NEAAPM Summer Meeting

June 6, 2008 8:00-17:00

Four Points Conference Center

1125 Providence  Turnpike, Norwood MA

 

8:00      Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:30      Opening remarks

G. Cardarelli. NEAAPM President

 

8:45      Selective Internal Radiation Therapy: A Clinical Perspective     

N. Siddiqi MD

9:05      Accurate calibration of Y-90 resin microsphere activity

            M. Park Ph.D.

9:25      Optimizing safety protocols for Y-90 SIRT

            R. Schleipman M.Sc.

 

9:45      Multi-center clinical trials of diagnostic imaging

            C. Gatsonis Ph.D.

 

10:35    Coffee Break

 

11:00    ALARA Pediatric Imaging:  Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Applications

            K. Strauss M.Sc.

 

11:50    Radiotherapy Then and Now, a Tribute to Ken Wright

            H. Mower

 

12:05    Lunch

           

13:10    Toward minimum practice standards for clinical medical physics

            P. Halvorsen M.S.

13:40    2012 / 2014 Initiative, the ABR and Accredited Medical Physics Programs

            H. Mower Sc.D.

 

14:20    Recent advances in planar and tomographic imaging of the breast

            A. Karellas Ph.D.

 

15:10    Coffee Break

 

15:30    VoLUMETRIC mODULATED aRC tHERAPY (vmat)

            P. Zygmanski Ph.D.

 

16:15    Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery with Respiratory Tracking

            X. Lu Ph.D.

 

17:00    Reception: Cocktails and hors dÕoeuvres sponsored by Varian

 

CAMPEP Credits have been requested for this meeting

MDCB  Credits have been requested for this meeting

Category A/A+ CE credit is pending approval by the ASRT