Agenda

Qfix Patient Positioning and Immobilization Symposium
**Agenda Subject to Change**

Friday, January 5, 2018    
     
7:00 am – 7:45 am   Registration
     
7:45 am – 8:00 am   Welcome
     
8:00 am – 8:30 am   Keynote Address: Emerging Trends in Radiotherapy
M. Salim Siddiqui, MD, Ph.D., Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
     
8:30 am – 9:00 am   “Patient Positioning: The Cornerstone of Successful Radiotherapy”
Brendan Prendergast, MD, Health First Cancer Institute, Titusville and Viera, FL
     
9:00 am – 10:00 am   “Advances in Radiotherapy Clinical Management using SRS/SRT/SBRT”
M. Salim Siddiqui, MD, Ph.D., Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
     
10:00 am – 10:15 am   Break
     
10:15 am – 11:00 am   “Advances in Immobilization Setup for SRS/SRT/SBRT”
Paul Jackson, BS., R.T.(T), Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
     
11:00 am – 12:00 pm   “SBRT to Lung and Liver: Positioning and Motion Management”
Evan Osmundson, MD, Ph.D., Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
     
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm   Lunch
     
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm  

“SBRT Spine: A Physicist's Perspective"
Han Liu, Ph.D., DABR, Cone Health Cancer Center, Greensboro, NC

     
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm  

"SBRT Spine: A Therapist's Perspective"
Susan Boyles, R.T.(R)(T), Cone Health Cancer Center, Greensboro, NC

     
2:00 pm -3:00 pm  

"Minimize Movement: Maximize Care"
Nikki Mulholland, R.T.(R)(T), Hospital of the University or Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Maya Korobeynik, M.H.A., R.T.(T) (CT), Hopsital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

     
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm   Break
     
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm   SRS "Hands On" Session
     
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm   Break
     
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm   Intracranial Head & Neck "Hands On" Session
     
Saturday, January 6, 2018    
     
7:45 am – 8:30 am   “Benign Treatments: TriGems and Beyond”
Rex Ayers, MS, DABR, MCCPM, CHP, Northwest Medical Physics Center, Lynwood, WA
     
8:30 am – 9:15 am   "MR in RT: The Future”
James Balter, Ph.D., FAAPM, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
     
9:15 am – 9:30 am   Break
     
9:30 am – 10:45 am  

“Four Year Experience with MR-IGRT: Practical Considerations and Early Results”
Olga Green, Ph.D., DABR, Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Erin Wittland, R.T.(T), Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

     
10:45 am – 11:20 am   “Emerging Trends in Proton Therapy”
Andrew Wroe, Ph.D., DABR, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA
     
11:20 am – 11:55 am   “Future Directions in Proton Therapy”
Aman Anand, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
     
11:55 am  1:00 pm   Lunch
     
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm   “Prone Breast Radiotherapy: A Clinical Review”
Dr. Jose Bazan, MD, MS, Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, James Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
     
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm   “Immobilization and Set-Up for Prone Breast Radiotherapy”
Tina LaPaglia, BS, RT(T), The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, James Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
     
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm   Break
     
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm   “Design Thinking in Radiation Oncology”
David Wiant, Ph.D., DABR, Radiation Oncology, Cone Health Cancer Center, Greensboro, NC
Paul Yokoyama, Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA
     
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm   “Unconventional Immobilization Devices and Setups”
Tneisha Haddock, BS, R.T. (R)(T), Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
     
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm   SBRT "Hands On" Session
     
     
     
Medical Physicists:   An application will be submitted to the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Program.
     
Radiation Therapists:   An application will be submitted to the American Society for Radiological Technologists for designation of Category A continuing education credits.
     
Medical Dosimetrists:  

An application will be submitted to the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board for designation of MDCB credit.

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