3:30pm – 3:45pm
Introduction
Faculty:
Welcome and Workshop Goals
Mahta McKee, MS, DABR, FABS
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
3:45pm – 4:30pm
Quality Assurance
Moderator:
Samantha Simiele, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Faculty:
Applicator Commissioning
Sheridan Meltsner, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Preview of ABS New Consensus Guidelines: Medical Physics Residency Training in HDR Remote Afterloader Brachytherapy
Y. Jessica Huang, PhD
University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Hospital
Dosimetry Tips/Tricks/Updates
Mark Rivard, PhD, FABS
Brown University Health Cancer Institute
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Considerations for Treatment Planning
Moderator:
Vibha Chaswal, PhD, DABR
Miami Cancer Institute
Faculty:
Dosimetric Considerations for Beta Emitting Intravascular Brachytherapy Sources
Matt Giles, MS, DABR
Emory University
Advanced Planning Techniques
Adam Cunha, PhD
UC San Francisco
Advance Planning Still Needs the Basics: The Unique Radiobiology of Brachytherapy Tratment Planning
Chris Tien, PhD, DABR
Yale School of Medicine
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Emerging Technology
Moderator:
Annie Cooney, MS, DABR
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Faculty:
How to practice HDR Brachythearpy with EM Tracking Tools and Improve Clinical Efficiency
Chris Deufel, PhD, FABS
Mayo Clinic
Hw to Effectively Bring and Utilize GammaTile in Your Department
Clara Ferreira, PhD, DABR
University of Minnesota
181 Tungsten Dosimetry: Physical Principles and its Advantages and Disadvantages in IMBT
David Medich, PhD
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
6:30pm
Meeting Adjourns