2007 Annual Meeting Schedule of Events - Sunday
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Schedule of Events (As of September 12, 2007)

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Sunday, October 28, 2007
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

AAWR/ASTRO Breakfast
Room 409
The Three Little P's of Time Management and the Big Bad Wolf of Conflict

Managing your career successfully implies accomplishing what is most important for you. When you don't accomplish what you truly want, you
may feel confused, compromised and frustrated. The two key variables
in your day-to-day work are tasks and the people connected to them. The two key skills that you need to master to manage tasks and people are time management and conflict resolution. Effective time management must include techniques for good planning, prioritizing and procrastination, "the three little P's". But finding techniques that work for you time-wise are only good when you can negotiate them with the people in your life. Asking for time from people to do what you do well often feels like you are facing the big bad wolf, but using win-win conflict resolution techniques often takes the wind out of all that wolf's huffing and puffing. This session offers individual techniques that you can start tomorrow, and in several weeks time be "living happily ever after".

Karen A. Garman Ed.D.,
CPT Healthcare Education, Leadership and Performance, Inc., San Diego
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m International Attendee Breakfast
Room 403		  
8:00 a.m. - 8:05 a.m. Welcome Address
Concourse Hall

 Christopher Rose, M.D., FASTRO,
Valley Radiotherapy Associates Medical Group, Los Angeles
8:05 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. Opening Ceremony

Survivor Circle Award Recognition
Concourse Hall
 
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Presidential Symposium
Concourse Hall
“Organ and Function Preservation in the Management of Cancer”
Opening Remarks

Louis B. Harrison, M.D.,
ASTRO President, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals and The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Presidential Symposium
Introductory Lecture
Concourse Hall
 Breast Cancer as the Model for Organ and Function Preservation in Radiation Oncology

Jay R. Harris, M.D., FASTRO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Educational Session 101
Room 408
Pediatric Tumors: Ewing's Sarcoma, Neuroblastoma and Wilms Tumor

John A. Kalapurakal, M.D.,
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Educational Session 102
Room 502
Treatment Target Localization Systems

Jon J. Kruse, Ph.D.,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Michael B Sharpe, Ph.D.,
UHN-Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
 Presidential Symposium
Session I: Prostate Cancer
Concourse Hall

Moderator:
Michael Zelefsky, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Functional Imaging and Target Delineation – Importance in the Intensification of Radiation Therapy and the Optimization of Outcomes Michael Zelefsky, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Image-Guided Approaches and Their Importance in the Optimization of Outcomes Alan Pollack, M.D.,
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia
Organ Function and Preservation After the Treatment of Prostate Cancer Anthony J. Zietman, M.D.,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.



 Presidential Symposium
Session II: Head and Neck Cancer
Concourse Hall		 Moderator:
Kenneth Hu, M.D.,
Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals and The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Larynx-Hypopharynx Cancer- Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Approaches to Preserve the Larynx
 Ezra Cohen, M.D.,
University of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences, Chicago
Quality of Life Aspects, Current Practice Patterns, and Future Modifications of Brachytherapy integrated in the Treatment of Cancers of the Oropharynx
 Peter Levendag, M.D., Erasmus Medical Center-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Reducing Dysphagia and Xerostomia by IMRT: What We Can, and Cannot, Achieve Avraham Eisbruch, M.D.,
University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) and Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) - Evolving Role in the Pursuit of Perfection in Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Kenneth Hu, M.D.,
Continuum Cancer Centers of New York; Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospital, and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Educational Session 103
Interactive Session
Room 502
Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer: Imaging (US CT MR) Immobilization, Fields, Tumor and Normal Tissue Doses

Patrick W. McLaughlin, M.D.,
Providence Cancer Center, Southfield, Mich.

