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.
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