Agenda

Moderator:

Beth Anderson, MD
University of Wisconsin

Panelists:

How Should Curriculums be Developed?

Jennifer Croke, MD
University of Toronto

Development of Physicist Brachytherapy Training Standards

Chris Deufel, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Development of Physician Brachytherapy Training Standards

Mira Keyes, MD
BC Cancer

Resident’s Perspective on Creating Brachytherapy Training Standards

Bailey Nelson, MD
University of Cincinnati

What is the Role of Industry in Brachytherapy Education?

Neal Taunk, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Moderator:

Dan Peteriet MD
Monument Health

Panelists:

Lauren Andring, MD
MD Anderson

Jay Shiao, MD
University of Kansas

Jonathan Cantalino, MD
Georgetown

Moderator:

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS

Moderator:

Martin King, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Panelists:

Monotherapy: Pushing the Limits

Jay Czieki, MD,
Cleveland Clinic

Bimodality: Can we Add EBRT and Avoid ADT?

Alfonso Gomez Iturriaga, MD
Cruces University Hospital

Trimodality: When Do We Add ADT and When Can We Avoid it?

Marisa Kollmeier, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering

Moderators:

Amandeep Taggar, MD, MS
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre

Dory Brown, MD, PhD
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Moderator:

Kevin Albuquerque, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Panelists:

Simplifying Complex Perineal Template Brachytherapy

Eric Leung, MD
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center

Efficient Use of Advanced Hybrid Cervical Applicators

Scott Glaser, MD
City of Hope

AI-Assisted Contouring/Needle Reconstruction

Alexandra Rink, PhD
Princess Margaret Cancer Center

Preparing for Acute Complications

Kristin Bradley, MD
University of Wisconsin

Moderator:

Tiffany Phillips, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Panelists:

Appropriate Patient Selection for Skin Brachytherapy

Michael Kasper, MD
Christine E. Lynn Cancer Center at Boca Raton Regional Hospital

Choosing the Right Technique for Skin Brachytherapy

Parag Sanghvi, MD
University of California, San Diego

Dosimetry Considerations: Physics Perspective

Joel Poder, MSc
St George Hospital Cancer Care Centre

Practical Clinical Considerations: Therapists Perspective

Mackenzie Smith, MRT(T)
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre

Moderator:

Simona Shaitelman, MD, EdM
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Panelists:

APBI (and Brachytherapy Specifically) is the Preferred Option for Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Jaroslaw T. Hepel, MD
Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University

ABS APBI Guidelines Update 2023

Bethany M. Anderson, MD
University of Wisconsin

Eliminating Barriers to Breast Brachytherapy

Bridget Quinn, MD, PhD
VCU Health

Ultra-Short Course Breast Brachytherapy

Jean-Michel Hannoun Levi, MD, PhD
Antoine Lacassagne Cancer Center

Moderators:

Andrew M. Farach, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital

Michael T. Folkert, MD, PhD
Northwell Health

Panelists:

Rectal Cancer

Te Vuong, MD, FRCP
Jewish General Hospital

Bladder Cancer

Andrew M. Farach, ME
Houston Methodist Hospital

Esophageal Cancer

Nitika Thawani, MD
Dignity Health Cancer Institute

Repeat Breast Conservation Therapy with Breast Brachytherapy

Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, MD, PhD
Antoine Lacassagne Cancer Center

Moderators:

Deidre Batchelar, PhD, FCCPM
BC Cancer Agency

Christopher Tien, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine

Panelists:

A Practical Quality Assurance Program

Deidre Batchelar, PhD, FCCPM

Hardware Commissioning

Susan Richardson, PhD
Swedish Cancer Institute

TPS and Software Commissioning

Samantha Simiele, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderators:

Subhakar Mutyala, MD, MPH
Arizona Oncology

Puja S. Venkat, MD
UCLA

Panelists:

Brachytherapy for Extrapelvic Malignancies

Albert Chang, MD, PhD
UCLA

3D Printed HDR Brachytherapy Applicators

John David, MD
Tampa General

Penile Cancer Applicators

Aurelie Garant, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

3D Printing for Eye Plaques

Firas Mourtada, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University

Moderators:

Sonja Dieterich, PhD, MBA
UC Davis

Daniel J. Scanderbeg, PhD
University of California San Diego

Panelists:

Remote Education

Benjamin Li, MD
Rayos Contra Cancer

Remote Chart Rounds, Contouring, and Planning

Anuja Jhingran, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderator:

Jennifer M. Croke, MD, MhPE

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Panelists:

What’s the Role of Nursing in Brachytherapy Education

Kayla Kafka Peterson, RN
UCLA

How to Mentor Millennials in Procedural Education

Michael R. Folkert, MD, PhD
Northwell Health

GEC-ESTRO Lessons Learned from Teaching IGABT for Cervical Cancer

Remi Nout, MD, PhD
Erasmus MC Rotterdam

Innovations in Teaching Brachytherapy

Lauren Colbert, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Melissa Joyner, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderators:

Andrew Farach, MD
Houston Methodist

Arjit Bhagwala, Msc, DABR
Houston Methodist

Moderator:

Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC, FABS
BC Cancer Agency

Panelists:

Palladium 103: Is There Really an Advantage Over Iodine?

