International Guest Speakers

Dr. Zoga has been with the musculoskeletal radiology section at Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia, USA since 2002 after completing his M.D. degree at Georgetown University and residency training at Boston University Medical Center.  He holds the academic rank of Assistant Professor of Radiology, and serves as the Director of Musculoskeletal MRI, the Director of Ambulatory Imaging Centers, and the Program Director for the Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship. Dr. Zoga has authored or coauthored more than 30 scientific papers and book chapters, and has over 50 scientific presentations or scientific exhibits at specialty and subspecialty meetings to his credit, including refresher courses on MRI of Shoulder Sports Injuries and MRI of athletic Pubalgia at the RSNA and RSNA Highlights meetings.  He serves as a reviewer for the American Journal of Radiology, and Radiographics, and is on the editorial board of Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology. He has been a course director for the annual Jefferson Musculoskeletal Imaging Symposium since 2004. Dr. Zoga’s is a two time winner of the Judy Dubbs Memorial research award at Thomas Jefferson and his current areas of special interest include athletic pubalgia, meniscal biomechanics and shoulder instability.  He was awarded ‘best paper’ at the 2007 Society of Skeletal Radiology Annual meeting for, The Sports Hernia:  what is it?  How do I image it? What are its confounders?, which led to manuscripts on the topic in Radiology in June, 2008 and in Radiographics in September, 2008.

The musculoskeletal radiology section at Thomas Jefferson University hospital is world renowned, with expertise and publications in all facets of orthopedics and sports medicine imaging.  The 6 members serve as consultant radiologists for the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia Kixx and the Pennsylvania Ballet.  The musculoskeletal radiology fellowship program at Jefferson is among the most competitive and sought after in the United States.

Current positions include Clinical Director, Medi-Rad Associates Ltd, Mt Elizabeth Hospital Singapore; Vice-President and Founding Member, Asian Society of Cardiac imaging (ASCI). Immediate past President , Singapore Radiological Society. Has been involved in cardiac CT since 2003 and organiser of annual CT Coronary Angiography Teaching Course in Singapore. Congress President of 2nd Congress of ASCI held in April 2008. Main research interests is in Coronary CT angiography and was one of principal investigators in recent first multicentre study on 64MSCT. Also Course Director of training courses for users of cardiac MSCT.

Dr. Hillman is the Theodore E. Keats Professor of Radiology and Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia, where he was Chair of the Department from January 1992 until March 2003.  He now serves as both the Chief Scientific Officer of ACR Image Metrix, a contract research organization owned by the American College of Radiology (2007-present), and as founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (2003-present).  During 1999-2007, he was the founding PI and Chair of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), an NCI-funded clinical trials cooperative group that has organized more than 30 multi-center studies of imaging as it relates to cancer.

Dr. Hillman was educated at Princeton University (BA '69) and the University of Rochester (MD '73).  He received his radiology training at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. His first appointment was at the University of Arizona. 

Dr. Hillman has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles and more than 140 book chapters, review articles, editorials, and texts.  He has presented over 30 honorary lectures, including both the RSNA Pendergrass New Horizons Lecture and the ARRS Caldwell Lecture.  His principal research interests have focused on health policy issues important to radiologists, the development of research careers, and technology assessment. His research has altered AMA ethics policies and influenced legislation restricting self-referral.

Dr. Hillman has been President of five radiological societies and is a member of the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors (1995-present).  Dr. Hillman was Editor-in-Chief of Investigative Radiology from 1989 to 1994, and was founding Editor-in-Chief of Academic Radiology during 1994-1997.  Among his many honors, Dr. Hillman has received Honorary Membership in the French Society of Radiology, the Gold Medal of the Association of University Radiologists, and was the 2007 Radiological Society of North America Outstanding Researcher.