Howard Sandler, M.D., University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich

Jeff Michael Michalski, M.D.,
Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Educational Session 104
Room 515A
Heterogeneity Within and Between Cancers: The Stem Cell Problem in Radiotherapy

Frank Pajonk, M.D., Ph.D.,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles

11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Nurses Welcome Lunch and Networking Session
Room 408
  
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

AAWR Lunch Session
Room 409
Professional Women in Radiation Oncology - An Interactive Panel Discussion

Purpose:

  1. To explore the excitements and frustrations of being a professional leader, wife, and mother
  2. To discuss the opportunities for female radiation oncologists, physicists, and biologists

These highly achieved women experts will share their own experiences
related to balancing daily practice, academic research, sticky bureaucracy/politics, and on top of it all, taking care of a family. It will be an interactive free "chat", the audience can bring questions for the panel.

A box lunch will be provided.

Moderators:
Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong, M.D., Ph.D.,
Chair of AAWR Radiation Oncology Committee

Ritsuko Komaki, M.D.,
Past President of AAWR and President of the ARS

Panelists:
Sara Donaldson, M.D.
Beth Erickson, M.D.
Patricia Eifel, M.D.
Laurie Gaspar, M.D., M.B.A.
Maria Kelly, M.D.
Ritsuko Komaki, M.D.
Zhongxing Liao, M.D.
Nora A. Janjan, M.D., FASTRO
Mary K. Martel, Ph.D.
Nancy Mendenhall, M.D.
Lori J. Pierce, M.D.
Elizabeth Travis, Ph.D.

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. ARRO Annual Luncheon

Guest Speaker:
K. Kian Ang, M.D., Ph.D., ASTRO Chair, ASTRO Board of Directors

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Presidential Symposium
Session III: Part I - Lung Cancer
Concourse Hall		 Moderator:
Benjamin Movsas, M.D.,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Use of Functional Imaging and External Navigational techniques in the Evaluation and Target Delineation in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer Michael J. Simoff, M.D.,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Stereotactic Radiosurgery as Definitive Treatment for Early-stage Lung Cancer- Local Control and Quality of Life Outcomes Robert Timmerman, M.D.
Stereotactic Radiotherapy- Future Potential for Improving Outcomes for Central Lesions in the Context of Combined Modality Therapy Benjamin Movsas, M.D.,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Educational Session 105
Interactive Session
Room 502
Difficult Cases in Breast Cancer

Thomas A. Buchholz, M.D.,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Jay R. Harris, M.D.,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Beryl McCormick, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Eric Winer, M.D.,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Educational Session 106
Room 515A
 Tumor Microenvironment, Angiogenesis and Metastasis		 Amato J. Giaccia, Ph.D.,
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Presidential Symposium
Session III: Part II - Musculo-Skeletal Tumors - Spine
Concourse Hall 		Moderator:
Brian O’Sullivan, M.D.,
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto
Stereotactic Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Paraspinal Tumors and Spinal Cord Compression: Preserving Spinal Cord Function without Surgery
 Samuel Ryu, M.D.,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Approaches for Planning and Delivery of Radiotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma Brian O’Sullivan, M.D.,
Princes Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1:45 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Nurses Didactic Session
Room 501
 Sarcoma

 Oscar Streeter, M.D.,
Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital, Los Angeles
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Presidential Symposium
Session IV: Gastro-intestinal Tumors
Concourse Hall

 Moderator:
Christopher Willet, M.D.,
Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Liver Cancer: Innovative Radiation Therapy Approaches to Preserve Function and Avoid Major Resection Laura Dawson, M.D.,
Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rectal Cancer I - Total Mesorectal Excision with Sphincter and Autonomic Nerve Preservation: the Standardized Surgery for Rectal Cancer Warren E. Enker, M.D.,
Beth Israel Medical Center and the Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York
Rectal Cancer II - Radiation Therapy and Combined Modality Approaches to Rectal Cancer That Maximize Organ and Function Preservation, Avoid Colostomy and Maximize Quality of Life Christopher G. Willet, M.D.,
Duke University, Durham, N.C.
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Nurses Session 02
Room 504
Wound & Continence Care for the Oncologic Patient		 Glenda Hamberg, R.N., W.O.C.N.,
Moorpark, Calif.
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Nurses Session 03
Room 501
 Dx Radiology: CT/ MRI/ PET		 Laurie Loevener, M.D., University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Nurses Session 04
Room 505
 Tomotherapy IMRT Options
 Lane Rosen, M.D.,
Willis Knighton Cancer Center, Shreveport, La.
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Educational Session 107
Room 403
 Quality Assurance in IMRT
 Gary Ezzell, Ph.D.,
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix.

