IGCT Seminars & Workshops

April 30, 2025 (hybrid)            

MathWorks Workshop
Part I: Low Code Data Analysis for Medical Applications
Part II: Machine Learning for Biomedical Signal Classification

Reza Fazel-Rezai, Ph.D., Senior Scientist & Education Application Engineer, MathWorks

A recording of this April 30, 2025 workshop is available to UT MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

December 12, 2024 (hybrid)

"The Importance of Reproducible Research in High-Throughput Biology"

Keith Baggerly, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Retired

A recording of this December 12, 2024, workshop is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

October 22, 2024 (virtual)

"Introduction to Medical Imaging & Radiology - Part III - Breast"

Megan Kalambo, M.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Breast Imaging

A recording of this October 22, 2024, workshop is available on UT MD Anderson Openworks.

September 16, 2024 (virtual)

"Bayesian Clinical Trial Design Workshop"

Session I: Clinical Trial Overview & Bayesian Basics - J. Jack Lee, Ph.D., D.D.S., Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics, UT MD Anderson

Session II: Bayesian Early-Phase Clinical Trial Designs - Ruitao Lin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics, UT MD Anderson

Session III: Analyzing Imaging Data for Implementation of Bayesian Approaches - Suprateek Kundu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics, UT MD Anderson

Session IV: Running Bayesian Clinical Trials - C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this September 16, 2024, workshop is available on UT MD Anderson Openworks.

August 23, 2024 (virtual)

"Introduction to Medical Imaging & Radiology - Part II - Male & Female Pelvis"

Aradhana M. Venkatesan, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Abdominal Imaging, UT MD Anderson
Megan C. Jacobsen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

June 26, 2024 (hybrid)

"MATLAB Medical Image Processing and Machine Learning Workflows"

Reza Fazel-Rezai, Ph.D., Senior Scientist & Education Application Engineer, MathWorks

A recording of this June 26, 2024, workshop is available to UT MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

June 24, 2024 (virtual)

"Introduction to Medical Imaging & Radiology - Part I - Liver"

Sireesha Yedururi, M.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Abdominal Imaging, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this June 24, 2024, workshop is available to UT MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

August 24, 2023 (hybrid)

"Pre-Registration, Pre-Prints, Public Access, and FAIR & Open Science: Transparency and Equity in Data-Driven Science"

Facilitator: C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this August 24, 2023, workshop is available on UT MD Anderson Openworks.

July 22, 2023 (in person)

"Innovations in MR-Linac Treatment — Physics Perspective"

Facilitator and Moderator: Jinzhong Yang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics, UT MD Anderson

Speakers:
Eric Paulson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin
"Strategies for Alternative Online Adaptation Workflows"

Daniel Hyer, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa
"Treatment Planning Insights"

Ergys Subashi, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (formerly of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
"Implementation of Customized Imaging Sequences for MR-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy in High-Field MR-Linac"

Weiguo Lu, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern
"Online Adaptation Workflows QA"

Martin Fast, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht: "MR-Linac Motion Management: Start of a New Dawn"

This workshop was approved for up to 3.5 Medical Physics Continuing Education Credits (MPCEC) by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Program (CAMPEP). Objectives: Attendees will gain knowledge of physics innovations in Unity MR-Linac treatment, including, but not limited to:treatment workflow, MR sequence development, Monaco treatment planning, patient-specific QA, and workflow QA.

This workshop was sponsored by the Image Guided Cancer Therapy Research Program at UT MD Anderson and by Elekta and provided at no cost to attendees.

A recording of this July 22, 2023, workshop is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

April 25, 2023 (hybrid)

"IGCT Workshop on Grant Writing (K-Award Focus)"

Facilitator: C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

MD Anderson Faculty Panelists:

• Amy C. Moreno, M.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology (K01 & K12 Recipient)
• Ajay Sheshadri, M.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine (K23 Recipient)
• Leomar Y. Ballester, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology (K08 Recipient)
• Brian A. Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. Imaging Physics (K23 Recipient)
• Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Head & Neck Surgery (K08 Recipient)

A recording of this April 25, 2023 workshop is available to UT MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

March 6, 2023 (hybrid)

"Human Brain Finite Element Mesh Generation from Patient MRI Data"

