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New England Chapter of AAPM http://chapter.aapm.org/NE/NE.html 2010 Officers and Board Members President Georges El Fakhri, PhD 617.953.5085 [email protected] President-Elect Frederic Fahey, DSc 617.355.2809 [email protected] Treasurer Jessica Hiatt, MS 401.444.8311 [email protected] Secretary Carla D. Bradford, PhD 508.363.7143 [email protected] Officer-at-Large Julie C. Turcotte, MS 617.726.9415 [email protected] Representative Board Member Mark J. Rivard, PhD 617.636.1680 [email protected] Immediate Past President Robert Cormack, PhD 617.460.0774 [email protected] Chair, Corporate Membership Frank A. Ascoli, MS 401.521.9700 [email protected] Chair, IT Committee John A. Wolfgang, PhD 617.726.9667 [email protected] Chair, Nomination Committee Peter J. Biggs, PhD 617.724.1190 [email protected] Chair, Mtg Coord. Committee Martin Fraser, MS 617.636.1681 [email protected] Chair, CAMPEP Coord. Committee Gene Cardarelli, PhD 860.545.2852 [email protected] 2010 NEAAPM Annual Meeting Date: Friday, June 11 th Location: USS Massachusetts Time: 8:30 AM -5:00 PM Battleship Cove Fall River, MA Dear AAPM Members, The New England Chapter has had an exciting year so far with extremely successful Winter Meeting and Young Investigators Symposium. It is a great pleasure to announce our 2010 Annual Meeting organized by our President-Elect, Frederic Fahey DSc. The NEAAPM Annual Meeting will be held this year at an exciting new location, the USS Massachusetts, located at the Battleship Cove in Fall River. We have an excellent and diverse program awaiting us with high-caliber internationally known speakers, and topics ranging from Biology to Radiation Therapy and Diagnostic Imaging as well as Instrumentation and Licensure. A reception, open to all participants, is also scheduled after the meeting. While I encourage you all to attend and support our chapter, I would particularly encourage you to plan ahead to allow any younger members of your laboratories to attend. More information about the meeting and the New England chapter can be found at: http://chapter.aapm.org/NE/NE.html Sincerely, Georges El Fakhri, Ph.D. President, NEAAPM
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New England Chapter of AAPM http://chapter.aapm.org/NE/NE.html
2010 Officers and Board Members
President Georges El Fakhri, PhD 617.953.5085 [email protected] President-Elect Frederic Fahey, DSc 617.355.2809 [email protected] Treasurer Jessica Hiatt, MS 401.444.8311 [email protected] Secretary Carla D. Bradford, PhD 508.363.7143 [email protected] Officer-at-Large Julie C. Turcotte, MS 617.726.9415 [email protected] Representative Board Member Mark J. Rivard, PhD 617.636.1680 [email protected] Immediate Past President Robert Cormack, PhD 617.460.0774 [email protected] Chair, Corporate Membership Frank A. Ascoli, MS 401.521.9700 [email protected] Chair, IT Committee John A. Wolfgang, PhD 617.726.9667 [email protected] Chair, Nomination Committee Peter J. Biggs, PhD 617.724.1190 [email protected] Chair, Mtg Coord. Committee Martin Fraser, MS 617.636.1681 [email protected] Chair, CAMPEP Coord. Committee Gene Cardarelli, PhD 860.545.2852 [email protected]
2010 NEAAPM Annual Meeting
Date: Friday, June 11th Location: USS Massachusetts Time: 8:30 AM -5:00 PM Battleship Cove Fall River, MA Dear AAPM Members, The New England Chapter has had an exciting year so far with extremely successful Winter Meeting and Young Investigators Symposium. It is a great pleasure to announce our 2010 Annual Meeting organized by our President-Elect, Frederic Fahey DSc. The NEAAPM Annual Meeting will be held this year at an exciting new location, the USS Massachusetts, located at the Battleship Cove in Fall River. We have an excellent and diverse program awaiting us with high-caliber internationally known speakers, and topics ranging from Biology to Radiation Therapy and Diagnostic Imaging as well as Instrumentation and Licensure. A reception, open to all participants, is also scheduled after the meeting. While I encourage you all to attend and support our chapter, I would particularly encourage you to plan ahead to allow any younger members of your laboratories to attend. More information about the meeting and the New England chapter can be found at: http://chapter.aapm.org/NE/NE.html
Sincerely, Georges El Fakhri, Ph.D. President, NEAAPM
Letter from the President-Elect: Frederic Fahey, DSc On April 29, 2010, the NEAAPM held the Peter Neurath Young Investigator’s Symposium at the Simches Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. It was a very full program with 14 presentations on a variety of topics involving radiation oncology, diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. The presenters included Yu-Hua Dean Fang, Se Young Chun of Massachusetts General Hospital; Sarah McQuaid, Sook Kein Ng, Wilfred Ngwa, Sudeepti Southekal, and Zhaohui Han of Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Yi Wang of the Harvard Medical School Medical Physics residency program; Joyoni Dey and Michael O’Connor of the University of Massachusetts; Yun Yang and Elizabeth Bannon of Tufts Medical Center; and Lan Yao and Sida Zheng or the University of Rhode Island. These presentations were all of very high quality with respect to both scientific content and the effectiveness of presentation, and, as is often the case, among the best presentations offered to the NEAAPM this year. This speaks well for the future of our specialty. Congratulations to all who participated and we look forward to more outstanding work from these new members of our research community in the years ahead.
