Presidential Symposium Schedule

Led by ASTRO President Sameer Keole, MD, FASTRO, this year’s Presidential Symposium embodies the Annual Meeting theme of Rediscovering Radiation Medicine and Exploring New Indications. The speakers represent a variety of specialties and will help spark thinking differently about where we are going and how to get there. Specifically, this year’s Presidential Symposium will highlight the existing and emerging data on radiation therapy for non-cancer indications featuring multidisciplinary experts on treatment for musculoskeletal (e.g., plantar fasciitis, osteoarthritis), cardiac (e.g., arrhythmias, early heart failure) and functional neurologic (e.g., tremors from Parkinson’s disease) conditions.

Symposium Introduction
8:45 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.

ASTRO President Sameer Keole, MD, FASTRO, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix

Session I: Potential, Pitfalls and a Path Forward for Radiotherapy Beyond Cancer
8:50 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.

Speakers:
Radiotherapy Beyond Cancer: Opportunities and Challenges
Jarad Martin, MD, MB, ChB, PhD, BSc, GAustMS – Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Dupuytren’s Disease and Radiotherapy: A Surgical View
Paul Werker, MD, PhD – University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen
Radiotherapy for Osteoarthritis: The Who, The How and The Why
Heidi Prather, DO – Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian, New York
Translating Oncology Lessons beyond Cancer
Gopal Bajaj, MD, MBA, FASTRO – Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax

Panel Discussion:
Speakers will be joined by Jan Kriz, MD, PhD – Clemens Hospital, Muenster, for a discussion.

Session II: Coding Relief: Billing RT for Nonmalignant Diseases
10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Coding Relief: Billing RT for Nonmalignant Diseases
Speaker: Amar Rewari, MD, MBA, FASTRO – Luminis Health, Annapolis

Session III: Precision without Incision: The New Era of Functional Radiosurgery
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Classical Movement Disorders and Connectomics: Image-Guided Radiosurgery Reimagined
Markus Bredel, MD, PhD – University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami

The Evolving Frontier of Functional SRS: Psychiatric Disease, Pain, and Beyond
Evan Thomas, MD, PhD – Renaissance Institute for Precision Oncology & Radiosurgery, Winter Park

Panel Discussion:
Speaker: Sameer Keole, MD, FASTRO – Mayo Clinic, Phoenix

Session IV: Past, Present, and Future of Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radiotherapy for Ventricular Tachycardia
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Speakers:

Clifford Robinson, MD, FASTRO – Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis
Phillip Cuculich, MD – Washington University St. Louis, St. Louis