Travis Thompson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University

Part I: Motivation and an Introduction to the Software Pipeline (30 min, online and in person)
Part II: Building Your First Finite Element Human Brain Mesh with the SVMTk (90 min, online and in person)
Part III: Hands-On Mesh Generation Open Lab (90 min, in person only)

A recording of this March 6, 2023, workshop is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

January 27, 2023 (virtual)

"GitHub Workshop"

John Wood, M.S., Senior Applications Systems Analyst, Dept. of Enterprise Development and Integration, UT MD Anderson
Austin Castelo, B.S., Associate Applications Systems Analyst, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

Part I: GitHub Basics: for faculty, investigators and future and active GitHub users (15 minutes)
Part II: Using Institutional GitHub: for active and future GitHub users (45 minutes)
Part III: GitHub Demo, Interactive Discussion, and Troubleshooting: for active and future GitHub users (1 hour)

A recording of this January 23, 2023, workshop is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

December 16, 2022 (Hybrid Workshop)

Navigating Commercialization and Intellectual Property in Image Guided Cancer Therapy Workshop

Emily Barnhill, M.H.A., and Andrew Dennis, Ph.D.: "Creating Valuable Industry Partnerships and Intellectual Property"

Cindy Lee, J.D.: "Considerations from a Legal Perspective"

Ryan Ingraham, J.D., LLM: "Conflicts of Interest in Research"

UT MD Anderson Faculty Panelists
David Jaffray, Ph.D., Sr. Vice President, Chief Technology & Digital Officer
Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics and IGCT Director
Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of GI Radiation Oncology
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics and Director of the Surgical Data Science Program
David J. Vining, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Abdominal Imaging and Founder and CEO of VisionSR

A recording of this December 16, 2022, workshop is available to UT MD Anderson trainees and employees upon request.

May 18-19, 2022 (virtual)

Deformable Image Registration Workshop

"Day 1: Fundamentals of Deformable Image Registration"
"Day 2: Successes & Future Work in Deformable Image Registration"

A recording of this May 18-19, 2022, workshop will be available soon on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

March 2, 2022 (virtual)

"Navigating Team Science — Day 2: Resolving Conflict and Working Through Challenging Discussions"

Dustin E. Bennett, B.A., LI Training Specialist, Leadership Institute, UT MD Anderson
"Ideal Team States: What if Reality Isn't Ideal?"

Scott B. Cantor, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of  Health Services Research; Ombudsman, UT MD Anderson
"Conflict Resolution in Team Science"

Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S., Professor, Depts. of Pathology and Translational Molecular Pathology; Scientific Director, Ahmed Pancreatic Cancer Center; Deputy Division Head for Academic Science, UT MD Anderson 
"Challenges in Team Science and Steps to Resolution"

Varsha Gandhi, Ph.D., Professor and Chair ad Interim, Dept. of Experimental Therapeutics, UT MD Anderson 
"Authorship Conflicts"

Panel Discussion: Resolving Conflicts and Working Through Challenging Discussions (Panelists included the speakers above, as well as the following, all from UT MD Anderson)

• Robert C. Bast, Jr., M.D., Vice President for Translational Research
• Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Head & Neck Surgery
• Caroline Chung, M.D., Vice President and Chief Data Officer
• James A. Bankson, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics
• Rebecca M. Howell, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics
• Ann H. Klopp, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Gynecologic Oncology

March 1, 2022 (virtual)

"Navigating Team Science — Day 1: Building the Right Teams"

Opening remarks given by Peter WT Pisters, M.D., President of UT MD Anderson

Darrell Simmons, B.A., J.D., Leadership Practitioner, Leadership Institute, UT MD Anderson
"Building Strong Team Foundations"

Andrew Futreal, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Genomic Medicine; Vice President for Strategic Translational Research Programs, UT MD Anderson
"Building Collaborative Research Teams"

Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of GI Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"Successful Team Science Collaborations: U54 Grants"

C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Research Director, Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"Successful Team Science Collaborations: P01 Grants"

Jennifer K. Litton, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Breast Medical Oncology; Vice President of Clinical Research, UT MD Anderson 
"Successful Team Science Collaborations: Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials"

Juan Fueyo, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Neuro-Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"Successful Team Science Collaborations: SPORE Grants"

November 12, 2021 (virtual)

"Getting Started With AI: Day 2 — Leveraging Resources and Tools for Research in AI"