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New England Chapter of the AAPM Annual Meeting Program
Friday, June 11, 2010 8:30am – 5:00pm
USS Massachusetts, Battleship Cove
5 Water St., Fall River, MA 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00 AM Welcome Georges El Fakhri, NEAAPM President 9:15 AM Role of Angiogenesis in the Treatment of Cancer
Marsha Moses, Children’s Hospital Boston 10:00 AM Image Guided Small Animal Focal Irradiation --- State of the Art and
Challenges John Wong, Johns Hopkins University 10:45 AM Break 11:15 AM Image Gently: How Can You Help? Keith Strauss, Children’s Hospital Boston 11:45 AM Optical Molecular Imaging of Tumors, Hybrid with MRI/CT/Ultrasound Brian Pogue, Dartmouth University 12:30 PM Lunch 1:30 PM Future Trends in Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation Tom Lewellen, University of Washington 2:15 PM Current State of Multi-Criteria Treatment Planning David Craft, Massachusetts General Hospital 3:00 PM Break 3:30 PM Mechanistic Neuroimaging with Simultaneous MRI & PET in Humans Greg Sorenson, Massachusetts General Hospital 4:15 PM Update on Medical Physics Licensure in MA Murray Bevan of Bevan, Mosca, Giuditta & Zarillo, PC Per Halvorsen, Alliance Oncology 5:00 PM Adjournment and Tour 6:00 – 7:00 PM Reception
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Directions (pg. 1 of 2)
Battleship Cove 5 Water St.
Fall River, MA www.battleshipcove.com
From Boston and points north
Take Interstate 93 South (Southeast Expressway) to 128 South. Take Route 24 South to Fall River, MA. Take Exit 7 (State Route 79). Take Davol Street Exit (2nd Exit) and follow the signs (Waterfront, Heritage State Park,
or Battleship Cove) along the waterfront to Battleship Cove. From the Newport (RI) area and points south
Take State Route 114N or 138N to Route 24N. At junction of Route 24 and Interstate 195W, take left exit to Fall River, MA. Take Exit 5 before the Braga Bridge, bear right at the first fork and right at first exit.
take first left under the overpass onto Davol Street. Follow Davol Street to a four way intersection. Take a right onto Water Street and
follow to Battleship Cove. (Note: If you miss the first left onto Davol Street, just proceed to your first traffic light and take another left onto Davol Street).
From Cape Cod and points east
Take Interstate 195 West to Fall River, MA. Take Exit 5 (before the Braga Bridge). Bear right at the first two (2) forks in the road, and then take an immediate left under the
overpass onto Davol Street. Follow Davol Street to Battleship Cove. (Note: If you miss the first left onto Davol
Street, just proceed to your first traffic light and take another left onto Davol Street). Follow Davol Street to Battleship Cove.
From New York State and points northwest
Take Massachusetts Turnpike to Route 495 South. Take Route 24 South to Fall River. Take Exit 7 (State Route 79). Take Davol Street Exit (2nd Exit). Follow the signs (Waterfront, Heritage State Park, or Battleship Cove) along the
waterfront to Battleship Cove.
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Directions (pg.2 of 2) From New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Providence (RI) areas
Take Interstate 95N to Providence, RI Take 195 East and follow for approximately 14 miles, (do not take exit 5 in Rhode
Island-proceed into Massachusetts) take Exit 5 from the Braga Bridge in Fall River, MA Bear left at the fork in the road, turn left at the stop sign and left again at the first traffic
light onto Central Street Proceed down the hill into the parking lot.
By sea:
Why fight Cape and Newport traffic when you can coast to Battleship Cove? Battleship Cove offers transient boaters affordable slips and moorings in a spectacular setting that includes five National Historic Landmarks.
Slips:$12/hr. Moorings: $35/night or $5/hr Contact the Battleship Cove group sales manager to reserve your slip or mooring.
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Our application for 6.0 CAMPEP CE credits for this meeting are in-process.
Objective: Educational forum to provide physicists and guests with data and discussion on topics of clinical, research, and professional interest. Each presentation will consist of a 40 minute oral presentation and a 5 minute question/answer session.
Intended Audience: Medical physicists working in radiation oncology, radiology or nuclear medicine as well as health physicists working in the medical environment.
Scientific Program Director: Frederic Fahey, DSc [email protected]
Registration: Carla D. Bradford, PhD [email protected] NEAAPM Secretary St.Vincent Hospital (508) 363-7143 http://chapter.aapm.org/NE/NE.html Radiation Oncology Dept. 123 Summer St. Worcester, MA 01608
Registration Fees: NEAAPM members: $30 Non-NEAAPM Members: $50 Post-Doc & Residents: $15 Students: $0 After attending this meeting, participates will be able to:
1. List 2 ways in which angiogenesis can be targeted with respect to the treatment of cancer. 2. Describe 3 ways to reduce the radiation dose to children from diagnostic procedures. 3. Discuss 3 new approaches to tumor imaging. 4. List 4 new advances in nuclear medicine instrumentation. 5. Discuss 3 advantages to simultaneous PET and MR imaging of the brain. 6. Describe 2 uses for multi-criteria treatment planning.
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