Welcome to Newfoundland!

The 4th Canadian Radiosurgery Society (CaRS) Meeting

  

Dr Ed Shaw, Radiation Oncologist

Biology, Imaging, and Treatment of Radiosurgery and Radiation-Induced Brain Injury
Trained in Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic
Until recently, served as Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He has left his administrative role to pursue a Masters in Counseling.
Dr. Shaw serves on the editorial boards of Neuro-Oncology and the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics.

 


 
Dr Robert Timmerman, Radiation Oncologist

Radiobiologic Considerations of Ablative Stereotactic Irradiation

Trained at in Radiation Oncology at Johns Hopkins Cancer Center
Currently at the Department of Radiation Oncology, at the University of Texas Southwestern.
Pioneering work on SBRT dose escalation in lung cancer.
Distinguished Chair in Cancer Therapy Research
Co-Editor of the book: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

 


 
Dr Stan Benedict, PhD Physicist

Image-Guided Radiation Technology (IGRT): Seeing is Believing
Director of Radiological Physics, University of Virginia Health System
Publications include invited first author of the Medical Physics Anniversary Paper:
The Role of Medical Physicists in Developing Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Interests in radiobiology of protracted dose delivery.
Extensive experience and publications on linac and helical treatment systems.

    

July 17-18, 2009

The Sheraton

St John's, Newfoundland