Bastien Rigaud, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Morfeus Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
Raji Muthusivarajan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Fuentes Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
Jia Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
Callistus Nguyen, Ph.D., Computational Scientist, Court Lab, Dept. of Radiation Physics, UT MD Anderson
Ankit B. Patel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University 
John Wood, M.S., Computational Scientist, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

November 11, 2021 (virtual)

"Getting Started With AI: Day 1 — AI Resources and Tools"

Caroline Chung, M.D., Vice President and Chief Data Officer, UT MD Anderson: "An XNAT Overview"
John Wood, M.S., Computational Scientist, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson: "Using Docker for AI Research"
James Lomax, M.S., Data Scientist, UT MD Anderson: "Enterprise Data Science Environments"
Bradley Broom, Ph.D., Professor of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, UT MD Anderson: "HPC at UT MD Anderson"
William (Joe) Allen, Ph.D., Research Associate, Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin: "Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)"
Brian M. Anderson, Ph.D., Medical Physics Resident, University of California - San Diego: "AI Tools, Tips, and Tricks"

May 28, 2021 (virtual)

"Bridging In Vivo Imaging and Histopathology with the Emit Xerra System: Applications in Biomedical Sciences"

Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics; Executive Director, Image Guided Cancer Therapy Research Program, UT MD Anderson
Mat Brevard, Co-Founder and CEO, Emit Imaging
Charles V. Kingsley, DI Operations Manager, UT MD Anderson
Natalie W. Fowlkes, D.V.M., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, UT MD Anderson
Mark D. Pagel, Ph.D., Professor of Cancer Systems Imaging, UT MD Anderson
Rony Avritscher, M.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson

January 6, 2021 (virtual)

"An Overview and Workshop on Docker"

William (Joe) Allen, Ph.D., Research Associate, Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin
Pingjun Chen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Wu Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

January 29, 2020 (in person)

"How to Get Started in AI"

Carlos Cardenas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics, UT MD Anderson
Brian M. Anderson, B.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Morfeus Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

Monday, April 13, 2026 (virtual)   

"Personalized Precision Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer Using Adaptive MR-Guided Treatment Planning and Delivery"

Ergys D. Subashi, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics, UT MD Anderson

Comron Hassanzadeh, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Dept. of GU Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

Dong Joo Rhee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this April 13, 2026, seminar will be availble soon on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

Friday, March 20, 2026 (virtual)         

"A Paradigm Shift in Intermediate and Locally Advanced Stage Breast Cancer: Pre-Operative Radiation to Improve Outcomes and Translational Science."

Wendy A. Woodward, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Breast Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"Translational Opportunities in Preoperative Radiation for Breast Cancer"

Benjamin D. Smith, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Breast Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"The TOPAZ Trial of Preoperative Radiation - Progress and Endpoints to Change Practice and Improve Outcomes"

Karen E. Hoffman, M.D., MHSc, MPH., Professor, Dept. of Breast Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"Pre-Mastectomy Radiation and Immediate Breast Reconstruction: Rationale for, Safety and Feasibility in a Phase II Pilot"

A recording of this March 20, 2026, seminar will be available soon on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 (virtual)  

"From Clinical Trials to the Black Board and Back - Towards Personalized Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer"

Heiko Enderling, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

R. Warren Floyd, Resident, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this March 4, 2026 seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

February 18, 2026 (virtual)

"Image-Guided Immunotherapy Has Arrived..... What's Next?"

Rahul A. Sheth, M.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this February 18, 2026 seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

January 21, 2026 (virtual)    

"Operationalizing Oncology Ontology: Building O3-Native AI Infrastructure"

Charles S. Mayo, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology - Physics, University of Michigan Medical School

A recording of this January 21, 2026 seminar will be available soon on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

December 11, 2025 (virtual)               

"Image-Guided Mechanistic Modeling of Stereotactic Radiosurgery Used in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Blockade"

Joseph D. Butner., Ph.D.,  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

Caroline Chung, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology and Vice President, Chief Data & Analytics Office, Impact & Governance, UT MD Anderson

Alexander R. Silalahi, Ph.D., Research Investigator, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

Andrew Elliott, Ph.D., Data Scientist, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

Bikash Panthi, Ph.D., Data Scientist, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this December 11, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

November 19, 2025 (hybrid)           

"Learning Generalized Knowledge for AI with Limited Supervision"

Chen Wei, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Rice University

A recording of this November 19, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

October 27, 2025 (virtual)            

