PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2023

Europe/Zurich
Parkhotel Bad Zurzach Badstrasse 44 CH-5330 Bad Zurzach Phone +41 56 269 88 11
Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Damien Charles Weber
Description

The onsite edition of the PSI Winter School 2023 has taken place.


Please note that the website for the PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2024 can be found under: 
PSI Winter School 2024

 

Thank you.

                                                                                                
Content of the course:

  • Clinical indications adult (CNS, GI, Head & Neck, Skull base)
  • Pediatrics and AYA
  • Basic physics of proton therapy
  • Radiation biology
  • Delivery & treatment planning
  • Therapy workflow
  • Uncertainty & motion
  • Specification, commissioning & Q.A.
  • New directions in proton therapy

Aim of course:

To provide detailed knowledge on the clinical, physics and technological aspects of proton therapy using pencil beam scanning

Target audience:

Radiation oncologists, medical physicists, physicists, engineers, radiation technologists and dosimetrists. No previous knowledge of proton therapy is necessary.

 

 

Registration
Registration Form
    • 1
      Registration Parkhotel Bad Zurzach

      Parkhotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 CH-5330 Bad Zurzach

      Dry run if requested.

    • 8:30 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the hotel
    • Coffee break
    • 2
      Proton therapy for adult CNS tumors Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 12:30 PM
      Lunch break
    • Coffee break
    • 6:00 PM
      Departure to the hotel - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium
    • 8:30 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the hotel
    • 3
      Active scanning beam 1: Modulation delivery Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 4
      Active scanning beam 2: Controlling delivery Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Martin Grossmann Handschin (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 5
      Active scanning beam 3: Checking delivery/dosimetry Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Sairos Safai (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 11:00 AM
      Coffee Break Online

      Online

    • 6
      Treatment planning for pencil beam scanning and IMPT Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 7
      Proton therapy workflow Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Arturs Meijers (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 1:05 PM
      Lunch break
    • 8
      Validation methodologies for the clinical benefit of proton therapy Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
    • 9
      Head and neck cancers Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
    • Coffee break Online

      Online

    • 4:00 PM
      Group picture
    • 10
      Tumors of the skull base and spine chordoma and chondrosarcoma Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Damien Charles Weber
    • 11
      Ocular proton treatment Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 5:40 PM
      Departure to social EVENT - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium
    • 8:30 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel
    • 12
      Delivery uncertainties and their consequences Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Francesca Albertini (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 13
      Motion / motion mitigation Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Giovanni Fattori (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 10:30 AM
      Coffee break and group allocation
    • 11:00 AM
      On the way to the workshop
    • 14
      Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel WPTA 139

      WPTA 139

      Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speakers: Barbara Bachtiary, Dominic Leiser (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Nicola Bizzocchi (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 15
      Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel WPTA 141

      WPTA 141

      Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speakers: Alessandra Bolsi (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Sairos Safai (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 1:15 PM
      On the way for lunch
    • 1:30 PM
      Lunch break
    • 2:30 PM
      On the way to the workshop
    • 16
      Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel WBGB/19 in Time OUT

      WBGB/19 in Time OUT

      Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 17
      Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel Gantry 1

      Gantry 1

      Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speakers: Christian Bula (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 4:45 PM
      Coffee break
    • 18
      Site tour Center for Proton Therapy (Villigen)

      Center for Proton Therapy

      Villigen

    • 6:30 PM
      Departure to the hotel - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium
    • 8:30 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel
    • 19
      Commissioning a new facility: Specifications Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Håkan Nyström (The Skandion Clinic)
    • 20
      Commissioning a new facility: Clinical Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Arturs Meijers (PSI)
    • 21
      Proton therapy for pediatrics and AYA patients Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Anita Mahajan (Mayo Clinic)
    • 11:15 AM
      Coffee-Break
    • 22
      Protons versus "the competition" Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 23
      Technological Innovation: Flash:: BIOLOGY Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Marie-Catherine Vozenin
    • 24
      Technological Innovation: Flash:: PHYSICS Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Serena Psoroulas (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 1:15 PM
      Lunch break
    • 25
      Technological innovation: Imaging Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Giovanni Fattori (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 26
      Technological innovation: Delivery Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 27
      Technological Innovation: Treatment planning Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 28
      Closing Remarks Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 4:45 PM
      Departure to the hotel - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium
    • 7:30 AM
      Skiing day is cancelled.