Agenda

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

4:00 PM

Welcome

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

GYN | Contouring/Planning I: Cervix and Intact Uterine Cancer

Faculty:

Case I: Early-Stage Cervix

Jyoti Mayadev, MD, FABS
University of California, San Diego

Case II: Late-Stage Cervix (Hybrid)

Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto

Case III: Inoperable Uterine Cancer

Christine Fisher, MD
University of Colorado Denver

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Physics | How to Start a GYN HDR Program: Physics Perspectives

Faculty:

Clinic Workflow for GYN Brachytherapy

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson University

Brachy suite vs non dedicated room

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University

Quality Assurance of Applicators

Surendra Prajapati, PhD, MD
Anderson Cancer Center

Quality Assurance for Plans and Treatments

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

GYN | Contouring/Planning II: Vaginal Cancer, Uterine Cylinders and Recurrence

Faculty:

Case I: Vaginal Cylinder (Post Hysterectomy)

Marisa A. Kollmeier, MD, FABS
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Case II: Uterine Recurrence (Intracavitary Only)

Junzo Chino, MD, FABS
Duke University Medical Center

Case III: Vaginal Cancer (Interstitial)

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Physics | Automation in GYN Brachy: AI or AyAyAII…?

Faculty:

Use of MRI in GYN Brachy: MRI-guided vs. MRI -based vs. MRI-informed: TG 303-

Gil’ad Cohen, MS, NYU
Grossman School of Medicine

Deformable Image Registration and Dose Accumulation

Gil’ad Cohen, MS, NYU
Grossman School of Medicine

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Abstract Presentations

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Opening Reception

 

Thursday, October 16, 2025

7:30 AM-8:30 AM

Breakfast Symposium

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

GYN | Cervix: Imaging and Planning

Faculty:

Contours/OARs

Jyoti Mayadev, MD, FABS
University of California, San Diego

Integrating MRI and CT

Junzo Chino, MD, FABS
Duke University Medical Center

Ultrasound (Transabdominal/Transrectal)

Christine Fisher, MD
University of Colorado Denver

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

GYN | Cervix: Applicators and Techniques

Faculty:

Tandem and Ovoid

Beth Erickson, MD, FABS
Medical College of Wisconsin

Hybrid Approaches

Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto

Nursing; Anesthesia Care for Cervix

Kayla Kafka-Peterson, RN
UCLA

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Physics | Difficult Cases and Tips and Tricks

  • Imaging
  • Digitization
  • Optimization

Moderator:

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University

Faculty:

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Hands-on-Workshop

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Lunch Symposium

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

GYN | Uterine Cancer

Faculty:

RT in the Molecular Subtype ERA

Christine Fisher, MD
University of Colorado Denver

Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy

Beth Erickson, MD, FABS
Medical College of Wisconsin

Inoperable Uterine Brachytherapy

Jyoti Mayadev, MD, FABS
University of California, San Diego

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Physics | Safe Practice to Avoid Errors: How Safe is Safe?

Faculty:

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

GYN | Complex Cases

Faculty:

Vaginal Cancer

Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto

Recurrent Uterine Cancer

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Complication Management

Junzo Chino, MD, FABS
Duke University Medical Center

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Physics Round Table

Faculty:

Patient Communication

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University

Errors and How to Fix Them

Gil’ad Cohen, MS, NYU
Grossman School of Medicine

Depth of End-to-End Verifications When you Start /Restart a New Program

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Hands-on-Workstation

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Networking Reception

 

Friday, October 17, 2025

Prostate Workshop: Hands-On Workshop From Fundamentals to Advanced Practice

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Blue Earth Breakfast Symposium: POSLUMA

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Advocating for Brachytherapy During Tumor Board

Faculty:

Mira Keyes, MD, FABS, FRCPC
BC Cancer Center

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Prostate | Brachytherapy Patient and Dose Selection

Faculty:

Monotherapy

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

Combotherapy

Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

Salvage

Marisa Kollmeier, MD, FABS
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Prostate | Doing an Implant

Faculty:

Anesthesia Options for Perineal Procedures

Albert Chang, MD
UCLA

Essentials of an LDR Implant

Peter F. Orio, III, DO, FABS
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Essentials of an HDR Implant

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

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Physics | How to Start Prostate HDR Program: Physics Perspectives

Faculty:

TRUS Based Prostate HDR for Both the Beginner and Advanced User

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson University

CT Based prostate HDR

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Break

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Prostate | Brachytherapy Chartrounds

Moderators:

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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

Faculty:

LDR Review

Ankit Agarwal, MD
Western Radiation Oncology

Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Peter F. Orio, III, DO, FABS
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mira Keyes, MD, FABS, FRCPC
BC Cancer Center

HDR Ultrasound Review 

Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

Marisa Kollmeier, MD, FABS
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

HDR CT/MRI Review 

Albert Chang, MD
UCLA

Arun Goel, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
Calaway Young Cancer Center At Valley View Hospital

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Physics | The Role of the Physicist in Preplanned PSI Brachytherapy

Faculty:

Realtime LDR Planning

Surendra Prajapati, PhD, MD
Anderson Cancer Center

Adaptive and Accurate LDR BT

Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Everything You Wanted to Know About TG128 But Were Afraid to Ask

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch Symposium

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Prostate | Hands-On HDR/LDR Prostate

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Prostate | Hands-On HDR/LDR Prostate

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Abstract Presentations

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Networking Reception

 

Saturday, October 18, 2025

7:15 AM – 8:15 AM

Breakfast Symposium

8:15 AM – 8:45 AM

Prostate | Making Sense and Looking Forward

Faculty:

Lessons learned in HDR fractionation

Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

AR/VR in Prostate Brachytherapy

Ramez, Kouzy, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

8:15 AM – 8:45 AM

Physics | Quality Assurance for Physicists Emerging Technologies in Brachytherapy

Faculty:

Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Firas Mourtada
PhD, FABS, Thomas Jefferson

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM

Prostate | How I Do It

Faculty:

MRI-assisted brachytherapy 

Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS
MD Anderson Cancer Center

DIL Boost 

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

Management of Side Effects After Brachytherapy 

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Refreshment Break

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM

Prostate | Brachytherapy Practice Building

Faculty:

Building a Prostate Brachytherapy Practice

Ankit Agarwal, MD
Western Radiation Oncology

Arun Goel, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Gil’ad Cohen, MS, NYU
Grossman School of Medicine

Utilizing Nursing in Your Brachytherapy Practice

Kayla Kafka – Peterson, RN
UCLA

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Hands-On Spacer

  • SpaceOAR Station
  • Barrigel Station
  • BioProtect Station