Introduction to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Training Course 2022

Introduction to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Training Course is organized by Baptist Health South Florida and will be held from Dec 05 - 08, 2022 at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
The Miami Cancer Institute Department of Radiation Oncology and the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine is pleased to present this Introduction to Gamma Knife® Radiosurgery Training Course for radiation oncologists, neurosurgeons, medical physicists, neuro-otolaryngologists, and other healthcare professionals interested in Gamma Knife radiosurgery training.

This educational program provides an opportunity to enhance the practitioner’s knowledge about the practical aspects of stereotactic radiosurgery using the Gamma Knife Icon^TM. Participants will review the clinical implications and clinical outcomes of radiosurgery, identify radiation safety principles, and apply treatment planning considerations and principles of stereotactic radiosurgery treatment hardware. As part of Miami Cancer Institute’s internationally recognized radiation oncology program, our team of experts offers a non-surgical radiation treatment called Gamma Knife radiosurgery – the most modern technology available – in South Florida’s only state-of-the-art Icon Gamma Knife Center.

Learning Objectives: 
• Recognize the basic principles and physics of radiosurgery and how they relate to day-to-day patient treatment.
• Review the clinical implications, treatment parameters, and clinical outcomes of radiosurgery.
• Identify radiation safety principles and potential issues of radiosurgery and review emergency procedures.
• Apply principles of the stereotactic frame and mask application, imaging, and radiosurgery treatment hardware.