GLC Meetings

Upcoming meetings will be added as they are planned and scheduled


Spring GLC Meeting and YIS May 3rd, 2012

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

   

  4:45 pm         "Speed Mentoring"

  5:30 pm         **Dinner**

  6:20 pm         Implementation of EMR with MOSAIC and HDR.......Lisa Benedetti


  6:50 pm         Presentation of YIS Awards


  7:00 pm         Final Remarks.................................................................Brett Miller


  7:15 pm         Adjournment

 

--Please RSVP to Michael Huberts by Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Download the official program outline



GLC GREAT DEBATE, March 8th

“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

   

  6:40 pm         For the Proposition...................................................Charles Coffey


  6:52 pm         Against the Proposition............................................Jay Burmeister

 

  7:05 pm         Rebuttals - 8 minutes each

 

  7:25 pm         Final Remarks and Closing.............................................Brett Miller

 

--Please RSVP to Michael Huberts ASAP

Download the official program outline here



2011 Fall Chapter Meeting, November 11

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 **

   

  10:30 am       Nationa Efforts in Patient Safety..................................Jean Moran


  11:00 am       Efforts by the AAPM / Practice Guidelines........Joann Prisciandaro

  11:30 am       Patient Safety in Computed Tomography................Mark Supanich


  12:00 pm        **Lunch **


 
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

 

--Please RSVP to Chadd Smith ASAP

Download the official program outline here


Spring GLC Meeting and YIS June 16th, 2011

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"

   

  5:00 pm         **Dinner**

  6:20 pm         Presentation of YIS Award

  6:30 pm         AAPM2011 and Beyond................................................Gary Ezzell


  7:15 pm         Final Remarks........................................................Bryan Tollenaar


  7:30 pm         Adjournment

 

--Please RSVP to Chadd Smith by Monday, June 13th, 2011

Download the official program outline here


GLC Meeting December 10th, 2010

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


Meeting on Licensure (updated 02/01/2010)

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.


Licensure Symposium (2008)

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.


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