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