RAMPS 2011 CALENDAR

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2011 FAILLA MEMORIAL LECTURE

Title: Forty Years of Health Physics - Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Speaker: Michael Ryan, Ph.D.

Location:

1. Griffis Faculty Club
   New York-Presbyterian Hospital
   The University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell
   521 East 68th Street, Manhattan
   

Date: Monday, January 24, 2011

Time:

1. Cocktail Hour 6:00 - 7:00 pm
   Dinner and Presentation to follow
   

To register please contact Maureen McDonnell:

1. Phone: 212-639-8300
   

2. email: rampsnyc@gmail.com
   Registration before January 15th, 2011: $50
   Registration after January 15th, 2011: $80
   

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2011 URGENT APPEAL FROM THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT RAPHEX QUESTIONS

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MARCH BUSINESS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Title: "NCRP Report 168 Radiation Dose Management for Fluoroscopically Guided Medical Interventional Procedures"
Speaker:

1. Steven Balter, Ph.D.
   Columbia University Medical Center
   

Location:

1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   Hoffman Auditorium
   Room: C-186
   415 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
   

Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Time:

1. 5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in MSKCC: S-1134 (Schwartz Building)
   6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies
   6:30 PM Presentation Commences
   8:30 PM Dinner at nearby restaurant ($20 for everyone)
   

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The RAMPS / Vacirca Young Investigators Symposium

Location:

1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)
   1275 York Avenue, New York, NY
   

Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Time:

1. 6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies
   6:30 PM Symposium Commences
   

RAMPS Board Meeting: 5:00 - 6:00 PM, MSKCC: S1132 (Schwartz Building)

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Results of the The RAMPS / Vacirca Young Investigators Symposium

The winners are:

1. 1st place: Sean Berry
   

2. 2nd place: Grace Tang
   

3. 3rd place: Rachel M. Bartlett
   

SPECIAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Title: Let’s Talk About RAPHEX

Location:

1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   Hoffman Auditorium
   Room: C-186
   1275 York Ave, New York, NY
   

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Time:

1. 5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1134 (MSKCC Main Campus, Schwartz Building) All members are welcome to attend
   6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies
   6:30 PM Meeting Commences
   

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2011 RAMPS Spring Symposium

Title: Novel Radiation Detectors and their applications in dosimetry, imaging and health physics

Location:

1. Hoffmann Auditorium
   Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   1275 York Ave, New York, NY
   

Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011

Time: 8:00 am - 1:30 pm

Registration:

1. Before April 23rd: RAMPS/GNYCHPS Members $50, Non-Members: $60
   After April 23rd: Members $60, Non-Members: $70
   No charge for students, fellows and residents (letter from advisor attesting status or student ID required)
   Register by phone: 212-639-8300 or by email: rampsnyc@gmail.com
   

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2011 RAMPS Events Slideshows

January 24th: Failla Memorial Lecture

March 22nd: Sal Vacirca Young Investigators Symposium

April 30th: RAMPS Spring Symposium

MAY BUSINESS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Title: "Recent development in dose-volume risk factors for predicting normal tissue toxicity"

Speaker:

1. Joseph Deasy, Ph.D.
   Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   

Location:

1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   Hoffman Auditorium
   Room: C-186
   415 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
   

Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Time:

1. 5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in MSKCC: S-1134 (Schwartz Building)
   6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies
   6:30 PM Presentation Commences
   8:30 PM Dinner at nearby restaurant ($20 for everyone)
   

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Ballot for the 2011 election

The Deadline is the 6/25/2011

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Ramps is saddened by the passing of Rosalyn Yalow, an extraordinary researcher who received a Nobel Price for her groundbreaking discoveries in Medical Physics

Link to Rosalyn Yalow’s obituary in the New York Times

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Title: Saving RAPHEX and RAMPS - how to write good questions

Speaker:

1. Howard Amols, Ph.D.
   Chief Editor of RAPHEX
   

Location:

1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)
   1275 York Ave, New York, NY
   

Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Time:

1. 5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1132 (MSKCC Main Campus, Schwartz Building)
   6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies
   6:30 PM Presentation Commences
   8:30 PM Dinner at nearby restaurant ($20 for everyone, free for the speaker)
   

Note: 1.5 MPCEC hours were applied to CAMPEP.

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Invitation to celebrate the remarkable life of Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow, 1977 Nobel Laureate in Medicine

Location:

1. New York Academy of Medicine
   5th Avenue and East 103 Street, New York
   

Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011

Time: 1:00 PM

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BUSINESS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Title: AAPM Initiatives, 2011 and beyond

Speaker:

1. Gary Ezzell, Ph.D., AAPM President Elect
   Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Phoenix, USA
   

Location:

1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)
   1275 York Ave, New York, NY
   

Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Time:

1. 5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1132 (MSKCC Main Campus, Schwartz Building)
   5:30 - 6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies
   6:00 - 6:30 PM Business Meeting
   6:30 - 7:30 PM Presentation
   7:30 - 9:00 PM Dinner Banquet (menu attached) at Café Evergreen
   

2. If you plan to attend the dinner banquet, please register before October 4, 2011 by contacting Maureen McDonnell, Email: rampsnyc@gmail.com (preferred) or TEL: (212) 639-8300. The cost for RAMPS members is $20 if you register by October 4 and $30 afterward. The cost for non members is $40. We cannot guarantee a seat if you register after October 4, 2011.
   

Note: 1 MPCEC hour was applied to CAMPEP.

1. We are setting up a PayPal account to accept the payment for the dinner banquet in advance. Since this is the first time, we would like everyone to register first and we will email you later the link to pay the cost through PayPal.
   

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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Title: Tumor and organ delineations and their applications in therapy response assessment and radiation treatment planning

Speaker:

1. Binsheng Zhao, D.Sc.
   Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center
   

Location:

1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)
   1275 York Ave, New York, NY
   

Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Time:

1. 5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1134 (MSKCC Main Campus, Schwartz Building)
   6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies
   6:30 PM Presentation Commences
   8:30 PM Dinner at nearby restaurant ($20 for everyone, free for the speaker)
   

Note: 1.5 MPCEC hours were applied to CAMPEP.

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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Title: The Evolution of Dose QA Metrics for Highly Conformal Plans

Speaker:

1. Benjamin E. Nelms, Ph.D.
   Canis Lupus LLC and Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin
   

Location:

1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   Zuckerman Building Seminar Room (ZRC-105)
   1275 York Ave, New York, NY
   

Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011

Time:

1. 5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1134 (MSKCC Main Campus, Schwartz Building)
   6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies
   6:30 PM Presentation Commences
   8:30 PM Dinner at nearby restaurant ($20 for everyone, free for the speaker)
   

Note: 1.5 MPCEC hours were applied to CAMPEP.

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CONTACT YOUR NEW YORK STATE REPRESENTATIVE TO SUPPORT NEW YORK STATE BILL 252

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FOR CIRCULATION AND DISCUSSION

Suggested revisions to the NYC Health Code, Article 175: download document as pdf file

Equipment Violation List - Article 175: download document as pdf file

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Consideration of Potential Changes to Medical Event Reporting Requirements for Permanent Implant Brachytherapy and Other Medical Issues Being Considered for Rulemaking: download document as pdf file