IAEA-Argonne Training Course on the Selection,

Acceptance, Commissioning and Maintenance of

Equipment in Radiotherapy

May 18-29, 2015

Hosted By: International Programs Section Argonne National Laboratory international.anl.gov

Held at: MD Anderson Cancer Center

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THE PURPOSE

Radiotherapy

MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

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Training

USES

• Provide participants with knowledge of selection, acceptance, commissioning and maintenance of radiotherapy dosimetry equipment and radiotherapy treatment units, such as linear accelerators and brachytherapy equipment.

Training at MD Anderson Cancer Center (2015) Photo Credit: Francisco Aguirre, Argonne National Laboratory

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THE COURSE

Welcome to MD

Anderson Cancer

Center

Introduction to MD

Anderson

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The Staff

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Argonne Staff Pictured Above: From L to R: Cheryl Bruzewski, Christine Oikle, Natalie Wren, Kun K., Sunaree Hamilton (Program Manager), Gina Orta, and J. Francisco Aguirre

MD Anderson Staff Pictured to the Right: From L to R: Erika Shields-Carter, J. Francisco Aguirre, and Liz Bryan

J. Francisco Aguirre

Argonne National

Laboratory

Course Leader

Faguirre.medphys@gmail.com

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Yakov Pipman,

Emeritus Professor

North Shore

University Hospital

Co Director

ypipman@yahoo.com

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palvarez@mdanderson.org

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Paola Alvarez

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

Peter Balter,

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

pbalter@mdanderson.org

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Tina Briere

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

TMBriere@mdandesron.org

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lecourt@mdanderson.org

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Laurence Court

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

songgao@mdanderson.org

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Song Gao

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

mgillin@mdanderson.org

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Michael Gillin

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

Saiful Huq,

UPMC Cancer

Center

huqs@upmc.edu

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gibbott@mdanderson.org

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Geoffrey Ibbott

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

bjuneja@mdanderson.org

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Badal Juneja

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

Adam Melancon

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

amelanco@mdanderson.org

sfkry@mdanderson.org

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Stephen Kry

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

rkudchad@mdanderson.org

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Rajat Kudchadker

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

alawyer@mdanderson.org

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Ann Lawyer

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

johrt@mdanderson.org

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Jared Ohrt

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

jmpollard@mdanderson.org

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Julianne Pollard

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

droa@uci.edu

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Dante Roa

University of California

at Irvine

PATaylor@mdanderson.org

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Page Summers-Taylor

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

vandyk@uwo.ca

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Jacob Van Dyk

Western University

London, Ontario

Canada

svedam@mdanderson.org

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Sastry Vedam

UT MD Anderson

Cancer Center

Tim-waldron@uiowa.edu

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Timothy Waldron

University of Iowa

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THE PARTICIPANTS

María Laura Haye

Argentina

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Joseph Nicolas Simon Primo

Argentina

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Mr. Mario Fernando Matos Ortega

Bolivia

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Neli Gesheva-Atanasova

Bulgaria

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Sakborey Chhom

Cambodia

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Claudio Sebastian Mancilla Miranda

Chile

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Luis Diego Mora Araya

Costa Rica

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Deni Smilovic Radojcic

Croatia

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Andriana Peraticos

Cyprus

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William Alexander Reyes Reyes

El Salvador

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Ando Aasa

Estonia

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Olasoji Oluseguan Ajibulu

Fiji

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Erick Estuardo Hernández García

Guatemala

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Zoltan Varga

Hungary

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Aizhan Sultanbaeva

Kazakhstan

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Jonas Venius

Lithuania

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Flor Peregrina Herrera Martínez

México

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Milton Xavier Vargas Verdesoto

México

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Lkhagvasuren Bold

Mongolia

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Laila Baddouh

Morocco

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Kanchan P. Adhikari

Nepal

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Luis Enrique Matamoros Munguia

Nicaragua

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Víctor Daniel Ocariz Ayala

Paraguay

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Boris Mora Yengle

Peru

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Mihai Teodor Dumitrache

Romania

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Ljubomir Kurij

Serbia

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Dalibor Lojko

Slovakia

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Carolien Rall

South Africa

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Komkrit Krongkietlearts

Thailand

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Vitalli Mamchur

Ukraine

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Franklyn José Reggio Gómez

Venezuela

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