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By Cindy Tomlinson, manager of regulatory affairs, cindyt@astro.org NRC requests comments on use of electronic signatures The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requested comments on the use of electronic signatures for NRC documents related to the medical...
By Nicole Napoli, Communications Manager, nicolen@astro.org Thomas Eichler, MD, and the Thomas Johns Cancer Hospital in Richmond, Va., hosted the Radiation Oncology Institute (ROI) April 4, 2011, as it conducted a cancer survivor town hall for Phase 2...
By Daneen Grooms, Health Policy Analyst, daneeng@astro.org, and Sheila Madhani, Assistant Director of Health Policy, sheilam@astro.org Effective October 1, 2013, ICD-10-CM/PCS will replace the ICD-9 code set and must be used by all providers for Medicare...
By Kevin Albuquerque, MD, and Anil Sethi, PhD, IHE-RO Committee members Overview Imagine a scenerio in which you must consider retreatment of a patient with radiation for tumor recurrence or a new tumor adjacent to the previously treated site. This poses...
Compiled by Miriam Calaguas, MD, and Kenneth Hu, MD In an international meeting hosted by the Philippine Radiation Oncology Society (PROS) and organized by its president Miriam Calaguas, MD, representatives from ASTRO were invited to share their expertise...
Choosing quality care over the bottom line By Jennifer Knowles, Manager of Congressional Relations, jenniferk@astro.org, and Nicole Napoli, Communications Manager, nicolen@astro.org Self-referral is defined by Merriam-Webster as the practice of referring...
ASTRO hosted its eighth annual Advocacy Day on March 27-29, 2011, in Washington where over 100 members from all aspects of radiation oncology lobbied ASTRO's legislative initiatives to their senators and representatives. This year attendees focused...
By Beth Erickson-Wittmann, MD, and Paul E. Wallner, DO, FASTRO Shortly after the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) adopted the basic format for MOC programs that all ABMS Member Boards implemented in a similar manner, the concept of recognition...
By Katherine Bennett, Scientific Publications Managing Editor, katherineb@astro.org New publication guidelines have been implemented for submissions to ASTRO's official scientific journal, the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics...
By Nicole Napoli, Communications Manager, nicolen@astro.org In April, ASTRO staff participated in the Society's annual Volunteer Day and for the third year in a row dedicated their time to helping a local cancer support program, Life with Cancer,...
By Adam Garden, MD, Membership Committee Chairman ASTRO's membership consists of a wide array of people. They come from different schools, different occupational backgrounds and different countries. The reason for joining ASTRO is particular to each...
My personal experience in Japan By C. Norman Coleman, MD, FASTRO The magnitude of the Fukushima disaster with the earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear power plant (NPP) system failure was a reminder that incidents considered to be extremely rare...
Ritsuko Komaki, MD, FASTRO Our flight was descending to the Narita Airport in Japan at 3:00 p.m. local time on March 11, 2011. A flight attendant announced that our flight was unable to land because an earthquake had hit Japan and Narita Airport had been...
Anthony L. Zietman, MD, Chairman, Board of Directors When I was a medical student, the British National Health Service was the second largest employer in Europe after the Soviet Army. Celebrated for the universal coverage it provided, it was also much...
by Thomas Eichler, MD On March 27-29, 2011, the eighth annual ASTRO Advocacy Day took place in Washington. Many of the usual suspects were in attendance, in addition to a number of new faces who took time out from their busy practices to lobby their congressional...
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