2012

• 2011 Failla Memorial Lecture

  • Title: Failla and Colleagues: Geniuses and Serendipity
  • Speaker: C. Clifton Ling, Ph.D.
  • Location:

    The Griffis Faculty Club

    New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College

    521 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065 (Directions attached)

  • Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
  • Time:

    5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting

    6:00 - 7:00 PM Cocktail Hour

    7:00 - 9:00 PM Dinner and Presentation

  • On-line registration for this event will be open between December 13, 2011 and January 15, 2012.
  • The cost for members and their guest (up to one) is $60 per person and for non-members is $120.
  • 1 MPCEC hour was applied to CAMPEP.
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• MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

  • Title:

    Radiochromic Film and the Multi-Channel Dosimetry Method

  • Speakers:

    David F Lewis, Ph.D.

    Andre Micke, Ph.D.

    Ashland Incorporated (Previously International Specialty Products)

  • Location:

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)

    1275 York Ave, New York, NY

  • Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
  • Time:

    5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1134 (Schwartz Building)

    6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies

    6:30 PM Presentation commences

  • Note:
    1. 1.5 MPCEC hour was applied to CAMPEP.
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• The RAMPS / Vacirca Young Investigators Symposium

  • Location:

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)

    1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065

  • Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
  • Time:

    6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies

    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Presentation

    8:30 PM Dinner at a nearby restaurant. $20 for everyone, free for the speakers.

  • 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:

    1st place:	Ziad Saleh
    2nd place:	Russell Kincaid
    3rd place:	Lili Zhou

    

• 2012 RAMPS Spring Symposium

  • Title: SBRT: The State of the Art
  • Location:

    Hoffmann Auditorium

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    1275 York Ave, New York, NY

  • Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
  • Time: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Registration:

    Before April 20th: RAMPS/GNYCHPS Members $50, Non-Members: $60

    After April 20th: 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

    To pay with PayPal, please follow this link

  • 5 MPCEC hours were applied to CAMPEP
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• MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

  • Title:

    Evolution of Brachytherapy: Past and Present

  • Speaker:

    Dr. Basil Hilaris, M.D.

    Professor Emeritus, New York Medical College

  • Location:

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)

    1275 York Ave, New York, NY

  • Date: Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
  • Time:

    5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1132 (Schwartz Building)

    6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies

    6:30 PM Presentation commences

  • Note:

    1.0 MPCEC hour was applied to CAMPEP

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• MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

  • Title:

    IGRT Applications using Optical Surface Imaging

  • Speaker:

    Guang (George) Li, Ph.D.

    Assistant Attending Physicist

    Department of Medical Physics

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

  • Location:

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    Zuckerman Research Center (ZRC-105)

    417 East 68th Street, New York, NY

  • Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
  • Time:

    5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1132 (MSKCC Main Campus, Schwartz Building)

    6:00 - 6:30 PM Coffee and Cookies

    6:30 PM Presentation

  • Note:
    1. 1 MPCEC hour was applied to CAMPEP.
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• BUSINESS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

  • Title:

    Current Issues and Future Directions of the AAPM

  • Speaker:

    John Hazle, Ph.D., AAPM President Elect

    Professor and Chairman, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA

  • Location:

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)

    1275 York Ave, New York, NY

  • Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012
  • Time:

    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 at Café Greco (Second Avenue between 71st and 72nd Street)

  • Note:
    • 1 MPCEC hour was applied to CAMPEP.
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• MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT (rescheduled)

  • Title:

    Clinical and pre-clinical applications of functional MRI

  • Speaker:

    Henning U. Voss, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Physics in Radiology

    Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, NY

  • Location:

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    Zuckerman Research Center Room – ZRC-105

    417 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065

  • Date:

    Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

    Time:

    5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1132 (Schwartz Building) -- All members are welcome to attend.

    6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies

    6:30 PM Presentation commences

    Note:

    1.0 MPCEC hour was applied to CAMPEP

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• MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

  • Title:

    Appropriate Radiation Level for Evacuations

  • Speaker:

    Jerry Cuttler, D.Sc., PEng.

    Cuttler & Associates Inc.

  • Location:

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)

    1275 York Ave, New York, NY

  • Date:

    Wednesday December 12, 2012

  • Time:

    5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1132 (Schwartz Building). All members are welcome to attend

    6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies

    6:30 PM Presentation commences

  • Note:

    1.0 MPCEC hour was applied to CAMPEP

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  2013

  • MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

    • Title:

      From Photons to Protons: Reflections of the First Year in a New Proton Center

    • Speaker:

      Dennis Mah, Ph.D.

