IGCT Seminars & Workshops
The Image Guided Cancer Therapy Research Program has several types of events:
Workshop: Interactive sessions targeted to engage attendees in discussions and activities designed to advance the program's goals
Seminar: Sessions designed to discuss scientific advancements in image guided cancer therapy
2025 Seminars and Workshops
April 30, 2025 12–2 p.m. CT (hybrid: 4SCR1.1125 and Zoom)
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
*This workshop will not be eligible for CME credits; Advanced registration is requested, please see the MD Anderson institutional calendar for details & a registration link, or email us at igctr@mdanderson.org.
April 21, 2025 9–10 a.m. CT (Zoom Seminar)
"Computer Vision in Healthcare - From Diagnostics to Intraoperative Applications"
Sharib Ali, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Leeds
March 6, 2025 9–10 a.m. CT (Zoom Seminar)
2024 Shark Tank Awardees
"New Data-Driven Gated PET/CT and Its Impact on Cancer Patient Care"
Tinsu Pan, Ph.D., Professor, Department Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Yang Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department Nuclear Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Zhongxing Liao, M.D., Professor, Department Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ravi Rajaram, M.D., M.Sc., Assistant Professor, Department Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center
February 27, 2025 10–11 a.m. CT (FCT3.4165, Hybrid)
"Bridging the Gap: Transforming Innovations into Fundable Startups"
Laura Hilty, Principal, HealthX Ventures
Panel Discussion featuring MD Anderson faculty & AVP of Technology Commercialization
January 27, 2025 11 a.m.–12 p.m. CT (Zoom Seminar)
"Shortcuts Causing Bias in Medical AI"
Judy W. Gichoya, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology & Informatics, Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Emory University
Past IGCT Workshops
December 12, 2024 (hybrid)
"The Importance of Reproducible Research in High-Throughput Biology"
Keith Baggerly, Ph.D., Professor of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Retired
October 22, 2024 (virtual)
"Introduction to Medical Imaging & Radiology - Part III - Breast"
Megan Kalambo, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Breast Imaging
A recording of this workshop is available on 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, Department of Biostatistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Session II: Bayesian Early-Phase Clinical Trial Designs - Ruitao Lin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Session III: Analyzing Imaging Data for Implementation of Bayesian Approaches - Suprateek Kundu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Session IV: Running Bayesian Clinical Trials - C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
A recording of this workshop is available on MD Anderson Openworks.
August 23, 2024 Zoom Workshop
"Introduction to Medical Imaging & Radiology - Part II - Male & Female Pelvis"
Aradhana M. Venkatesan, M.D., Professor, Department of Abdominal Imaging, and Megan C. Jacobsen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center
June 26, 2024 (hybrid)
"MATLAB Medical Image Processing and Machine Learning Workflows"
Reza Fazel-Rezai, Ph.D., Senior Scientist & Education Application Engineer, MathWorks
June 24, 2024 (virtual)
"Introduction to Medical Imaging & Radiology - Part I - Liver"
Sireesha Yedururi, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Abdominal Imaging, MD Anderson Cancer Center
A recording of this workshop is available to 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 of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
A recording of this workshop is available on MD Anderson Openworks.
July 22, 2023 (in person)
"Innovations in MR-Linac Treatment — Physics Perspective"
Facilitator and Moderator: Jinzhong Yang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Physics, MD Anderson
Speakers:
Eric Paulson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin: "Strategies for Alternative Online Adaptation Workflows"
A recording of the welcome & this workshop session is available.
Daniel Hyer, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa: "Treatment Planning Insights"
A recording of this workshop session is available.
Ergys Subashi, Ph.D., 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"
A recording of this workshop session is available.
Weiguo Lu, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern: "Online Adaptation Workflows QA"
A recording of this workshop session is available.
Martin Fast, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht: "MR-Linac Motion Management: Start of a New Dawn"
A recording of this workshop session is available.
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 MD Anderson and by Elekta and provided at no cost to attendees.
