The COMP Virtual Winter School Program includes both plenary and small group interactive sessions. This format will give attendees the chance to learn from “best in field” career development, medical physicists who have seen success in their careers and to exercise their new skills through workshopping.
Interdisciplinary in nature, the program will provide tools for medical physicists, radiation therapists, radiation oncologists and other healthcare professionals to support their personal career development process.
A regular component of Winter School, the Project Gallery, will provide opportunity for peer-to-peer learning about professional and program development initiatives that have helped lead to career growth for individuals, and program growth for healthcare teams. You can find more information on the abstract process here.
This meeting has been approved for 15 MPCEC hours.
Team Communication in SBRT
February 2, 2021 from 12:00pm EDT to 1:30pm EDT
An expert panel will discuss the importance of team communication in the initial implementation of SBRT, in translating the SBRT experience from one site to another, in multi-site SBRT and in an adaptive radiation therapy environment. Each presenter will share their institutional experience in SBRT team communication and the role team members play in communication with the patient and other team members to ensure quality and safety. There will be an opportunity for panel discussion
Speakers / Panelists
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Team Communication in SBRT
February 2, 2021 from 12:00pm EDT to 1:30pm EDT -
Setting Up SBRT Program
February 4, 2021 from 11:00am EDT to 12:30pm EDT -
Team Communication in SBRT
February 2, 2021 from 12:00pm EDT to 1:30pm EDT -
Team Communication in SBRT
February 2, 2021 from 12:00pm EDT to 1:30pm EDT -
Team Communication in SBRT
February 2, 2021 from 12:00pm EDT to 1:30pm EDT -
Emerging Smarter: How Covid-19 is Reshaping the Future of Radiation Medicine
February 4, 2021 from 2:00pm EDT to 3:45pm EDT -
Team Communication in SBRT
February 2, 2021 from 12:00pm EDT to 1:30pm EDT
Maria Corsten, MSc, MCCPM, CHE
Medical Physicist
Maria Corsten, MSc, MCCPM, CHE
Maria Corsten, MSc, MCCPM, CHE
Medical Physicist
Maria Corsten is the Head of Medical Physics for the Provincial Cancer Care Program of Eastern Health in St. John’s, NL. She is a member of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine and is a Certified Health Executive with the Canadian College of Health Leaders. Maria is co-leading the development of a new satellite site for cancer care in Corner Brook, NL. The Eastern Health Medical Physics team has implemented lung SBRT and is planning a prostate SBRT program. Maria’s clinical interests include radiation safety, peer review, expanding the implementation of SBRT and development of treatment planning efficiencies. She is a member of the organizing committee for COMP Winter School 2021, was the Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee for the COMP ASM in St. John’s and is a member of the organizing committee for the Annual Atlantic Radiotherapy Conference.
Carol-Anne Davis, RT(T), AC(T), MSc, FCAMRT
Clinical Educator and Lecturer
Carol-Anne Davis, RT(T), AC(T), MSc, FCAMRT
Carol-Anne Davis, RT(T), AC(T), MSc, FCAMRT
Clinical Educator and Lecturer
Clinical Educator, Nova Scotia Cancer Center
Lecturer, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dalhousie University
Active nationally with the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy, CARO Quality and Standards Committee and the CAMRT Advanced Practice Radiation Therapy Steering Committee.
Clinical interests include RT for H&N cancer population, imaging, advanced-practice roles and stereotactic radiation therapy including cranial and extra-cranial techniques.
Research interests include positron-emission-tomography, RT outcomes and attitudes and perceptions of medical radiation technologists. Part of a recent interprofessional team who designed and delivered a 5-day workshop on Lung SABR and SRS/T for Brain Metastasis to radiation oncology professionals in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Patricia Lindsay, PhD, DABR, FCCPM
Medical Physicist
Patricia Lindsay, PhD, DABR, FCCPM
Patricia Lindsay, PhD, DABR, FCCPM
Medical Physicist
Dr. Patricia Lindsay is Medical Physicist in the Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Assistant Professor in the University of Toronto Department of Radiation Oncology. The Princess Margaret Radiation Oncology program uses SBRT for the treatment of many different sites, including lung, liver, prostate and oligomets. Patricia has been involved in the implementation and on-going use of SBRT for the treatment of oligometastatic disease, and with the implementation of SBRT treatments using MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy.
Arjun Sahgal, BSc, MD, FRCPC
Radiation Oncologist
Arjun Sahgal, BSc, MD, FRCPC
Arjun Sahgal, BSc, MD, FRCPC
Radiation Oncologist
Dr. Arjun Sahgal is an international clinical and research leader in the field of high precision stereotactic radiation to the brain and spine for both metastases and primary tumors. After training at the University of Toronto in radiation oncology, he completed a radiosurgery fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. He has published, as lead or as a contributor, over 500 peer reviewed papers including in high impact journals like the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology, and New England Journal of Medicine. He leads the Sunnybrook Odette CNS Neuro-Oncology program that has been awarded a total of $42.5 M in funding since his leadership. Currently, he serves as Deputy Chief of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto affiliated Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre. In addition, he is the director of the Sunnybrook Cancer Ablation Therapy (CAT) program which involved the installation of a MR Brachytherapy suite, MR Linac and Gamma Knife Icon technology. His next phase of research is in the development of MR in radiation therapy, and the application of MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Technology with radiation. He recently showed in the SC24 randomized trial superiority of spine SBRT as compared to conventional radiation.
Kevin Sheppard
Patient and Family Advisory Council for NL
Kevin Sheppard
Kevin Sheppard
Patient and Family Advisory Council for NL
Kevin Sheppard is a retired Insurance executive and two time cancer survivor. His career spanned over four decades in the Banking, Finance and Insurance sector. After his retirement he remained active in his community serving on business groups and volunteering in his community.
He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2016 and received HDRT treatment as well as external beam radiation treatment. In 2019 he received a diagnosis of bladder cancer and subsequent treatments have proven successful.
Kevin is a member of the Patient and Family Advisory Council for Cancer care in Newfoundland and Labrador, The First Nations Innu and Métis Cancer Care Initiative, and a member of The Newfoundland and Labrador Cancer Council.
Kevin is a very active outdoors person. His activities include fishing and hunting, snowmobiling and all terrain vehicle riding. His summers are spent at his cottage where he is a dedicated boater spending long days exploring the waters of Notre Dame Bay.
He is a strong advocate for cancer patients in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Kevin and his wife Carol, also a cancer survivor live in Grand Falls-Windsor, Nl.