"Advancing X-Ray Imaging for Radiotherapy: From Spectral Capabilities to Clinical Integration"

Thomas C. Harris, Ph.D., Instructor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard University; Medical Physicist, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
"Clinical Translation of Multi-Layer MV and kV Imagers"

Dianne Ferguson, Ph.D., Instructor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard University; Medical Physicist, Mass General Brigham
"Spectral Imaging Capabilities with Planar Images Acquired with a Dual-Layer Imager"

Yue-Houng Hu, Ph.D., Instructor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard University; Medical Physicist, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
"In-Treatment X-Ray Imaging on Conventional Linac Platforms"

A recording of this October 27, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

September 25, 2025 (virtual)            

"Image Guided Cancer Therapy T32 Training Program Postdoctoral Fellow Presentations"

Noreen Siddiqi, M.D., IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson 

Ivan Coronado, Ph.D., IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this September 25, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

August 4, 2025 (hybrid)    

"IGCT and III Summer Student Showcase"

2025 Awardees:
Best Overall Presentation Award: Joshua Pan (mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock)
Best Design & Graphics Award: Amanda Nowacki (mentors: Drs. Tess Melancon, Allen Barcena, and. Edward Castillo)
Best Potential for Clinical Impact Award: Tie between Andrew Tan (mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Siewerdsen) and Olivia O'Driscoll (mentor: Drs. Tien Tang and Kristy Brock)

A recording of this August 4, 2025, showcase is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

June 11, 2025 (virtual)            

"Cervical Cancer & Global Oncology: AI-Powered Treatment Planning for Low Resource Clinics"

Lilie Lin, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson 

Tucker Netherton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this June 11, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

June 10, 2025 (hybrid)            

"Radiation Oncology & Data Science: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned"

Brian Anderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medical Physics, Dept. of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California, San Diego

A recording of this June 10, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

June 4, 2025 (hybrid)            

"AI-Enabled Systems in Medical Imaging: Regulatory Pathways and Innovations"

Kyle J. Myers, Ph.D.,  Puente Solutions LLC and Fellow, Hagler Institute of Advanced Studies, Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University 

A recording of this June 4, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson Openworks.

April 21, 2025 (virtual)            

"Computer Vision in Healthcare - From Diagnostics to Intraoperative Applications"

Sharib Ali, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Leeds

A recording of this April 21, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

March 6, 2025 (virtual)

2024 Shark Tank Awardees
"New Data-Driven Gated PET/CT and Its Impact on Cancer Patient Care"

Tinsu Pan, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

Yang Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, UT MD Anderson

Zhongxing Liao, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

Ravi Rajaram, M.D., M.Sc., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this March 6, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

February 27, 2025 (hybrid)          

"Bridging the Gap: Transforming Innovations into Fundable Startups"

Laura Hilty, Principal, HealthX Ventures 

Panel Discussion featuring UT MD Anderson faculty & AVP of Technology Commercialization

A recording of this February 27, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

January 27, 2025 (virtual) 

"Shortcuts Causing Bias in Medical AI"

Judy W. Gichoya, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology & Informatics, Dept. of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Emory University

A recording of this January 27, 2025, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

December 19, 2024 (hybrid)

"Establishing Robust Computational Frameworks to Integrate Biomechanics into the Clinic Setting of Vascular Disease"

Lucas H. Timmins, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University

A recording of this December 19, 2024, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

November 4, 2024 (virtual)

"Image Guided Cancer Therapy T32 Program Postdoctoral Fellow Research Presentations"

Brigid McDonald, Ph.D. - IGCT T32 Alumnus, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"Technical Development Towards Biological Image-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy with Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Head and Neck Cancers”

Kareem Wahid, Ph.D. - IGCT T32 Fellow, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
“Evolving Horizons in Radiotherapy Auto-Contouring: Insights from Hosting an International Data Science Competition”

Noreen Siddiqi, M.D. - IGCT T32 Fellow, Dept. of  Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson
"Practical Application of an Ablation Confirmation Software in the Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastasis”

A recording of this November 4, 2024, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

October 28, 2024 (virtual) 

"Co-Evolving Artificial Intelligence and Pathology"

Yinyin Yuan, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Translational Molecular Pathology; Director, Computational Pathology Research Program; Co-Lead Focus Area 1, Institute of Data Sciences in Oncology, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this October 28, 2024, workshop is available to UT MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

September 24, 2024 (virtual)

"Immunological Effects of Image-Guided Therapies for HCC"

Lynn J. Savic, M.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin

A recording of this September 24, 2024, seminar is available to UT MD Anderson employees and trainees upon request.

