Scientific Conference on Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy:
Innovations and Directions for Clinical Applications
June 13-14, 2008

 
URCC Cancer Center
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
     

Alan Katz
Univ Rochester

Anthony Brade
Univ Toronto

Brian Winey
Harvard Univ BWH

Calvin Maurer Jr
Accuray

Daniel Low
Washington Univ

Fang-Fang Yin
Duke Univ

Herman Suit
MGH

James Balter
Univ Michigan

Jarod Finlay
Univ Pennsylvania

Jay Schildkraut
Carestream Health

Jean Hooks
BrainLab AG

Kristy Brock
Univ Toronto PMH

Laura Dawson
Univ Toronto PMH

Lei Xing
Stanford Univ.

Michael C Schell
Univ Rochester

Michael Milano
Univ Rochester

Patrick Kupelian
MD Anderson Orlando

Paul Okunieff
Univ Rochester

Raj Shekhar
Univ Maryland

Ross Berbeco
Bringham&Womens Hosp

Steve Jiang
UC San Diego

T J Fitzgerald
UMASS Med Center

Thomas Rock Mackie
Tomotherapy

Torsten Rohlfing
SRI International

Walter ODell
Univ Rochester

Wolfgang Tome
Univ Wisconsin

Yvette Seppenwoolde
ErasmusMC Netherlands


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Overview of Scientific Sessions

All events in the Class of '62 Auditorium adjacent to the Flaum Atrium and the Kornberg Medical Research Building at the west end of the University of Rochester Medical Center

1st day sessions:

Opening Ceremony: Host Dr. Jarod Finlay, Univ. of Pennsylvania, -- our first lung radiosurgery patient and Medical Physicist

  1. Current clinical success stories and methodologies: Moderator: Michael Milano, MD, PhD, URMC
    1. SBRT of the Lung: Michael Milano MD PhD, URMC
    2. Liver: Alan Katz, PhD URMC
    3. Spine : Fang-Fang Yin, Duke University
    4. prostate, colon, breast? (Reinhard Wurm, MD, Univ. of Charite, Berlin)
    5. National clinical trials (Tracey Schefter, MD, Univ. of Colorado)
  2. Current limitations and identification of key clinical needs: Moderator Laura Dawson, MD, Univ. of Toronto
    1. normal tissue damage in the lung: (Walter O'Dell, PhD, URMC)
    2. normal tissue tolerance in hypofractionated SBRT (Wolfgang Tome, PhD, Univ. Wisconsin)
    3. treatment planning systems - heterogeneity corrections for small lung lesions (Michael C. Schell, PhD, URMC)
    4. quality control for national trials (T.J. FitzGerald, MD, Univ. Massachusetts Med. School)
    5. Defining trial endpoints (tumor control and toxicity) (Anthony Brade, MD, Univ. of Toronto)
    6. managing medical record data - EMR databases (Carestream -- Rick Weil)
  3. Venders Visions of the future of SBRT:
    1. latest from Varian: (Calvin Huntzinger)
    2. respiratory tracking: (Accuray/Cyberknife-Calvin Maurer)
    3. multi-foci treatment: (Tomotherapy-Stanley Benedict/Thomas 'Rock' Mackie)
    4. advances in SBRT: (BrainLab-Stephan Froehlich)
    5. advances from .. Elekta (Rob Gabianelli)

2nd day sessions:

  1. Cutting edge research in target motion modeling and registration: Moderator Torsten Rohlfing PhD, SRI International
    1. deformable image registration (Raj Shekhar, PhD, Univ. of Maryland)
    2. Volume image reconstruction in the presence of motion (Torstein Rohlfing, PhD, SRI)
    3. tracking/deformation of liver (Kristy Brock, PhD, University of Toronto)
    4. lung motion modeling (Yvette Seppenwoolde, PhD, Rottingham, Netherlands)
    5. Sensitivity and stereotactic surrogates (James Balter, PhD, Univ. Michigan)
  2. Onboard imaging systems and real-time target verification: Moderator: Ross Berbeco PhD, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital
    1. MV and KV imaging: (Lei Xing, PhD, Stanford Univ)
    2. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) (Brian Winey, PhD, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center)
    3. x-ray segmentation with priors (Carestream -- Jay Schildkraut, PhD)
    4. inter-/intrafraction guidance for prostate cancers (Pat Kupelian, MD, M.D. Anderson Orlando)
    5. fluoroscopic gating and tumor tracking for lung cancer radiotherapy (Ross Berbeco, PhD)
  3. Future Ontologies/Cutting Edge Research: Moderators: Walter O'Dell PhD, Paul Okunieff MD, URMC
    1. SBRT Outlook from the NCI (Bhadrasain Vikram, NIH?)
    2. Carbon Ion Therapy (Herman Suit, MD PhD, MGH)
    3. 5D Modeling lung motion during breathing (Daniel Low, Washington University)
    4. Future of IGRT (?)
    5. Treating Oligometastases: (Paul Okunieff, MD, URMC)
    6. Reflections and projections on treating solitary metastases (Philip Rubin, URMC)

CPE Credits:

Continuing Professional Education credits are available for the following areas:

  1. American College of Medical Physicists: 8 credits (pending approval)
  2. American College of Dosimetrists: 8 credits (approved)
  3. AMA PRA Category1 credits: 9.75 credits (approved)




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