Speakers / Panelists
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Keynote and Panel: Geoffrey Hugo: Adaptive Planning - Salle de bal et foyer
June 24, 2022 from 1:00pm EDT to 2:30pm EDT -
Keynote and Panel: Geoffrey Hugo: Adaptive Planning - Salle de bal et foyer
June 24, 2022 from 1:00pm EDT to 2:30pm EDT -
Workshop: Canadian Big Radiotherapy Data Initiative - The Cellar
June 25, 2022 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT -
Workshop: Conferences: Should the new normal be the old normal? - The Cellar
June 23, 2022 from 4:00pm EDT to 5:00pm EDT -
EDI Workshop: Accessibility in medical physics - discussion of visible and invisible disabilities - Salle de bal et foyer
June 25, 2022 from 9:00am EDT to 9:30am EDT -
Panel: FLASH in Radiotherapy - Mechanisms, Technology, Dosimetry and Delivery - Salle de bal et foyer
June 23, 2022 from 9:00am EDT to 10:00am EDT -
Lecture: 50 Years of CT Scanning: A Major Healthcare Breakthrough - Salle de bal et foyer
June 25, 2022 from 9:45am EDT to 10:30am EDT -
Workshop: Canadian Big Radiotherapy Data Initiative - The Cellar
June 25, 2022 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT - More than 40 years of experience in the practical aspects of radiation oncology medical physics, 1971-1995 at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto and Manager (Head) of Physics and engineering at the London Regional Cancer Program (1995-2011)
- Was certified by the CCPM (Fellow) and ABMP with an equivalency in ABR
- Around 200 publications, plus 4 unique volumes of the Modern Technology of Radiation Oncology: A Compendium for Medical Physicists and Radiation Oncologists. An upcoming book (June 2022) entitled True Tales of |Medical Physics: Insights into a life Saving Specialty published by Springer.
- Lectured in more than 40 countries
- Consultant for the IAEA and WHO
- Awards: FCOMP, FAAPM, COMP Gold Medal (2011), AAPM Coolidge Gold Medal (2022), honorary doctorate (2014). Various teaching awards
- Served on boards and committees for various organizations – COMP, CCPM, AAPM, IAEA, WHO
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Lecture: 50 Years of CT Scanning: A Major Healthcare Breakthrough - Salle de bal et foyer
June 25, 2022 from 9:45am EDT to 10:30am EDT -
Panel: FLASH in Radiotherapy - Mechanisms, Technology, Dosimetry and Delivery - Salle de bal et foyer
June 23, 2022 from 9:00am EDT to 10:00am EDT -
Keynote: John Schreiner 3D2: Three Decades of 3D Dosimetry - Salle de bal et foyer
June 22, 2022 from 6:00pm EDT to 6:30pm EDT -
Medical Physicists for World Benefit Meeting - Salle de bal et foyer
June 23, 2022 from 5:00pm EDT to 6:00pm EDT -
Panel: Embracing equality, diversity, and inclusivity in cancer care: starting at the surface - Salle de bal et foyer
June 25, 2022 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT -
EDI Workshop: Accessibility in medical physics - discussion of visible and invisible disabilities - Salle de bal et foyer
June 25, 2022 from 9:00am EDT to 9:30am EDT -
EDI Workshop: Accessibility in medical physics - discussion of visible and invisible disabilities - Salle de bal et foyer
June 25, 2022 from 9:00am EDT to 9:30am EDT -
Panel: Obtaining and Implementing a CAMPEP Residency Program - Salle de bal et foyer
June 23, 2022 from 4:00pm EDT to 5:00pm EDT -
Workshop: Canadian Big Radiotherapy Data Initiative - The Cellar
June 25, 2022 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT -
Panel: FLASH in Radiotherapy - Mechanisms, Technology, Dosimetry and Delivery - Salle de bal et foyer
June 23, 2022 from 9:00am EDT to 10:00am EDT -
Keynote and Panel: Geoffrey Hugo: Adaptive Planning - Salle de bal et foyer
June 24, 2022 from 1:00pm EDT to 2:30pm EDT -
Keynote and Panel: Geoffrey Hugo: Adaptive Planning - Salle de bal et foyer
June 24, 2022 from 1:00pm EDT to 2:30pm EDT -
Panel: Embracing equality, diversity, and inclusivity in cancer care: starting at the surface - Salle de bal et foyer
June 25, 2022 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT -
Panel: Embracing equality, diversity, and inclusivity in cancer care: starting at the surface - Salle de bal et foyer
June 25, 2022 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT -
Panel: Embracing equality, diversity, and inclusivity in cancer care: starting at the surface - Salle de bal et foyer
June 25, 2022 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT -
Panel: Obtaining and Implementing a CAMPEP Residency Program - Salle de bal et foyer
June 23, 2022 from 4:00pm EDT to 5:00pm EDT
Dr. Geoffrey Hugo
Dr. Geoffrey Hugo
Dr. Geoffrey Hugo
Dr. Hugo received his PhD in biomedical physics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2003. After obtaining his degree, he joined the staff of William Beaumont Hospital, where he participated in the clinical implementation of cone beam CT and was actively involved in developing an adaptive radiotherapy program for lung cancer. He joined the VCU Department of Radiation Oncology in 2008 as an assistant professor, where he also served as the Director of the Medical Physics Graduate Program. Dr. Hugo joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in 2017. He has served as the Director of Medical Physics since 2020. His research interests include cardiac radioablation, image-guided adaptive radiotherapy particularly for lung cancer, image registration and analysis, and the use of machine learning in radiation oncology.
