NE Chapter of American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Winter 2006 Meeting

12:00 PM Registration—Lunch will be available during registration

1:00 PM Update on AAPM Task Group No. 127: Maintenance of Certification

Per H. Halvorsen, MSc Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center

Co-Chair, AAPM Educational Council Task Group No. 127

1:45 PM Non-invasive breast brachytherapy: Novel delivery techniques

Piran Sioshansi, PhD Advanced Radiation Therapy, LLC

2:30 PM PET/CT Imaging after proton therapy: Phantom studies and initial clinical experience

Katia Parodi, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

3:15 PM Refreshment Break

3:45 PM Image guidance techniques related to radiation oncology

Robert A. Cormack, PhD Brigham and Women’s Hospital

4:30 PM Veterinary Radiation Oncology: Past, Current, and Future

Chieko Azuma, PhD Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

5:15 PM NEAAPM Board Meeting

Format: 40 minute lectures, each followed with a 5 minute open question period

Objective: Educational forum to provide medical physicists and guests with data and discussion on topics of research and professional interest.

Program Director: Mark J. Rivard, PhD mrivard@tufts-nemc.org

Registration: Erli Chen, MSc echen@cheshire-med.com

Radiation Oncology Dept. (603.354.6500 x2527)

Cheshire Medical Center

580 Court Street

Keene, NH 03431

NEAAPM members: $30 (including lunch)

Non-NEAAPM Members: $40 (including lunch)

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Our application for educational activity credits for this meeting is in-process.

The NEAAPM gratefully acknowledges the support of Corporate Sponsors:

Sheraton Framingham Hotel

1657 Worcester Road

Framingham, MA 01701

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