April 25, 2023 (hybrid)
"IGCT Workshop on Grant Writing (K-Award Focus)"
Facilitator: C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
MD Anderson Faculty Panelists:
- Amy C. Moreno, M.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (K01 & K12 Recipient)
- Ajay Sheshadri, M.D., Associate Professor of Pulmonary Medicine (K23 Recipient)
- Leomar Y. Ballester, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology (K08 Recipient)
- Brian A. Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics (K23 Recipient)
- Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Head & Neck Surgery (K08 Recipient)
A recording of this workshop is available.
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 workshop will be available soon.
January 27, 2023 (virtual)
"GitHub Workshop"
John Wood, M.S., Senior Applications Systems Analyst, Dept. of Enterprise Development and Integration, MD Anderson
Austin Castelo, B.S., Associate Applications Systems Analyst, Dept. of Imaging Physics, 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 workshop is available.
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"
MD Anderson Faculty Panelists
David Jaffray, Ph.D., Sr. Vice President, Chief Technology & Digital Officer
Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics and IGCT Director
Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of GI Radiation Oncology
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics and Director of the Surgical Data Science Program
David J. Vining, M.D., Professor of Abdominal Imaging and Founder and CEO of VisionSR
A recording of this workshop is available to 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 workshop will be available soon.
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, MD Anderson: "Ideal Team States: What if Reality Isn't Ideal?"
Scott B. Cantor, Ph.D., Professor of Health Services Research; Ombudsman, MD Anderson: "Conflict Resolution in Team Science"
Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S., Professor of Pathology and of Translational Molecular Pathology; Scientific Director, Ahmed Pancreatic Cancer Center; Deputy Division Head for Academic Science, MD Anderson: "Challenges in Team Science and Steps to Resolution"
Varsha Gandhi, Ph.D., Professor and Chair ad Interim of Experimental Therapeutics, 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 MD Anderson)
- Robert C. Bast, Jr., M.D., Vice President for Translational Research
- Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Head & Neck Surgery
- Caroline Chung, M.D., Vice President and Chief Data Officer
- James A. Bankson, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics
- Rebecca M. Howell, Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Physics
- Ann H. Klopp, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Gynecologic Oncology
A recording of this workshop will be available soon.
March 1, 2022 (virtual)
"Navigating Team Science — Day 1: Building the Right Teams"
Opening remarks given by Peter WT Pisters, M.D., President of MD Anderson
Darrell Simmons, B.A., J.D., Leadership Practitioner, Leadership Institute, MD Anderson: "Building Strong Team Foundations"
Andrew Futreal, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Genomic Medicine; Vice President for Strategic Translational Research Programs, MD Anderson: "Building Collaborative Research Teams"
Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of GI Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson: "Successful Team Science Collaborations: U54 Grants"
C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology; Research Director, Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson: "Successful Team Science Collaborations: P01 Grants"
Jennifer K. Litton, M.D., Professor of Breast Medical Oncology; Vice President of Clinical Research, MD Anderson: "Successful Team Science Collaborations: Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials"
Juan Fueyo, M.D., Professor of Neuro-Oncology, MD Anderson: "Successful Team Science Collaborations: SPORE Grants"
A recording of this workshop will be available soon.
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, MD Anderson
Raji Muthusivarajan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Fuentes Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Jia Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Callistus Nguyen, Ph.D., Computational Scientist, Court Lab, Dept. of Radiation Physics, 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, MD Anderson
A recording of this workshop will be available soon.
November 11, 2021 (virtual)
"Getting Started With AI: Day 1 — AI Resources and Tools"
Caroline Chung, M.D., Vice President and Chief Data Officer, MD Anderson: "An XNAT Overview"
John Wood, M.S., Computational Scientist, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson: "Using Docker for AI Research"
James Lomax, M.S., Data Scientist, MD Anderson: "Enterprise Data Science Environments"
Bradley Broom, Ph.D., Professor of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson: "HPC at 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"
A recording of this workshop will be available soon.
