International

International 05 - New Applications of Radiation Therapy: Starting a Program in a Low-Resource Setting

Moderator(s)

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  Chi Lin, MD, PhD, MS

  UNMC
  Omaha, NE

New applications of radiotherapy have been developed over the last few years; however, there is concern regarding the resources required to implement these new interventions and the feasibility of implementing them in a low-resource setting. The goal of this session is to give a detailed explanation of the requirements to start a new program to address these new applications.

We will discuss the basis of implementing the following: SBRT for the treatment of arrhythmias, celiac plexus treatment for treatment of refractory abdominal pain, and functional neuro disorders. The physicians will describe the medical requirements and the physicist (Dr. Stanescu) will describe in detail the steps that are required from a physics standpoint.

Each speaker will have 12 minutes to present the topics and there will be 10 minutes at the end for questions.

Presentations:

• 3:00 PM – 3:02 PM ET

  Introductions
  

  Speaker: Chi Lin, MD, PhD, MS – UNMC
• 3:02 PM – 3:14 PM ET

  Implementation of a Celiac Plexus SBRT Program
  

  Speaker: Yaacov Lawrence, MD, MBBS, FASTRO, MRCP – Sheba Medical Center
• 3:14 PM – 3:26 PM ET

  Implementation of a Cardiac Ablation Program
  

  Speaker: Jeremy Brownstein, MD, MS – The Ohio State University
• 3:26 PM – 3:38 PM ET

  Implementation of Celiac Plexus and Cardiac SBRT Programs: The Physicists Perspective
  

  Speaker: Teo Stanescu, PhD – Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• 3:38 PM – 3:50 PM ET

  Implementation of a Program to Treat Neuro Functional Disorders
  

  Speaker: Valentina Pinzi, MD, PhD – Fondazione IRCCS Istituto neurologico Carlo Besta
• 3:50 PM – 4:00 PM ET

  Questions and Answers
  

  Speaker: Chi Lin, MD, PhD, MS – UNMC