August 5, 2024 (hybrid)           

"IGCT and IDBT Summer Student Showcase"

2024 Awardees:
Best Overall Presentation Award: Amogh Gowda (mentors: Dr. Dan Frigo & Dr. Brittany Jewell) & Ali Nilforoush (mentors: Dr. Bilel Daoud & Dr. Kristy Brock)
Best Design & Graphics Award: Aaron Luong (mentors: Dr. Tess Melancon, Dr. Steve Huang, & Dr. Edward Castillo)
Best Potential for Clinical Impact Award: Horacio Hamkins (mentor: Dr. Ergys Subashi)

A recording of this August 5, 2024, workshop is available to UT MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

May 9, 2024 (hybrid)

"Transforming Cancer Care: NCIGT's Trailblazing Journey in Image-Guided Therapy for Prostate Cancer"

Clare M. Tempany, M.D., Center Director, National Center for Image Guided Therapies; Vice-Chair of Radiology Research, Brigham & Women's Hospital; Ferenc Jolesz MD Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

A recording of this May 9, 2024, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

April 29, 2024 (virtual)  

"Analytic Solutions to Common Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) and Why Corresponding Highly Reduced Models Can Work" -  Applications in epidemiology and tumor metabolism

Rebecca Morrison, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado - Boulder

A recording of this April 29, 2024, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

February 12, 2024 (virtual)

"New Developments in MRI Simulation for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning"

Jessica Scholley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Physics Director, MR Simulation Program, University of California San Francisco

A recording of this February 12, 2024, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

January 8, 2024 (virtual)

"3D Modeling and Virtual Cutting Guides for Surgical Planning and Education in Primary Bone Tumors of the Spine"

Justin E. Bird, M.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, UT MD Anderson
"Use of 3D Anatomical Models for Surgical Planning and Education in Primary Bone Tumors of the Spine"

Laurence D. Rhines, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, UT MD Anderson
"Use of Virtual Cutting Guides in Treating Primary Bone Tumors of the Spine"

Karthik K. Tappa, Ph.D., 3D Printing Engineer, Anatomic 3D Printing and Visualization Program, UT MD Anderson
"3D Printing and Segmentation to Aid in the Treatment of Primary Bone Tumors of the Spine"

December 8, 2023 (virtual)

"From Bench to Bedside: Surgical Margin Assessment using Machine Learning and Mass Spectrometry"

Parvin Mousavi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University

A recording of this December 8, 2023, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

December 14, 2023 (hybrid)

"Short Course on Imaging — Part VI: Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)"

Lecturer: Jeff Siewerdsen, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this December 14, 2023, Short Course Lecture is available to UT MD Anderson employees and trainees upon request.

December 13, 2023 (hybrid)

 "Short Course on Imaging — Part V: Positron Emission Tomography (PET)"

Lecturers: Rachel Barbee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of  Imaging Physics, Richard (Bud) Wendt, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, and Tinsu Pan, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this December 13, 2023, Short Course Lecture is available to UT MD Anderson trainees and employees upon request.

December 12, 2023 (hybrid)

"Short Course on Imaging — Part IV: General Nuclear Medicine"

Lecturers: Rachel Barbee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, Richard (Bud) Wendt, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, and Tinsu Pan, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this December 12, 2023, Short Course Lecture is available to UT MD Anderson trainees and employees upon request.

December 11, 2023 (hybrid)

"Short Course on Imaging — Part III: Computed Tomography (CT)"

Lecturer: Moiz Ahmad, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of  Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this December 11, 2023, Short Course Lecture is available to UT MD Anderson trainees and employees upon request.

November 16, 2023 (hybrid)

"Short Course on Imaging — Part II: Ultrasound"

Lecturer: Richard R. Bouchard, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this November 16, 2023, Short Course Lecture is available to UT MD Anderson trainees and employees upon request.

November 17, 2023 (hybrid)

"Short Course on Imaging — Part I: Magnetic Resonance Imaging"

Lecturer: R. Jason Stafford, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this November 17, 2023, Short Course Lecture is available to UT MD Anderson trainees and employees upon request.

