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RADITION ONCOLOGY TRACK
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RADIOBIOLOGY, RADIATION
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CEC10: Joint WHO/IAEA/KFSH&RC Workshop on the International Basic Safety Standards (BSS) Implementation in Health Care
Venue: Treatment Planning, KFSH&RC

Coordinator: Maria del Rosario Pérez, MD, WHO and Jehad Al-Watban, MD, KFSH&RC, Riyadh

Prerequisite Course: CEC10 entitled “Joint WHO/IAEA/KFSH&RC Course: International Basic Safety Standards (BSS) Implementation in Health Care”

Course Faculty:

  1. Dr. Sjirk Boom, Clinical Scientist iXR, BIU Interventional X-ray, Philips Healthcare, North Brabant, The Netherlands
  2. Dr. Jerrold Bushberg, Radiology & Radiation Oncology Director, Health Physics Programs, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, National Council of Radiation Protection & Measurements (NCRP), USA
  3. Dr. Ahmad Alenezi, Senior Consultant Medical Physicist (Nuclear Medicine), Director, Medical Physics Department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  4. Dr.  Ahmed Megzifene, Head, Dosimetry & Medical Radiation Physics Section, Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna, Austria
  5. Dr. Mannudeep Kalra, Assistant Radiologist, Thoracic and Cardiac Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
  6. Dr. Belal Moftah, Chairman, Biomedical Physics Department , King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  7. Dr. Maria del Rosario Pérez, Scientist, Radiation Programme, Department of Public Health and Environment, World Health organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
  8. Dr. Nizar Al-Nakshabandi, Department of Radiology & Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Pan-Arabic Society of Radiology, Saudi Arabia)
  9. Dr. Mohammad Al-Shabanah,  Section Head, Radiation Oncology, Oncology Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  10. Dr. Jehad Al-Watban, Consultant  Interventional Radiologist, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Thusday (20 February 2014): 08:00-12:00 NN
Venue: Postgraduate Centre
TIME ACTIVITY
8:00 AM –9:30 AM

L1: Welcome Remarks and Introduction to Speakers

L2: Medical Uses of Ionizing Radiation, Trends, Doses and Risks, Jerrold Bushberg

L3: Improving Radiation Protection in Medicine- the Bonn Conference and its Call for Action, Maria Pérez

L4: Overview of the BSS Revision Process, New General Safety Requirements, Maria Pérez

L5: Specific Safety Requirements for Medical Imaging & Therapeutic Procedures, Maria Pérez

L6: The new International Basic Safety Standards: How Will it Affect The Medical Physics Practice?, Ahmed Meghzifene

L7: Discussion

09:30 AM – 9:45 AM COFFEE BREAK
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM

L8: Patient Protection in Radiotherapy: Perspective of a Radiation Oncologist
Mohammad Al-Shabanah

L9: Patient Protection in Interventional Radiology: Perspective of an Interventional Radiologist, Jehad Al-Watban

L10: Patient Protection in Nuclear Medicine: Perspective of a Nuclear Medicine Specialist
Mahmoud Tuli

L11: Patient Protection in Radiation Medicine & PET/CT: Perspective of a Nuclear Medicine Physicist, Ahmad Alenezi

L12: Patient Dose Reduction in Interventional Radiology
Sjirk Boon

L13: Towards Low Dose CT for Pediatrics and Adults
Mannudeep Kalra

L14: Role of Professional Societies
Panel Discussion

L15: Education and Training
Panel Discussion

11:15 - 11:45 AM L16: Communication with Patients and Media Panel Discussion
11:45 AM – 12:15 AM L17: Role and Impact of Regulation Panel Discussion