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Reception and Registration (Sunday) 6/21/09

6:00 - 8:00 PM at Hampton Inn, Diehl Road, Naperville
            Hors d'oeuvres, beverages, and cash bar.
 

Day 1 (Monday) 6/22/09

8:00    Continental Breakfast

8:30    Welcome Messages
            Bill Foster, U.S. Congressman, 14th District (Invited)
            John Lewis, PhD., Northern Illinois University

9:00    Keynote Address 
            History and future of proton therapy: the clinical perspective
            Rich Levy, MD, PhD.

9:45    Morning Plenary Talk
            History and future of proton therapy: the physics perspective and an introduction to the NIU proton
            therapy project
            George Coutrakon, PhD., Northern Illinois University      

10:30   Break


Session 1 - Current Clinical Issues in Proton Therapy

11:00  The status of proton therapy and future proton research
            Allan Thornton, MD, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute 

11:30  Current controversies in pediatric proton therapy:  On the risk of second cancer
            Wayne Newhauser, PhD., University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

12:00  Northwestern University's interest in proton therapy
            Bharat Mittal, MD, Northwestern University

 12:30 Lunch (Provided)

 
Session 2 - Current Research Issues in Proton Therapy

1:30    Afternoon Plenary Talk
            International initiatives to harmonize the practice of proton therapy
            with conventional radiation therapy
            Paul DeLuca, PhD., University of Wisconsin

2:00    The role of proton therapy in pediatric malignancies
            John Kalapurakal, MD, Northwestern University

2:30    Break

2:45    Treatment of prostate cancer: clinical results and future prospects at Loma Linda University Medical
            Center AND Are randomized phase III trials needed in conformal proton therapy for prostate cancer
            Carl Rossi, MD, Loma Linda University Medical Center

3:45    Panel Discussion on Current Clinical and Research Issues in Proton Therapy
            Moderator:  John Lewis       
            Panelists:   Paul DeLuca, Bharat Mittal, George Coutrakon, Allan Thornton, Rich Levy,
            Wayne Newhauser, John Kalapurakal, Carl Rossi

5:00 - 7:30 pm Buffet BBQ dinner (cash bar) NIU Naperville.



Day 2 (Tuesday) 6/23/09

8:30    Continental Breakfast

9:15    Management of second cancer risks for patients receiving proton therapy for prostate cancer
            Phillip Taddei, PhD., University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center


Session 3 - Recent Developments in Dose Calculations

9:45    Advances in calculating radiation dose to patients receiving proton therapy
            Wayne Newhauser, PhD., University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

10:10  Advances in fast dose calculations using a track repeating algorithm: Applications in adaptive
            image-guided proton therapy
            Pablo Yepes, PhD., Rice University

10:35 Break

11:00  Monte Carlo simulations to estimate second cancer risks for patients receiving
            proton therapy for liver cancer
            Phillip Taddei, PhD., University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

11:20  Monte Carlo simulations for ocular proton therapy
            Sharmalee Randeniya, PhD., University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

11:45 Lunch (Provided)


Session 4 - Scanning Proton Beams

1:30    Afternoon Plenary Talk
            The NIU proton therapy facility:  an introduction to the technical features
            George Coutrakon, PhD., Northern Illinois University      

2:00    First 2 years of clinical experience with the scanned-beams at MPRI
            Markus Fitzek, MD, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute

2:30    Monte Carlo simulations for scanned proton beams: treatment planning
            Uwe Titt, PhD., University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

3:00    Laser-controlled proton beam for medical imaging
            Carol Johnstone, PhD., Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

3:30    Adjournment

4:00    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and NIU Institute for Neutron Therapy -
            tour and dinner at Fermilab. Buffet style, cash bar. (optional - $35.00)

Schedule:
4:00 pm - bus leaves NIU Naperville. If driving separately, meet in lobby of Fermi main building (Wilson Hall) at 4:30 pm
4:30 pm - Fermi and NIU Inst for Neutron Therapy tour guided by Fermi and NIU physicists/radiation therapists
5:30 pm - Cocktails Wilson Hall second floor crossover
6:00 pm - Buffet dinner second floor crossover
6:30 pm - Keynote Speaker - Cherilyn G. Murer, JD, Murer Consultants, Inc.
8:00 pm - bus returns to NIU Naperville

Day 3 (Wednesday) 6/24/09

7:30    Continental Breakfast


Session 5: Imaging and Informatics

8:00    Morning Plenary Talk
            Imaging in Radiation Oncology
            Peter Balter, PhD., University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

8:45    Advanced imaging techniques for radiotherapy
            Chuck Pelizzari, PhD., University of Chicago

9:15    Proton Computed Tomography 
            Reinhard Schulte, MD, MS, Loma Linda University Medical Center
            Hartmut Sadrozinski, PhD., University of California Santa Cruz

10:00  Resolution limits of proton CT
            Bela Erdelyi, PhD., Northern Illinois University

10:15 Break

10:30  MV Photon CT for proton therapy: Management of proton range uncertainties for patients
            with metal implants
            Wayne Newhauser, PhD., University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

10:45  The M. D. Anderson experience in developing proton therapy software
            Dragan Mirkovic, PhD., University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

11:00  Applications of supercomputing in radiotherapy
           Ravi Madduri, Applications of Grid Computing in Bio-Informatics

Session 6 - Young Investigators' Symposium

11:20  Accurate dose per monitor unit predictions:  The bread and butter of proton medical physics          
            Annelise Giebeler, MS, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

11:35  Application of proton therapy for treating challenging tumors of the central nervous system
            Laura Broaded, B. S., The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

11:50   Lunch (Provided)
           
1:00    Simulation of neutron radiation absorbed dose for scattered proton beams
            Angelica Perez-Andujar, PhD., University of Wisconsin

1:10    Particle transmission trajectory optimization for proton computed tomography
            Kent Wong, M.S., Northern Illinois University

1:20    Young Investigator Award Ceremony

2:00    Workshop: Practical Radiobiology for the Radiation Oncologist and Physicist 

            Robert D. Stewart, School of Health Sciences, Purdue University 
            Research topic: Proton Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) Determined using a Monte Carlo
            DNA Damage Simulations

            Eleanor Blakely, PhD, Senior Staff Biophysicist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
            Research topic: Space Radiation and Cataracts

            Markus Fitzek, MD, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute
            Research topic:  gene expression profiles in parents of children with Rb

            Reinhard Schulte, MD, MS, Loma Linda University Medical Center
            Research topic: Nanodosimetry applications in biologically weighted proton treatment planning

            Marcelo Vazquez, Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
            Research topic:  protons and neurotoxicity in neural explants

            Gayle Woloschak, PhD, Northwestern University Medical School
            Research topic: Late Tissue Toxicities Following Exposure to Ionizing Radiation

            Linda Yasui, PhD, Northern Illinois University
            Research topic: Radiation induced cell death in Glioblastoma multiforme

3:00    Break

5:00    Adjournment of Radiobiology Workshop



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