Symposium Program Information

Program Directors
Eric Klein, PhD Washington University Radiation Oncology Dept. 4921 Parkview Place Campus Box 8224 Saint Louis , MO 63110
Jatinder Palta, PhD University of Florida Health Science Center Radiation Oncology Dept. PO Box 100385 2000 Archer Road Gainesville , FL 32610-0385
Christopher Rose, MD Valley Radiotherapy Associates Medical Group 1500 Rosecrans Avenue Suite 400 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Scientific Program Committee
James Deye, PhD National Cancer Institute Radiation Research Programs EPN/6015A, MSC 7440 6130 Executive Blvd Bethesda , MD 20892-7440	Benedick Fraass, PhD Univ Michigan Medical Center Radiation Oncology Dept. Room B2C432/ Box 0010 1500 E Medical Center Dr Ann Arbor , MI 48109-0010
Stephen Hahn, MD University of Pennsylvania Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine Concourse Level, Suite C-300A 3400 Civic Center Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104	Eric Klein, PhD Washington University Radiation Oncology Dept. 4921 Parkview Place Campus Box 8224 Saint Louis , MO 63110
Harald Paganetti, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Department of Radiation Oncology 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114	Jatinder Palta, PhD University of Florida Health Science Center Radiation Oncology Dept. PO Box 100385 2000 Archer Road Gainesville , FL 32610-0385
Christopher Rose, MD Valley Radiotherapy Associates Medical Group 1500 Rosecrans Avenue Suite 400 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266	Anthony Zietman, MD Massachusett General Hospital Cancer Center Dept. of Radiation Oncology 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114
Symposium Moderator
Jerry White Colorado Associates in Medical Physics 1411 N Weber St Colorado Springs , CO 80907
AAPM Headquarters Contacts:
Meeting Planner Karen MacFarland American Association of Physicists in Medicine One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3846 (301) 209-3382 (Direct)	Programs Assistant Laurie Hayden American Association of Physicists in Medicine One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3846 (301) 209-3392 (Direct)

Meeting Program

Friday, May 08
Calvert Ballroom

Time	Topic	Speaker
7:00am-7:45am	Continental Breakfast in the Calvert Ballroom
7:45am-8:00am	Introduction and Scope of the Meeting	Boone, White, Palta
8:00am-9:00am	Proton Therapy in Clinical Practice: Past, Present and Future	Goitein
Delivery of Protons Chair: Eric Klein, PhD, Washington University
9:00am-9:30am	Physics of Proton Therapy	Slopsema
9:30am-10:00am	Current Proton Therapy Delivery Systems	Flanz
10:00am-10:30am	New Developments in Proton Therapy Delivery Systems	Klein
10:30am-11:00am	Coffee Break - Visit Exhibitor Tables
Clinical Evidence for Proton Therapy Chair: Christopher Rose, MD, Valley Radiotherapy Associates Medical Group
11:00am-11:20	Skull-based tumors	Liebsch
11:20am-11:40am	Pediatrics	Yock
11:40am-12:10pm	Uncertainty Issues for Non-Moving Targets	Engelsman
12:10pm-12:30pm	Discussion on Skull-Based/Peds Discussants: Suntharalingam, Wharam
12:30pm-12:50pm	Moderated Panel Discussion
12:50pm-1:40pm	Lunch in the Versailles Room
1:40pm-2:00pm	Prostate	A. Lee
2:00pm-2:20pm	Proton Therapy in Lung Cancer and Passive and Scanning	Chang
2:20pm-2:40pm	Physics Uncertainty Issues for Prostate and Lung	Dong
2:40pm-3:00pm	Discussion on Prostate and Lung Discussants: Bradley, R. Lee
3:00pm-3:20pm	Moderated Panel Discussion
3:20pm-3:40pm	Coffee Break - Visit Exhibitor Tables
Treatment Planning Chair: Jerry White, Colorado Associates in Medical Physics
3:40pm-4:10pm	New Developments in Proton Therapy Treatment Planning Systems	Yeung
4:10pm-4:40pm	Comparing Optimal Photon and Proton Therapy Planning	Das
4:40pm-5:00pm	Moderated Panel Discussion
5:00pm-6:30pm	Reception in the Calvert Ballroom - Visit Exhibitor Tables

