SGRT: THE NEW ESSENTIAL
How Surface Guided Radiation Therapy transforms efficiency, safety and outcomes
For many clinics, the use of Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) is no longer just a “nice-to-have.” This event acknowledges the increasing importance of SGRT and gives radiation oncology professionals like you a chance to learn from, and connect with each other.
For some clinics, SGRT’s contact-free nature has become a key factor in their infection prevention protocols. It has helped others embrace hypofractionation. And many centers have embraced SGRT because of its patient comfort benefits, allowing them to go tattoo and mark-free or ditch rigid, uncomfortable head frames and closed masks in their SRS treatments. In an ever-changing healthcare landscape, SGRT can help improve outcomes and find efficiencies- and these have become more essential than ever
Session 1 – SGRT: Addressing Today’s Challenges
How Centers Can Thrive in the Modern Era

Todd Pawlicki, PhD, FAAPM, FASTRO
Director, Division of Medical Physics
UC San Diego Health, USA
The Next Chapter: SGRT Supporting the Evolving RT Space

Snehal Desai, MD
Radiation Oncologist
Houston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston, USA
SGRT as an Important Player in Oligometastatic Treatments

Stewart Gaede, PhD, MCCPM
Chief Medical Physicist
London Regional Cancer Program, Canada
Session 2 - Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH)
What is the optimal workflow for DIBH?

Dustin Ertl, RT(R)(T)
Supervisor, Radiation Therapy
Prisma Health Cancer Institute, Greenville, USA

Mike Speiser, PhD, DABR
Chief Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, New Jersey, USA
DIBH – Improving Current Use

Mike Speiser, PhD, DABR
Chief Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, New Jersey, USA
DIBH – Starting Out with DIBH

William Snyder, MS
Medical Physicist
Cartersville Medical Center, Georgia, USA
Session 3 - Stereotactic Treatments
Real-time Stereotactic Monitoring for HyperArc Treatments

Matt Taylor, RT(T)
Chief Radiation Therapist
UC San Diego Health, USA
SRS: Ensuring Accuracy, Efficiency, and Patient Comfort

Ryan Hecox, MS, DABR
Lead Medical Physicist
Intermountain Healthcare, Utah, USA
SBRT: The Importance of Continuous Motion Management

Stewart Gaede, PhD, MCCPM
Chief Medical Physicist
London Regional Cancer Program, Canada
Session 4 - Increasing Efficiency and Throughput
SGRT Marketing: How We Reached New Patients in Our Community

Sandra Mazzeo, MPA, RT-T
Director, Radiation Oncology Services
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, USA
Thinking Outside of the Box: What do you need beyond the product to be successful?

Ashley K. Carnation, RT(R)(T)
Radiation Therapist
Intermountain Healthcare, Utah, USA

Jose Carlos Pichardo, PhD, DABR
Medical Physicist
GenesisCare, Boca Raton, USA
Case Study: Decreasing Treatment Time and Increasing Throughput

Felicia Gretah, RT(T)
Radiation Therapist
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA