Presentations

Faiz M. Khan, Ph.D.

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS 

Invited Speaker NCAAPM Symposium, University of Wisconsin, Madison: TG-51 Protocol, 1999.

Invited speaker, presented " Contemporary Developments in Treatment Planning", Varian Applications Group Meeting, Mystic, Connecticut, 1999.

Faculty, AAPM/IOMP International Scientific Exchange Course/Workshop in Radiation Therapy Physics, Romania, June 1999.

Invited speaker, ACMP Clinical Physics Refresher Course, Aspen, Colorado, 1999.

Invited speaker, SEAAPM Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 1998

Invited speaker, University of Wisconsin at Madison, March, 1998.

Invited speaker, University of Minnesota Continuing Medical Education: Socioeconomic Aspects of 3-D and IMRT Treatment Planning, May 20-22, 1998

Faculty, AAPM/IOMP International Scientific Exchange Course/Workshop in Radiation Therapy Physics in Egypt, May 10-14, 1998.

Faculty, AAPM/IOMP International Scientific Exchange Course/Workshop in Radiation Therapy Physics in Moscow, June 16-20, 1997.

Faculty, AAPM International Scientific Exchange Course/Workshop held in Morocco, September 30th-October 4th, 1996.

Moderator and Faculty: AAPM Symposium on ABMP certification, Philadelphia, PA. 1996.

12.Invited speaker, University of Minnesota Continuing Medical Education Course: In Going from 2-D to 3-D, Try 2 1/2 D, Minneapolis, MN. 1996.

Faculty, AAPM/IOMP Workshop in Istanbul, Turkey, September, 1995.

Presented paper: Calculation of Depth Dose and Dose per Monitor Unit for Irregularly Shaped Electron Fields at the AAPM Annual Meeting, Boston, MA., 1995.

Invited speaker: Enhancing Physicist's Profile in the Academic Setting, at the AAPM Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 1995.

Invited Speaker, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 1995.

Invited speaker, Categorical Course on "Radiation Treatment Planning Using Electronic Imaging", AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. 1994.

Faculty, AAPM/IOMP Workshop in Tehran, Iran, April, 1994.

Invited speaker and Visiting Professor, presented topics: "Dosimetry of Asymmetric and Irregularly Shaped Fields", "Technical Aspects of Breast Treatment Planning", and "Electron Beam Therapy: Dosimetry and Treatment Planning", Emory Clinic, Atlanta, GA., 1994.

Faculty, Presented "Tissue Heterogeneity Corrections" and "Dosimetry Of Asymmetric Collimators" at the AAMD Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah (1994).

Invited speaker, presented "Essentials of Radiotherapy Facility", Varian Applications Group Meeting, Chicago, IL. (1994).

Paper Exhibit "Analysis of Collimator Scatter in Linac Generated Photon Beams" American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1993.

Presented "Collimator Scatter In Linac Generated Photon Beams" Varian Users' meeting at the International Congress of Radiation Oncology (ICRO), Kyoto, Japan, June 1993.

Invited speaker, Current Concepts in Radiation Therapy, "Technical and Economic Aspects of 3-D Treatment Planning, Minneapolis, MN. May 1993.

Invited speaker and Visiting Professor, presented "Electron Beams: Dosimetry and Treatment Planning", University of Manitoba, Edmonton, Canada, (1993).

Faculty, AAPM/IOMP Workshop for Medical Physicists, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy (NORI), Islamabad, Pakistan, April 18-23, 1992.

Presented "Dosimetry of Wedged Fields with Asymmetric Collimation or Blocking, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1992.

Faculty, Physics Review Course, presented "Treatment Planning: Clinical Electron Beams" at the AAPM Annual Meeting, Calgary, Canada, 1992.

Invited speaker, mini-symposium, Medical Physics Residency Programs, AAPM Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1991.

Invited speaker at the Association of Community Radiation Therapy Centers (ACRTC) meeting in Erie, Pennsylvania, 1991.

Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Radiation Oncology Administrators (SROA), Washington, D.C., (1991).

Invited faculty at the AAPM Summer School, Radiation Oncology Physics-1990.

Invited speaker at the 25th Annual San Francisco Cancer Symposium "Basic Physics of Electron Beam Therapy", San Francisco, CA. 1990.

Co-moderated a scientific session, ASTRO Annual Meeting, 1990.

Moderated a scientific session, RSNA Annual Meeting, 1990.

Invited speaker, Current Concepts in Radiation Therapy, 1990.

Invited speaker, Varian Users' Meeting, 1990.

