meetings

AAMD 51st Annual Meeting

 

Sunday, June 7

From Hub to Leader: How Dosimetrists Can Improve Workflow
Mohammad Bakhtiari, PhD, EMBA, DABR, CPPS, CPHQ

Palliative Care: Improving Lives and Outcomes
Katie Jones, BSN, MSN, MSPC and Erin Perejda, LCSW

VMAT Breast and Chest Wall with RNI: A Full Planning Workflow
Kirk Luca, MS, CMD

2026 Plan Study - Craniospinal with Prior XRT
Brittni McKane, CMD, RTT

A Framework for the Integration of Medical Dosimetrist into Theranostic Practice
Carlos Palomeque, BS, CMD

Adapting to Change: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Adaptive Planning in Radiation Oncology
Lee Hales, BSc, CMD and Panel

 

Monday, June 8

A Whole New World: A Magic Carpet Ride Through Prostate Planning’s Past, Present, and Future
Melissa Nolet, BS, CMD, RT(T)

Wielding the Wand: Empowering the Magic of Medical Dosimetry Through AAMD Service
Melissa Wilkinson, MS, CMD, RT(T) and Panel

Simultaneous Breast Boosts: Maximizing Value and Efficiency for Patients
Jessica Johnson, BS, RT(T) and Joseph Pagano, CMD, RT(T)

Contouring Complex Structures - A Moving Target
Stephen Mihalcik, MD, PhD

Hippocampal Sparing Whole Brain Radiation Therapy Utilizing Rapid Arc Dynamic Technique
Kimberely Church, MPH, CMD RT (R)(T)

Prone Whole Breast Radiotherapy on Ethos: Workflow, Flash Verification & Clinical Feasibility
Haley Kroeplin, MS, CMD and Karen Lang, MS

Low Dose Radiation for Osteoarthritis
Tara Royer, RT(T) BA, MS

Coding Essentials for Low and High Dose Treatment for Non-Cancerous and Benign Conditions
Tamara Syverson, BSRT(T), ARRT, CHONC

AAMD 2025 Salary Survey - A Summary
Christine Swanson, PhD

 

Tuesday, June 9

How the AAMD and YOU Are Shaping the Future of the Medical Dosimetry Profession
Brian Napolitano, MHL, CMD, Ryan Moroose, BA, CMD, RT(R)(T) and Panel
WVU Medicine Thomas Hospital

Happily Ever After Starts Here: The Magic of Educators and Preceptors
Kristen Vu, MS, CMD, RT(T) and Panel

From Clicks to Consistency: Automating Optimization Contours in RayStation
Brittney Rochford, BS, CMD

Dosimetric Effects of Weight-Based Activity of Pluvicto Using a PBPK Model
Jeremy Pennington, MS

Proton Therapy for Ventricular Tachycardia
Brent Bachmann, MS, CMD, RT(R)(T) and Bret Kazemba, CMD

Cybersecurity and the Medical Dosimetrist
Marc Mlyn, MS, MBA, CMD

RO-ILS: Leveraging Incident Learning for Newer Technique Process Improvements
Lee Hales, BSc, CMD and Ksenija Kujundzic, BS

First Four Months of 2026 CPT Code Changes – Cause and effect on Dosimetry & Treatment Delivery
Sally Eggleston, MBA, BS, RT(T)

 

Wednesday, June 10

Align, Reflect, Evolve: A Self-Awareness Model for the Dosimetry Professional
Dayna Bodensteiner, CMD, RT(R)(T)

Establishing a PHI-Safe Bridge Between TPS and AI
Brennan Diedrich, MS, CMD, RT(R)(T)

Beyond the Physics: Defining, Measuring, and Achieving Proton Plan Quality for Head & Neck Cancer
Zachary Fellows, CMD, RT(R)(T)

Establishing a Theranostics Dosimetry Program in a Large Community Setting
Ken Cashon, MS, DABR

An Instructor’s Guide to Improve Dosimetry Clinical Education
Joshua Gardner, MS, CMD, RT(T)

An Updated Look into Florence and Astro Guidelines for APBI
Andrija (Kevin) Manestar, CMD

Clinical Alignment Framework for Automated Treatment Planning: Validation & Quality Assurance
Peter Mc Loone

Cracking the Code: How gEUDs and NTOs Can Transform Your Eclipse Plans
Sandy Bricker, CMD

 

Proton Breakout Sessions

Monday, June 8

Balancing Modalities: The Role of Proton Therapy and Photons in Contemporary Radiation Oncology
Sean Odou, BS, CMD and Collin Nappi, BS, MS, CMD

Proton Radiation Therapy and High-Density Metal: Through or Around?
Kevin Kirby, CMD

Relative Biological Effectiveness-weighted Dose Sparing Using LET Optimization
Bobby Waldrip, CMD, RT(T)

Proton Pencil Beam Scanning Head and Neck Treatment Planning: Making the Complex Commonplace
Alexander Goughenour, CMD and Jackie Castro, CMD

Eyeing Precision: Gantry-Based Proton Treatment Planning for Uveal Melanoma
Peter Park, CMD

Static Proton Arc Field Count & Energy Layer Spacing vs Beam On Time, Robustness, and OAR Doses
Tyler Williamson, MCS, CMD

Proton Therapy for GYN Cancers: Evaluating Robustness of Different Beam Arrangements
Evgenia Nigay, CMD

Precision in Proximity: A Mayo Clinic Approach to Chordoma Treatments utilizing Proton Therapy
Ashley Hunzeker, MS, CMD