Multiple Brain Metastases Workshop

Date: Friday, March 22, 2023

Time: 3:45 – 5:30 PM CT

Location: Regent Room, Fairmont Millennium Park, Chicago, IL

There is an additional registration fee for this workshop and preregistration is required.

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Faculty: 

Helen Shih, MD, MS, MPH, FASTRO, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Christoph Fürweger, PhD, Department of Medical Physics, European Radiosurgery Center, Munich, Germany

About the Event: The RSS is offering a 75 minute workshop on stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for the treatment of multiple brain metastases. The workshop is intended to provide neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and dosimetrists with practical information useful for implementing SRS for the treatment of multiple brain metastases. The workshop will include clinical case discussions, treatment planning tips and tricks and demonstrations by various vendors.

There is an additional registration fee for the workshop and limited attendance.

Learning Objectives: 

• Objective 1: Assess and identify the types of multiple brain metastases that can be safely treated with SRS.
• Objective 2: Differentiate and describe the capabilities and nuances of today’s technological options for multiple brain metastases SRS.
• Objective 3: Distinguish and contrast the time and operational efficiency with different approaches of SRS for multiple brain metastases.

 Agenda: 

3:45 – 3:55 SRS for Multiple Brain Metastases: Patient selection and treatment planning 

Helen Shih, MD, MS, MPH, FASTRO, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

3:55 - 4:05 SRS for Multiple Brain Metastases Treatment Planning & Delivery Overview

Christoph Fürweger, PhD, Department of Medical Physics, European Radiosurgery Center, Munich, Germany

4:05 – 4:15 Question and Answer Session with Faculty

4:15 – 4:30 Vendor Station Rotation #1 (15 minutes)

4:30 – 4:45 Vendor Station Rotation #2 (15 minutes)

4:45 – 5:00 Vendor Station Rotation #3 (15 minutes)

5:00 – 5:15 Vendor Station Rotation #4 (15 minutes)

5:15 – 5:30 Vendor Station Rotation #5 (15 minutes)

Participating Vendors:

Accuray

Elekta

RaySearch

Varian

ZAP Surgical Systems