Experience

Since 06/04 Director of the Imaging Science Institute Charité Berlin, a scientific cooperation between the Charité - University Hospitals Berlin and Siemens AG Sector Healthcare

2002-2004 Schering AG, Berlin, Germany Clinical Expert, Strategic Business Unit Diagnostics and Radiopharmaceuticals and Performance Management, Corporate Clinical Operations Unit

2002 Board certification as Diagnostic Radiologist

1997-2001 Radiology residencies, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, Germany, Head: Prof. M. Reiser, M.D., Ph.D. and Technical University of Munich, Germany

Research

• Whole-body MRI, abdominal MRI, contrast media application, MR and CT angiography, cardiac imaging, preoperative planning of arthroplasties
• 20 publications in scientific journals, including 2 original researches as first author in Radiology
• More than 100 international and national presentation in the topics Radiology, Preventive Medicine, and Health Care Management

Ken Miles is Professor of Imaging at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Honorary Consultant in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. The Brighton and Sussex Medical School is a new medical school with a strong commitment to the use of diagnostic imaging in medical education and research.

His work in the early development of perfusion CT and its application to multi-detector CT systems has given Ken an international reputation in this field, resulting in the recent publication of 2 text books describing the application of perfusion CT in cerebrovascular disease and oncology.  He also has over 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Since joining the medical school in 2003, Ken has established a Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre along with a research programme which focuses on imaging the functional status of the tumour microvasculature and its relationship to glucose metabolism. He has also developed an innovative imaging curriculum for medical undergraduates that includes novel interactive computer-based imaging sessions and the use of ultrasound and magnetic resonance as teaching tools.

Having led the establishment of Positron Emission Tomography at several centres around the world, Ken is keen to use his dual-training in radiology and nuclear medicine to maximise the benefits of the Computed Tomography component of the new integrated PET-CT systems.

Frank G. Shellock, Ph.D. is a physiologist with more than 20 years of experience conducting laboratory and clinical investigations in the field of MRI. He is a Clinical Professor of Radiology and Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and the Founder of the Institute for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Education, and Research (www.IMRSER.org). As a commitment to the field of MRI safety, he created and maintains the internationally popular web site, www.MRIsafety.com.

Dr. Shellock has more than 200 publications and three of his medical textbooks are considered “best sellers”. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and a Reviewing Editor for several medical journals including Radiology, Investigative Radiology, the American Journal of Roentgenology, the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Memberships in professional societies include the American College of Radiology, the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), the Radiological Society of North America, and the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. He is also a member and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Sportsmedicine. In 2004, the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine recognized the significant contributions Dr. Shellock has made to the scientific and educational mission of the ISMRM by designating him a Fellow of the Society. The American College of Radiology awarded him a Distinguished Committee Service Award for years of dedicated service to the Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards Committee – Body MRI.

Dr. McCollough's research interests revolve around the technology of CT imaging, and its many clinical applications. Recent work has focused on state of the art multi-slice CT imaging of the heart. As Director of the multi-disciplinary CT Clinical Innovation Center, she is working with numerous co-investogators on projects seeking to detect and /or quantify disease using CT imaging. These projects include perfusion imaging of the heart, brain and abdominal organs, measurement of aortic distensibility or vessel pulsation, isotropic resolution imaging of sub-mm structures in the inner ear, and renal stone composition analysis. Dr. McCollough is active in numerous national and international organizations in the areas of CT imaging and radiation dose assessment and reduction. She is additionally focused on the implementation of automated exposure control systems for CT which appropriately increase or decrease radation dose based on individual body characteristics, thus optimizing image quality and dose on a patient by patient basis. She remains active in the field of CT performance testing and accreditation.

Nicole Harnett is the Director of the Radiation Skills Lab, at Princess Margaret Hospital, the Director of the Medical Radiation Sciences Graduate Program and Lecturer in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto.  She is the Course Director for the Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) and the Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Education Courses and the Project Manager for the Advanced Practice for Radiation Therapy Project for Ontario.

Nicole became a certified Radiation Therapist in 1984 and completed her advanced certification in 1990.  After completing her Bachelor of Science degree in 1994, she went on to complete Master’s degree in Health Professional Education at the University of Toronto in 2003.

Karen Middleton was appointed as Chief Health Professions Officer for England in March 2007 and is the Government’s most senior Allied Health Professions (AHP) advisor, providing advice on all aspects of the 12 professions classified in this group. In this role, she has raised the profile of the contribution AHPs can make to transforming health and social care through the launch of the Competence-based Career Framework for AHPs in July 2008 and the announcement of the Improved AHP Service Offer, by the Secretary of State in October 2008.

Prior to taking up her current post, Karen was Health Professions Advisor at the Department for Health, from 2003, with the specific lead for children and primary care. During this period, Karen completed her Masters in Consultation and the Organisation: A Psychoanalytic approach as well as the European Leadership Programme at INSEAD, France.

