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Brachytherapy Subcommittee (BTSC)

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Activities
  1. Identify and address the medical physics needs of the brachytherapy community
  2. Educate and provide guidance to the AAPM membership and brachytherapy community in matters of brachytherapy physics
By-Laws:Not Referenced.Rules: Not Referenced.
Standing?This is not a standing committee.
Approved Date(s):n/a
Committee Keywords: BTSC
Chair

Susan Richardson
Subcommittee Chair

2026 Roster

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VOTING AppointmentsThere are 17 voting members.

up-to-dateManik Aima, PhD, MS

1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027 Member
up-to-dateGil'ad N. Cohen, MS

8/3/2023 - 12/31/2026 Chair,  Working Group on Interstitial Brachytherapy with Recoil Short-lived Alpha Emitti (ex officio)

up-to-dateJ. Adam M. Cunha, PhD

12/1/2022 - 12/31/2028 Member
up-to-dateChristopher L. Deufel, PhD

1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 Chair,  Working Group on Brachytherapy Clinical Applications (ex officio)

up-to-dateGabriel P. Fonseca

1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 Chair,  Working Group on Model-Based Dose Calculation Algorithms in Brachytherapy (ex officio)
up-to-dateIleana Iftimia, PhD

1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028 Member

up-to-dateErnesto Mainegra-Hing, PhD

1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 Member
up-to-dateMahta M. McKee, MS

3/14/2024 - 12/31/2026 Subcommittee Vice Chair

up-to-dateChristopher S. Melhus, PhD

1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 Member
up-to-dateTarun K. Podder, PhD

1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028 Member

up-to-dateJoel Poder, PhD, MS

6/16/2023 - 12/31/2026 Chair,  Task Group No. 56.B - Report 59.B: Code of practice for brachytherapy p (TG56.B) (ex officio)
6/16/2023 - 12/31/2028 Chair,  Task Group No. 56.B - Report 59.B: Code of practice for brachytherapy p (TG56.B) (ex officio)
up-to-dateSusan L. Richardson, PhD

1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 Subcommittee Chair

up-to-dateAlexandra Rink, PhD

3/4/2025 - 12/31/2027 Member
up-to-dateSamantha J. Simiele, PhD

4/1/2021 - 12/31/2026 Member

up-to-dateChristopher J. Tien, PhD

9/15/2023 - 12/31/2026 Chair,  Task Group No. 59.B/Report 61.B: High dose-rate brachytherapy treatment delivery (ex officio)
9/15/2023 - 12/31/2028 Chair,  Task Group No. 59.B/Report 61.B: High dose-rate brachytherapy treatment delivery (ex officio)
up-to-dateJavier Vijande, PhD

1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 Chair,  Working Group on Brachytherapy Dosimetry (ex officio)

up-to-dateShima Y. Tari, PhD

3/4/2025 - 12/31/2027 Member
NON-VOTING AppointmentsThere are 7 non-voting members and guests.

up-to-dateHossein Afsharpour, PhD

8/5/2025 - 12/31/2026 Guest (nonvoting)
up-to-dateShadi Chitsazzadeh, PhD

7/30/2024 - 12/31/2026 Guest (nonvoting)

up-to-dateSorour Hosseini, PhD

12/17/2025 - 12/31/2027 Guest (nonvoting)
up-to-dateJessica R. Lowenstein, MS

1/1/2025 - 12/31/2026 Liaison - IROC (ex officio, nonvoting)

up-to-dateMalcolm R. McEwen, PhD

1/1/2026 - 12/31/2026 Guest (nonvoting)
up-to-dateDaniel J. Scanderbeg, PhD

1/1/2026 - 12/31/2026 Guest (nonvoting)

up-to-dateRyan Turner, MS

12/11/2024 - 12/31/2026 Guest (nonvoting)
HQ Team Appointed to CommitteeThere are 0 staff.



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