meetings & events

Agenda

Thursday, January 9th, 2025

7:00am – 8:00am

Breakfast Symposium

8:20am – 9:00am

Brachytherapy is an Evidence Based Appropriate Treatment Across the Prostate Cancer Disease Spectrum

Faculty:

Mira Keyes, MD, FABS
BC Cancer Agency

8:20am – 9:00am

Candidate Selection and Dosing for Brachytherapy

Faculty:

Monotherapy and Combination Therapy

Joelle Helou, MD, MSc
London Regional Cancer Program

Dose and Constraints for EBRT in Combination with Brachytherapy

Marisa Kollmeier, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Salvage Brachytherapy

Hans Chung, MD
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center

9:00am – 9:30am

ADT and Brachytherapy

Faculty:

Recommended Duration of ADT in Combination with Brachytherapy

Dan Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

Management of ADT Related Toxicities

Laura Hathout, MD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

9:30am – 10:00am

Refreshment Break

10:00am – 10:40am

Procedural Considerations

Faculty:

What Type of Anesthesia is Recommended?

Albert Chang, MD, PhD
UCLA

Essentials of an LDR Implant

Peter Rossi, MD, FABS
Calaway Young Cancer Center at Valley View Hospital

Essentials of an HDR Implant

Juanita Crook, MD, FABS
BC Cancer Agency

10:40am – 11:30am

Organ at Risk Constraints and Management of Toxicities

Faculty:

LDR Constraints

Martin King, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Brigham and Women's Hospital

HDR Constraints

Gerard Morton, MD, FABS
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center

GU Toxicities

Juanita Crook, MD, FABS
BC Cancer Agency

Sexual Toxicities

Michael Folkert, MD, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center

11:30am – 12:00pm

Keynote | Focal Therapy

Faculty:

Daniel Song, MD
Johns Hopkins University

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Lunch Symposium

1:00pm – 4:00pm

Hands-On Learning: HDR

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Welcome Reception

Friday, January 10th, 2025

7:00am – 8:00am

Breakfast Symposium

8:00am – 8:40am

Moving Forward

Faculty:

Conidiations for LDR Isotope Selection

Steven Frank, MD, FABS
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Are We Ready to Integrate Genomic Testing into Brachytherapy Management

Peter Orio III, DO, MS, FABS
Dana-Farber Brigham and Women's Hospital

Artificial Intelligence in Prostate Brachytherapy

Martin King, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Brigham and Women's Hospital

8:40am – 9:20am

The Dominate Intraprostatic Lesion (DIL)

Faculty:

To Boost or Not to Boost the DIL

Daniel Song, MD
Johns Hopkins University

PSMA vs mpMRI for DIL Dilineation

Hans Chung, MD
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center

Image Fusion Options for DIL Identification

9:20am – 9:50am

Refreshment Break

9:50am – 10:45am

Brachy ChartRounds (Contouring and Dosimetry Evaluation)

Faculty:

Mitchell Kamrava, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Martin King, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Brigham and Women's Hospital

10:45am – 11:30am

Difficult Cases

Faculty:

Joelle Helou, MD, MSc
London Regional Cancer Program

Marisa Kollmeier, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Albert Chang, MD, PhD
UCLA

11:30am – 12:00pm

Keynote | Lessons Learned in Fractionation

Faculty:

Gerard Morton, MD, FABS
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Lunch Symposium

1:00pm – 4:00pm

Hands-On Learning: LDR

Saturday, January 11th, 2025

7:00am – 8:00am

Breakfast Symposium

8:00am – 8:30am

Brachytherapy Economics and Training

Faculty:

Building a Brachytherapy in Private Practice

Peter Rossi, MD, FABS
Callaway Young Cancer Center at Valley View Hospital

Building a Brachytherapy in Academics

Peter Orio III, DO, MS, FABS
Dana-Farber Brigham and Women's Hospital

8:30am – 9:10am

Spacing

Faculty:

Is there a Role for Spacing in Brachytherapy

Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

Timing and Spacing Options

Michael Folkert, MD, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center

Assessment/Management of Complications

Lara Hathout, MD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

9:10am – 9:45am

Refreshment Break

9:45am – 12:00pm

Hands-On Learning

12:00pm

Meeting Adjourns