Before moving to the Department of Health, Karen worked in the Primary Care Development Team at the London Regional Office, developing primary care across the capital.

Earlier in her career, Karen has held a range of NHS management posts across the allied health professions, nursing and support services. In 1996, she managed a large user consultation project in Tower Hamlets and went on to develop the Disability Options Team, an inter-disciplinary service for people with physical disability, which gained national recognition. From this work, she developed an interest in user consultation, disability equality and inter-disciplinary working. The client stories from this period of Karen’s career still inspire her commitment to transform healthcare through taking a client-centred approach.

Karen began here career when she qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 1985 and went onto specialise in musculoskeletal therapy. She became a Fellow of the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine in 1994, and taught at under-graduate and post-graduate levels in both Orthopaedic Medicine and Hydrotherapy.

Ms Coffey is the Director of Division of Radiation Therapy, Trinity
College, Dublin, and one of the cofounders of the RTT Committee of ESTRO.
Ireland and has gained world wide recognition for her involvement in development of the Radiation Oncology Safety Information System (ROSIS).ROSIS is a web-based safety information database for Radiation Oncology established by Mary Coffey and Ola Holmberg.  Professional front-line staff in de-identified radiotherapy clinics report incidents, near-incidents and corrective actions, which are shared with the RO Community via a web-platform.

ROSIS is designed for safer healthcare delivery by minimising the impact of incidents in radiotherapy.

Normand Laperriere is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto. He received his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1978. He then went on to complete a residency in Family Medicine in Toronto in 1980, prior to completing his training in Radiation Oncology at Princess Margaret Hospital in 1984.

Dr. Laperriere is staff member in the Department of Radiation Oncology and is Head of the clinical programs in Central Nervous System Tumors, Pediatric Oncology, and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Canada.

His research interests have focused on new approaches in the management of patients with primary and secondary central nervous system, eye tumors, and pediatric tumours, as well as being invovled in the development of guidelines for the management of patients with primary brain tumours.

Dr. Laperriere is the Associate Director of the Gerry and Nancy Pencer Brain Tumour Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital, Co-Chair of the Neurologic Disease Site Group for the Cancer Care Ontario Evidence Based Program and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Brain Tumour Consortium.

I trained in oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital and currently am Professor in Clinical Oncology at University college London, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at Mount Vernon cancer Centre, Northwood and Honorary Consultant in Oncology at University College London Hospital.

My main clinical interests are in brachytherapy, urological and gynaecological oncology and lymphoma. Current research is focussing on the use of functional imaging in radiotherapy and the use of treatment schedules combining vascular disrupting agents with radiotherapy. I am also Principle Investigator for a number of national and international clinical trials in bone metastases, prostate brachytherapy and lymphoma radiotherapy.
In addition I am Editor of Clinical Oncology, Section Editor (Gynaecology) for the journal Brachytherapy and chair the FRCR Part 1 Board for the Royal College of Radiologists. I am also active in the ESTRO brachytherapy group, chairing the prostate brachytherapy section (PROBATE)and teaching on the ESTRO courses in brachytherapy.

Kian Ang began his career in the field of radiation oncology at the University of Leuven in 1980.  In 1984, he was recruited to the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center where he progressed to the rank of Professor in 1990 and was awarded the Robert R. Herring Professorship in Clinical Research in 1992 and the Gilbert H. Fletcher Distinguished Chair in 1996.  has served many societies in various capacities, such as President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and a Trustee of the American Board of Radiology.

Professor Ang’s research efforts focus on developing biologically sound therapy for head and neck cancer. He has been the Principal Investigator of a Program Project Grant entitled "Modulation and Prediction of Radiation Response", which fosters interactions between laboratory and clinical scientists in developing novel therapy strategies for selective sensitization of tumors and protection of normal tissue injury. He also chairs the Head and Neck Cancer Committee of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. This group has completed several major randomized trials contributing to changing the standard of care for head and neck carcinomas.  He has published extensively and has received various awards and has given many keynote and named lectures.

