A Clinical Hands-On Workshop Focused on Improving Your Treatment Planning and Delivery Skills with High Dose Rate Brachytherapy

This practical and interactive workshop is given by an expert team led by dr. Matthew Biagioli and dr. Mitchell Kamrava and is complementary to the ABS GYN courses.

The workshop is aimed at radiation oncologists and clinical physicists working in a multidisciplinary team, interested in growing or further strengthen their current HDR Brachytherapy practice for cervix and endometrium brachytherapy. This interactive session will provide you with in-depth clinical knowledge and hands-on training. You will be introduced to all aspects of image-guided adaptive brachytherapy treatment for both cervical and endometrial tumors. Clinical workflow and practical aspects of implementing the technique will be extensively discussed.

We warmly invite you to join this unique workshop and to gain invaluable knowledge to bring the advantages of image-guided adaptive brachytherapy to your center and your patients.

Schedule

May 7: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Lunch included)
May 8: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm (Breakfast & Lunch included)

Faculty

Matthew Biagioli, MD – Florida Hospital                

Mitchell Kamrava, MD – UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Reasons to attend

• Hands-on training with experienced Brachytherapists
• Refresh your current knowledge or start a GYN HDR Brachytherapy program
• Train new members who have joined your facility and need additional training on GYN HDR Brachytherapy

Meeting objectives

• Understanding the clinical rationale for HDR brachytherapy for gynecological brachytherapy
• How to implement an interstitial GYN HDR program into your current practice
• Define patient selection criteria
• Determine best applicator for various situations and tumor types
• Gain hands on experience with applicator assembly and preparation
• Simulation/imaging
• Treatment planning and delivery
• Physics and Quality Assurance
• Observation of a treatment

Target Audience

• Radiation and Medical Oncologists 
• Medical Physicists 
• Dosimetrists 
• Radiation Technologists 
• Oncology Nurses

CE Credits

MDCB: 11 Credits
ASRT: 8.5 Credits
CAMPEP: 7.75 Credits

Event Capacity

Only ten (10) seats are available for this workshop. Openings will be filled on a “first come, first served” basis.

Course fee

Course fee is $750.00 and includes:

• 1.5 workshop days
• Lunch on Thursday
• Breakfast and Lunch on Friday

Registration fee is exclusive of travel and hotel costs.

Refund Policy

Refund $750.00 if cancelled by 3 May 2015