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 of Imaging Physics; Executive Director, Image Guided Cancer Therapy Research Program, MD Anderson
Mat Brevard, Co-Founder and CEO, Emit Imaging
Charles V. Kingsley, DI Operations Manager, MD Anderson
Natalie W. Fowlkes, D.V.M., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, MD Anderson
Mark D. Pagel, Ph.D., Professor of Cancer Systems Imaging, MD Anderson
Rony Avritscher, M.D., Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, 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, MD Anderson
January 29, 2020 (in person)
"How to Get Started in AI"
Carlos Cardenas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Physics, MD Anderson
Brian M. Anderson, B.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Morfeus Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
2024 Seminars
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 of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University
November 4, 2024 (virtual)
"Image Guided Cancer Therapy T32 Program Postdoctoral Fellow Research Presentations"
Brigid McDonald, Ph.D. - IGCT T32 Alumnus, Department of Radiation Oncology, 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, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
“Evolving Horizons in Radiotherapy Auto-Contouring: Insights from Hosting an International Data Science Competition”
Noreen Siddiqi, M.D. - IGCT T32 Fellow, Department of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
"Practical Application of an Ablation Confirmation Software in the Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastasis”
October 28, 2024 (virtual)
"Co-Evolving Artificial Intelligence and Pathology"
Yinyin Yuan, Ph.D., Professor of Translational Molecular Pathology; Director, Computational Pathology Research Program; Co-Lead Focus Area 1, Institute of Data Sciences in Oncology, MD Anderson
A recording of this workshop is available to 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 seminar is available to 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 workshop is available to 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 seminar is available on 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 seminar is available on MD Anderson Openworks.
February 12, 2024 (virtual)
"New Developments in MRI Simulation for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning"
Jessica Scholley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; Physics Director, MR Simulation Program, University of California San Francisco
A recording of this seminar is available on 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 of Orthopaedic Surgery, 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 of Neurosurgery, 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, MD Anderson: "3D Printing and Segmentation to Aid in the Treatment of Primary Bone Tumors of the Spine"
2023 Seminars
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 seminar is available on MD Anderson Openworks.
December 14, 2023 (hybrid)
"Short Course on Imaging — Part VI: Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)"
Lecturer: Jeff Siewerdsen, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
A recording of this Short Course Lecture is available to 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 of Imaging Physics, Richard (Bud) Wendt, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, and Tinsu Pan, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
A recording of this Short Course Lecture is available upon request.
December 12, 2023 (hybrid)
"Short Course on Imaging — Part IV: General Nuclear Medicine"
Lecturers: Rachel Barbee, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, Richard (Bud) Wendt, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, and Tinsu Pan, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
A recording of this Short Course Lecture is available upon request.
December 11, 2023 (hybrid)
"Short Course on Imaging — Part III: Computed Tomography (CT)"
Lecturer: Moiz Ahmad, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
A recording of this Short Course Lecture is available upon request.
November 16, 2023 (hybrid)
"Short Course on Imaging — Part II: Ultrasound"
Lecturer: Richard R. Bouchard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
A recording of this Short Course Lecture is available.
November 17, 2023 (hybrid)
"Short Course on Imaging — Part I: Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
Lecturer: R. Jason Stafford, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
A recording of this Short Course Lecture is available.
November 9, 2023 (virtual)
"Image Guided Cancer Therapy T32 Program Postdoctoral Fellow Research Presentations"
Brigid McDonald, Ph.D., IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
Kareem Wahid, Ph.D., IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Alexander Shieh, M.D., IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
A recording of this seminar is available on MD Anderson Openworks.
October 5, 2023 (virtual)
"Hybrid Detector Systems for Neuro Interventions"
Ke Li, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical Physics & Radiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison
A recording of this seminar is available on 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 of Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson
Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
A recording of this seminar is available on 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 seminar is available.