      Director, Medical Physics and Dosimetry

      ProCure Proton Therapy Center

      Somerset, New Jersey

    • Location:

      Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

      Zuckerman Building Seminar Room (ZRC-105)

      417 E 68th Street (between 1st and York)

    • Date:

      Tuesday, January 22, 2013

    • Time:

      5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1134 (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 hour was applied to CAMPEP

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  • Failla Memorial Lecture

    • Title: The life and times of a Radiation Biologist, from Fear to Respect
    • Speaker: Antone L. Brooks, Ph.D.
    • Location:

      The Griffis Faculty Club

      New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College

      521 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065 (Directions attached)

    • Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
    • Time:

      Board Meeting 5:00 - 6:00 PM

      Cocktail Hour 6:00 - 7:00 PM

      Dinner and Presentation: 7:00 - 9:00 PM

    • Note: 1.5 MPCEC hours were applied for to CAMPEP and to ABHP.
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  • The RAMPS / Vacirca Young Investigators Symposium

    • Location:

      Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

      Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)

      1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065

    • Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
    • Time:

      6:00 PM Coffee and Cookies

      6:30 PM - 8:15 PM Presentations (15 minutes per presentation: 10+5)

      8:20 PM Dinner at a nearby restaurant. $20 for everyone if paid in advance via PayPal or $25 at the door, free for the speakers.

    • RAMPS Board Meeting: 5:00 - 6:00 PM, MSKCC: SM-02 (Schwartz Mezzanine Conference Room)
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    • Note:

      1.5 MPCEC was applied to CAMPEP.

  • MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

    • Title:

      Patient safety and event reporting in radiation oncology

    • Speaker:

      Margie Hunt, M.S.

      Associate Attending Physicist

      Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    • Location:

      Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

      Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)

      1275 York Ave, New York, NY

    • Date:

      Thursday, May 16, 2013

    • Time:

      5:00 - 6:00 PM Board Meeting in S1134 (Schwartz Building) - All members are welcome to attend

      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. To pay with PayPal, please click here

    • Note:

      1.5 MPCEC hours were applied to CAMPEP

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  • Hot off the Press

    • Notice of Public Hearing

      Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2013

      Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM

      Location

      New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

      42-09 28th Street

      14th Floor, Room 14-45

      Queens, NY 11101

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• 2013 Fall Symposium on Focal Therapies: Brachytherapy and SRS

  • Fall Symposium Evaluation Form (Deadline 11/11/2013)
  • Date: Friday, October 4 2013
  • Time: 12:00 - 6:00 PM
  • Location

    Zuckerman Auditorium

    417 East 68th Street

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, NY 10065

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  • Registration is by
  • Students, fellows, and residents can register for free* by email (rampsnyc@gmail.com)

    *Letter from advisor attesting status or student ID is required.

• 2013 Annual Business Meeting

  • Meeting Evaluation Form (Deadline 11/11/2013)
  • Date: Tuesday, October 8 2013
  • Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
  • Location:

    New York Academy of Medicine

    Room: Side Library

    1216 5th Avenue at 103rd Street

    New York, NY 10029

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• RAMPS Meeting

  • Evaluation Form (Deadline 11/29/2013)
  • Speaker: Bradley Beattie, M.S.
  • Title: FMISO, the k3 way or the Ki-way
  • Date: Tuesday November 12, 2013
  • Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
  • Location:

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Room: Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)

    1275 York Ave

    New York, NY 10029

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  • Dinner at nearby restaurant @ 8:30 PM. $20 if paying in advance ( ) or $25 at the door

  2014

  • RAMPS Meeting

    • Evaluation Form (Deadline 01/05/2014)
    • Speaker: Peter Balter, Ph.D.
    • Title: Vertical Treatments: Benefits for Patients and Facilities
    • Date: Tuesday December 17, 2013
    • Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
    • Location:

      Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

      Room: Hoffman Auditorium (C-186)

      1275 York Ave

      New York, NY 10029

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    • Dinner at nearby restaurant @ 8:30 PM. $20 if paying in advance ( ) or $25 at the door

  • RAMPS Meeting

    • Evaluation Form (Deadline 02/20/2014)
    • Speaker: Matthew Williamson, MPH, DABHP
    • Title: Medical Events – Errers and Misteaks
    • Date: Tuesday January 28, 2014
    • Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
    • Location:

      Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

      Room: Zuckerman Building Seminar Room (ZRC-105)

      417 E 68th Street (between 1st and York)

      New York, NY 10065

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    • Dinner at nearby restaurant @ 8:30 PM. $20 if paying in advance ( ) or $25 at the door