November 9, 2023 (virtual)

"Image Guided Cancer Therapy T32 Program Postdoctoral Fellow Research Presentations"

Brigid McDonald, Ph.D., IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson

Kareem Wahid, Ph.D., IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

Alexander Shieh, M.D., IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this November 9, 2023, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

October 5, 2023 (virtual)

"Hybrid Detector Systems for Neuro Interventions"

Ke Li, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Medical Physics & Radiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison

A recording of this October 5, 2023, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

September 7, 2023 (virtual)

"Optical Imaging for Early Detection of Oral Cancer in Medically Under-Served Communities"

Ann M. Gillenwater, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Head & Neck Surgery, UT MD Anderson

Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, Rice University

A recording of this September 7, 2023, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

August 11, 2023 (hybrid)

"IGCT Summer Student Showcase"

2023 Awardees:
Best Overall Presentation Award: Aditya Prasad (Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock)
Best Design & Graphics Award: Riya Patel (Mentor: Dr. Rahul Sheth)
Best Potential for Clinical Impact Award: Shirley Pandya (Mentor: Dr. Tinsu Pan)

A recording of this August 11, 2023, seminar is available to UT MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

June 5, 2023 (virtual)

"From Pathology to Radiology: Bridging the Gap Using Artificial Intelligence"

Mirabela Rusu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiology; Director, Personalized Integrative Medicine Laboratory, Stanford University

A recording of this June 5, 2023, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

May 23, 2023 (virtual)

"Molecular Mechanisms of Mammographic Density and Tamoxifen-Induced Density Change — Results from the KARMA Cohort and KARISMA Randomised Clinical Trial"

Marike Gabrielson, Ph.D., Senior Research Specialist, Dept. of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute

A recording of this May 23, 2023, seminar is available to UT MD Anderson employees and trainees upon request.

May 2, 2023 (hybrid)

"Data-Driven Predictive Modeling for Personalized Oncology"

Heiko Enderling, Ph.D., Senior Member, Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center

This IGCT Seminar is jointly sponsored in collaboration with the Department of Radiation Oncology Faculty Candidate Seminar Series.

A recording of this May 2, 2023, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

April 13, 2023 (hybrid)

"Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems for Oncology Applications: From Basic Science to Clinically Translatable Methods"

Joseph D. Butner, Ph.D., Faculty Fellow, Mathematics in Medicine Program, Research Institute, Houston Methodist

This IGCT Seminar is jointly sponsored in collaboration with the Department of Radiation Oncology Faculty Candidate Seminar Series.

A recording of this April 13, 2023, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

March 2, 2023 (virtual)

"Habitat Imaging Phenotypes Identify Tumor Molecular Programs and Patterns of Clinical and Circulating Disease Recurrence in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"

Jia Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

Tina Cascone, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this March 2, 2023, seminar is available to UT MD Anderson employees and trainees upon request.

February 24, 2023 (virtual)

"Exploring New Treatment Planning Paradigms Using Machine Learning"

Thomas G. Purdie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Depts. of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network

A recording of this February 24, 2023, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

January 25, 2023 (virtual)

"Advances in Image Guided Spine Surgery"

Claudio E. Tatsui, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, UT MD Anderson
"The Use of LITT for Spinal Metastasis"

Amol J. Ghia, M.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Director, Spine Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Division of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"The Evolving Role of Radiation in Treating Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression"

A recording of this January 25, 2023, seminar is available to UT MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

December 7, 2022 (virtual)

"At the Intersection of AI and Ethics: How do we Engage the Public?"

Jodyn E. Platt, M.P.H., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School

A recording of this December 7, 2022, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson Openworks.

November 18, 2022 (virtual)

"Radiation-Therapy Related Cardiac Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors"

Rebecca M. Howell, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics; Director, Medical Physics Graduate Program, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this November 18, 2022, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

October 19, 2022 (virtual)

"Image-Guided, Robot-Assisted Surgery: From High-Precision to High-Reliability"

Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ph.D., Professor, Depts. of Imaging Physics, Neurosurgery, and Radiation Physics; Director of the Surgical Data Science Program, Institute for Data Science (IDSO), UT MD Anderson

A recording of this October 19, 2022, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

September 13, 2022 (virtual)

"Identifying Imaging Features that Predict Radiation Therapy Response in a Preclinical Setting"

Tien T. Tang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

A recording of this September 13, 2022, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