Co-Moderated a session on "Electrons" at ASTRO Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. 1989.

Visiting Professor, Seoul National University, October, l989, Seoul, Korea.

Attended American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting as President of the AAPM, Memphis, Tennessee, l989.

Invited speaker at the Philips Users' Meeting "Clinical Electron Beam Dosimetry", Fort Meyers, Florida, 1989.

Invited speaker at the Southeast Chapter of the AAPM "Current Status and Future Plans for the AAPM", 1989.

Invited speaker at the Florida Medical Physics Meeting "Physics of Clinical Electron Beam-A Practical Approach; What can a Physicist at a Community Cancer Center Do?", l989

Visiting Professor, University of Puerto Rico, 1989.

Invited speaker in Chicago Radiological Society meeting, "Physical Aspects of Electron Beam Therapy", Chicago, Illinois, 1988.

Invited speaker at University of Wisconsin, "Clinical Electron Beam Therapy", Madison, Wisconsin, 1988.

Invited speaker in the AAPM RAMPS Chapter meeting, "New Directions for AAPM, New York, N.Y. 1988.

Invited speaker at the University of Minnesota Refresher Course in Therapeutic Radiology, "Physics Overview of Brachytherapy", Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1988.

Invited speaker at the Varian Users meeting, "Linear Accelerator Quality Assurance", Pebble Beach, California, 1988.

Invited speaker at the Philips Users meeting, "Dosimetry of Irregularly Shaped Electron Fields", Phoenix, Arizona, 1988.

Invited speaker at Philips User's meeting, 1987.

Invited speaker in the AAPM RAMPS Chapter meeting, "Treatment Planning for Asymmetric Collimators", New York, N.Y. l987.

Invited speaker at the University New Mexico "Treatment Planning with Asymmetric Collimators", 1987.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 618) "Total Body Irradiation-Photon", Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, 1986.

Invited speaker at the EPSM '86 Conference in Sydney, Australia, presented "Impact of High Technology on Planning and Administration of Radiotherapy", "What is the Impact of New Technology on Planning and Administration of Radiotherapy", "Electron Dosimetry", and "The Dosimetry of Asymmetric Collimators", 1986.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 408): "Physics of Accelerators for Radiation Therapy", the Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Los Angeles, California 1986.

Invited Speaker at the Radiation Oncology Update held in Lexington, Kentucky, (CE program for RTT's) presented "Physics of Electron Beam Therapy", 1986.

Invited speaker, Varian User's Meeting, 1986

Faculty: AAPM Summer School, 1986.

Invited speaker at the Philips User's Meeting, 1986.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 719): "Precision in Patient Positioning in Radiation Therapy", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.

Panel speaker: "Electron Beam Therapy", Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiologists, Miami, Florida, 1985.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 203): "Physics of Accelerators for Radiation Therapy", Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiologists, Miami, Florida, 1985.

Presented Paper: A System of Dose Calculation and Treatment Planning Using Independent Jaw, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Seattle, Washington 1985.

Participated in Refresher Course (RC-5) Panel: Implementation of TG-21, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Seattle, Washington 1985.

Presentation: "Precision in Patient Positioning in Radiotherapy", Philips Medical Systems Users Meeting, Sarasota, Florida, 1985.

Presented Paper: "Corrections for Air Gaps and Beam Obliquity for Electron Beams", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Washington, D.C., 1984.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 119): "Precision in Patient Positioning in Radiation Therapy", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Washington, D.C., 1984.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 203): "Physics of Accelerators for Radiation Therapy", Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiologists, Washington, D.C., 1984.

Presented Refresher Course (No. RC3): "Precision in Patient Positioning in Radiation Therapy", Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 1984.

Presented Refresher Course: "Treatment Planning Using CT Scans" Current Concepts in Radiation Therapy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1984.

Presented Refresher Course: "Review of Characteristics of High Energy Photon and Electron Beams of Various High Energy Machines:, Current Concepts in Radiation Therapy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, l984.

Presented Paper: "Recent Developments in Medical Radiation Physics", Science and Technology Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1983.

Visiting Professor and Consultant, Atomic Energy Medical Center, Liaquat Medical College and Hospital, Jamshoro, Pakistan, Nov. 29-Dec. 7, 1983 and Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, University Campus, Peshawar, Pakistan, Dec. 15-23, 1983, United National Development Programme, TOKTEN Project.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 119): "Precision in Patient Positioning in Radiation Therapy", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 1983.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 205): "Physics of Accelerators for Radiation Therapy", Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiologists, Los Angeles, California 1983.

