Course Schedule

The 2025 ASTRO Annual Refresher Course will be held Wednesday, April 9, through Friday, April 11, 2025, in a virtual format.

All times listed below are Eastern time.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
 

8:55 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Welcome and Program Introduction
Paul L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, FASTRO, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Head and Neck
Speaker: Lachlan McDowell, MBBS, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Gynecologic: Endometrial and Cervical
Speaker: Joanne W. Jang, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Break
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Physics: Protons and Heavy Ions
Speakers: Jon J. Kruse, PhD, Mayo Clinic Rochester; 
Paige A. Taylor, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center/IROC
2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Gastrointestinal: Upper and Lower
Speaker: Kimberly L. Johung, MD, PhD, Yale University
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.Break
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
eContouring for Upper GI
Speaker: Salma Jabbour, MD, Rutgers Cancer Institute
 

Thursday, April 10, 2025
 

8:55 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Day Two Welcome
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Central Nervous System
Speaker: Daniel M. Trifiletti, MD, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Lung
Speaker: Nitin Ohri, MD, Montefiore Einstein
12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.Break
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Radiobiology of Benign Disease
Speaker: Austin Kirschner, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University
2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Breast
Speaker: Rachel Jimenez, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital 
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.Break
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
eContouring for Breast
Speaker: Christina Chapman, MD, MS, Baylor College of Medicine 
        

Friday, April 11, 2025
 

8:55 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Day Three Welcome
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Genitourinary
Speaker: Nicholas G. Zaorsky, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Oligometastatic Cancers and SBRT
Speaker: 
C. Jillian Tsai, MD, MS, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Break
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Sarcomas
Speaker: B. Ashleigh Guadagnolo, MD, MPH, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
Lymphomas
Speaker: Chelsea C. Pinnix, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.Break
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(includes 15 min Q&A)
eContouring for Lymphomas
Speaker: 
Joanna C. Yang, MD, MPH, Washington University in St. Louis 

onDemand Sessions

Pediatrics: Ralph P. Ermoian, MD, University of Washington
Vulvar and Vaginal: Emi J. Yoshida, MD, University of California, San Francisco


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