Michelle Nielsen, MSc, FCCPM
Michelle Nielsen, MSc, FCCPM
Michelle Nielsen, MSc, FCCPM
Michelle Nielsen is a radiation oncology physicist at Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for the last year and was at The Peel Regional Cancer Centre at Trillium Health Partners since it was built in 2004. She completed her MSc in Medical Physics at University of Toronto in 2002, and a medical physics residency at Sunnybrook in 2004. During her time at Peel Regional Cancer Centre, Michelle was involved in multiple capacities including Radiation Safety, Planning Leadership and Quality Management. Michelle is currently responsible for Radiation Program Quality.
Michelle has also taken part volunteer opportunities with Ontario Health, COMP and the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy. Her clinical research interests include development of quality indicators, process design and volume modulated arc therapy. She is currently involved in a variety of projects in building a robust adaptive radiation therapy process including implementations on the MR-Linac.
Malcolm R. McEwen, PhD
Malcolm R. McEwen, PhD
Malcolm R. McEwen, PhD
Malcolm McEwen, is Team Leader, Medical and Industrial Dosimetry, in the Metrology Research Centre at NRC, Adjunct Professor of Physics at Carleton University, and the Executive Director of the Ottawa Medical Physics Institute. His specific expertise is in the development of calorimetric absorbed-dose standards and the characterization and application of secondary dosimeters, primarily for radiation therapy but also for radiation processing applications. He is involved in the development of national and international dosimetry protocols for external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy, and is currently a member of committees of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). He is also proud to be part of the COMP CWC/AaR/EDI community.
Cheryl Duzenli, PhD
Cheryl Duzenli, PhD
Cheryl Duzenli, PhD
My BC Cancer medical physics team has been engaged in developmental work on electron FLASH using decommissioned clinical linacs for the past 3 years. We are closely collaborating with radiobiologists within our organization (Minchinton Lab) and physicists at several sites across the Vancouver Lower Mainland including TRIUMF, and Surrey and Abbotsford BC Cancer centres.
Dr. Terry Peters
Dr. Terry Peters
Dr. Terry Peters
Dr. Peters is a Scientist in the Imaging Research Laboratories at the Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada, and is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Medical Imaging and Medical Biophysics, and the School of Biomedical Engineering, at Western University. He obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch NZ, in the field image reconstruction for CT in 1973, and following some time as a Medical Physicist at the Christchurch Hospital, joined the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University as a research scientist in 1978. In 1997 he joined the Imaging Research Labs at the Robarts Research Institute at Western University in London Canada, where he expanded his research focus to encompass image-guided procedures in multiple organ systems. He has authored over 350 peer-reviewed papers, books and book chapters, and has mentored over 100 trainees. He is a Fellow of several academic and professional societies including the AAPM, COMP, CCPM, IEEE, MICCAI, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the Royal Society of Canada.
Erika Brown, CAE
Erika Brown, CAE
Erika Brown, CAE
Erika Brown is passionate about change management, knowledge mobilization and organizational practice. For the last 20 years she has brought rigorous, project-based perspective to improving the way organizations conceptualize, plan and implement governance and program activity. She provides consulting, executive director and association management services to the not-for-profit sector.
Erika holds a Bachelor of Science internship in human ecology and is a Certified Association Executive. In her recent roles as executive director for the Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies (CAPCA) and the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR), Erika led strategic planning, developed targeted programs to enhance health program service delivery and created system-level benchmarking tools.
Erika also uses her collaborative, win-win approach to support a range of clients. She has worked with organizations including the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO) and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer to enhance their position as health care system leaders, drive stakeholder awareness and support program uptake.
Erika is an effective communicator and facilitator and is experienced in the development of academic, professional and public communications.