Presented paper: "Dose to the Untreated Contralateral Breast During Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois 1982.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 119): "Physical Aspects of Electron Beam Therapy", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois 1982.

Presented paper: "Improving the Reproducibility of Tangential Fields for Breast Treatment", Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiologists, Orlando, Florida 1982.

Presented paper: "A Review of the Effects of Heterogeneities on Electron Dose Distribution", Workshop on Practical Aspects of Electron Beam Dosimetry: New York, N.Y. 1982.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 119): "Physical Aspects of Electron Beam Therapy", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois 1981.

Presented paper: "Calibration and Treatment Planning of Electron Beam Arc Therapy", Electron Dosimetry and Arc Therapy Symposium, Madison, Wisconsin 1981.

Presented paper: "Lead Shielding for Electrons", Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 1981.

Presented paper: Calibration and Quality Control of Clinical Electron Beams", Cancer and Leukemia Group B Workshop on Electron Beam Therapy, New York, N.Y. 1981.

Presented paper: "Choice of Beam Energy for the Mantle Field Radiotherapy of Malignant Lymphomas", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Dallas, Texas 1980.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 814): "Physical Aspects of Electron Beam Therapy:, Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Dallas, Texas 1980.

Presented paper: "Characterization of Electron Beams in Various Media by Use of Strip Beam Technique", Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1980.

Lecture on "Physical Aspects of Hodgkin's Disease Treatment", Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, September 12, l979.

Visiting Professor in Korea, Seoul National University, April 7-14, l979.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 516): "Physics of Electron Beam Treatment Planning", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois 1978.

Lecture on: "Physical Aspects of Electron Beam Therapy", Stanford University, Stanford, California 1978.

Presented paper on: "Electron Beam Treatment Planning", North Central Chapter Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Marshfield, Wisconsin, 1978.

Presented paper on: "Individualized Tissue Compensation for Whole Body Photon Irradiation", Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Francisco, California 1978.

Plenary Session Paper: "Status of Megavoltage Beams: Dosimetric Quantities and Interrelationships", Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Francisco, California 1978.

Presented paper: "Total Body Irradiation" Basic Data and Compensation", Children's Cancer Study Group Workshop, Montreal, Canada, 1978.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 114): "Physics of Electron Beam Treatment Planning", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, Illinois 1977.

Presented paper: "Computer Algorithms for Electron Beam Treatment Planning", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois 1977.

Presented paper: "Revision of Tissue-Maximum Ratio Concept for Cobalt 60 and Higher Energy X-ray Beams", Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 1977.

Presented Refresher Course (No. 311): "Physics of Electron Beam Therapy", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois 1976.

100. Presented paper: "Physical Aspects of Electron Beam Arc Rotation", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois 1976.

Refresher Course: "Head and Neck Dosimetry Workshop", Midwest Center for Radiological Physics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1976.

Presented paper, "Effect of Air Space on Depth Dose in Electron Beam Therapy", International Conference on Medical Physics, Ottawa, Canada, 1976.

Refresher Course: "Current Concepts in Radiation Therapy", University of Minnesota, May, 1975 (two papers).

Presented Refresher Course (No. 311) at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North American, Chicago, Illinois, "Physics of Electron Beam Therapy", December, 1975.

Seminar at the Biophysical Group Seminar, University of Minnesota, "Radiotherapy with High Energy Electrons", November, 1975.

Presented paper at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, "Field Shaping in Electron Beam Therapy", December, 1974.

.Refresher Course: "Current Concepts in Radiation Therapy", University of Minnesota, May 28-31, 1974.

Presented paper at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, "Dose Distribution Analysis of Moving-Strip Technique of Abdominal Irradiation Using 10 MV X-rays", December 1973.

Refresher Course: "Current Technique in Radiation Therapy. External Beam: Part II", University of Minnesota May 16-17, 1973.

Presented paper at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, "Effect of Various Atomic Number Absorbers on Skin Dose for 10 MV X-rays", December, 1972.

.Presented paper at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, "Computer and Approximation Methods of Calculating Depth Dose in Irregularly Shaped Fields", December 1971.

Presented paper at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Houston, Texas, "Depth Dose and Scatter Analysis of 10 MV X-rays", July, 1971.

Seminar at the Biophysical Group Meeting, University of Minnesota, "Dose Distribution Problems in Cobalt Teletherapy", August 1969.

Refresher Course in Epidemiology, Extension Education Division, University of Minnesota, "Radiation Biology", July 1969.