February 18, 2026
2024 Annual Meeting

Date:
March 30th, 2024

Locations:
Oak Creek 1 in Tower 1
Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix
1111 E McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85006

 

Meeting Agenda:

  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 Vendor Set-up
  • 7:30 AM – 8:00 On-site Registration Opens and Breakfast
  • 8:00AM – 8:30AM Opening Session
    • 8:00 – 8:05 Welcome and Introduction
    • 8:05 – 8:10 Sponsors Appreciations
    • 8:10 – 8:30 Dr. Stephen Sapareto, Banner Health, AAPM Arizona Chapter: Past, Present and Future
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Advanced Imaging & Therapy Technique. (Moderator: Dr. Zhou)
    • 8:30 -9:00 Dr. Ichiro Ikuta, Mayo Clinic at Arizona, 7T MR Imaging for Clinical Applications
    • 9:00 -9:30 Mr. Michael Tallhamer, AdventHealth, First experience with DoseRT: A real-time Cherenkov imaging system for monitoring of dose delivery
    • 9:30 -10:00 Dr. Wei Liu, Mayo Clinic at Arizona, Artificial Generative Intelligence in Radiation Oncology
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Refreshment Break and Vendor Showcase (Moderator: Mr. Thropay)
    • 10:00 – 10:15 Siemens
    • 10:15 – 10:30 Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company
  • 10:30AM – 11:30AM Education (Moderator: Mr. Thropay)
    • 10:30 – 11:00 Dr. Rebecca Lamoureux, University of New Mexico, Medical Physics Educators Roadshow
    • 11:00 – 11:30 Dr. Yunhong Shu, Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Safety of MRI in patients with implanted device
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Therapy Safety (Moderator: Dr. Hamilton)
    • 11:30 – 12:00 Dr. Elizabeth Covington, University of Michigan, RO-ILS updates, and RO-ILS Practice at Michigan
    • 12:00 – 12:30 Dr. Courtney Buckey, Mayo Clinic at Arizona, Three Sites’ experience with an internal ILS
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch – Visit with vendors
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Local Physicist Spotlights (Moderator: Dr. Shen)
    • 1:30-1:50 Dr. Xiaoning Ding, Mayo Clinic at Arizona, Opportunity, and Challenge in Implementing RadOnc Facility in Abu Dhabi
    • 1:50-2:05 Ms. Monica Senese, University of Arizona at Tucson, TG 307: The Use of EPIDS for PSQA
    • 2:05-2:25 Mr. Timothy Johnson, University of Arizona at Tucson, Impact of Radial Source Positioning Uncertainty on HDR Cylinder Treatment Plan
    • 2:25-2:45 Dr. Peilong Wang, Mayo Clinic at Arizona, Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Radiation Oncology
    • 2:45-3:00 Dr. Gevork Gevorkyan, Mayo Clinic at Arizona, Realizing Clinical Use Limitations: Applicability of Per-Fraction Dose Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer Patients
  • 3:00 PM -3:30PM Refreshment Break and Vendor Showcase (Moderator: Mr. Thropay)
    • 3:00 – 3:10 Vision RT
    • 3:10 – 3:20 MedLever
    • 3:20 – 3:30 Sun Nuclear | A Mirion Medical Company
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Imaging Safety (Moderator: Dr. Chen)
    • 3:30 – 4:00 Dr. Yuzhen Ding, Mayo Clinic at Arizona, Accurate Patient Alignment with “Zero” Imaging Dose: Synthesizing Patient-specific 3D CT Images from 2D kV Images
    • 4:00 – 4:30 Dr. Yuxiang Zhou, Mayo Clinic at Arizona, Interventional /Hybrid MR Safety
  • 4:30PM to 5:00PM Closing Session
    • 4:30 – 4:40 Summary of the day’s discussions
    • 4:40 – 4:55 AzAAPM Chapter Business Meeting
    • 4:55 – 5:00 Closing remarks