2018 NCRP Meeting

Presentations

March 5-6, 2018

Sunday Night Dinner
Dr. Richard Meserve

NCRP Welcome and Radiation Wish List

• Radiation Wish List from Jennifer: Gadgets, Radiation Statements, and Insta-Reports, Kate Niehaus, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Fifteenth Annual Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Address
  Justified and Commensurate, Marvin Rosenstein, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements 
  Part 1 | Part 2

Dose, Benefit, Risk, and Safety

• Radiation in Medicine: Current and Future Trends, Fred A Mettler, Jr., University of New Mexico School of Medicine
• Benefits and Risks, Pat B. Zanzonico, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Quality and Safety Initiatives, Mythreyi Chatfield, American College of Radiology 
• Dose, Benefit, Risk and Safety Q&A

Diagnostic X-Ray Imaging

• Projection X-Ray Imaging (Radiography, Mammography, Fluoroscopy), J. Anthony Seibert, University of California Davis Health
• Computed Tomography Technology - and Dose - int he 21st Century, Cynthia H. McCollough, Mayo Clinic
• Doses, Benefits, Risks, and Safety in Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Imaging, Alan G. Lurie, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
• Diagnostic X-Ray Imaging Q&A

Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Oncology

• Radiopharmaceutical Therapy, George Sgouros, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Dose Optimization of Hybrid Imaging, Frederic H. Fahey, Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
• Radiation Oncology: External Beam Radiation Therapy, Melissa C. Martin, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
• Radiation Protection Responsibility in Brachytherapy, Bruce Thomadsen, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
• Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Oncology Q&A

Dialogue and Shared Decision Making

• Effective Stakeholder Communications Methods: The Power of Planned Persuasive Messaging, Jessica S. Wieder, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Patient Perspectives on Dialogue and Shared Decisions Making, Lawrence T. Dauer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Optimizing Patient Informed Decision Making: Examples from Pediatric and Emergency Care, Kimberly E. Applegate, University of Kentucky
• Radiation Protection Responsibility in Medicine Dialogue and Shard Decisions Making in Pediatric Healthcare, María del Rosario Pèrez, World Health Organization
• Dialogue and Shared Decision Making Q&A Watch or Listen: Rich Media

Forty-Second Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture of Radiation Protection and Measurements

• Radiation Dosimetry Research for Medicine and Protection: A European Journey, Hans-Georg Menzel
• Management of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: Radiation Protection Guidance for the United States (2018), Don Cool, EPRI Watch or Listen: Rich Media

Second Thomas S. Tenforde Topical Lecture 

• Do the Epidemiologic Data Support Use of the Linear Nonthreshold Model for Radiation Protection? Roy E. Shore

Fostering Innovations

• Medical Physics 3.0 to Ensure Quality and Safety in Radiation Medicine, Ehsan Samei, Duke University / American Association of Physicists in Medicine
• Advancing Safety: Role of Equipment Design and Configuration Change, Keith J. Strauss, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• How Innovations in Computer Technology Have Impacted Radiation Dosimetry Through Anatomically Realistic Phantoms and Fast Monte-Carlo Simulations, X. George Xu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Fostering Innovation Q&A

Conclusions and Path Forward

• NCRP Vision for the Future and PAC Activities, John D. Boice, Jr., President, NCRP