Interested in starting a hyperthermia oncology service at your cancer center?Do you currently offer hyperthermia but would like more training?Are you interested in increasing your center's revenue stream? |
These questions will be answered, plus hands-on training in superficial, interstitial (BSD-500), deep regional hyperthermia (BSD-2000), alongside the thermal medicine community's most experienced hyperthermia experts. Whether you are a physician, physicist, RT, nurse, or practice manager, you will benefit from the experience of this two-day intensive course.
Developed by the world-renowned University of Maryland, attending this CME-credited program will ultimately benefit your patients.
Program held on April 15th & 16th, 2024 at the University of Maryland and Maryland Proton Center. Use this link to download the program flyer. Space is limited to 24 students, and we are expecting it to fill quickly.
SUPERFICIAL INTERSTITIAL DEEP REGIONAL 
BSD-500 BSD-2000 - This semi-annual course will be the first of its kind in the U.S. to provide practice guidelines and practical training to national and international thermal therapy practitioners, including
- Radiation Oncologists
- Medical Physicists
- Radiation Therapists
- Medical Oncologists
- Oncology Residents
- Students
- Surgical Oncologists
- Oncology Fellows
- Nurses
Over the past decade, there has been a significant advancement in the field of thermal therapy, an adjuvant cancer therapy that sensitizes tumor cells to both radiation and chemotherapy. With increased knowledge and training, clinicians will be able to provide a less invasive form of radiation to their patients.
Theoretical aspects of thermal therapy will be presented in a lecture format with a question and answer session. Several cases will be reviewed to explain the different approaches to treat different treatment sites. Small groups will facilitate in-depth training of practical guidelines for thermal therapy treatment delivery and will practice the treatment delivery in terms of software and hardware in experimental phantoms.
Attending practitioners will be made aware of combining thermal therapy with the different forms of radiation treatment and will benefit from a formal training course that will provide one day of lectures and one day of practical training that will cover reviewing clinical cases and using thermal therapy equipment.
Lectures and simulations will be held at two locations (walking distance):
Maryland Proton Treatment Center
(MPTC) 850 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
www.mdproton.comUniversity of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC)
Department of Radiation Oncology
22 S. Greene Street Baltimore, MD 21201
www.umms.org
Course Agenda - Day 1
| 7:15 am | Breakfast & Opening Remarks | Dr. Jason Molitoris Dr. Dario Rodrigues |
| 7:30 am | How to establish a hyperthermia oncology program | Dr. Jason Molitoris University of Maryland |
| 8:10 am | Clinical workflow, documentation, and reimbursement of hyperthermia therapy | Radiation Therapist University of Maryland |
| 8:50 am | Practice guidelines for superficial hyperthermia therapy | BSD-500 | Dr. Jennifer Yu Cleveland Clinic |
| 9:30 am | Break | |
| 9:40 am | Practice guidelines for interstitial hyperthermia therapy | BSD-500 | Dr. John Hayes Gamma West Cancer Services |
| 10:20 am | Practice guidelines for deep hyperthermia therapy | BSD-2000 | Dr. Jason Molitoris University of Maryland |
| 11:00 pm | Physics, planning, and execution of MW superficial hyperthermia therapy | Dr. Paul Stauffer Thomas Jefferson University |
| 11:40 | Lunch | |
| 12:30 pm | Physics, planning, and execution of MW interstitial hyperthermia therapy | BSD-500 | Dr. Marianna Guerrero University of Maryland |
| 1:10 pm | Physics, planning, and execution of RF deep hyperthermia therapy | BSD-2000 | Dr. Dario Rodrigues University of Maryland |
| 1:50 pm | Break | |
| 2:00 pm | Review of clinical cases |
Dr. Jason Molitoris |
| 4:30 pm | Role of clinical hyperhtermia in immune system activation | Dr. Jason Molitoris |
| 5:00 pm | Tour of the Maryland Proton Treatment Center | |
| 5:30 pm | Reception |
Course Agenda - Day 2
| 7:15 am | Breakfast at MPTC (Room #311) |
| 7:45 am | Practical workshop rotation – Break into groups 1 & 2 |
| 9:30 am | Break |
| 9:45 am | Workshop Module 1 - Deep hyperthermia therapy practical course Dr. Jason Molitoris, Dr. Dario Rodrigues, Dr. Nrusingh Biswal & Dr. Sina Mossahebi, University of Maryland, Baltimore MD |
| 10:30 am | Group 2 travels to MPTC |
| 11:00-11:45 am | Lunch at MPTC Room #311 and UMMC Nicola Regine Conf. Room |
| 11:45 am | Travel to UMMC |
| 12:00 pm | Location: UMMC Edge Room Workshlop Module 2 - Superficial/interstitial hyperthermia therapy practical course (planning system, and the device) Faculty Leads: Dr. Mariana Guerrero & Dr. Jochen Cammin University of Maryland, Baltimore MD External Speakers: Dr. John Hayes, Gamma West Cancer Services, Salt Lake City UT; Dr. Jennifer Yu, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH; Dr. Paul Stauffer, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA |
| 3:00 pm | Closing Session at MTPC |