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2008 Annual Meeting

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Joint ASTRO/SNM Advances in Molecular Imaging for Radiation Oncology

Track : PAN

Program Code: PAN15

Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Time: 2:45 PM to 4:15 PM EST

Duration: 2780 Minutes

Location: 157

SPEAKER(S):

Chaitanya Divgi, Chief, Nuclear Medicine & Clinical Molecular Imaging, University of Pennsylvania Hospital

Stephen Hahn, Henry K. Pancoast Professor and Chair, University of Pennsylvania

Joel Karp, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Health Systems

Joel Karp is a Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania with a secondary appointment in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He accepted a faculty position at Penn in 1983 after his post-doctoral training at Stony Brook University in New York in nuclear physics. Dr. Karp oversees the PET Imaging/Cyclotron Facility in Radiology that supports both clinical and research studies, and also directs operations of the Nuclear Medicine (PET/SPECT/CT) Core in the Medical School Small Animal Imaging Facility. Dr. Karp serves as the Section Chief of the Physics & Instrumentation research group in Radiology which has emphasized development of PET instruments and imaging techniques, and more recently also includes instrumentation for both PET and SPECT preclinical imaging. Dr. Karp�s research has focused on investigations to improve the performance of PET technology, including front-end electronics, detector design, data correction techniques, and 3D image reconstruction algorithms. Dr. Karp and his team at Penn have most recently developed technology for time-of-flight (TOF) imaging which has led to development of the Philips Gemini TF scanner, as well as a proto-type TOF instrument based on a new scintillator, lanthanum bromide. He is currently collaborating with the physics group in the department of Radiation Oncology on the design of a dedicated PET instrument to characterize the radiation dose from the proton beam during therapy at the new accelerator facility. He has authored or co-authored over 100 publications in the field of PET imaging, has extra-mural funding to continue his research in developing technology for PET, and has given numerous invited lectures on the topic. Dr. Karp has an on-going training program in his laboratory, supervising a number of physics graduate students at both the doctoral and masters level, as well as post-doctoral researchers.

David Mankoff, Radiology Department, Associate Professor, University of Washington

Dr. David Mankoff, a radiologist in nuclear medicine at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the University of Washington, will chair the American College of Radiology Imaging Network's new Experimental Imaging Committee. My philosophy is to enhance patient care using state-of-the-art imaging to better diagnose cancer and guide treatment. The goal is to make sure patients and oncologists have the information they need to make the best possible treatment choices for the patient. Professional Experience 1989 - 1990 Research Scientist, UGM Medical Systems, Philadelphia, PA 1988 - 1990 Research Associate, Nuclear Medicine Section, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1989 - 1990 Director of Engineering, UGM Medical Systems, Philadelphia, PA 1990 - 1992 Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, UW Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WA 1992 - 1994 Resident, Division of Nuclear Medicine, UW Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WA 1994 - 1995 Chief Resident, Division of Nuclear Medicine, UW Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WA 1995 - 1996 Acting Instructor, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington 1996 - 2001 Assistant Professor, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington 2001 - 2006 Associate Professor, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington 2002 - 2005 Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology, University of Washington 2005 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington 2005 - Lead, Seattle Cancer Care Oncology Translational Research Program for Radiology 2006 - Professor, of Radiology, Medicine, and Bioengineering, University of Washington

LEARNER OUTCOMES:

Discuss the features of currently available imaging modalities for oncology.
Explain current applications of molecular imaging in radiation oncology and systemic radiotherapy.
Outline translational development of molecular imaging modalities: potential and limitations.