New Technologies in Radiation Oncology and Radiation Protection in Hospitals
Class Description
IMRT, IGRT, SRS, SRT, SBRT, HDR, LDR, 3DCRT, TBI, SMLC, DMLC, TSET - a veritable alphabet soup of new and expanding types of treatments are being applied in Radiation Oncology. In this session, we will go over some of the existing and new technology being used in the fight against cancer. Radiation producing devices are used throughout hospital systems for a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In this session, we will cover what the current regulations are and their implications in the hospital environment.
Kelly Spencer, M.S.
Medical Physicist
Moses Cone Health System
Kelly Spencer is a board -certified Medical Physicist for the Moses Cone Health System, Regional Cancer Center in Greensboro, North Carolina since 2000. Kelly has over 9 years of experience in medical Physics with a Master of Science Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Tennessee.
Liz Carey, M.S.
Medical Physicist
Moses Cone Health System
Liz is a board-certified medical physicist for the Moses Cone Health System, Regional Cancer Center in Greensboro, North Carolina since 2003. Liz is also the Radiation Safety Officer for Moses Cone Hospital and has over 15 years of experience in medical and health physics. She has a Masters of Science Degree in Public Health; and has worked previously for the University of North Carolina in the Department of Environment, Health and Safety Office and in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Time:
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
9:00am - 12:00pm