PTCOG 47

May 19-24, 2008

Hyatt

Jacksonville, FL

Scientific Session

Goal
This conference will introduce the UF Proton Therapy Center to the scientific community involved with particle therapy. The latest advances in physics, technology and patient care with heavy particles will be discussed. A range of educational opportunities about particle therapy will be provided by fostering collaborations among participants.

Educational Objectives
After attending the conference, participants should be able to:
  • identify new opportunities to study proton therapy in the clinical setting;
  • compare and contrast scattering beam vs. pencil beam planning for specific disease sites;
  • describe new particle facilities around the world;
  • promote collaborations to learn more about particle therapy.
Target Audience
The program is directed toward medical physicists, health physicists, radiation oncologists, oncologists in other disciplines, engineers, medical dosimetrists, radiation therapists, commercial partners, and administrators.
Educational Methods
  • Lectures
  • Question and Answer Sessions
  • Workshops Exhibit Program
Evaluation
A course evaluation form will provide participants with the opportunity to review each session and speaker, to identify future educational needs, and to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations.
 
Medical Physics
This educational activity has applied for approval to grant Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC) by the Commission on the Accreditation of Medical Physics Programs (CAMPEP).
 
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
 
1600-1700         PTCOG Publication Sub Committee
1600-1700         PTCOG Education Sub Committee
1700-1900         PTCOG Steering Committee
1900-2100         Welcome Reception – Hyatt Regency Hotel
                       
Thursday, May 22, 2008
 
0700-0815         Registration/Continental Breakfast

0815-0830         Welcome Address:
                        Mayor of Jacksonville
 
0830-1030         State-of-the-Art in Particle Therapy
                        Moderator: Nancy P. Mendenhall
 
                        Physician’s Perspectives:
                        Thomas Delaney MD
 
                        Physicist’s Perspectives:
                        Anthony Lomax Ph.D
 
                        Panel Discussion:
 
1030-1100         Break
 
1100-1300         Five years of comprehensive
                        experience with particle therapy:
                        Moderator: Eugen Hug MD:
 
PSI: Eugen Hug MD
NPTC: Thomas Delaney MD
LLUMC: Jerry Slater MD
NIRS, Chiba: Tadashi Kamada MD
CPO: Jean-Louis Habrand MD
PMRC, Tsukuba: Koji Tsuboi MD
NCC, Kashiwa: Takashi Ogino MD
 
1300-1330         Break and pick up box lunch
 
1330-1430         Point/Counter-point: Protons for
                        prostate cancer treatment:
                        Moderator: Andre Konski MD
 
                        Carlos Vargas MD and Robert Lee MD
 
1430-1600         Clinical Outcomes:
 
                        O1        Stephanie Combs
                        O2        Frederik Vernimmen
                        O3        Azusa Hasegawa
                        O4        Koji Tsuboi
                        O5        Markus Fitzek
                        O6        Carmen Ares
 
1600-1630         Coffee break
 
1630-1700         Steering committee report:
                        Dr. Tsujii MD
 
1700-1830         Treatment Planning Issues & Heavy
                        Ion Therapy:
 
                        O7        Sairos Safai
                        O8        Bhishamjit Chera
                        O9        Lei Dong
                        O10      Ritsuko Komaki
                        O11      Marco Schippers
                        O12      Yves Jongen
 
1830                 Adjourn
 
1830                 UFPTI Reception
                       
 
Friday, May 23, 2008
 
0700-0800         Registration/Continental Breakfast
 
0800-0830         Neutrons Secondary to Proton
                        Therapy: Problems and Solutions:
                        Eric Hall Ph.D
 
0830-0900         Panel Discussion on Late Effects:
                        Eric Hall Ph.D, Harold Paganetti Ph.D,
                        Thilo Elsaesser Ph.D
0900-1000         Heavy ions – Challenges and
                        promises (NIRS and GSI)
                        Hirohiko Tsujii MD
                        Stephanie Combs MD
 
1000-1030         Coffee break
 
1030-1200         Improving the Therapeutic Ratio:
                        Moderator: Jerry Slater MD
 
                        O13      Thilo Elsasser
                        O14      Anatoly Rosenfield
                        O15      Hiroshi Fuji
                        O16      Yusuke Demizu
                        O17      Samir Sejpal
                        O18      Andrew Lee
 
1200-1230         Pick up box lunch
 
1230-1330         Patient immobilization and position verification strategies: (MGH, LLUMC,
                        UFPTI, MDACC): Moderator: Jatinder Palta Ph.D
                       
                        Marc Bussiere MS, Baldev Patyal Ph.D, Z. Li DSc, Ronald Zhu Ph.D
 
1330-1515         Beam Scanning and Connectivity:
                        Moderator: Jay Flanz Ph.D
 
                        O19      Hanne Kooy
                        O20      Jan Unkelbach
                        O21      Daniel Pflugfelder
                        O22      Michael Gillin
                        O23      Oliver Jakel
                        O24      Stuart Swerdloff
 
1515-1545         Coffee break
 
1545-1615         Achieving “What You See is What
                        You Get” in Particle Therapy:
                        Radhe Mohan Ph.D
 
1615-1645         In-vivo Imaging in Particle Therapy:
                        Antje Knopf MS
 
1645-1715         Workflow optimization in particle
                        therapy: Z. Li DSc
 
1715                 Adjourn
 
1930                 Farewell Reception – Florida Times Union Performing Arts Center
                       
  
Saturday, May 24, 2008
 
0700-0800         Registration/Continental Breakfast
 
0800-0830         Sarcoma: Eugen Hug MD
 
0830-0900         Head and Neck:
                        William Mendenhall MD
 
0900-0930         Lung: Joe Chang MD; Ph.D
 
0930-1000         Pediatrics: Torin Yock
 
1000-1030         Coffee break
 
1030-1100         Clinical trials in particle therapy:
                        Bhadrasen Vikram MD
 
1100-1130         Panel discussion: Randomized trials
                        vs. Prospective registry:
                        Andre Konski MD; Andrew Lee MD
 
1130-1300         Scanning Beam Technologies:
 
                        O25      Jay Flanz
                        O26      Koji Matsuda
                        O27      Yves Jongen
                        O28      Silvan Zenklusen
                        O29      Martin Braeuer
                        O30      Maria Garella
 
1300     Adjourn

 

 

 

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