore
  • TDM and Enzyme phenotyping in Cancer Care
    Dr. Ajoy Oommen John, Medical Oncologist, CMC Vellore
  • Role of pharmacokinetics of immunosuppression (CNI, MMF and MTORI) in kidney transplant
    Dr. Suceena Alexander Nephrologist, CMC Vellore
  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Indian Psychiatry
    Dr. Abhinav Chichra, Psychiatrist, CMC Vellore
  • Role of LC-MS/MS in Precision care
    Dr. Ruth Mariam Ipe, Analytical Chemist, BCMCH
  • Role of Clinical Pharmacists in TDM
    Dr. Nair Aswin Santosh, Clinical Pharmacist, BCMCH
  • Closing Remarks
    Dr. Sumith K Mathew, Pharmacologist, BCMCH
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