Stereotactic Radiotherapy

Venue:           Oncology Conference Room

Coordinator:  Dr. Adnan Al-Hebshi

Faculty:          Dr. Adnan Al-Hebshi, Dr. Tarek El-Kaisi, Dr. Imaduddin Kanaan , Prof. Christer Lindquist, Dr. Abrahim Al-Mamgani, Prof. Khalaf Al-Moutaery, Dr. Waleed Al-Najjar, Dr. Ali Al-Zahrani

Course Aim

Through attendance at this course, registrants should obtain knowledge about the practical aspects of hypofrationated radiotherapy and radiosurgery. Principles of radiation physics , as they apply small volume irradiation will be covered. Registrants should be able to evaluate dose plans for selected body sites. At the completion of the course, participants should be able to discuss issues relevant to dose selection in individual patients and the spectrum of anticipated complications after hypofractionated treatment and their management.

Target Audience

This course aim at radiation oncologists, medical physicists, radiation therapists/radiographers, and neurosurgeons interested in stereotactic radiotherapy.

Lectures

1. Physics aspects of SRS (Dr. Waleed Al-Najjar)
2. SRS with Gamma Knife/UK Experience (Prof. Christer Lindquist)
3. SRS with TomoTherapy (Prof. Thomas Rockwell Mackie)
4. SRS with CK (Dr. Ibrahim Mamgani)
5. A Stereotactic Approach to Advanced Cervical Cancers (M. M. Mohideen)
6. SBRT (Varian)
7. SRS Clinical Aspects: The RKH Experience (Prof. Khalaf Al-Moutaery/ Dr. Ali Al-Zahrani)
8. KFSH&RC SRS Experience (Dr. Adnan Al-Hebshi/Dr. Imaduddin Kanaan)

Related Workshop

Stereotactic Radiotherapy: Cyberknife Worshop