SUN DAYS
August 24-25, 2023 // Melbourne, Florida
SUN DAYS is an in-depth educational event hosted in our Melbourne, Florida, Training Center.
You'll spend two days learning best practices for Quality Assurance from our staff Medical Physicists, all while earning credits. We are preparing a safe, socially-distanced learning environment and invite you to join us on-site.
Preview the schedule below and click the link to register. Space is limited to ensure social distancing; please register by August 10, 2023.
This meeting has been approved by CAMPEP for 12.75 MPCEC hours.
August 24 Agenda
Times shown are U.S. Eastern Time.
| 9:00 | Introduction to Sun Nuclear Luis Rivera |
| 9:30 | Sun Nuclear Solutions Overview Jennifer Hamilton, M.E., DABR |
| 9:45 | Automating Patient & Machine QA Jason Tracy, M.S., DABR, RT(T) |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:30 | Clinical Implementation of Integrated & Automated Platform for RT QA Mary F. McKissick, M.S., DABR, Medical Physicist at Versant Medical Physics and Radiation Safety |
| 11:30 | Practice on Machine QA — Equipment & Software for Daily, Monthly & Annual QA Jason Tracy, M.S., DABR, RT(T) |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Linac Beam Modeling Errors, Small Field Considerations & Commissioning Overview Maziar Adloo |
| 2:00 | In-Vivo QA Adoption in the U.S.
Jennifer Hamilton, M.E., DABR |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:45 | Practice on Pre-Treatment QA — Equipment & Software
Jason Tracy, M.S., DABR, RT(T) |
| 4:00 | Why is Independent QA Important? Patient-Specific IMRT QA Jennifer Hamilton, M.E., DABR |
| 4:45 | How to Implement Your Network QA Platform Nathan Pell |
| 5:15 | Close of Educational Sessions |
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August 25 Agenda
Times shown are U.S. Eastern Time.
| 9:00 | Improving Dosimetry Data Collection for SRS / SBRT Commissioning Jason Tracy, M.S., DABR, RT(T) |
| 10:00 | Practice on Linac Commissioning — Equipment & Software Jennifer Hamilton, M.E., DABR |
| 11:15 | Break |
| 11:30 | Overview of the History, Theory, Design & Manufacturing of Radiation Measurement Equipment Jeff Kapatoes, Ph.D. |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Cyberknife Specific Advanced QA Tool Discussion, Including Motion QA for Tumor Tracking Systems Mark Rose, Ph.D. |
| 1:45 | Stereotactic Commissioning & QA Overview per MPPG 9a and TG101 Jason Tracy, M.S., DABR, RT(T) |
| 2:45 | Practice on Linac Stereotactic QA Jennifer Hamilton, M.E., DABR |
| 3:45 | Diagnostic Imaging & RT Phantoms Greg Robinson, M.S., CMD, RT(T) |
| 4:15 | End of SUN DAYS |