Date:
March 1st, 2025
Location:
Oak Creek 1 in Tower 1, Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix
1111 E McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85006
| Time | Activity | Moderator |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 – 7:30 | Vendor Set-up | |
| 7:30 – 8:00 | On-site Registration Opens, Breakfast & Speaker Upload Available | |
| Opening Session | Dr. Zhou | |
| 8:00 – 8:05 | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 8:05 – 8:10 | Sponsors Appreciations | |
| Keynote Speakers on Imaging & Radiation Therapy | Dr. Mellenberg | |
| 8:10 – 8:55 | ASTRO: why we value physicists Sameer Keole, M.D., President of ASTRO Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 8:55 – 9:40 | Physics and Engineering and End to Cancer, John D. Hazle, Ph.D, Past President of AAPM. Medical M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas | |
| Refreshment Break and Vendor Showcase | Mr. Thropay | |
| 9:40 – 9:55 | Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company Alex Summers, Clinical Solutions Specialist, RapidArc Dynamic(Recent FDA release) | |
| 9:55 – 10:10 | Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company Yuri Ellis, Varian’s Advanced Oncology Solutions | |
| Advanced Imaging and Radiation Therapy | Dr. Buckey | |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Photon-Counting-Detector CT: Technology and Clinical Applications Lifeng Yu, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota | |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Online Adaptive Proton Therapy Wei Liu, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Imaging and Therapy Safety | Dr.Watchman | |
| 11:10 – 11:40 | Safe-by-Design for Homegrown Systems Courtney Buckey, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 11:40 – 12:10 | MR Safety in Practice: New CPT Codes Anshuman Panda, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 12:10 – 13:10 | Lunch – Visit with vendors | |
| Local Physicist Spotlights | Dr. Shen | |
| 13:10-13:40 | Addressing clinical needs in patients care: the development of robust and rapid MRI Zhiqiang Li, Ph.D., Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 13:40-14:10 | AGD at screening mammography: Comparison between FFDM, DBT, and CEM Jeremiah Sanders, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Refreshment Break and Vendor Showcase | ||
| 14:10-14:20 | SunNuclear | |
| 14:20-14:30 | MedLever | |
| MedPhy Slam | Mr. Thropay/ Mr.Marsh | |
| 14:30-14:35 | SLAM 1: Performance of LLMs on Radiation Oncology Physics Peilong Wang, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 14:35-14:40 | SLAM 2: GammaTile Recurrence Patterns Monica Senese, M.S., University of Arizona at Tuson, Arizona | |
| 14:40-14:45 | SLAM 3: Impact of CT Defacing on AI Auto-Segmentation Ali Ammar, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 14:45-14:50 | SLAM 4: Monitoring AI Segmentation Performance Libing Zhu, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 14:50-14:55 | SLAM 5: Multi-scanner and cross platform MRI protocol and parameter management, Alex Ward, M.S., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Refreshment Break and Vendor Showcase | Mr. Thropay | |
| 14:55-15:05 | PTW | |
| 15:05-15:15 | LAP | |
| 15:15-15:25 | IBA | |
| Clinical Experience and Applications | Dr. Chen | |
| 15:25 – 15:55 | Clinical 7T MRI – Practical Considerations and Experience with Ultra-High Field MRI Yuxiang Zhou, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Closing Session | ||
| 16:00 – 16:10 | MedPhy SLAM Award | |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | AzAAPM Chapter Business Meeting | |
| 16:30 | Closing remarks |