Improving Health Through Medical Physics

AAPM Newsletter — Volume 42 No. 4 — July | August 2017

Picture of Ashley Cetnar

OHIO RIVER VALLEY CHAPTER REPORT Ashley Cetnar, MS, Columbus, OH

The Ohio River Valley Chapter hosted our Spring Educational Symposium on April 14th and 15th in Lexington, KY. The Friday events started off by holding the chapter's second annual mock oral event. This year we were happy to see 16 participants converge at the Griffin Gate Marriott to practice conveying their knowledge of medical physics to volunteer examiners.

Picture of Ohio River Valley Meeting 2017 Griffin Gate Marriott April 2017 in Lexington Kentucky
Picture of Ohio River Valley Meeting 2017 Night out event with chapter Members at Shakespeare and Co. in Lexington, KY

The official meeting events started Friday night with a poster session and Meet and Greet where physicists, students, residents, and vendors were able to able to catch up with colleagues, network with new people, and discuss current research within the chapter. The social opportunities continued to the sponsored nightout event held at Shakespeare and Co.

On Saturday the event was started by a TG-281 presentation by AAPM Secretary, Todd Pawlicki to discuss the current government assessment project. Guest speakers included Bill Salter presenting motion management considerations for lung SBRT, Janelle Molloy sharing her experience with educational economics and the evolution of medical physics education, and Brent Parker with helpful information on a physicist's role in supervision in the clinic.

Picture of Ohio River Valley Meeting 2017 Saturday meeting with Dr. Bill Salter presenting SBRT lung data

The afternoon was filled with insightful research from students and residents within our chapter. This year there was a wide variety of topics presented among the thirteen presenters from across our region. The winner of this year's competition was Elijah Martin of the University of Louisville with his investigation of a source model for use with a new electronic brachytherapy tandem using film measurements. Second place was awarded to Eric Miller of the University of Kentucky, and third place to Spenser Murphy of the University of Kentucky.

Picture of Ohio River Valley Meeting 2017 President Dr. Wei Luo with winner of the student research awards, Elijah Martin, Eric Miller, and Spenser Murphy
Picture of Ohio River Valley Meeting 2017 Current and past officers at the conclusion of the meeting. Ashley Cetnar (Secretary/Treasurer), Peter Sandwall (President-Elect), Nicholas Sperling (Past-President), Chris Allgower (former President), Michael Goss-man (Board Representative and former President), and Wei Luo (President)

We would like to thank all of the vendors that made this event possible. We appreciate all of the guest speakers and students who shared their research for the symposium. Finally, we would like to thank the volunteer examiners who helped make the mock oral possible and all of the hard work of the chapter officers for another successful meeting.

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