PRESENTATION TITLE
Overview of Carbon Ion Accelerators And Update On Mayo Clinic Florida Technology

PRESENTER(S)
Chris Beltran, Ph.D.

Director of Particle Therapy Technical Operations

Chair of Division of Medical Physics

Mayo Clinic Professor of Medical Physics

PRESENTER BIO
Professor Chris Beltran is Chair of the Division of Medical Physics; Director: Particle Therapy Technical Operations; Professor of Medical Physics in the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine; and Consultant, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Mayo Clinic Jacksonville FL.  Prof. Beltran received his Ph.D. in Nuclear and Accelerator Physics from Indiana University in 2004.  He completed his Medical Physics Residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN and subsequently accepted a position at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  In 2011 he rejoined Mayo Clinic to lead the proton treatment planning section for their new facility.  In 2020 Prof. Beltran joined the team in Mayo Clinic Florida to help lead the new particle center.       

In the last several years, he has focused on particle therapy, with an emphasis on carbon therapy in the last few years. This includes clinical responsibilities such as commissioning the treatment planning system for our spot scanning proton facility and leading the proton treatment planning group. During that time, he also led the radiation oncology medical physics research group. This group consists of graduate students, medical physics residents, post-doctorate researchers, and faculty medical physicists. Prof. Beltran’s research lab has focused exclusively on particle therapy in the last few years with a focus on computational and translational biology.

VIEWING LOCATIONS
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Describe technological considerations and beam characteristics of carbon ion accelerators. 
• Discuss the physical aspects of clinical carbon ion beams including dosimetry, treatment planning, and treatment delivery.

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TRANSCRIPT
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