"If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together"
Carribean College of Radiation Oncology CCRO
The Caribbean College of Radiation Oncology is pleased to invite Medical Physicists, Radiation Therapists (RTTs), Clinical/Radiation Oncologists, and other members of the radiation oncology community to join our new weekly educational meeting.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Each Thursday, from 5:00 PM onwards, we will have a focused educational session covering relevant topics in:
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Radiation oncology
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Medical physics
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Radiation therapy techniques and technology
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Treatment planning and quality assurance
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Clinical cases and evidence-based practice
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New developments in cancer treatment
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Oncology nursing topics
The aim is to create a short, practical and interactive learning forum that brings together the different professionals involved in delivering modern cancer care.
WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT
We warmly encourage Medical Physicists, RTTs, Oncologists and colleagues involved in radiation oncology to join these sessions, participate in discussions, and help encourage members of their teams to take part.
Your participation will help strengthen education, collaboration and professional development in radiation oncology throughout the Caribbean.
We look forward to welcoming you.
CCRO
Every Thursday | 5:00 PM onwards | Zoom
Zoom meeting details will be shared separately. Kindly log in as individual user with full name.
We are
President: Dr Osama Kellini, Bahamas
Secretary: Dr Shashidhar Ramesh, Trinidad
Education & Research: Dr Milind Kumar, Trinidad
Trinidad Desk (Clinical): Dr Kellie A Mike, Dr Nazreen Bhim, Dr Visham Bhagaloo, Dr Arvind Verma, Dr Crystal Subero, Dr Aasiya Hosein,
Dr Camille Neptune, Dr Marc Thompson, Virgen Abiague, Melissa Martinez, Dr Pearse Sylvester, Dr Stephan Lucky Samaroo, Alana Walker.
Trinidad Desk (Medical Physics): Brandon Peters, Sherisse Hunt, Hurriyah Muhammad, Senthil Kumar, Emily Pragsingh, Anil Daniel, Narin, Naveen, Ryan, Arianne, Kareshma Ramnath, A Blanco, Saudah
Trinidad Desk (RTT): Glenn Castillo, Karene, Ravi Reemaul, Vernessa, Vidya Gosein, Perly Anne Ottley, Dionne Philip, Shanna Tang,
Mr Senthil, Kavisha Murally, Botoy Aldrin, Candice Clement, Roger, Pudens, Reanna C, Miguel
Bahamas Desk (Clinical) Dr Osama Kellini
Bahamas Desk (Medical physics): Hitesh Gandhi, Walter Nyakodzwe
Bahamas Desk (RTT): Unigetty Mushonga
Jamaica desk (Clinical): Dr Pankaj Kumar, Dr O' Brian Williams
Jamaica Desk (RTT): Nicole Johnson
Guyana Desk (Cinical): Dr S S Ray
Barbados Desk (RTT): Mr Ian Weithers
Carribean College of Radiation Oncology Every Thursday | 5:00 PM onwards (Trinidad Time)
Zoom meetings-
23rd July: Evidence-based management of carcinoma rectum UK guidelines: Dr Aasiya Hosein, St James NRC. aasiyahosein@gmail.com
30th July: Carcinoma rectum contouring guidelines: Dr Crystal Subero, St James NRC drcsubero@gmail.com
6th August: Treatment interruption evidence-based management RCR UK: Mr Brandon Peters, Medical physicist, St James NRC
13th August- Respiratory motion management in contemporary radiotherapy: Mr Glenn Castillo, Chief radiation therapist and department administrator, Southern Medical clinic glenn.castillo@smctt.com
20th August- Lecture 1-Guest faculty: Artificial Intelligence for Autosegmentation/ Current research projects- Dr Prabhakar Ramachandran, Director Medical Physics, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia prabhakar.ramachandran@health.qld.gov.au
Lecture 2- ICRU Reports Overview: Hurriyah Mohammed, Chief Medical Physicist, Southern Medical Clinic huriyyah.mohammed@smctt.com
27th August- Medical Physics Presentation topic TBA: Mr. Hitesh Gandhi, Medical Physicist, The Cancer Centre, Bahamas- postponed
- Dose fractionation in clinical practice- Time to revisit- Dr Milind Kumar drmilindtnt@outlook.com
3rd September:Beyond the textbook- Radiation Planning & Setup for Difficult Case Series- Mr VO Parthiban, Senior Medical Physicist & Planning lead, Princess Alexandra hospital, Brisbane. voparthi@hotmail.com
Journal Club: Fast Forward Trial: Dr. Marc Thompson, St. James NRC-postponed
10th September- Introduction to breast contouring- Dr Crystal Subero, St James NRC drsubero@gmail.com
QA in SBRT Overview: Mr Senthil Kumar, Medical physicist, Southern Medical clinic-postponed
17th September: University of Texas Southwestern Medical centre, SBRT training summary- Ms Emily Pragsingh, Medical physicist, St James NRC
24th Sep Republic day holiday
1st October Carcinoma cervix contouring guidelines Dr Crystal Subero, St James NRC.
8th October- Bladder and Rectal protocols for pelvic radiotherapy- Ms Perly Anne Ottley , Radiation therapist, St James NRC.
15th October: Topic TBA- Ms Unigetty Mushonga Chief Radiation therapist & administrator, The Cancer Centre, Bahamas.
22nd October: Introduction to SRS / SBRT planning- Mr Anil Daniel Singh, Medical Physicist, Southern Medical Clinic.
29th October: Topic TBA- Ms Sherisse Hunt, Chief Medical physicist, St James NRC
5th November: Meet the expert: Professor Sushil Beriwal
Setup errors and corrections in daily practice: Ms Karene Campbell- Radiation Therapist, Medcorp Cancer Centre of Carribean
12th November : Radiotherapy sequencing with chemotherapy in clinical practice Dr Manda Mahabir, Medical oncologist, Augustus Long hospital,
19th November: IGRT protocol demystified: Mr Ravi Reemaul, Senior radiation therapist & Dept administrator, Southern Medical clinic.