  • RAMPS Meeting

    • Evaluation Form (Deadline 03/30/2014)
    • Speaker: Robert A. Aronowitz, MD
    • Title: The Bowery Series: using skid row alcoholics to test the efficacy of screening and transform prostate cancer, 1951–1966.
    • Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014
    • Time: Coffee and Cookies at 6:00 PM Presentation Commences at 6:30 PM
    • Location:

      Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

      Room: Zuckerman Building Auditorium

      417 E 68th Street (between 1st and York)

      New York, NY 10065

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    Announcements

  • 16. 59 USE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT.
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  • RAMPS/ORH Meeting Minutes
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  • 2014 Failla Memorial Lecture

    • Speaker: David W. O. Rogers, Ph.D.
    • Title: “Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport: from bombs to the clinic”
    • Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
    • Time: Cocktail Hour 6:00 – 7:00 pm. Dinner and Presentation 7:00- 9:00PM
    • Location:

      The Griffis Faculty Club

      New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College

      521 East 68th Street

      New York, NY 10065

    • Download the full announcement
    • Register by March 20th: $55 RAMPS/GNYCHPS members, $75 non-members, after March 20th: $90 all. ( )
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  • 2014 Vacirca Young Investigator Symposium
  • Evaluation Form (Deadline 05/05/2014)

    • The winners are:

      1st place:	Michael Liu, MSKCC
      2nd place:	Louise Fanchon, MSKCC
      3rd place:	Xin Wang, Weill Cornell Medical College

      

    • Date: April 22, 2014
    • Program

      6:00-6:30: Reception, refreshments will be served

      6:30-8:15: Presentations

      8:30 : Dinner with presenters and judges

    • Location:

      Zuckerman Research Laboratories, Room ZRC-105

      Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

      417 E 68th Street

      New York, NY 10065

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  • 2014 RAMPS Spring Symposium
  • CAMPEP for Medical Physics Continuing Education Credits (MPCEC) have been applied.
    Evaluation Form (Deadline 06/15/2014)

    • Topic: Adaptive Radiation Therapy
    • Date: May 16th, 2014
    • Time:

      Registration 11:15am – 11:45am

      Symposium: 11:45am – 6:00pm

      Reception: 6:30pm

    • Location:

      Zuckerman Auditorium

      Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

      417 East 68th Street

      New York, NY 10065

    • Registration:

      Early registration from March 10th to May 1st, 2014 (Member: $50; Non-member: $75)

      Late registration after May 1st (Member: $60; Non-member: $85)

      Registration at the door on May 16th, 2014 (Member: $70; Non-member: $95)

      Students and Residents: free (They must submit a letter stating the student status)

    • Corporate Registration

      Table (lobby) only: $1200

      Table (lobby) + Presentation (15 min): $2500

    • Register by PayPal ( )
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  • Sept meeting evaluation form

    • Evaluation Form (Deadline 10/17/2014)

    Announcements

  • Announcement for the MSKCC alumni meeting

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  • Letter from NYC –ORH re accreditation requirement in Rad Onc - attached4.

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  • 2014 Annual Business Meeting

    • Speaker: John Boone, Ph.D., FAAPM, FSBI, FACR
    • Title: “Present Challenges and Future Directions of the AAPM”
    • Date: Oct 28, 2014
    • Program hours 5:30 – 7:45 pm. Dinner at 7:45 PM
    • Location:

      Zuckerman Auditorium

      Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

      417 E 68th Street (between 1st and York Avenue)

      New York, NY 10065

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    • Please registration using PayPal link below: $60 RAMPS members, $90 non-members; $20 Students & Residents ( )
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  • Announcement for the MSKCC alumni meeting

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  • Letter from NYC –ORH re accreditation requirement in Rad Onc - attached4.

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    2015

    • 2015 Failla Lecture

      • Speaker: Isabel Fissense, PhD
      • Title: “A trip through the periodic table”
      • Date: Tuesday, January 20 1015
      • Cocktail hours 5:30 – 7:45 pm. Dinner at 7:45 PM
      • Location:

        The Griffins Faculty Club

        New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical College

        521 East 68th St

        New York, NY 10065

      • Download the full announcement
      • Please registration using PayPal. Early registration by January 16 2015: $55 RAMPSGNYCHPS members, $75 non-members; ( )
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    • RAMPS Meeting

      • Evaluation Form (Deadline 03/30/2015)
      • Speaker: Lawrence Dauer, PhD
      • Title: Certitude Attitude: Uncertainties in Risk Estimates for Radiation-Induced Cancer
      • Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015
      • Time: Coffee and Cookies at 6:00 PM Presentation Commences at 6:30 PM
      • Location:

        Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

        Room: Zuckerman Building Seminar Room - ZRC 105

        417 E 68th Street (between 1st and York)

        New York, NY 10065

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      • Dinner at nearby restaurant @ 8:00 PM. $20 if paying in advance ( ) or $25 at the door (for everyone; free for the speaker)
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    • RAMPS Meeting

