Thursday, September 6, 2018 ROC Niagara! Agenda & Speakers 2018 4:30 5:15 p.m. Conference Registration at the Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls main registration desk in the Grand Foyer 5:30 Bus leaves Conference Center for s tour preregistration is required 6:00 Tours of the 7:30 Bus departs from, front of Hospital, for the DoubleTree Hotel. Friday, September 7, 2018 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks Head and Neck Symposium 8:45 a.m. Prevalence of Malnutrition & Sarcopenia in Head & Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy Mary Platek, PhD, MS, RD, CDN 9:15 a.m. Functional Performance Following Outpatient Radiation in Head & Neck Cancer Andrew Ray, PhD 9:45 a.m. Break and Vendor Exhibits
10:15 a.m. Crafty Cochleas, Pesky Parotids, That Furtive Dose at the Skin Surface and other Head & Neck Planning Issues that Make this Title Way Too Long Rachel Hackett, CMD, RT(T) 11:15 a.m. Managing Pain in Head & Neck Patients: Are Narcotics Needed? And Other Challenges Getting the Head & Neck Patient Through 7 Weeks of Treatment Anurag Singh, MD and Tracy Hails, RT(T) 12:15 p.m. Head & Neck Symposium Q & A 12:30 p.m. Lunch & Networking 1:30 p.m. Challenges in Implementing a Successful Liver Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Program in a Clinic Harish Malhotra, PhD, DABR 2:30 p.m. Breakout Session 1: The Safe and Effective Use of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Radiation Induced Side Effects (choice A) Douglas McDaniel, DACM, L.Ac. Trust the Process: Optimal Breast Plans for the Individual (choice B) Kyle Johnson, CMD, RT(T) 3:30 p.m. Break and Vendor Exhibits 4:00 p.m. Plan Review through Benchmarking Lalith Kumaraswamy, PhD, DABR and Andrew Goraj, CMD, RT(T) 5:00 p.m. Medical Cannabis for Symptom Control Amy Case, MD, FAAHPM and Eric Hansen, MD
6:00 p.m. Adjourn 6:15 p.m. Networking Hour Saturday, September 8, 2018 7:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Breakout Session 1: The Art of Handling Difficult Patients (choice A) Regina Anne Ley, RT(T) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center The Secrets to Planning Previous Treatment (choice B) Adam Buell, CMD, RT(T) 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks 9:05 a.m. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a Practical Approach for the Clinical Professional Daniel Bailey, PhD, DABR Northside Hospital Cancer Institute 10:05 a.m. Break and Vendor Exhibits 10:35 a.m. Breakout Session 2: An Overview of Emerging Technologies in Radiation Oncology: Benefits & Limitations Affecting Treatment Technique Selection (choice A) Craig McKenzie, CMD Miami Cancer Institute Documentation & Coding Updates for Radiation Oncology, Part I (choice B) Adam Brown, CMD, BSRT(T) Revenue Cycle, Inc.
11:35 a.m. Breakout Session 3: Updates in Definitive Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer (choice A) Daniel Bourgeois III, MD, MPH Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Documentation & Coding Updates for Radiation Oncology, Part II (choice B) Adam Brown, CMD, BSRT(T) Revenue Cycle, Inc. 12:35 p.m. Lunch & Networking 1:35 p.m. Improving Patient Quality of Life with Millimeter Margins Mubin Shaikh, MS and Theresa Kwiatkowski, CMD Rochester Regional Health 2:35 p.m. Break 2:50 p.m. Immunotherapy: The New Kid on the Radiation Block Maryann Mikucki, MD 3:50 p.m. M&M: Common Late Radiation Toxicities Kavitha Prezzano, MD 4:50 p.m. Adjourn GUEST SPEAKERS Daniel Bailey, PhD, DABR Department of Radiation Oncology Northside Hospital Cancer Institute Atlanta, GA Daniel Bourgeois III, MD, MPH Radiation Oncologist Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Baton Rouge, LA
Adam Brown, BSRT(T), CMD Consultant Revenue Cycle, Inc. Austin, TX Adam Buell, CMD, RT(T) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY Therese Kwiatkowski, CMD Lead Rochester Regional Health Rochester, NY Regina Anne Ley, RT(T) Senior Radiation Therapist Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Craig McKenzie, CMD Director, Medical Dosimetry Miami Cancer Institute Miami, FL Mubin Shaikh, MS Medical Physicist Rochester Regional Health ROSWELL PARK FACULTY Amy Case, MD, FAAHPM Associate Professor of Oncology Chair, Department of Supportive Care Andrew Goraj, CMD Rachel Hackett, CMD, RT(T) AAMD Secretary Tracy Hails, RT(T) Senior Radiation Therapist Department of Radiation Therapy
Eric Hansen, MD Assistant Professor of Oncology Supportive and Palliative Care Kyle Johnson, CMD, RT(T) Lalith Kumaraswamy, PhD, DABR Assistant Professor and Medical Physicist Director, Quality Assurance Program Harish Malhotra, PhD, DABR Associate Professor and Medical Physicist Douglas McDaniel, DACM, L.Ac. Integrative Medicine Program Manager Department of Pediatrics Maryann Mikucki, MD, PhD Radiation Medicine Resident Mary Platek, PhD, MS, RD, CDN Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oncology Department of Cancer Prevention and Control Kavitha Prezzano, MD Radiation Medicine Resident Andrew Ray, PhD Clinical Associate Professor Cancer Institute Anurag Singh, MD Professor of Oncology Director of Radiation Research