Newsletter_2012_ORVC_Spring
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Newsletter_2012_ORVC_Spring
AAPM Newsletter May/June 2012 ORVC Chapter Report Minsong Cao, Chapter President Report of 2012 ORVC Spring Educational Symposium T he Ohio River Valley Chapter of the AAPM held its Spring Educational Symposium on the Campus of the Ohio State University at the Blackwell Hotel Conference Center during the weekend of March 9-10, 2012. The meeting was highlighted by a Friday Night Out “Meet & Greet” event, cosponsored by Q Fix Inc. and Velocity Medical Solutions. This social venue included a poster session on 12 different topics of interest in medical physics as well as two Elite Sponsor Presentations. The symposium educational sessions followed on Saturday. The meeting program consisted of one Keynote Address, one invited educational lecture and 10 student/trainee presentations. Dr. James Balter of the University of Michigan was invited to provide the Honorary James G. Kereiakes Keynote Lecture. The talk entitled “The emerging roles of imaging in Radiation Oncology” was a thorough lecture of imaging technologies that are becoming integrated into current research and clinical practice in Radiation Oncology with discussions on the potential impact of imaging as a biomarker for individualized therapy. His colloquium was followed by a seminar competition on selected research topics from 10 of our Chapter’s medical physics students and residents. A Panel of Judges was appointed to rate each speaker individually and to select the top three best presentations. Serving on the panel were Indra Das, Ph.D., FAAPM, FASTRO, FACR, Dr. James Balter (James G. Kereiakes of Indiana University, Jerome Dare, Ph.D., FAAPM, professor Keynote Lecturer) receiving a plaque emeritus of the Ohio State University, Nilendu Gupta, Ph.D., from AAPM ORVC Chapter Officers: President Minsong Cao and Presidentof the Ohio State University, and Matthew Meineke, Ph.D., Elect Chris Allgower of Hardin Memorial Hospital, Kentucky. The first place recipient was Ning Cao from Purdue University for her talk on “Monitoring the Effects of Anti-angiogenesis and Re-oxygenation on Radiotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer Xenografts.” The second place award went to Sean Tanny from University of Toledo for his talk on “Small Field Electron Beam Dosimetry Using Solid State Detectors on the Surface and in the Build-Up Region.” The third place was awarded to Ahmet Ayan of the Ohio State University for his talk on “Feasibility of Using the ‘Irregular Surface Compensator’ Feature of the Eclipse TPS for Total Body Irradiation (TBI) Treatment Planning.” The symposium Symposium First and Second Place Student Winners (Middle: N. Cao concluded with a special educational and S. Tanny) and Panel of Judges (From left: I. Das, M. Meineke, lecture entitled “Perspectives on the From Right: J. Dare, N. Gupta) AAPM/ABR 2014 requirement and the educational landscape in Medical Physics” delivered by the invited speaker, Janelle A. Molloy, Ph.D., FAAPM of the University of Kentucky. Following the education symposium, the Chapter Business Meeting was conducted with discussion on future meetings, state regulation support and the chapter financial report. The Chapter continued to draw a large turnout to this meeting. There were 96 attendees at the Night Out event. Attending the symposium were 107 participants including 24 exhibitors. I 29 29 29 29 AAPM Newsletter May/June 2012 continued - ORVC Chapter Report am thankful for the tremendous work of my colleagues, Chris Allgower of Indiana University (ORVC President-Elect), Michael Gossman of Tri-State Cancer Center, Ashland, KY (ORVC Past President), Michael Weldon of Ohio State University (ORVC Secretary/ Treasurer), Rebecca F. Richardson of Louisville Radiation Oncology Center (ORVC Past Secretary/Treasurer), and Indra J. Das Symposium Audience of Indiana University (ORVC Chapter Board Representative), for their support and dedication to the success and growth of the Chapter as Officers. Finally, I would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous contributions and attendance at the symposium: Platinum Sponsors: Varian Medical Systems, RIT, Philips Healthcare Golden Sponsors: Accuray, Siemens, Elekta, Best-CNMC, Brainlab, PTW New York, iba Dosimetry, Sun Nuclear, RadiaDyne, ScandiDos, LACO, LAP Laser, Q-Fix Systems (WQFR), CIVCO, BARD, C-RAD, D3 Oncology Solutions, Velocity Medical Solutions, Modus, VisionRT, Biocompatibles Bronze Sponsors: CIRS AAPM Color Horizontal Ad 6.75 x 4.75 due 6/15/11 submitted 6/30/11 Unparalleled Accuracy & System Choice Measure Dose, Rate, kV, Time, HVL, Filtration, mA, Scatter / Leakage and more. 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