Lunch Bytes, brought to you by Sun Nuclear
COMP is excited to host “Medical Physics & Science: Lunch Bytes” our lunch and learn series designed to feed your curiosity while you feed your belly! Brought to you by Sun Nuclear, join us for these regularly for engaging virtual talks on cutting-edge topics like AI in medicine, re-irradiation, Canada’s new cancer data strategy and the existing plans COMP has in store.
It’s the perfect blend of learning and lunchtime, bringing COMP members closer to the latest in medical physics while enjoying a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Grab your lunch and let’s dive into some tasty knowledge!
Upcoming:
On December 18, 2025 join Dr. Eugene Wong and Dr. Michael Roumeliotis of the COMP Science Committee for the latest Lunch Bytes session, Clinically driven Medical Physics Research: the What, Why and How
Learning Objectives include:
- Gain awareness of the public debate on research by physicians
- Cultivate long-term and holistic perspective of clinically relevant research
- Identify and take short term, practical steps in clinically driven research
Past:
Dr. Lone Hoffman led a session focused on advancing clinical re-irradiation (reRT) practices, highlighting efforts to build national consensus on workflows, image registration, and dose accumulation. The session addressed challenges in standardizing approaches across institutions, reviewed available clinical data, and explored pre-trial QA and guideline development for the Scandinavian CURE Lung trial.
- Discussed the process of opening a radiation medicine program in a new comprehensive cancer centre
- Identifed challenges associated with change management, program growth and clinical expansion
- Provided examples of lessons learned from the move to inform future planning
Implementing and treating VMAT TBI - Insights from Western Canada
Physicists from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in discussing their respective VMAT-TBI techniques, learnings, and recommendations.
The Groundbreaking Varian Ethos Therapy System: Learnings, discoveries, and future advancements
Dr. Amanda Cherpak from Nova Scotia Health delves into harnessing the power of the Varian Ethos Therapy System equipped with HyperSight imaging. With its CBCT-based adaptive therapy and advanced imaging capabilities, the Ethos machine and software has the potential to transform the way we approach radiation therapy. Learn about early commissioning, development of physics-led trials, clinical implementation and continued learnings.
Radiation Oncology Human Resource Crisis: A review of the data
Dr. Samantha Lloyd from BC Cancer shares insights from the CAPCA Oncology Strategic Planning Initiative and presents key findings from the 2023 pan-Canadian Radiation Oncology Health Human Resources Survey. This session also highlights the importance of participating in the Annual Professional Survey.
COMP’s New Strategic Priorities
Kathleen Surry, COMP President, presents on the exciting activities COMP has planned to support the new Strategic Priorities!
Canadian AI and Big Data in Radiotherapy Alliance (CADRA) Lunch and Learn
CADRA founders Amanda Caissie, Brian Liszewski, Caitlin Gillian and Kathleen Surry as they share CADRA’s mission and vision, and explain how our work aligns with the Pan-Canadian Cancer Data Strategy.