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AAMD Region IV Meeting Program Schedule

Friday, October 23, 2009

(All meeting sessions will be held in the Harbor Room)

7:00 AM Introduction and Welcome Remarks
Mark Reid, BS, CMD and Christopher J. Moore BS, CMD
7:30-8:20 AM What's the Latest Coding News & How Does It Affect Dosimetry?
Kelli Weiss, RT(R)(T) and Teri Bedard BA, RT(R)(T), Revenue Cycle Inc.
8:30-9:20 AM RapidArc: Clinical Applications
Dr. Joseph Ting, PhD, Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates (MIMA)
9:30-10:20 AM Perspectives On Breast Cancer; Past, Present and Future
Ruth Heimann, MD, PhD, Fletcher Allen Health Care
10:30-10:45 AM Break
10:45-11:45 AM 3D Ultrasound Enhancement of Current Treatment Planning Techniques
Daphne Hard, CMD, Fletcher Allen Health Care
11:45-1:00 PM Lunch Provided
1:15-2:05 PM Innovations in Contouring; Clinical and Educational Applications
Diane Dulla and John Pagani, ANATOM-e Information Systems, Ltd.
2:15-3:05 PM 2009 ROR Spring Plan Challenge!
David Granville, CMD, BS RT(T), Radiation Oncology Resources
3:15-3:30 PM Break
3:30-4:20 PM The Filmless and Paperless Department from the Dosimetrist's Perspective
Ron Zammuto CMD, Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women's Cancer Center

Saturday, October 24, 2009

8:15-8:30 AM Welcome Remarks
Mark Reid, BS, CMD and Christopher J. Moore, BS, CMD
8:30-9:20 AM The MGH Proton Therapy Program
Martijn Engelsman, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
9:30-10:20 AM Characterization of Pancreatic Tumor Internal Motion Using 4D CT Simulation Images and Daily X-Ray Imaging of Biliary Stents as Fiducials
Bassem I. Zaki, MD, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
10:30-10:45 AM Break
10:45-11:35 AM 4D-IGRT- Certain Phase of Respiration
Christopher Willey, MD, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
11:35-1:00 PM Lunch On Your Own
1:00-1:50 PM Advances in CranioSpinal Irradiation
William Parker, MSc, FCCPM, McGill University Health Centre
2:00-2:50 PM Distance Education in Medical Dosimetry
Nishele Lenards, MS, CMD, RT(R)(T), University of Wisconsin La Crosse, Medical Dosimetry Program


 
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