Saturday, May 09
Calvert Ballroom

Time	Topic	Speaker
7:00am-8:00am	Continental Breakfast in the Calvert Ballroom
Evidence-Based Assessment of Protons Chair: Benedick Fraass, PhD, University of Michigan Medical Center
8:00-8:30am	Promise of Decreased Morbidity and Cost Effectiveness	Bekelman
8:30am-9:00am	Altered Fractionation	Bentzen
9:00am-9:30am	NCI Perspective on Proton Therapy	Vikram
9:30am-9:50am	Moderated Panel Discussion
9:50am-10:10am	Coffee Break - Visit Exhibitor Tables
Lack of Clinical Evidence Supporting Proton Therapy Chair: Stephen Hahn, MD, University of Pennsylvania
10:10am-10:40am	Absence of Randomized Clinical Trials (RCT)	Mendenhall
10:40am-11:10am	Equipoise and Ethics of RCT	R. Lee
11:10am-11:40am	Clinical Evidence for Reimbursement	Tunis
11:40am-Noon	Moderated Panel Discussion
Noon-1:00pm	Lunch in the Versailles Room
Uncertainties in Proton Therapy Planning Chair: Jatinder Palta, PhD, University of Florida Health Science Center
1:00pm-1:30pm	Perils of Proton Radiotherapy	Palta
1:30pm-2:10pm	Solutions to Uncertainties of Imaging and Motion	Bortfeld
2:10pm-2:30pm	Moderated Panel Discussion
2:30pm-2:45pm	Coffee Break - Visit Exhibitor Tables
2:45pm-3:15pm	Biological Uncertainties	Paganetti
3:15pm-3:45pm	Secondary Neutron Issue	Newhauser
3:45pm-4:00pm	Wrap Up and Final Questions and Answers	Palta/Klein/Rose

Speakers and Discussants
Justin Bekelman, MD, University of Penn School of Medicine Soren Bentzen, PhD, University of Wisconsin Thomas Bortfeld, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Jeffrey Bradley, MD, Washington University Joe Chang, MD, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Indra Das, PhD, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute/Indiana University James Deye, PhD, National Cancer Institute Lei Dong, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Martijn Engelsman, PhD, Francis Burr Proton Therapy Center Jay Flanz, PhD, Harvard Medical School Benedick Fraass, PhD, University of Michigan Medical Center Michael Goitein, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Harvard Medical School Eric Klein, PhD, Washington University Andrew Lee, MD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center	W. Robert Lee, MD, Duke Medicine Norbert Liebsch, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Nancy Mendenhall, MD, University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute Wayne David Newhauser, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Harald Paganetti, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Jatinder Palta, PhD, University of Florida Roelf Slopsema, University of Florida Mohan Suntharalingam, MD, University of Maryland Med Ctr Sean Tunis, MD, Center for Medical Technology Policy Bhadrasain Vikram, MD, National Cancer Institute Moody Wharam, Jr, MD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Daniel Yeung, PhD, University of Florida Torunn Yock, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

Speakers and Discussants

Justin Bekelman, MD, University of Penn School of Medicine
Soren Bentzen, PhD, University of Wisconsin
Thomas Bortfeld, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jeffrey Bradley, MD, Washington University
Joe Chang, MD, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Indra Das, PhD, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute/Indiana University
James Deye, PhD, National Cancer Institute
Lei Dong, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Martijn Engelsman, PhD, Francis Burr Proton Therapy Center
Jay Flanz, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Benedick Fraass, PhD, University of Michigan Medical Center
Michael Goitein, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Harvard Medical School
Eric Klein, PhD, Washington University
Andrew Lee, MD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

W. Robert Lee, MD, Duke Medicine
Norbert Liebsch, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Nancy Mendenhall, MD, University of Florida Proton
Therapy Institute
Wayne David Newhauser, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Harald Paganetti, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jatinder Palta, PhD, University of Florida
Roelf Slopsema, University of Florida
Mohan Suntharalingam, MD, University of Maryland Med Ctr
Sean Tunis, MD, Center for Medical Technology Policy
Bhadrasain Vikram, MD, National Cancer Institute
Moody Wharam, Jr, MD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Daniel Yeung, PhD, University of Florida
Torunn Yock, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Meeting Program

Friday, May 08 Calvert Ballroom

Saturday, May 09 Calvert Ballroom

Friday, May 08
Calvert Ballroom

Saturday, May 09
Calvert Ballroom