MPWB Webinar: SGRT and motion management
Channel: Medical Physics for World Benefit
Date: 2023-10-27

This is a recording of the MPWB webinar held on October 17, 2023 on SGRT and motion management, Supported by Vision RT

SGRT use in Radiotherapy - experience from Australia:  Dr. Vanessa Panettieri is an accredited Senior Medical Physicist currently working at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre with 20 years of experience in Radiation Oncology, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University and Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne (Australia). Her current research interests are in predictive modelling, automated planning and advanced imaging for treatment individualisation, with strong focus on Surface Guided Radiation Therapy.

Role of SGRT for precision RT: an Indian Perspective: Dr. Sarava Kumar is an Associate Professor at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Coimbatore. He has 11 years of clinical experience and 13 years in research. His work focuses on implementing the SGRT system in the busy radiotherapy setting.

Contactless Respiratory Motion Management approach: Dr. Siyoung Kim has been in the field of Medical Physics for more than 25 years including 4 years of Ph.D. study and 2 years of RO Clinical Physics Residency training both at the University of Florida, USA. He has been working in Department of RO at Mayo Clinic Florida and his major specialties are high dose rate brachytherapy, respiratory motion management, and image guided stereotactic body radiation therapy. Currently, he is a professor and serve the Director of Clinical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.

Speakers: Drs Panettieri (Australia), Kumar (India), Kim (USA)
Moderators: Sarah Ashmeg & Arjit Baghwala