2023 Prostate Brachytherapy Workshop: Back to the Future in Seattle. A Hands-on Learning Experience

We are excited to invite you to our highly anticipated Prostate Workshop in Seattle at the Lotte Hotel, November 9 – 11. This workshop is designed to provide valuable education and training on LDR and HDR prostate brachytherapy, focusing on improving practices and ensuring high-quality patient care.

During the workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn from key thought leaders in the field through informative sessions, hands-on training, and interactive discussions. Our vision is to increase patient access to high-quality brachytherapy by equipping healthcare professionals like yourself with the necessary knowledge and skills.

Not only will this workshop enhance your expertise in LDR and HDR prostate brachytherapy, but it will also provide a platform for networking with peers from across the country. It's an excellent opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals who share your passion for improving patient care.

To encourage a collaborative learning experience, we are offering a reduced rate of just $325/per registrant if you register members of your team which includes a urologist, physicist, nurse, and/or therapist. This is an excellent opportunity for your team to enhance their knowledge and skills while fostering a spirit of continuous learning within your practice. But that's not all! By attending as a team, you'll also benefit from enhanced collaboration among your colleagues. Sharing ideas, discussing real-world case studies, and networking with like-minded professionals will undoubtedly result in increased efficiency and improved patient outcomes. This exclusive rate is only available with member or non-member registration rates, ensuring that you and your colleagues receive the best value for attending.

Join us in Seattle as we work together towards advancing brachytherapy education and raising awareness!

Registration Hotel

Preliminary Agenda – Subject to Change

November 9, 2023

1:50 pm

Welcome

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

The Opportunities and Economics of Prostate Brachytherapy

New Payment Models: Benefits and Barriers to Brachytherapy

Faculty:

Peter F. Orio, III, DO, MS, FABS

Cracking the Code of Prostate Brachytherapy: Safe, Effective and Profitable

Faculty:

Steven Kurtzman, MD

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Pathway to an Iron Clad Permanent Prostate Implant LDR Prostate Program

Moderators:

Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS
Martin King, MD

Six-Step Process of Quality Assurance for Providers

Patient Selection – Simulation and Contouring

Faculty:

Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS

Implant and Post Implant Assessment and Follow-up

Faculty:

Martin King, MD

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Concurrent Session for Physicists

Pathway to an Iron Clad Permanent Prostate Implant LDR Prostate Program

Moderator:

Mahta McKee, MSc, FABS

Quality Assurance for Physicists

Faculty:

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS

Adaptive and Accurate LDR BT

Faculty:

Arjit Baghwala, MS

Real Time Planning with Oncentra

Faculty:

Dan Cail, PhD

The Role of the Physicist and preplanned Prostate Seed Implants from Beginning to End

Faculty:

Bruce Libby, PhD

4:15 pm - 6:15 pm

A Hands-on Prostate LDR Learning Experience

Incorporating MRI and DIL Delineation and Treatment Planning Software: MRI Assisted Radiosurgery (MARS)

Software Stations:

MIM Workflow (MARS)
Faculty: Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS
Varian Workflow (Varian)
Faculty: Juanita Crook, MD, FABS
Elekta Workflow (Elekta)
Faculty: Martin King, MD

Four-Step Process – Implant to Anatomy

Varian: Single/Intraop
Faculty: Brett Cox, MD | Gil Cohen, MS | Marisa Kollmeier, MD | Steven Kurtzman, MD
Varian: Stranded/Pre-Plan
Faculty: Juanita Crook, MD | Mira Keyes, MD, FABS | John Sylvester MD
Elekta: Stranded/Intraop
Faculty: Dan Cail, PhD| Martin King, MD| Peter F. Orio, DO, MS, FABS
Varian: Hybrid Single + Stranded
Faculty: William McLaughlin, MD
MIM: MARS
Faculty: Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS| Bruce Libby, PhD | Mahta McKee, MS, FABS |Gerard Morton, MD, FABS | Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS

6:15 pm – 7:15 pm

Opening Reception

November 10, 2023

7:15 am – 8:15 am

Breakfast Symposium: Game-Changer: Brachytherapy the Just-FDA Approved Biodegradable Balloon Providing Predictable, Reproducible, Adjustable and Safe Rectal-Spacing Every Time

Faculty: Shawn Zimberg, MD
Sponsored by BioProtect

8:15 am – 9:15 am

Pathway to an Ironclad HDR Prostate Program

Moderators:

Juanita Crook, MD, FABS
Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS

Step By Step Process of Quality Assurance for Prostate HDR Providers

Patient Selection for Brachytherapy and Contouring

Faculty:

William McLauglin, MD

Implant and Post Implant Assessment and Follow-up

Faculty:

Juanita Crook, MD, FABS

TRUS, CT and MRI

Faculty:

Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Prostate HDR Quality Assurance for Physicist

Moderators:

Mahta Mckee, MS, FABS

TRUS Based Prostate HDR for Both the Beginner and Advanced User

Faculty:

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS

Prostate Brachytherapy Physics in a CT / Elekta Based Clinic

Faculty:

Matt Giles, MSc

Prostate Brachytherapy Physics and a CT / Varian Based Clinic

Faculty:

Bruce Libby, PhD

Real Time Planning with Vitesse

Faculty:

