Upcoming meetings will be added as they are planned and scheduled
The Great Lakes Chapter Great Debate and YIS will begin at 4:30 pm with registration at 4:15 pm. Following the Young Investigators presentations a full Dinner will be served. The Great Debate with moderator, Dr Colin Orton and guest speakers, Dr Jean Moran and Dr Tim Nurushev will complete the evening.
The
meeting will be held at the Ann Arbor Holiday Inn, at 3600 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arobor. (See
it in Google Maps)
Download the Meeting Announcement for full details
The Great Lakes Chapter Fall Scientific Meeting, Titled "Starting a Proton Therapy Program" is scheduled for Friday, Nov 9th starting at 10:00 am.
A sponsored lunch will be provided and 3.5 MPCEC credits will be available for Certified Physicists
The
meeting is hosted by the
McLaren Proton Therapy Center in Flint, MI, but will
be held at McLaren Flint (See
it in Google Maps)
Please view the Attendee Arrival Instructions
Download the Meeting Announcement for full details
Program
Outline
9:30
am
Registration
9:55
am
Welcome and Opening Remarks...................................Brett
Miller
10:00
am
Comm. a Proton Therapy Machine and TPS.................Sung Park
10:50
am
Treatment
Planning for Proton Therapy....................Stephan Both
11:40 am **Sponsored Lunch** - Protom International
12:40
pm
An Evidenced Based Review of Proton Therapy......Andre Konski
1:30 pm Quality and Safety Issues.................................................Indra Das
3:00
pm
Coffee, Discussion and Closing Remarks
Thanks to Protom for its generous sponsorship of the Fall Meeting
The Great Lakes Chapter Spring Meeting and Young Investigators Symposium is scheduled for Thursday, May 3rd starting at 3pm.
The meeting will be held at the
PNC Financial Building in Troy (See
it in Google Maps)
Enter
through the beaumont
entrance (southwest corner) and proceed to the 2nd floor, classroom #1.
Program
Outline
2:30
pm
Registration
3:00
pm
Welcoming
remarks........................................................Brett
Miller
3:05
pm Young
Investigators Symposium..............................................TBA
3:45
pm
A
Review of the MOC Process.........................Joann
Prisciandaro
4:15 pm Implementation of EMR with ARIA.............................Tim Nurushev
5:30 pm **Dinner**
6:20
pm
Implementation of EMR with MOSAIC and HDR.......Lisa Benedetti
6:50 pm Presentation of YIS Awards
7:15
pm
Adjournment
Thanks to Elekta for its generous sponsorship of the Spring Meeting
“This House Believes the DMP will become the standard of practice for the Clinical Medical Physicist”
The Great Lakes Chapter is pleased to announce the 15th annual Great Debate, scheduled for Thursday, March 8th starting at 5:50 pm.
The meeting will be held
at the Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel (See
it in Google Maps) 21111
Haggerty Road, Novi, MI 48375
Program
Outline
5:30
pm
Registration and Cocktails
5:50
pm
Welcoming
remarks........................................................Brett
Miller
6:00
pm
Dinner
6:30
pm
Introduction of Speakers -
Moderator.........................James Balter
6:52 pm Against the Proposition............................................Jay Burmeister
7:05 pm
Rebuttals
- 8 minutes each
7:25
pm
Final
Remarks
and Closing.............................................Brett Miller
Patient Safety Focused Quality Assurance
The Great Lakes Chapter Fall Scientific Meeting is scheduled for Friday, Nevember 11th starting at 9:00 am.
The meeting will be held
at the Providence Park Hospital (See
it in Google Maps)
Attendees should follow signs to the Heart Institute Entrance once they
are on
Hospital grounds. See
Campus Map
Program
Outline
8:30
am
Registration
8:55
am
Welcoming
remarks................................................Bryan Tollenaar
9:00
am
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy...........................Tim
Solberg
9:30
pm
Patient
Safety...................................................................Brett
Miller
10:00
am **
Coffee
break **
11:00 am Efforts by the AAPM / Practice Guidelines........Joann Prisciandaro
11:30 am Patient
Safety in Computed Tomography................Mark Supanich
1:00
pm Low
Dose Rate Brachytherapy..............................Vrinda Narayana
1:30 pm High Dose Rate Brachytherapy...............................Bryan Tollenaar
2:00 pm Challenges of Implementing TG-142........................................Panel
2:30
pm Discussion
and Closing..........................................Invited Speakers
The Great Lakes Chapter Spring Meeting and Young Investigators Symposium is scheduled for Thursday, June 16th starting at 1pm.
