SCMPCR E-learning Program (ELP-09): Brachytherapy Practices for Medical Physicists and Radiation Oncologists: Intracavitary and Interstitial Procedures
Date: 1st November to 22nd November 2024
Registration Fees
South Asia
• Students-15 USD
• Professionals-20 USD
International (Beyond South Asia)
• Students-20 USD
• Professionals-25 USD
Program Schedule
| SI | Topic Name | Date & Time | Speaker | Moderator |
| 1 | Introduction of Dosimetric Terms and Quantities for Brachytherapy Procedures | 1 November (Friday), 2:30 PM – 3.30 PM (GMT) |
Prof. Dr. Hasin Anupama Azhari (MP), Director, SCMPCR |
Dr. Mary Joan Associate Professor and RSO Department of Radiation Oncology CMC and Hospital, Ludhiana Punjab India |
| 2 | Advanced Techniques in Brachytherapy: Present Status and Future Development | 2 November (Saturday), 2:30 PM – 3.30 PM (GMT) |
Dr Frank Hensley (MP), Former Medical Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany |
Shayori Bhattacharjee Medical Physicist and RSO, Assam Medical College and Hospital, India |
| 3 | Electronic Brachytherapy: Physical Basics and Medical Applications | 3 November (Sunday), 2:30 PM – 3.30 PM (GMT) |
Dipl.-Ing. Volker Steil (MP), Former Head, Department Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, University Medical Center Mannheim, Germany |
Pratiksha Shahi Medical Physicist, BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Nepal |
| 4 | Prostate Brachytherapy:Interstitial Procedures, Imaging and Contouring | 8 November ( Friday) 2:30 PM – 3.30 PM (GMT) |
Prof. Dr. Ben Vanneste (RO), Professor of Prostate Cancer Brachytherapy, UZ Gent, Belgium |
Dr. Shafatuj Jahan Associate Professor & Head, Medical Oncology & Radiotherapy Department Director, CMOSH Cancer Institute &Research Centre, Bangladesh |
| 5 | Intraoperative Breast Brachytherapy: Implementation and Clinical Considerations | 9 November (Saturday), 2:30 PM – 3.30 PM (GMT) |
Dr. Sujata Sarkar (RO), Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiotherapy, Apollo Multi-specialty Hospital, Kolkata, India Mr. Mahasin Gazi (MP), Medical Physicist Cum Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), Department of Radiotherapy, Apollo Multi- specialty Hospital, Kolkata, India |
Dr. Vijhitha Ramanathan Senior Lecturer Department of Radiography & Radiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Srilanka |
| 6 | Intracavitary Brachytherapy in Gynecological Cancer: Techniques and Planning | 10 November (Sunday), 2:30 PM – 3.30 PM (GMT) |
Dr. med. Robert Semrau (RO), Radiation oncologist, Strahlentherapie Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany |
Dr. Shejuti Sharmin Radiation Oncologists, Square Hospitals Ltd. Bangladesh |
| 7 | Application of Viena Applicator/Cylinder Applicator in Gynecological Brachytherapy | 15 November ( Friday) 2:30 PM – 3.30 PM (GMT) | Prof. Dr. Pamela Jeyaraj (RO), Professor & Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana- 141008, Punjab, India. |
Dr. Jannatul Ferdause Associate Consultant, Clinical Oncology Ahsania Mission Cancer And General Hospital, Bangladesh |
| 8 | MRI Based Adoptive Gynecological Brachytherapy | 16 November (Saturday), 2:30 PM – 3.30 PM (GMT) |
Dr. Raju Srivastava (MP), Medical Physicist |
- Department of Radiation therapy, University Hospital Ghent, Gent, Belgium.
- Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Hospitalier de Mouscron Avenue de Fécamp, Mouscron, Belgium
Dr. Atif Masood
Principal Medical Physicist
Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Pakistan9Practical Demonstration from Vendors17 November (Sunday), 2:30 PM –
3.30 PM (GMT)Steven Yong
Product Manager BEBIG Medical GmbH Address: Robert-Rössle- Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, GermanyDr. Anwarul Islam
Coordinator Medical Physicist
Square Hospitals Ltd Dhaka, BangladeshSelf Study(4days)10Examination22 November (Friday),
2:30 PM – 3.30 PM (GMT)
Prof. Dr. Hasin Anupama Azhari
Director, South Asia Centre for Medical Physics and Cancer Research (SCMPCR), Professor, United International University Bangladesh
Dr. Sujata Sarkar
Radiation Oncologist Department of Radiotherapy
Apollo Multi-specialty Hospital, Kolkata India
Dr. Frank Hensley
Former Medical Physicist
Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg Germany
Mr. Mahasin Gazi
Medical Physicist Cum Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), Department of Radiotherapy Apollo Multi-specialty Hospital, Kolkata India
Dipl.-Ing. Volker Steil
Former Head, Department Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, University Medical Center Mannheim Germany
Dr. Pamela Jeyaraj
Professor & Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab India
Dr. Raju Srivastava
Medical Physicist
Department of Radiation therapy, University Hospital Gent, Belgium
Steven Yong
Product Manager BEBIG Medical GmbH
Berlin, Germany
Dr. Mary Joan
Associate Professor and RSO, Department of Radiation Oncology CMC and Hospital,
Ludhiana Punjab 141008, India
Shayori Bhattacharjee
Medical Physicist and RSO, Assam Medical College and Hospital, India
Pratiksha Shahi
Medical Physicist, BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Nepal
Dr. Shafatuj Jahan
Associate Professor & Head, Medical Oncology & Radiotherapy Department
Director, CMOSH Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Bangladesh
Dr. Vijhitha Ramanathan
Senior Lecturer Department of Radiography & Radiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Srilanka
Dr. Shejuti Sharmin
Radiation Oncologists, Square Hospitals Ltd. Bangladesh
Dr. Jannatul Ferdause
Associate Consultant, Clinical Oncology Ahsania Mission Cancer And General Hospital, Bangladesh
Dr. Atif Masood
Principal Medical Physicist, Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Pakistan
Dr. Anwarul Islam
Coordinator Medical Physicist Square Hospitals Ltd Dhaka, Bangladesh