Brian O’Sullivan is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto and holds the Bartley-Smith/Wharton Chair in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Princess Margaret Hospital. He received his medical degree from the National University of Ireland at University College in Dublin in 1976, and completed internship and general internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. Additional postgraduate training includes a fellowship in medical oncology, and a residency and clinical fellowship in radiation oncology, all at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. O’Sullivan is the Co-Chair of the Head and Neck Disease Site Group Committee of the NCIC CTG, and Leader of the Head and Neck Program at Princess Margaret Hospital where he is also Head of the Sarcoma Radiation Oncology program. He is the Associate Director of the Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Hospital. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, and research grants and is a frequent invited speaker and visiting professor in many of the world’s best academic centres. He had published more than 200 peer reviewed papers relevant to the field of head and neck cancer and sarcoma, in excess of 50 book chapters, and has written or edited 6 oncology textbooks. His interests includes sarcoma and head and neck cancer, translational research, IMRT delivery and the principles of image guided radiotherapy, chemo-radiotherapy and molecular targeting. He also has international involvement in prognostic factor evaluation and cancer staging issues with the UICC and the AJCC and has long experience in population outcomes research and institutional strategic planning.

Dr. J. Anthony (Tony) Seibert received a Ph.D. in Radiological Sciences from the University of California Irvine in 1982, specialising in quantitative digital fluoroscopic imaging. Dr. Seibert was appointed Assistant Professor of Radiology in 1983 at the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, pursuing digital imaging research, physics education efforts for graduate students and radiology residents, as well as quality control for imaging equipment in Diagnostic Radiology. He now is Professor of Radiology, with continuing academic interests in digital mammography and imaging informatics. In 2003 – 2006 Dr. Seibert was elected Chair of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR, now known as the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine, SIIM), is currently the Chair of the Education Council of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Chair of the Education Exhibits for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), is a member of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Commission on Medical Physics and co-chair for several ACR guideline documents regarding medical physics issues in clinical imaging. Author of over 90 peer-reviewed articles in the literature, co-author of The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging textbook for diagnostic physics education, and international speaker for the AAPM and International Atomic Energy Agency education events, Dr. Seibert continues to follow academic interests in the development of cutting edge technologies such as dedicated breast CT, digital tomosynthesis, imaging informatics, and medical physics education to improve the state of imaging science for the betterment of patient care.

Thomas Rockwell Mackie, Ph.D., Dr. Thomas “Rock” Mackie received his BSc degree in Physics from the University of Saskatchewan in 1980. He has a doctorate in Physics from the University of Alberta in 1984. His expertise is in radiation therapy treatment planning and intensity-modulated radiotherapy. He is an inventor and algorithm designer for the tomotherapy concept. Dr. Mackie is a professor in the departments of Medical Physics, Human Oncology, and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Mackie has around130 peer-reviewed publications, 25 patents, and has been the supervisor for more than 25 Ph.D. students. His research recently has concentrated on proton intensity modulated radiotherapy and the dielectric wall accelerator concept for creating a compact proton source for radiotherapy. Dr. Mackie is a member of the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists and the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine, a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and a member at large of the AAPM Science Council. Dr. Mackie has won the Farrington Daniel’s award (twice) from the AAPM and the Sylvia Fedoruk award from the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists. Dr. Mackie’s group and first spin-off company developed the PinnacleTM treatment planning system marketed by Philips Medical. He is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of TomoTherapy, Inc. that employs about 700 people and is based in Madison. He is also on the Boards of BioIonix, Cellectar, and ESCAPX corporations and on the advisory boards of 5D Research and Pheonix Nuclear. He is a co-manager of the Wisconsin Investment Partners.

Dr. David Jaffray graduated from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with a BSc in Physics in 1988 and completed his PhD in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario in 1994.  The following eight years were spent as a Clinical Physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan.  Dr. Jaffray became a Board Certified Medical Physicist (ABMP-Radiation Oncology) in 1999.  In 2002, Dr. Jaffray joined the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Canada as Head of Radiation Physics and Senior Scientist within the Ontario Cancer Institute.  David holds the Fidani Chair in Radiation Therapy Physics and is a principal in the Image-guided Therapy Group of the University Health Network.  He has an appointment as Vice Chair and Professor in the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto.  Dr. Jaffray holds numerous peer-reviewed and industry sponsored research grants in the field of image-guided radiation therapy.  His current research interests focus on the development of novel approaches to directing and applying radiation therapy and advancing the standard of radiation therapy delivery.