Program

20 January 2024


Arabian Standard Time

Presentation

Speaker

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Registration Check-In / Breakfast / Exhibit hall

10:00 - 10:25

Opening Ceremonies Welcome

Dr. Noora Al-Hammadi
Senior Consultant and Chairman, Radiation Oncology, NCCCR

Dr. Mohammed Salem
CEO & Medical Director of NCCCR & Chairman of Corporate Cancer Services

Video Introduction of Penn Medicine

 

10:25 - 11:05am

Why You Need Protons!

Dr. James M. Metz
Chair, Radiaton Oncology,
Henry K. Pancoast Professor,
Executive Director Oncolink

11:05 - 11:35am

Clinical Applications of Proton Therapy

Dr. Michael LaRiviere
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

11:35 - 12:00 am

Prayer / Coffee Break

12:00 - 12:30pm

Pediatric Patient Experience with Protons

Dr. Michael LaRiviere
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

12:30 - 1:00pm

Building & Operating a Proton Center

Fabian Marechal
Chief Operating Officer, Radiation Oncology

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch

2:00pm - 2:30pm

The Physics of Proton Therapy

Richard Maughan
Former Chief Physicist; Emeritus Professor

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Video: The Basics of Treatment Planning

Brett Hartl

Clinical Physicist

3:00pm - 3:40pm

Video of Patient Stories: Hear from Patients who have been Treated with Proton Therapy

Fern Nibauer-Cohen
Senior Director, Patient Engagement

3:40pm - 4:10pm

Prayer / Coffee Break

4:10pm - 4:45pm

Multi-Disciplinary Panel - Questions & Answers

Moderator
Dr. Saju Divakar
Senior Consultant Radiation Oncologist

Dr. James Metz
Chair, Radiaton Oncology, Henry K. Pancoast Professor,
Executive Director Oncolink

Dr. Al Hareth Al Khater
Deputy Medical Director of Clinical Affairs – NCCCR

Dr. Palmira Caparrotti
Senior Consultant Radiation Oncologist - HMC, Doha Qatar

Dr. Ayman Saleh
Division chief , Hematology oncology services - SIDRA Medicine, Doha, Qatar

4:45 - 4:55pm

Proton Therapy around the World

Debra Stephen
Director, Business Development, Department of Radiation Oncology

4:55 - 5:10pm

Closing Remarks

Dr. Rabih Hammoud
Chief Medical Physicist - NCCCR

7:00pm

Gala

Hosts: Dr. Rabih Hammoud - Chief Medical Physicist Radiation Oncology and Mr. Moulay Larbi Alaoui - Director, International Business Development, Penn Medicine


​The scientific planning committee has reviewed all disclosed financial relationships of speakers, moderators, facilitators, and/or authors in advance of this CPD activity and has implemented procedures to manage any potential or real conflicts of interest.
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