Jacob Van Dyk
Jacob Van Dyk
Jacob Van Dyk
Magdalena Bazalova-Carter, PhD
Magdalena Bazalova-Carter, PhD
Magdalena Bazalova-Carter, PhD
MAGDALENA BAZALOVA-CARTER is an Associate Professor and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. She received her PhD degree at McGill University and postdoctoral training at Stanford University. She now works with outstanding students and postdocs in the X-ray Cancer Imaging and Therapy Experimental (XCITE) lab and her current research interests include Monte Carlo simulations and experiments of x-ray fluorescence and photon-counting CT imaging, small animal radiotherapy and FLASH and spatially-fractionated radiotherapy. She is the recipient of the 2018 John S. Laughlin Young Scientist Award awarded by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Dr. Bazalova-Carter is also a Deputy Editor of Medical Physics.
John Schreiner, PhD, FCCPM, FCOMP, FAAPM
John Schreiner, PhD, FCCPM, FCOMP, FAAPM
John Schreiner, PhD, FCCPM, FCOMP, FAAPM
L. John Schreiner retired as Chief of Medical Physics at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario in 2019, and is now Professor Emeritus of Oncology and of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy at Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario. He obtained his PhD investigating NMR relaxation in tissue model systems (Waterloo, 1985) and then joined McGill’s Medical Physics Unit where he initiated research in 3D dosimetry for radiation therapy quality assurance that spanned the rest of his career. His research extended to advancing Cobalt-60 teletherapy and investigating in-house end-to-end QA programs to ensure safe implementation and maintenance of clinical radiation therapy. He has served our community as newsletter editor, member of numerous COMP committees, and as CCPM board member and President. He was a founder and organizer for 12 IC3Ddose meetings. He is presently the President of Medical Physics for World Benefit (MPWB). He has supervised over 120 trainees (27MSc, 8PhD) introducing them to radiation therapy medical physics.And they enabled John to publish in ~115 peer reviewed publications. He has been invested as a Fellow of both COMP and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Geetha Menon, PhD
Geetha Menon, PhD
Geetha Menon, PhD
Geetha Menon received her PhD from the University of Alberta in 2004, following which she completed a CAMPEP accredited residency in radiation oncology physics. After passing the membership exam of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM), she joined the Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton as a Medical Physicist in 2007. She is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Alberta and a Fellow of CCPM. Over the years, her clinical focus has been in brachytherapy and women’s cancers. Her principal research interest has been on MRI-based gynecological brachytherapy and dosimetry in ocular and prostate brachytherapy, which have resulted in innovative research spurred by observations from clinical practice. In the last 10 years, she has received several grant funding and her multidisciplinary partnership has resulted in several peer-reviewed journal articles (>30). She has successfully supervised/co-supervised 6 graduate students. Since 2020, she has been serving on the CCPM board and is currently the Registrar of the College. She is an active member of the Women’s Committee and the Action Against Racism sub-committees of the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists.
Wayne Beckham, PhD
Wayne Beckham, PhD
Wayne Beckham, PhD
Certified by the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine in Radiation Therapy Medical Physics since 2000. >35 years of experience in clinical medical physics and >25 years in medical physics leadership roles. Director CAMPEP accredited graduate program at BC Cancer/University of Victoria. As of May 2022, authored or co-authored 68 publications in peer reviewed international journals and contributed to over 150 conference presentations
Meghan Koo, MSc
Meghan Koo, MSc
Meghan Koo, MSc
Meghan Koo is a PhD student at the Toronto Metropolitan University. Working under the supervision of Dr. Miranda Kirby, her current research focuses on developing quantitative imaging biomarkers for lung diseases, combining radiomics and machine learning to extract information from CT images. She is an active member of the COMP Action Against Racism (AaR) working group and AAPM Working Group on Equity Diversity and Inclusion Survey Creation and Demographic Data Collection Improvement (WGWMRSC).
Gino Fallone, PhD
Gino Fallone, PhD
Gino Fallone, PhD
Fallone, a professional physicist and a medical physicist certified by the Canadian and American boards in both radiation-oncology physics and in imaging physics, developed and then Director of the CAMPEP-accredited medical physics graduate, radiation-oncology physics and diagnostic-imaging physics residency programs. The Cross Cancer Institute was the first worldwide to have three accredited medical physics programs, and the only Canadian imaging physics residency until 2021.
He is Principal Investigator of grants from the CIHR, NSERC, Whitaker Foundation, CFI, ASRIP etc totaling over $60 million. Early 2000, he developed an Image-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy (IGAR) research program which comprised one of the two world’s first TomoTherapy System, a 3 T whole body-, and 9.4 T animal-MRI/MRS.
More recently, he successfully developed and built the first operational integrated linac-MR system (www.linac-MR.ca), and has received major competitive funding to build a whole-body pre-commercial and clinical systems. He is CEO and co-founder of MagnetTx Oncology Solutions, a spin-off with world-wide exclusive license of the related IP to commercialize the system.
