2020 Agenda
Day 1
8:00
2020 Program Introduction
Jie Shi
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
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
Day 2
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
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