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.
Adaptive Approach to SBRT
February 3, 2021 from 1:30pm EDT to 3:30pm EDT
Over the years, advances in radiation planning and delivery have markedly improved the ability to focus radiation on target tissues, sparing nearby healthy organs. Adaptive radiotherapy represents various ways of making changes in the treatment to correct for gradual or sudden changes in target volumes and organs at risk due to tissue deformation.
In this session, three renowned experts will speak to their own experience with online adaptive therapy by comparing and contrasting three commercially available modern adaptive treatment solutions. The panelists will discuss how to efficiently and accurately implement these technologies in existing practice. Attendees can expect to learn about clinical evidence regarding adaptive radiotherapy, practical workflow considerations and the role of emerging artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and automation in adaptive therapy. Finally, the panelists will provide insight in what it will take to make adaptive therapy accessible to all patients and how online adaptation opens the door to more opportunities in cancer treatment.
Speakers / Panelists
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Adaptive Approach to SBRT
February 3, 2021 from 1:30pm EDT to 3:30pm EDT -
Adaptive Approach to SBRT
February 3, 2021 from 1:30pm EDT to 3:30pm EDT -
New Horizons in SBRT
February 4, 2021 from 12:30pm EDT to 1:30pm EDT -
Adaptive Approach to SBRT
February 3, 2021 from 1:30pm EDT to 3:30pm EDT -
Emerging Smarter: How Covid-19 is Reshaping the Future of Radiation Medicine
February 4, 2021 from 2:00pm EDT to 3:45pm EDT
Hans de Boer, PhD
Medical Physicist
Hans de Boer, PhD
Hans de Boer, PhD
Medical Physicist
Hans de Boer entered the field of radiotherapy in 1994. After training to become a medical physicist and obtaining a PhD on efficient application of EPID imaging and methods for optimal offline correction protocols, he worked at the Erasmus MC radiotherapy department in Rotterdam (Netherlands) on fast and efficient image guidance methods involving CBCT and planar kV imaging. In 2009 he started at the University Medical Center Utrecht (Netherlands) to take part in the development of MR-guided radiotherapy and specifically the clinical use of MR-linacs. Currently, he is involved in developing real-time MR-guided plan adaptation and ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy, es pecially for for prostate cancer.
Geoffrey D. Hugo, PhD
Medical Physicist
Geoffrey D. Hugo, PhD
Geoffrey D. Hugo, PhD
Medical Physicist
Dr. Hugo received his PhD in biomedical physics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2003. After obtaining his degree, he joined the staff of William Beaumont Hospital, where he participated in the clinical implementation of cone beam CT and was actively involved in developing an adaptive radiotherapy program for lung cancer. He joined the VCU Department of Radiation Oncology in 2008 as an assistant professor, where he also served as the Director of the Medical Physics Graduate Program. Dr. Hugo joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in 2017 and currently serves as the interim director of the medical physics division. Dr. Hugo’s research interests include cardiac radioablation, image-guided adaptive radiotherapy, image registration and analysis, and the use of machine learning in radiation oncology.
Marija Popovic, PhD, FCCPM
Medical Physicist
Marija Popovic, PhD, FCCPM
Marija Popovic, PhD, FCCPM
Medical Physicist
Dr. Marija Popovic is a board-certified staff Medical Physicist at McGill University Health Centre and Assistant Professor in the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology at McGill University. She earned a PhD in Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences from McMaster University in Hamilton, ON and then completed a clinical residency in Medical Radiation Physics at Juravinski Cancer Centre. Before moving to Montreal, Marija worked for the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Program.
Marija chairs the Education Committee of the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP). In this role, she ensures that strong regional and national programs are in place for continuing professional development of medical physicists and trainees. She works to promote excellence in the quality and safety of care, and sees the COMP Winter School as a strong platform to promote innovative clinical strategies.
Marija continues to serve on several AAPM committees, including the AAPM Summer School, Awards Selection, Committee on Medical Physicists as Educators and Teaching and Mentoring Workshop Subcommittee.