About this event
Welcome to the information page for the Toronto Medical Physics Symposium held by the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. The Symposium is scheduled for Wednesday, October 9th, 2024, 8:30am—5:00pm at the OPG Building, 700 University Ave, 4th Floor Social Café.
The purpose of the Symposium is to highlight the role of the Medical Physics PhD Specialization in creating new avenues of medical physics exploration and collaboration with the medical community. Foremost, this Symposium invites current graduate students to see all aspects of medical physics, starting from academic research and clinical care to roles in regulatory activities and industry, providing inspiration towards their future careers. The symposium will feature talks from clinical medical physicists, medical physics residents, graduate students, and representatives from manufacturers including Elekta and Varian.
A reception at the end of the Symposium will enable interested students to mingle with faculty and guest speakers. The reception will be followed by a medical physics residency information session featuring the program directors for the University of Toronto and London Regional Cancer Centre.
Register using the link below. Registration is free but required to ensure that enough food and coffee is ordered, as lunch and coffee will be provided. The deadline to register is October 2nd, 2024, at 4:00 pm
Eligibility & More information about the Medical Physics Symposium:
This is a private event only open to Department of Medical Biophysics students enrolled at UofT and TMU
As mentioned, lunch is provided! Please select the appropriate lunch option within the registration document
Questions?
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the Medical Physics Student Organization (MPSO) committee heads
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8:30 am: Registration / Check-In
9:00 am: Introduction and Welcome
9:10 am: Clinical Physics: On-line Adaptive Radiotherapy
Chair: Jean-Pierre Bissonnette
Keynote speaker: Dr. Nathan Becker
Sunnybrook: Brian Keller
Princess Margaret: Jeff Winter and Hedi Mohseni
11:00 am: Break
11:15 am: Spotlight on Physics Residents
Chair: Anthony Lausch
Thomas Mann, Odette Cancer Centre
Heather Young, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Iymad Mansour, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: Spotlight on Graduate Students
Chair: Jan Seuntjens
Jeff Zabel
Janny Kim
Ruiyan Ni
Clara Zaki
Ryan Kuhn
Liam Lawrence
2:00 pm: Break
2:15 pm: International Outreach
Chair: Stewart Gaede
Monique van Prooijen
John Schreiner
2:45 pm: Panel Discussion on Careers, Paths & Successes in Medical Physics:
What kind of people do they hire for Clinical, academics, commercial careers
Chair: Liam Lawrence
Jan Seuntjens,
Stephen Breen
Stew Gaede
Raxa Sankreacha
Young Lee-Bartlett
Ivan Yeung
John Schreiner
3:15 pm: Networking & Reception
4:00 pm: Residency information session
Location: OPG, 4th floor, Room 4-010
Patricia Lindsay, Sarah Aubert: University of Toronto program
Stewart Gaede: London Regional Cancer Centre Program
Photos from the Medical Physics Symposium (2023, 2024)
