PTCOG 54
San Diego, CA
Scientific Meeting Agenda
May 21‐23, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
Saturday, May 23, 2015
07:30‐08:45
Continental Breakfast & View Exhibits
07:30‐08:30
Continental Breakfast & View Exhibits
07:30‐08:30
Continental Breakfast & View Exhibits
08:45‐09:00
Welcome and Introductions
Eugen B. Hug, MD; Huan B. Giap, MD, PhD
08:30‐09:15
Clinical Trials: New and Updates
Co‐chairs: Zelig A. Tochner, MD; Thomas F. Delaney, MD; Nancy P. Mendenhall, MD
09:00‐10:00
Lung/Lymphoma Session
Co‐chairs: Joe Y. Chang, MD, PhD; Tony Lomax, PhD; Brad S. Hoppe, MD, MPH; Yuko Nakayama, MD
10:00‐10:30
Break & View Exhibits
10:30‐11:15
Keynote Presentation
Roger Y. Tsien, PhD; Quyen T. Nguyen, MD, PhD; Sunil J. Advani, MD
09:15‐10:00
Head and Neck Session
Co‐chairs: J. Steve Frank, MD; William M. Mendenhall, MD; Yusuke Demizu, MD, PhD; Jiri Kubes, PhD
10:00‐10:30
Break & View Exhibits
10:30‐11:15
Carbon and Light Ions
Co‐chairs: Tadashi Kamada, MD, PhD; Piero Fossati, MD, MSc; Michael F. Moyers, PhD; Hak Choy, MD
Moderator: Arno J. Mundt, MD
11:15‐12:00
Innovations in Particle Beam Therapy
11:15‐12:00
Breast Cancer Session
Co‐chairs: Minesh P. Mehta, MBChB; Alejandro Mazal, MSc, PhD; Lei Dong, PhD
Co‐chairs: Eric A. Strom, MD; Marcio Fagundes, MD; Shannon M. MacDonald, MD; Oren Cahlon, MD
12:00‐13:30
Lunch Break
12:00‐13:30
Lunch Break
PARALLEL SESSIONS
12:00‐13:15
PTCOG General Assembly Meeting
Eugen B. Hug, MD
13:30‐14:15
Cost Effectiveness Analysis and Comparative Effectiveness Research
Co‐chairs: Stephen Hahn, MD; Nancy P. Mendenhall, MD
14:15‐15:00
Genitourinary Session
Co‐chairs: Carl J. Rossi, MD; Andrew L. Lee, MD, MPH; William F. Hartsell, MD; Dirk Geismar, MD
15:00‐15:30
Break & View Exhibits
15:30‐16:15
Gastrointestinal Session
Co‐chairs: Hirohiko Tsujii, MD, PhD; Romaine C. Nichols, MD; Piero Fossati, MD, MSc; Gary Yang, MD
16:15‐17:00 Physics: Treatment Planning, M/C and Optimization
Co‐chairs: Hanne Kooy, PhD; Richard Amos, PhD; Martin Bues, PhD; Zoufeng Li, DSc
17:00
Adjourn
17:30‐20:30
Gala
12:45‐13:30
Physics: Dose Calculations and Monte Carlo Methods
12:45‐13:30
Best of Posters Presentations
Co‐chairs: Martin Jermann, MSc; Huan B. Giap, MD, PhD; Richard P. Levy, MD, PhD
13:30‐14:15
Radiobiology Session
Co‐chairs: Eric Y. Chuang, ScD; Tadashi Nakano, PhD; Luis Perles, PhD
14:15‐15:00
Debate: Early Stage NSCLC
Carbon vs. DS Proton vs. IMPT vs. SBRT
Co‐chairs: Steve B. Jiang, PhD; Lei Dong, PhD
13:30‐14:15
Physics: Motion Management
Co‐chairs: Tony Lomax, PhD; Shinichiro Mori, PhD; Ron Zhu, PhD; Katja Langen, PhD; Steve B. Jiang, PhD
14:15‐15:00
Physics: IGRT, Range Verification Imaging and Proton CT
Co‐chairs: Jeff D. Bradley, MD; James J. Urbanic, Co‐chairs: Reinhard Schulte, MD; Jerimy C. Polf, MD; Ramesh Rengan, MD, PhD; Hak Choy, MD; PhD; Lei Xing, PhD; Joel Herault, PhD
Takashi Ogino, MD, PhD
15:00‐15:30
Break & View Exhibits
15:30‐16:15
Debate: Liver
Carbon vs. DS Proton vs. IMPT vs. SBRT vs. Y‐90x
15:30‐16:15
Patient Set‐up and Immobilization for Simulation
Co‐chairs: William F. Regine, MD; Hirohiko Tsujii, MD, PhD; Romaine C. Nichols, MD; Kishi Kazushi, MD, PhD; Michael D. Chuong, MD
Co‐chairs: Mark Pankuch, PhD; Anthony Mascia, PhD
16:15‐17:00
Sarcoma and Spine Session
16:15‐17:00
Physics: QA, Shielding and Commissioning
Co‐chairs: Thomas F. Delaney, MD; Tadashi Kamada, MD, PhD
Co‐chairs: Lei Dong, PhD; Narayan Sahoo, PhD; Andrzej Kacperek, PhD
17:00
Adjourn
17:30‐19:30
Presidential Satellite Symposium
New Particle Center Design, Planning, Operation, and Ramp‐up Experience
Eugen B. Hug, MD
08:30‐09:15
Pediatrics Session
Co‐chairs: Anita Majahan, MD; Sameer R. Keole, MD; Damien C. Weber, MD; Andrew Chang, MD
09:15‐10:00
Physics: Accelerators, Beamline, Gantry and Nozzle
Co‐chairs: Jay B. Flanz, PhD; Marco Schippers, PhD; Niek Schreuder, MSc(Med) DABR
10:00‐10:30
Break & View Exhibits
10:30‐11:15
CNS/BOS/Eye Session
Co‐chairs: Eugen B. Hug, MD; Barbara Bachitary, MD; Koji Tsuboi, MD, PhD; Rahul K. Parikh, MD; Ralf Schneider, MD
11:15‐12:00
Re‐irradiation Session
Co‐chairs: Charles B. Simone, MD; Hirohiko Tsujii, MD, PhD; Piero Fossati, MD, MSc
12:00
Best of Oral Presentation Awards
Closing Remarks
Announcement of PTCOG 2016