August 9, 2022 (virtual)

"IGCT Summer Undergraduate Student Showcase"

2022 Awardees:
Best Design & Graphics Award: Rachel Ivy (Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung)
Best Overall Presentation: Yining Zha (Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock)
Best Potential for Clinical Impact: Ella Aldridge (Mentor: Dr. Kate Hutcheson)

A recording of this August 9, 2022, seminar is available to UT MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

June 1, 2022 (virtual)

"Anatomical Modeling to Improve the Precision of Image Guided Liver Ablation: A COVER-ALL Clinical Trial Update"

Caleb O'Connor, M.S., Medical Physics Assistant, Dept. of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

Yuan-Mao (Gary) Lin, M.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson

Iwan Paolucci, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson

Bruno C. Odisio, M.D., Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson

A recording of this June 1, 2022, seminar is available on UT MD Anderson OpenWorks.

May 19, 2022 (virtual)

"Quantitative Analysis of Ki67, a Prognostic Biomarker in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors"

Toby C. Cornish, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

April 11, 2022 (virtual)

"Advances in Image Guided Biopsy"

Ignacio I. Wistuba, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Translational Molecular Pathology, UT MD Anderson
"MD Anderson Moon Shot APOLLO Platform"

Alda L. Tam, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson
"Image-Guided Research Biopsies: Best Practices"

March 29, 2022 (virtual)

"Seeing is Believing — But Where's the Evidence"

Søren M. Bentzen, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health; Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Division Director, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Maryland School of Medicine

February 14, 2022 (virtual)

"Artificial Intelligence and Computational Imaging: Opportunities for Precision Medicine"

Pallavi Tiwari, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

January 19, 2022 (virtual)

"Interpretable Neural Networks for Computer Vision: Clinical Decisions that are Computer-Aided, not Automated"

Cynthia Rudin, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Statistical Science; Director, Prediction Analysis Lab, Duke University

December 6, 2021 (virtual)

"Theranostics: Current Status and Emerging Opportunities at MD Anderson"

S. Cheenu Kappadath, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
"Updates on Y90-Radioembolization Dosimetry and Dose-Response"

Gregory C. Ravizzini, M.D., Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine, UT MD Anderson
"Current Status of Prostate Theranostics"

H. Charles Manning, Ph.D., Professor of Cancer Systems Imaging, UT MD Anderson
"Emerging Opportunities in Theranostics Research"

November 4, 2021 (virtual)

"Functional Mapping for Brain Tumor Surgery"

Vinodh A. Kumar, M.D., Associate Professor of Neuroradiology, UT MD Anderson
"Introduction to Pre- and Intra-Operative MRI"

Sujit S. Prabhu, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, UT MD Anderson
"Intra-Operative Direct Cortical Simulation for Functional Mapping"

Kyle R. Knoll, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuro-Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"Assessment of Neurocognitive Function and Outcome"

Ho-Ling Anthony Liu, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
"Technical Challenges in Functional MRI"

October 18, 2021 (virtual)

"Stereotactic Image-Guided Ablation of Malignant Liver Tumors — From Bench to Bedside"

Iwan Paolucci, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson
Part 2 of 2 in this lecture series.

October 4, 2021 (virtual)

"Stereotactic Image-Guided Surgery — An Introduction for Non-Engineers"

Iwan Paolucci, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson
Part 1 of 2 in this lecture series.

September 20, 2021 (virtual)

"Pancreatic Cancer Therapy: Advances & Challenges, Radiomics Prediction in Treatment Response, and Endoscopic Guided Therapies"

Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S., Professor of Pathology; Scientific Director, Ahmed Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, UT MD Anderson
"Pancreatic Cancer — Advances & Challenges"

Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of GI Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
"Radiomics Prediction in Pancreatic Treatment Response"

Manoop S. Bhutani, M.D., Professor of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Director, Endoscopic Research and Development, UT MD Anderson
"EUS in PDAC: The Application of Endoscopic Guided Therapies"

August 5, 2021 (virtual)

"IGCT Summer Undergraduate Student Showcase"

2021 Awardees:
Best Design & Graphics Award: Maggie Lee
Best Scientific Progress Award: Richard Lee
Best Speaking Skills: Brandon Curl
People's Choice Award: Aparajith Kannapiran

June 30, 2021 (virtual)

"Can Focused Ultrasound Change the Pain Game?"

