BALTIMORE, Md., March 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian (NYSE: VAR) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) announced today they have reached their first educational milestone at the Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC): more than 150 medical professionals have now completed training to deliver proton therapy – an advanced form of cancer treatment.
"Since well before we treated our first patients at MPTC, we have worked with Varian to create a diverse range of educational offerings targeted at physicians, physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and administrators from across the country and around the world," said Charles B. Simone, II, MD, medical director of MPTC and an associate professor of radiation oncology at UMSOM.
Over the past two years, MPTC has hosted professionals from the United States and 14 other countries. The center has offered:
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The Maryland Proton Clinical Course, open to physicians and physicists—an intensive one-week training program;
Targeted clinical observation courses tailored to the needs of specific groups, including physicians, medical physicists and radiation therapists;
Various visiting opportunities, including a two-day site program for radiation oncology professionals thinking about opening or preparing to new open centers.
These offerings, as well as informal visits, in addition to adjunct faculty training for nearby medical centers and radiation oncology practices, constitute the largest range of training opportunities and classes currently available for Varian proton therapy worldwide. MPTC is also planning a new dosimetry clinical school for Spring 2018.
What Participants Are Saying
"During our site visit, the team at Maryland Proton Treatment Center shared excellent advice, a wealth of information on all aspects of clinical and administrative operations, and best practices from facility startup to established center," said Mark McDonald, MD, medical director of the Emory Proton Therapy Center and associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. "It was an extremely productive and helpful visit for our whole team."
"It is hard to find any way to improve such a well-constructed program," said Rovel Colaco, MD, consultant in clinical oncology, Christie NHS Foundation Trust. "We felt so welcome and for us it was a fantastic experience. The Maryland center and staff should be proud, and I hope our center can be half as good."