      • Evaluation Form (Deadline 04/30/2015)
      • Speaker: Pat Zanzonico, PhD
      • Title: The Neglected Side of the Coin: Quantitative Risk-Benefit Analysis in Diagnostic Imaging
      • Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
      • Time: Coffee and Cookies at 6:00 PM Presentation Commences at 6:30 PM
      • Location:

        Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

        Room: M-107

        1275 York Ave (between 67th St and 68th St)

        New York, NY 10065

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      • Dinner at nearby restaurant @ 8:00 PM. $20 if paying in advance ( ) or $25 at the door (for everyone; free for the speaker)
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    • 2015 RAMPS/VACIRCA Young Investigator Symposium

      • Evaluation Form (Deadline 05/14/2015)
      • Date: Tuesday April 14, 2015
      • Program:

        6:00 - 6:30 PM: Reception. Refreshments will be served

        6:30 - 8:30 PM: Presentations (8 speakers)

        8:45 PM: Dinner with presenters and judges at nearby restaurant.

        $25 pre-paid via PayPal. ($30 at the restaurant)

      • Location:

        Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

        Room: M-107

        1275 York Ave (between 67th St and 68th St)

        New York, NY 10065

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      • Dinner at nearby restaurant @ 8:45 PM. $25 pre-paid via PayPal ( ) or $30 at the restaurant
      • RAMPS Board Meeting: 5:00-6:00 PM. MSKCC-Classroom S1132 (Schwartz Building)
      • PayPal Link

      • The winners are:

        1st place:	Jeho Jeong, MSKCC
        2nd place:	Bosky Ravindranath, MSKCC
        3rd place:	Yong Hum Na, Columbia University

        

    • 2015 RAMPS Spring Symposium [Imaging and Oncology Physics: A Reunion]

      • Date: Friday May 8th, 2015, 10:30AM - 6:00PM
      • Location:

        The New York Academy of Medicine

        1216 Fifth Avenue

        1New York, NY 10029

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      • Registration is by PayPal: In-Person
        

        Before April 25th, 2015: RAMPS Members: $60, Non-Members: $85

        After April 25th, 2015: RAMPS Members: $70, Non-Members: $95

      • Registration is by PayPal: Webcast Only
        

        Before April 25th, 2015: RAMPS Members: webcast $50, Non-Members: $60

        After April 25th, 2015: RAMPS Members: webcast $60, Non-Members: $70

      • Registration is by PayPal: Students/Residents
        

        $5.00 fee + letter from advisor attesting status or student ID is required at registration

    • RAMPS Meeting

      • Evaluation Form (Deadline 10/28/2015)
      • Speaker: Ross Schmidtlein, PhD
      • Title: Image Reconstruction in PET and SPECT: Past, Present and Future
      • Date: Monday, September 28, 2015
      • Time: Coffee and Cookies at 6:00 PM Presentation Commences at 6:30 PM
      • Location:

        Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

        Room: RRL-116

        430 East 67th Street (Lobby Level)

        New York, NY 10065

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      • Dinner at nearby restaurant @ 8:00 PM. $25 if paying in advance ( ) or $30 at the door (for everyone; free for the speaker)
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    • 2015 Annual Business Meeting

      • Evaluation Form (Deadline 11/08/2015)
      • Speaker: Bruce Curran, MEng, FAAPM, FACMP, FACR (AAPM President-Elect)
      • Title: The Changing Face of AAPM
      • Date: Oct 8, 2015
      • Time: Reception at 6:00 PM & Presentation Commences at 6:30 PM (Dinner at 8:15 PM)
      • Location:

        Zuckerman Auditorium

        Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

        417 E 68th Street (between 1st and York Avenue)

        New York, NY 10065

      • Download the full announcement
      • Please registration using PayPal link below: $60 RAMPS members, $90 non-members; $20 Students & Residents ( )
      • Note: Registration is for dinner ONLY. Program is free (all are welcome)
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    • RAMPS Meeting

      • Evaluation Form (Deadline 12/10/2015)
      • Speaker: Stephen Boese (Executive Secretary, NYSED Office of Professions)
      • Title: Licensure of Medical Physicists in New York State
      • Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
      • Time: Coffee and Cookies at 6:00 PM Presentation Commences at 6:30 PM
      • Location:

        Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

        Room: M-107

        1275 York Ave

        New York, NY 10065

      • Download the full announcement
      • Dinner at nearby restaurant @ 8:00 PM. $25 if paying in advance ( ) or $30 at the door (for everyone; free for the speaker)
      • PayPal Link