Excitement is building for the 2nd International Symposium on MR-guided Focused Ultrasound, which
has just announced that its roster of speakers, moderators and discussion leaders will include many internationally-known thought leaders, clinicians and researchers. Please see below for details.
Scheduled for October 17 through 20 in Washington, D.C., the symposium is now accepting abstract submissions and discounted early bird registrations. Complete information about the symposium can be found at www.fusfoundation.org/symposium
Preliminary Program Overview
Session/Topic:
- Welcome, Opening Remarks and Keynote Lectures
- MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Technology
- Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Targeted Drug Delivery
- Brain
- Prostate
- Breast
- Liver
- Uterine Fibroids and Fertility
- Bone Tumors
- Back and Neck Pain, Other Applications
- Late Breaking Research
- Manufacturer Presentations
- Accelerating Development & Adoption
- General Poster Session
- Highlights: Posters and Late-breaking Research
Confirmed Speakers, Session Moderators and Panelists
Linda Bradley, M.D.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
David Brenin, M.D.
Department of Surgery
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Falko Busse, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare, Vantaa
William Bradley, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Radiology
University of California, San Diego
Paul Chipperton, M.B.A.
Profound Medical, Inc., Toronto
Rajiv Chopra, Ph.D.
Imaging Research
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
Lawrence Crum, Ph.D.
Acoustics and Electromagnetics Department
University of Washington, Seattle
Erik Dumont, Ph.D.
Image Guided Therapy, Pessac
Rebecca Emerick, M.B.A.
InSightec, Dallas
Dieter Enzmann, M.D.
Department of Radiology
University of California, Los Angeles
Katherine Ferrara, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Davis
Mathias Fink, Ph.D.
Institut Langevin
French Institute for Health & Medical Research, Paris
Hidemi Furusawa, M.D.
Breast Surgical Oncology
Breastopia Namba Hospital, Tokyo
Wladyslaw Gedroyc, M.D.
Department of Interventional Magnetic
Resonance Imaging
St. Mary’s Hospital, London
Gail ter Haar, Ph.D.
Joint Department of Physics
Institute of Cancer Research, London
Heather Huff Simonin, M.B.A
Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation, Charlottesville
Mark Hurwitz, M.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women’s Cancer
Center
Harvard Medical School, Boston
Kullervo Hynynen, Ph.D.
Sunnybrook Research Institute
University of Toronto, Toronto
Ferenc Jolesz, M.D.
National Center for Image-Guided Therapy
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston
Neal Kassell, M.D.
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Laurence Klotz, M.D.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
Laurent Leksell, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Elekta, AB, Stockholm
King Li, M.D., M.B.A.
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston
Matthias Matzko, M.D.
Amper Kliniken, AG, Dachau
Elliot McVeigh, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
Chrit Moonen, Ph.D.
Imagerie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle: de la
Physiologie à la Thérapie
University Victor Segalen, Bordeaux
Dennis Parker, Ph.D.
Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research
Departments of Bioengineering & Radiology
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Raphael Pfeffer, M.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
Mitchell Schnall, M.D.
Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Daniel Schultz, M.D.
Greenleaf Health, LLC, Washington, D.C.
Jacques Souquet, Ph.D.
Supersonic Imagine, Aix-en-Provence
Mickaël Tanter, Ph.D.
Institut Langevin
French Institute for Health & Medical Research, Paris
Clare Tempany, M.D.
National Center for Image-Guided Therapy
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston
Kobi Vortman, Ph.D.
InSightec, Tirat Carmel
Bradford Wood, M.D.
Center for Interventional Oncology
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
– Written by Ellen C., McKenna