OVERVIEW

Introduction to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Training Course is organized by Baptist Health South Florida.

Course opens: 02/07/2022
Course expires: 12/30/2022

Overview:
The Miami Cancer Institute Department of Radiation Oncology and the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine are 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 IconTM. Participants will review clinical implications and clinical outcomes of radiosurgery, identify radiation safety principals, and apply treatment planning considerations and principals 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 stereotactic frame and mask application, imaging and radiosurgery treatment hardware.