The meeting will be held at the
PNC Financial Building in Troy (See
it in Google Maps)
Enter
through the beaumont
entrance (southwest corner) and proceed to the 2nd floor, classroom #1.
Program
Outline
12:30
pm
Registration
1:00
pm
Welcoming
remarks................................................Bryan Tollenaar
1:05
pm Young
Investigators Symposium..............................................TBA
3:15
pm
** Coffee
break **
3:45
pm
"Speed Mentoring"
6:20 pm Presentation of YIS Award
6:30
pm AAPM2011
and Beyond................................................Gary Ezzell
7:30
pm
Adjournment
Download the meeting Presentations
At PNC Center (formerly the National City Building) (755 W. Big Beaver Rd. in Troy, just off I-75) See it in Google Maps
Enter through the beaumont entrance (southwest corner) and proceed to the 2nd floor, classroom #1.
This event is completely free!
Program
Outline
12:30
pm
Registration
1:00
pm
Welcoming
remarks..................................................Tewfik Bichay
1:10
pm
CTDI
Verification with OSL Dosimeters..................Scott
Emerson
1:30
pm
MDCH
Ionizing Radiation Rules on CT Installations.....John
Ferris
2:30
pm
AAPM
National Board update........................................Jean Moran
2:45
pm
** Coffee
break **
3:00
pm
Reflections on Safety in Radiation Therapy..................Jean Moran
Update on National and Local Activities
4:00
pm
Direct
Segment
Optimization..................................Jennifer
Steers
Optimizing
Conformal Plans without IMRT
4:20
pm
Licensing
update and discussion..........................Janice Campbell
--Please RSVP to Chadd Smith (GLC.AAPM@gmail.com) by Thursday, Dec 9th, 2010
Download the official program outline here
The next meeting of the Great Lakes Chapter will be held on Thursday, February 25th, 2010, at the National City Building in Troy, just off I-75 (755 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48084‑4900).
The featured topic will be:
“Licensure of Medical Physicists in Michigan. Are we ready?”
Distinguished Speakers include: Robert Pizzutiello, MS, FAAPM, FACMP, PMP, Joint Medical Physics Licensure Subcommittee (JMPLSC) Chairman, and Robert H. Smereka, MS, DABR, Michigan State Committee Captain, Joint Medical Physics Licensure Subcommittee (JMPLSC)
Their presentation, "Licensure in Michigan – Draft Bill, Current Status and Future Directions," will be followed by a panel discussion on Licensure to include the MDCH Radiation Safety Section.
Social hour will begin at 5:00 pm, with an optional light dinner (assorted sandwiches, salad, cookies, soda, water) available for purchase for $12 (pay on-site).
Presentations will begin at 6:00 pm
Please RSVP to Chadd Smith (GLC.AAPM@gmail.com) by Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010. Also, please indicate whether you would be interested in the optional light dinner.
The Great Lakes Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine is pleased to announce the Licensure and Young Investigators Symposium.
The speakers will include
Robert Pizzutiello, MS, FAAPM, FACMP, PMP, Joint Medical Physics Licensure Subcommittee (JMPLSC) Chairman, and Robert H. Smereka, MS, DABR, Michigan State Committee Captain, Joint Medical Physics Licensure Subcommittee (JMPLSC)
The symposium is scheduled for November 6, 2008 at the Genoa Woods Conference Center, 7707 Conference Center Dr., Brighton, MI 48114 (www.genoawoods.com). Members interested in participating in the Young Investigator Symposium should submit their abstract by October 15, 2008 (instructions are attached). Registration and the program will begin at 9:30 am and 10:00 am, respectively.
The program on licensure is aimed at providing the members of the Great Lakes Chapter more information about important initiatives of the national AAPM. The current proposed dues increase is partly needed to continue to support initiatives on licensure or registration in a number of states. The national AAPM is working to address the important issues of training and concern about setting national or state standards for our ability to practice medical physics.
