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2020 Agenda (For Reference Only)

Day 1

8:00

2020 Program Introduction

Jie Shi

Safety and Independent QA in Radiation Oncology

8:15

Safety is No Accident - A Physician’s Perspective on Safety in 2020 and Beyond

James Hayman, M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

8:45

Leveraging Incident Reporting from RO-ILS to Improve Safety for Your Patients

Jean Moran, Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

9:15

Independent QA - a Medical Physicist's Perspective

Geoffrey Ibbott, Professor Emritus, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Jericho, VT

9:45

Independent QA - the QA Vendors' Perspective

Jeff Kapatoes, Ph.D., Sun Nuclear Corp., Melbourne, Florida

10:15

Future Directions in Patient Specific QA

Moyed Miften, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

10:45

The Future Is Now - EPID In Vivo Dosimetry

Casey Bojechko, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

11:15

Panel Discussion

Bill Simon, Jie Shi

Noon

Lunch

Stereotactic Treatment and QA

1:00

Single isocenter, Multiple Target Radiosurgery

Justin Roper, Ph.D., Sarah Cannon, Nashville, TN

1:30

Single-Isocenter Multiple-Targets SRS QA: Challenges and Solutions

Vladimir Feygelman, Saeed Ahmed, Moffit Cancer Center

2:00

Correction Factors for Small Field Detector in the Era of TRS 483 Report

Winston (Ning) Wen, Ph.D., Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

2:30

SRS Commissioning and QA Test Cases - a TG-119 Equivalent for SRS

Geoffrey Baran, M.S., Karmanos Cancer Center - Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detriot, MI

3:00

Commissioning and Implementation of Brainlab's Multiple Brain Mets SRS Element on Elekta's VersaHD

Cory Knill, M.S., Beaumont Health - Dearborn, Dearborn, MI

3:30

Critical Components of a Stereotatic Radiosurgery Program with Focus on Patient Specific QA

Roland Teboh Forbang, Ph.D., John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ

4:00

Panel Discussion

Moyed Miften

5:00

Day One Conclusion

5:30

Networking Reception


2020 Agenda (For Reference Only)

Day 2

Advancement in Planning and QA

8:00

Big Data - How to Use the Past for the Future

Charles Mayo, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

8:30

Quality Control and Data Mining of IMRT QA

Dan Cutright, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

9:00

Using Automation to Improve Treatment Planning

Ping Xia, Ph.D., The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

10:00

Optimizing Patient & Machine QA Workflows with Automation and Integration

Aisling Haughey, North West Cancer Center, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK

10:30

Practical implementation of EPID-based QA for Linac

Baozhou Sun, Ph.D., University of Washington, St. Luise, MO

11:00

Efficient Implementation and Use of AAPM TG-142

David Barbee, Ph.D., NYU Langone Health, New York, NY

11:30

Panel Discussion

Jean Moran

Noon

Lunch

Emergent Modalities & QA Issues

1:00

AAPM Initiatives and Emergent RT Technologies.

Saiful Huq, Ph.D., UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA

1:45

Commissioning ZAP for Clinical Use and Ongoing Quality Assurance

Stephen Sorensen, Ph.D., St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

2:15

Overview of MRgRT Systems – Elekta Unity

X. Allen Li, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

2:45

Commissioning and QA of MRgRT System - ViewRay MRIDian (UCLA MR symposium)

Olga Green, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

3:15

Commissioning and Clinical Implementation of Halcyon-Ethos

Bin Cai, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

3:45

Initial Experience in Commissioning, Beam Matching, and QA on a BGRT Linac

Daniel Zaks, M.S., RefleXion Medical, Hayward, CA

4:30

Program Conclusion