He has authored over 250 peer-reviewed research articles, 100 peer-reviewed proceedings and book chapters, 345 peer-reviewed published abstracts, 328 posters, 285 conference presentations, 140 externally invited conferences, 15 patent groups that involve international filing and supervised 100 medical physics graduate student theses.
Renée Larouche, M.Sc., FCCPM
Renée Larouche, M.Sc., FCCPM
Renée Larouche, M.Sc., FCCPM
Renée Larouche is a clinical medical physicist at Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) since 2006. She also worked at Central Care Cancer Centers in Kansas, USA and at Gatineau Hospital in Gatineau, Québec. She completed her MSc in Medical Physics at McGill University in 2002. Since working at CHUM, Renée has had varied clinical responsibilities. She provided support for brachytherapy, electrons, IMRT, in vivo dose measurements, linac QA, orthovoltage and Tomotherapy treatments. Now she is responsible for the physics curriculum of the Université de Montréal radiation oncology medical residency program. She is also co-lead of the Quality committee and is still active in brachytherapy, linac QA and orthovoltage therapy.
Renée was on the Board of the CCPM from 2012 to 2018, acting as Chief Examiner from 2015-2018. She continues her involvement with CCPM. Her interests are in improving clinical processes to increase patient safety. She is a member of AAPM TG-263U1 on Standardizing Nomenclatures in Radiation Oncology. She is also involved in local initiatives with the AQPMC.
Yannick Poirier, PhD
Yannick Poirier, PhD
Yannick Poirier, PhD
YANNICK POIRIER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He received his PhD from the University of Canada and his residency from CancerCare Manitoba. As the previous Director of Preclinical Physics in the Division of Translational Radiation Sciences for five years, he has extensive experience designing and executing radiation therapy protocols in translational research in small and large animal models alike. He now applies this expertise to direct, design, and execute translational experiments in the newly developed FLASH-RT research program of the University of Maryland.
Nathan Becker, PhD
Nathan Becker, PhD
Nathan Becker, PhD
I have clinical experience as a medical physicist for over 10 years, with a special focus on implementing new technology into the clinical environment. My research interests are in CBCT imaging, automation, adaptive radiotherapy, and data analytics. I have been a member of both COMP and AAPM Annual Scientific Meeting planning committees for the past 6 years, and have chaired the COMP ASM for the past 2 years.
Patricia Lindsay, PhD
Patricia Lindsay, PhD
Patricia Lindsay, PhD
I have 15 years of experience as a clinical medical physicist, and am the Associate Program director for the Physics Residency program. My clinical areas of interest and expertise include: external beam radiation delivery and quality assurance, treatment planning, and adaptive radiotherapy. My areas of research interest include: adaptive radiotherapy, treatment outcomes, and technology, dosimetry and quality control for pre-clinical image guided irradiations.
Member of COMP, AAPM, ASTRO. Board certified (DABR) and fellow of CCPM.
Eric Zhang
Eric Zhang
Eric Zhang
Eric is a 4th year medical student at Queen’s University. Alongside classmates Iku Nwosu and Aquila Akingbade, they organized a student-wide initiative in advocating and improving the inclusion of diverse skin tones within medical education, gaining recognition from multiple local and national news outlets. Their work focused on quantifying gaps in EDII, identifying collaborative opportunities between faculties and students, and moving past the “white default” in society. They have shared their work through the Black Medical Student’s Association, Canadian Conference for Medical Education, and other outlets to support efforts at other institutions in improving EDII within educational curriculum.
Jaryd Christie
Jaryd Christie
Jaryd Christie
Jaryd Christie is a CAMPEP PhD. student at Western University in Medical Biophysics. He is a member of the Baines Imaging Research Laboratory where he is supervised by Dr. Sarah Mattonen. His research focuses on the development, evaluation, and potential clinical translation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support diagnosis and treatment in lung cancer. He is an active member of the COMP Women’s Committee and Action Against Racism (CWC-AaR) working group as well as the Black and African Medical Physics Subcommittee affiliated with AAPM.
Kevin Jordan, PhD
Kevin Jordan, PhD
Kevin Jordan, PhD
Medical Physicist, London Regional Cancer Program, London Health Sciences Centre
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Dept. of Oncology, Western University
Research interests;
Optical computed tomography, radiochromic hydrogel dosimeters, plastic fibre scintillators, water equivalent dosimetry, photodynamic therapy, topical delivery of chemicals for skin treatments, optical imaging and applied spectroscopy of skin lesions and response to therapy.
Yogesh Thakur, PhD
Yogesh Thakur, PhD
Yogesh Thakur, PhD