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 seminar is available on 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 seminar is available to 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
A recording of this seminar is available on 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 seminar is available on 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 of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Tina Cascone, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson
A recording of this seminar is available to 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 seminar will be available soon.
January 25, 2023 (virtual)
"Advances in Image Guided Spine Surgery"
Claudio E. Tatsui, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson: "The Use of LITT for Spinal Metastasis"
Amol J. Ghia, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology; Director, Spine Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Division of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson: "The Evolving Role of Radiation in Treating Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression"
A recording of this seminar is available.
2022 Seminars
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
November 18, 2022 (virtual)
"Radiation-Therapy Related Cardiac Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors"
Rebecca M. Howell, Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Physics; Director, Medical Physics Graduate Program, MD Anderson
A recording of this seminar is available.
October 19, 2022 (virtual)
"Image-Guided, Robot-Assisted Surgery: From High-Precision to High-Reliability"
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, Neurosurgery, and Radiation Physics; Director of the Surgical Data Science Program, Institute for Data Science (IDSO), MD Anderson
A recording of this seminar is available on 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 seminar is available on 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 seminar is available.
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, MD Anderson
Yuan-Mao (Gary) Lin, M.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
Iwan Paolucci, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
Bruno C. Odisio, M.D., Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
A recording of this seminar is available.
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
A recording of this seminar will be available soon.
April 11, 2022 (virtual)
"Advances in Image Guided Biopsy"
Ignacio I. Wistuba, M.D., Professor of Translational Molecular Pathology, MD Anderson: "MD Anderson Moon Shot APOLLO Platform"
Alda L. Tam, M.D., Professor of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson: "Image-Guided Research Biopsies: Best Practices"
A recording of this seminar will be available soon.
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
A recording of this seminar will be available soon.
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
A recording of this seminar will be available soon.
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
A recording of this seminar will be available soon.
2021 Seminars
December 6, 2021 (virtual)
"Theranostics: Current Status and Emerging Opportunities at MD Anderson"
S. Cheenu Kappadath, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson: "Updates on Y90-Radioembolization Dosimetry and Dose-Response"
Gregory C. Ravizzini, M.D., Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine, MD Anderson: "Current Status of Prostate Theranostics"
H. Charles Manning, Ph.D., Professor of Cancer Systems Imaging, 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, MD Anderson: "Introduction to Pre- and Intra-Operative MRI"
Sujit S. Prabhu, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson: "Intra-Operative Direct Cortical Simulation for Functional Mapping"
Kyle R. Knoll, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuro-Oncology, MD Anderson
"Assessment of Neurocognitive Function and Outcome"
Ho-Ling Anthony Liu, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, 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, MD Anderson
Part 2 of 2 in this lecture series.
A recording of this lecture will be available.
October 4, 2021 (virtual)
"Stereotactic Image-Guided Surgery — An Introduction for Non-Engineers"
Iwan Paolucci, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
Part 1 of 2 in this lecture series.
A recording of this lecture is available.
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, MD Anderson: "Pancreatic Cancer — Advances & Challenges"
Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of GI Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson: "Radiomics Prediction in Pancreatic Treatment Response"
Manoop S. Bhutani, M.D., Professor of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Director, Endoscopic Research and Development, 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, MD Anderson
Richard R. Bouchard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, 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, MD Anderson
James A. Bankson, Ph.D., Professor of Imaging Physics, 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, 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, of Cancer Systems Imaging, 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, MD Anderson
David Fuentes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
2020 Seminars
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, 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
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, MD Anderson
Richard R. Bouchard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
August 26, 2020 (virtual)
"Expanding the Role of Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery"
Guillaume Cazoulat, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Ravi Rajaram, M.D., Assistant Professor of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, 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, MD Anderson
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Bruno Odisio, M.D., Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, 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, MD Anderson
Aradhana M. Ventakesan, M.D., Professor of Abdominal Imaging, 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, MD Anderson
Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, MD Anderson
Kate A. Hutcheson, Ph.D., Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, 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, MD Anderson
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