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NCCHPS Fall 2024 Meeting

  • 8 Nov 2024
  • 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • University of Wisconsin Memorial Union, Madison, WI

Registration

  • Meeting exhibition is for Affiliate Members who wish to have product or service materials available for meeting attendees and will attend the meeting in person.
  • Exhibit table on Friday at the meeting and a chance to talk about their company at the Night Out event on Thursday
  • Exhibit table on Friday at the meeting and sponsorship of the Night Out event on Thursday
  • Meeting sponsorship is for Affiliate Members who wish to have product or service materials available for meeting attendees but who will not attend the meeting in person.
  • Late meeting registration for non-members
  • Meeting registration
  • For students who are currently studying health physics or a closely related field

The NCCHPS and NCCAAPM will be meeting jointly in Madison, WI on Friday, November 8th at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union.  The agenda is listed below.

There will also be a social "Night Out" event on Thursday night supported by vendors at The Coopers Tavern

Agenda

7:15 - Registration and continental breakfast (45 min)


8:00 - Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements (15 min)


8:15 - Morning Session I

Todd Pawlicki (AAPM President): “AAPM Current Activities and News” (60 min)

Mike Lewandowski (HPS President-Elect): “HPS Current Activities and News” (15 min)

Mike Lewandowski (HPS President-Elect): “Radiation Gauging - a practical application of basic science” (60 min)


10:30 - Morning break and vendor interactions (15 min)

Tripp Commons Room (2nd Floor)


10:45 - Morning Session II

Mary Ann Spohrer (CRCPD): “CRCPD - An Overview of Who We Are and What We do” (30min)

Sydney Larrabee (UW): “Ordering, receiving, and delivery of radioactive materials for campus labs” (20 min)

Jason Hout (Mayo Clinic): “The association between musculoskeletal disorders and lead apron use” (20 min)

Ashley Tao (Gundersen/Emplify Health): “ DREAM Program” (10 min)


12:05 - NCC-AAPM & NCC-HPS Business Meetings (30 min)

NCC-AAPM: Old Madison Room (3rd Floor)

NCC-HPS: Beefeaters Room (3rd Floor)


12:35 - Lunch break/Vendor interactions (55 min)

Profile and Tripp Commons Rooms (2nd Floor)


13:20 - Early Career Investigator Competition (90 min)


15:05 - Afternoon break and vendor interactions (30 min)


15:30 - Afternoon Session

Bennett Greenspan (UW): “LNT is Wrong and Radiation Hormesis is Real” (30 min)

Maryam Mashayekhi (Mayo Clinic): “Review of Ortho Voltage Practice at Mayo Clinic” (30min)

Haidy Nasief (MCW): “The integral role of radiomics in establishing an interpretable descriptor of response for better patient specific outcomes” (30 min)

Nicholas G. Zacharopoulos (Aktina CEO)): “The Role of the Clinical Isocenter in Reducing LINAC Geometric Errors” (30 min)


17:30 - Closing remarks, Awards, and Adjourn (15 min)



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