Steven Frank, MD, FABS
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Cesium 131

Brian Moran, MD, FABS
Chicago Prostate Institute

Iodine 125: It's All a Matter of Dose

Richard Stock, MD
Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Moderator:

Susan Richardson, PhD
Swedish Cancer Institute

Panelists:

Physics Perspective on RadioPharm Implementation

Jacqueline E.  Zoberi, PhD
Washington University

MD Perspective on RadioPharm Implementation

Tom Boike, MD
GenesisCare US

Cutting Edge Research

Neil Taunk, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Moderator:

Chirag Shah, MD
Cleveland Clinic

Panelists:

Modeling Value

Chirag Shah, MD
Cleveland Clinic

Gyn Expert- EBRT vs SBRT

Puja S. Venkat, MD
UCLA

 

Prostate Expert- EBRT vs SBRT

Peter F. Orio, III, DO, MS
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Value and New Payment Models

Constantine Mantz, MD
GenesisCare US

Moderators:

Parul N. Barry, MD
University of Pittsburgh

Ashley Weiner, MD, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Moderator:

Marissa Kollmeier, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Panelists:

Single Institution: Sunnybrook Experience with GU Research

Gerard C. Morton, MD, FRCPC
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre

EMBRACE Perspective on Multi-Institution Research

Remi Nout, MD, PhD
Erasmus MC Rotterdam

Conducting Brachytherapy Trials Through Cooperative Groups

Neal B. Desai, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Ensuring Brachy QA on Clinical Trials

Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD
UC San Diego Health

Lessons Learned from ASCENDE-RT

W. James Morris, MD, FRCPC
BC Cancer Agency

Moderators:

Luc Beaulieu, PhD
CHU De Québec - ULaval

Antonio Damato, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Panelists:

Auto-planning (Knowledge-Based Planning)

Shirin A. Enger, PhD
McGill University

Artificial Intelligence/Big Data

Xun Jia, PhD
John Hopkins University

Innovations in Applicators

Adam M. Cunha, PhD
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

Moderator:

Melissa Joyner, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Panelists:

The Value Proposition of Short-Course Breast Brachytherapy?

Chirag Shah, MD
Cleveland Clinic

Sarcoma

Arash Naghavi, MD, MS
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Gynecological

Sushil Beriwal, MD, FABS
Allegheny Health Network

Prostate

Daniel J. Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

Moderator:

Daniel G. Petereit, MD, FABS
Monument Health

Panelists:

Prostate Cases I & II

William McLaughlin, MD
University of Michigan/Providence Cancer Center

GYN Case I

Kathy Han, MD, MSc
Princess Margaret Hospital

GYN Case II

Junzo P. Chino, MD
Duke University Medical Center

Moderators:

John David, MD
University of South Florida

Lin Wang, MSc
Northwell Health System

Panelists:

The Situation with Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy in Ukraine

Ruslan Zelinskyi

Brachytherapy During War: A Case Study

Zoia Shepal

A Call for Action and How to Help Ukraine

Nataliya Kovalchuk

Moderators:

Arjit Bhagwala
Houston Methodist

Puja Venkat
UCAL

Moderators:

Martin King, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Pranshu Mohindra, MD, MBBS
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Moderator:

Daniel J. Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

Panelists:

Evolution of HDR

Juanita M. Crook, MD, FRCPC, FABS
British Columbia Cancer Agency

Prescription Dose is Just the Beginning

Gerard C. Morton, MD, FRCPC, FABS
Sunny Brook Odette Cancer Centre

Incorporating Advanced Imaging to Boost the DIL

Deidra L. Batchelar, PhD, FCCPM
BC Cancer Agency

Moderator:

Parul N. Barry, MD
University of Pittsburgh

Panelists:

GYN Tumors Involving Bladder/Bowel

Kathy Han, MD, MSc
Princess Margaret Hospital

Vaginal Cancer

Remi Nout, MD, PhD
Erasmus MC Rotterdam

Reirradiation

Alina Sturdza, MD
Medical University of Vienna

Oligometastasis

Junzo P. Chino, MD
Duke University Medical Center

Moderator:

Alina Sturdza, MD
Medical University of Vienna

Panelists:

Improving Access to GYN Brachytherapy - Tata Experience

Spuriya Chopra, MD
Tata Memorial Centre

Improving Access to GYN brachytherapy - Ghana Perspective

Aba Scott
Abs Scott, MD
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

Improving Access to GYN Brachytherapy - Botswana/UPenn Partnership

Megan Kassick, MD, MPH
University of Pennsylvania

Promoting High-Quality Physics for LMIC

Julie Raffi, PhD, DABR
Duke University Medical Center