Date: March 28, 2026
Location: Oak Creek 1 in Tower 1, Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix, 1111 E McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85006
Agenda: Full agenda is included at the bottom of the page.
MedPhys Slam: We will host MedPhys Slam again this year. Please email to arizonaaapm@gamil.com to register.
Registration is required for all attendees. But registration fee is waived for residents, students, post-docs, and medical physicist assistants.
Agenda for APM Arizona Chapter Annual Meeting 2026
Date: March 28th, 2026
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 | |
8:10 – 8:30 | Service Award | |
Keynote Speakers on Imaging & Radiation Therapy | Dr. Zhou | |
8:30 – 9:15 | Building the AAPM of Tomorrow Andrew Maidment, Ph.D., President Elect of AAPM | |
9:15 – 10:00 | Treatment of patients with benign and malignant tumors in central nervous system (CNS) Kevin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. Mayo Clinic at Phoenix, Arizona | |
Refreshment Break and Vendor Showcase | Mr. Thropay | |
10:00 – 10:15 | Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company | |
10:15 – 10:30 | Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company | |
Career Development | Dr. Buckey | |
10:30 – 11:15 | How to publish impactful clinical research at JACMP Yi Rong, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic at Phoenix, Arizona | |
Therapy | Dr.Watchman | |
11:15 – 12:00 | RadOnc-GPT: A Platform for Translational Innovation Wei Liu, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic at Phoenix, Arizona | 10:40 – 11:10 |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch – Visit with vendors | |
Clinical Experience and Applications | Dr. Shen | |
13:00-13:45 | Functional Radiosurgery for Easing or Eliminating Debilitating Oncologic Morbidity (FREEDOM) – Developing a Clinical Trial Ricky R. Savjani, MD, Ph.D., UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology | |
Refreshment Break and Vendor Showcase | ||
13:50-14:00 | Vendor Presentation | |
14:00-14:10 | Vendor Presentation | |
14:10-14:20 | Vendor Presentation | |
MedPhys Slam | Mr. Thropay | |
14:20-14:25 | Using Large Language Model to Summarize CT Simulation Orders in Radiation Oncology Meiyun Cao, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic at Phoenix, Arizona | |
14:25-14:30 | Clinical MRI Protocol Management for Patient Imaging Quality Enhancement Alex Ward, M.S., Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona | |
14:30-14:35 | Automated Detection of Clinical Contouring Errors in Radiation Therapy Libing Zhu, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic at Phoenix, Arizona | |
14:35-14:40 | SLAM 4 | |
14:40-14:45 | SLAM 5 | |
Refreshment Break and Vendor Showcase | Mr. Thropay | |
14:45-14:55 | Vendor Presentation | |
14:55-15:05 | Vendor Presentation | |
15:05-15:15 | Vendor Presentation | |
Local Physicist Spotlights | Dr. Chen | |
15:15 – 15:45 | Presentations from local physicists | |
Closing Session | ||
15:45 – 16:00 | MedPhy SLAM Award | |
16:00 – 16:30 | AzAAPM Chapter Business Meeting | |
16:30 | Closing remarks |