Julie Pilitsis, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Albany Medical College

May 12, 2021 (virtual)

"Advanced 3D Imaging and Correlative Pathology with Xerra CFT"

Amer N. Najjar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UT MD Anderson
Richard R. Bouchard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

April 26, 2021 (virtual)

"First-in-Human Hyperpolarized MRI for Thyroid Cancer"

Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Head & Neck Surgery, UT MD Anderson
James A. Bankson, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

March 24, 2021 (virtual)

"Expanding the Imaging Toolbox with Radiometal PET Imaging Agents"

Suzanne E. Lapi, Ph.D., Professor, Depts. of Radiology and Chemistry; Vice Chair of Translational Research, Dept. of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

March 12, 2021 (virtual)

"Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications in Biomedical Sciences"

Colin McCarthy, M.D., Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson
"Virtual and Augmented Reality for Image-Guided Procedures — Beyond the Hype"

Erez Lieberman Aiden, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
"Human Vision Modification Using Augmented Reality"

February 23, 2021 (virtual)

"Advances in Theranostics — Nanoparticle Applications in Cancer Therapy"

Rachael Siriani, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, UTHealth McGovern School of Medicine
"Nanoparticle Drug Delivery in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology"

Chun Li, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, UT MD Anderson
"Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Photothermotherapy"

February 11, 2021 (virtual)

"The Stereotactic RadPath Trial: Clinical Aspects and Analysis"

Dawid Schellingerhout, M.D., Professor of Neuroradiology, UT MD Anderson
David Fuentes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

December 10, 2020 (virtual)

"Leveraging Our Legendary Clinical Volume: The MD Anderson Diagnostic Medicine Team Science Initiative"

Gregory N. Fuller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Chief of the Neuropathology Section, UT MD Anderson

November 18, 2020 (virtual)

"Optimum Clinical In Vivo Imaging with InVivage by Optiscan"

Darren Lurie, CEO, Optiscan
Lindsay Bussau, Ph.D., Application Specialist, Optiscan
Camile Farah, M.D.Sc., Ph.D., Professor, Australian Centre for Oral Oncology Research and Education

A recording of this seminar is available to MD Anderson trainees & employees upon request.

November 12, 2020 (virtual)

"Integrating Radiotherapy with Targeted Agents — Mechanistic Models to Learn from Patient Data"

Clemens Grassberger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Head, Radiation-Drug Treatment Design Lab Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

October 15, 2020 (virtual)

"Semi-Supervised StyleGan for Disentanglement Learning"

Weili Nie, B.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine; Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rice University

September 30, 2020 (virtual)

"Point of Care Molecular Cancer Imaging"

Konstantin V. Sokolov, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
Richard R. Bouchard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson

August 26, 2020 (virtual)

"Expanding the Role of Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery"

Guillaume Cazoulat, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
Ravi Rajaram, M.D., Assistant Professor of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, UT MD Anderson

July 31, 2020 (virtual)

"Calculation to Clinic: Applications of Deep Learning Within Clinical Oncology"

Sanjay Aneja, M.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine

June 3, 2020 (virtual)

"Optimization of the Treatment Quality in Head and Neck Radiation Oncology"

Nicholas J. Lowther, Ph.D., University of Canterbury; Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre

May 19, 2020 (virtual)

"Advances in Image Guided Liver Cancer"

Eugene Koay, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, UT MD Anderson
Bruno Odisio, M.D., Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson

April 10, 2020 (virtual)

"Advances in Image Guided Cervical Cancer Treatment"

Ann H. Klopp, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
Aradhana M. Ventakesan, M.D., Professor of Abdominal Imaging, UT MD Anderson

March 2, 2020 (in person)

"Imaging Innovation for Head and Neck Cancer Evaluation and Elimination of Toxicity"

C. David Fuller, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson
Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, UT MD Anderson
Kate A. Hutcheson, Ph.D., Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, UT MD Anderson

February 19, 2020 (in person)

"Deep Learning for Segmentation, Registration, and Image Reconstruction"

Jonas Tuewen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Netherlands Cancer Center

February 17, 2020 (in person)

"AI for Breast Imaging: Better, Faster, Less!"

Ioannis Sechopoulos, Ph.D., Professor, Radboud University Medical Center

January 27, 2020 (in person)

"Radiofrequency and Microwave Ablation"

Erik N.K. Cressman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, UT MD Anderson