Daniel Low, Ph.D., Washington University, St.Louis
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Educational Session 108
The Theater
 Management of Adult Sarcomas		 Matthew Ballo, M.D.,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Elizabeth H. Baldini, M.D., M.P.H.,
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Panel 01
Concourse Hall
Personalized Cancer Medicine

In this panel session, the theme of personalized cancer medicine will be explored from the perspective of molecular cancer biology, functional and molecular imaging, and from the vantage point of individual cancer patients.
Moderator:
Mark Sliwkowski, Ph.D., Genetech, Inc., San Francisco

Paul M. Harari, M.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.

Michael E. Phelps, M.D., University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Panel 02
Room 515
Predictive Assays

This panel will provide an overview of predictive assays including an examination of the benchmarks that must be achieved for the proper movement of these assays from the lab to the clinic. In that regard, ongoing studies that use advanced genomic technologies such as single nucleotide polymorphism analysis to predict late normal tissue response and gene expression analysis to clinical outcome in head and neck cancer will be described and discussed. 		Moderator:
Michael Story, Ph.D.,
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Soren M. Bentzen, Ph.D., D.Sc.,
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wis.

Matthew B. Parliament, M.D.,
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Panel 03
Room 408
Sexual Function after Pelvic Radiotherapy

Sexual dysfunction after radiotherapy is often underestimated. Both males and females who have been treated by external beam radiotherapy and/or brachytherapy for pelvic malignancies often complain on several sexual dysfunctions after treatment. This panel will discuss the incidence, diagnosis, etiology and therapy of post-radiation sexual dysfunction.

Co-moderators:
Luca Incrocci, M.D., Ph.D.,
Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Deborah Watkins Bruner, Ph.D.,
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia

Gregory S. Merrick, M.D.,
Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, W.Va.

Pernille T. Jensen, M.D., Ph.D.,
Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Leslie Schover, Ph.D.,
The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Panel 04
Interavtive Panel
Room 502
 In Room CT: What have we Learned so Far?

The rapid adoption of in-room tomographic systems represents a dramatic example of widespread dissemination of complex technology. As very large numbers of clinics begin to use these systems, their limits and optimal paradigms for use are still being explored. This panel provides a cross-section of experts and early adopters of in-room tomographic capability. Following presentations on available systems (fan-beam and cone beam, diagnostic and megavoltage, isocentric and not) including their potential advantages and limitations, and interactive discussion will take place to address uses in targeting, treatment monitoring and potential plan adaptation.

 Moderator:
James Balter, Ph.D.,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Gikas Mageras, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Laura Dawson, M.D.,
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Katja M. Langen, Ph.D.,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Panel 05
Room 515A
Uncommon Neoplasms

The practicing radiation medicine physician will continue to be faced
with a wide array of clinical scenarios, especially involving solid tumors that are less common. This multidisciplinary panel will review exciting new developments in the diagnosis and management of mediastinal (thymic and germ cell) tumors, thyroid neoplasms, renal cell cancer, melanoma and primary liver cancer.

Moderator: Charles R. Thomas, M.D.

Patrick J. Loehrer, M.D., Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis

Wolfram Samlowski, M.D.,
Nevada Cancer Institute, Las Vegas

Ezra Cohen, M.D.,
University of Chicago, Chicago

Martin Fuss, M.D., Ph.D., Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore.
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Nurses Session 05
Room 504
IMRT and IGRT		 Chun Li, Ph.D.,
Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, Calif.
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Nurses Session 06
Room 505
 Art Therapy		 Maryam Davodi-Far, M.H.A., D.P.A.,
Cancer Coping Center, San Diego
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Nurses Session 07
Room 501
Partial Breast Irradiation

Dawn Radsek, R.N.,
Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee

Additional information will be posted periodically. Inquiries should be directed the Education Department.

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