fallmeeting

MAC-AAPM Fall Meeting
October 8-9, 2010

Omni Charlottesville Hotel,
Charlottesville, Virginia
1pm – 6pm, October 8th
8am – noon, October 9th

Mid-Atlantic Chapter, American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Invited Speakers
Eric Ford, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Mahadevappa Mahesh, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Lawrence Marks, M.D. University of North Carolina
Michael Taylor, M.S. Inova Fairfax Hospital
Jeffrey Williamson, Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University

Call for Abstracts
The Fall Meeting will consist of talks by invited faculty, a Proffered Scientific session and a Young Investigators session. Please submit proffered abstracts to Geoffrey Hugo (gdhugo@vcu.edu). Abstracts should follow the required format for the AAPM Annual Meeting. The deadline for submission to the Proffered and Young Investigators sessions is August 15th. Abstract dispositions will be available by September 1st.

Proffered Scientific Session
Open to the general membership.

Young Investigators Session
Current students, postdoctoral researchers, and residents are encouraged to submit an abstract for the separate Young Investigator’s session. Be sure to state in the submission email that submission for Young Investigators is desired.

Meeting Program
The final program is now available.

Registration
Early Bird, Full or Non-Member (deadline September 1st): $25
Full Member $35
Non Member $35
Student / Resident $25
Vendor $600

Registration includes a light reception Friday night and continental breakfast Saturday morning. Please see the MAC-AAPM website for registration.

Continuing Education
The program has been approved for 6.5 MPCEC credit-hours for medical physicists (CAMPEP) and 6.5 MDCB credit-hours for dosimetrists.

Target Audience
Medical Physicists and Medical Dosimetrists

Educational Objectives
The objective of the MAC-AAPM Fall Meeting is to introduce new concepts and practices and update and reinforce knowledge on practical aspects of medical physics for MAC-AAPM members and other medical physicists in the mid-Atlantic region. The objectives of this year’s meeting are to 1) become familiar with new quality assurance practices and recommendations; 2) learn about methods of assessing potential normal tissue toxicity in radiotherapy; 3) learn about new regulatory initiatives on the regional and national level; and 4) learn about new scientific progress undertaken by the membership.

Accommodations
Omni Charlottesville Hotel
235 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 971-5500 Toll Free:1-888-444-OMNI (6664)
www.omnihotels.com 
The Omni is holding a block of rooms until September 1st. Please mention ‘MAC-AAPM Fall Meeting’ when reserving a room to get the special room rate of $199. You must call the hotel directly; the special rate is not available online.

Other hotels within the immediate area are a Hampton Inn (434-923-8600) and a Holiday Inn (434-977-5100).

Directions
See hotel website.

To do in Charlottesville
The Omni Charlottesville is located on the city’s Downtown Mall, a collection of restaurants, shops, and theaters in historic buildings on a pedestrian-only area of Main Street. In addition, the greater Charlottesville area offers a wealth of attractions. Rich in history, it is home to the University of Virginia as well as Monticello, the celebrated mountain-top home of Thomas Jefferson, the homes of James Monroe and James Madison, several Civil War battlefields, and other historic sites. The region’s burgeoning wine industry and live entertainment venues draw thousands of visitors each year, and its close proximity to the Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive makes it a popular destination for hiking and other outdoor recreation opportunities.

This educational program is supported by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the AAPM.