Gil Cohen, PhD

9:15 am – 10:15 am

Surgery, SBRT, Micro Dosing and Brachtherapy in the Future

Moderator:

Juanita Crook, MD, FABS

Surgery v. BT

Faculty:

Mira Keys, MD, FABS

Flame / Micro Boosting

Faculty:

Martin King, MD

Focal Brachy

Faculty:

Peter J. Orio III, DO, MS, FABS

SBRT v. BT

Faculty:

Mitchell Kamrava, MD

10:15 am – 11:15 am

Innovations to Improve Prostate Cancer Outcomes and Quality of Life

Moderator:

Peter F. Orio, III, DO, MS, FABS

Disruptive Technologies and Treatment of Prostate Cancer in Near Future:

Faculty:

David Crawford, MD

Trans Perineal vs. Trans Rectal Biopsies

Faculty:

Claire de la Calle, MD

Achieving Total Success with Rectal Spacing: Cure with Function Preservation

Faculty:

William McLaughlin, MD

Groundwork For a Disruptive Focal Brachytherapy Multi-Institutional Clinical Trial

Faculty:

Peter F. Orio, III, DO, MS, FABS

11:30 pm – 12:30 pm

Lunch Symposium: Future of Spacing Control Matters: Physician-controlled placement affects the safety, symmetry, and optimal placement in rectal spacing. See the latest data proving placement is key in increasing patient QOL and how controlled spacing expands treatment possibilities by broadening the list of eligible patients.
Sponsored by Barrigel

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

A Hands-on Prostate HDR Learning Experience

Incorporating MRI with DIL Delineation and Treatment Planning Software: MRI Assisted Radiosurgery (MARS)

Software Stations:

Brachyvision CT/MRI
Faculty: Gil Cohen, MS | Mitchell Kamrava, MD | Bruce Libby, PhD
Oncentra CT/MRI
Faculty: Dan Cail, PhD | Matt Giles, MSc | Mahta McKee, MS, FABS | Martin King, MD
MIM Prostate HDR
Faculty: Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS | Peter Rossi, MD, FABS

For Anatomy to Successful Prostate HDR Implant

Varian Vitesse TRUS
Faculty: Juanita Crook, MD, FABS | Marisa Kollmeier, MD | Bruce Libby, PhD
Elekta Oncentra TRUS
Faculty: Dan Krauss, MD | Alvaro Martinez, MD, FABS | Mahta McKee, MS, FABS | Gerard Morton, MD, FABS

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Hands-on practice

LDR-Varian: (Stranded/Pre-plan):
Faculty: Juanita Crook, MD, FABS | Mira Keyes, MD, FABS| John Sylvester, MD
LDR-Mim: MARS
Faculty: Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS| Mahta McKee, MS, FABS | Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
LDR-Elekta: (Stranded/Intra-op)
Faculty: Dan Cail, PhD | Martin King, MD | Peter J. Orio III, DO, MS, FABS
HDR-Elekta: Oncentra CT/MRI
Faculty: Matt Giles, MSc | Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
HDR-Varian: Vitesse TRUS
Faculty: Juantia Crook, MD, FABS | Marisa Kollmeier, MD

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The Physics of Brachytherapy

Moderator:

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS

Review of TG303 and Use of MRI

Faculty:

Mahta McKee, MSc, FABS | Gil Cohen, PhD

Review of TG128

Faculty:

Bruce Libby, PhD | Arjit Baghwala, MSc

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Off-Site Networking Reception

November 11, 2023

7:15 am

Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast Club: Physics Prostate Brachytherapy Updates: AAPM Task Group 128: Quality Assurance Tests for Prostate Brachytherapy Ultrasound Systems
A journal club style review of important papers and topics over the past 2 years to get you up to speed and what is going on

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Toxicity, Intensification, and ADT

Moderator:

Mira Keyes, MD, FABS | Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS

ADT

Faculty:

Mira Keyes, MD, FABS

Intensification:

Faculty:

Marisa Kollmeier, MD

Clinical Trials Update

Faculty:

Daniel Krauss, MD

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Round Table Discussions: Physics, New Users, Difficult Cases, Spanish Speaking Round Table, and Resident Education

Moderator:

Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS

Difficult Cases in Prostate and Brachytherapy for Physicists
Faculty: Gil Cohen, MS | Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Difficult Cases in Prostate Brachytherapy for Spanish Speakers
Faculty: Alvaro Martinez, MD, FABS | Juanita Crook, MD, FABS
Difficult Cases in Prostate Brachytherapy for New Users and Residents
Faculty: Mitchell Kamrava, MD | Peter F. Orio, III, DO, MS, FABS | Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
Difficult Cases and Prostate Brachytherapy: Stump the Experts
Faculty: Gerard Morton, MD, FAB | John Sylvester, MD

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

A Hands-on Learning Experience: Trans Perineal Biopsies, Spacing, and Practice

Trans Perineal Biopsy, A Hand-on Experience
Faculty: David Crawford, MD | John Sylvester, MD
Mastering Rectal Spacing with SpaceOAR and Barrigel, A Hands-On Experience
Faculty: Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS | Mitchell Kamrava, MD | Martin King, MD | Marisa Kollmeier, MD | William McLaughlin, MD | Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
Practice, Practice, Practice; A Hands-on Experience