meetings

2025 Schedule

 

Saturday, September 27th

Time Event Speaker(s) Location
12:00pm - 5:00pm Registration Open   Grand Foyer
1:00pm - 5:00pm New Administrators Pre-Conference Workshop Tina Berry, MBA, R.T. (R)(T)(ARRT), CLSSBB - UC Health
Liz Hyde, MBA, RTT, ODS - OCSRI
Catherine Wallace - UT Southwestern Medical Center		 Regency Room

Sunday, September 28th

Time Event Speaker(s) Location
8:00am - 4:00pm Registration Open   Grand Foyer
8:00am - 6:45pm Exhibit Hall Open   Grand Ballroom BC
8:00am - 8:45am Networking/Mentoring Session   Seacliff AB
8:00am - 9:00am Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors   Grand Ballroom BC

9:00am - 10:00am

*General Session

 Keynote Session: Life is Happening FOR Me: Reconnecting Through Resilience Michelle Hutchings-Medina Grand Ballroom A
10:00am - 10:30am Break with Exhibitors   Grand Ballroom BC
10:30am - 11:30am The Road to Stereotactic Treatment Delivery Excellence: Detours, U-turns, Re-routes Included
Liz Hyde, MBA, RTT, ODS - OCSRI
Kristyn Koepp, MS, DABR - OCSRI
Grand Ballroom A
  Establishing Radioligand Therapy in Community Hospitals: A Scalable Implementation Model Christine Stone, BS - Wellstar Health System Regency Room
11:30am - 12:30pm Navigating Dual Expectations: Enterprise and Community Radiation Oncology Management Heather Welker, BS RT (R)(T) - Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Grand Ballroom A
  It’s All About the Data: Using Varian’s InSightive Analytics Software to Effectively Communicate Clinical, Operational, and Financial Information Sara Minks, MBA, BS RT(T) - Allina Health
Ian Kudel, Phd - Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company		 Regency Room
12:30pm - 12:45pm Annual Business Meeting   Grand Ballroom A
12:45pm - 1:05pm Exhibitor Shark Tank Pitches   Grand Ballroom A
1:05pm - 1:30pm Lunch with Exhibitors   Grand Ballroom BC
1:30pm - 2:30pm Radiation Oncology Coding and Trends for 2025
Ronald  DiGiaimo - RCCS 
Grand Ballroom A
 
Radiation Therapist Recruitment and Retention - Finding & Keeping Talent 
Lorrie A. LeGrand, MHSc, RTT, ARRT - Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida
Allison M. Hart, BA, RTT ARRT - Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida
Regency Room
2:30pm - 3:30pm The Brave New World of Reimbursement and Legislative Updates: 2025 and 2026
James E Hugh, III, MHA, ROCC - AMAC
Grand Ballroom A
  Nice vs. Kind: Why Leading a KIND Culture Will Enhance Your Workforce and Your Business Performance 
Rachael Sarah Gass, BCC, CPC, MS I/O, PMP - Be Kind Lyfe 
Regency Room
3:30pm - 4:30pm Advancements and Challenges in Proton Therapy: A Comprehensive Panel Overview

Darrin Kistler, MBA, RT(R)(T) - University of Kansas
Kristin Heath, DBA, MBA, MHA - UF Health Proton Therapy Institute
Bradlee Robbert, FACHE - UF Health Proton Therapy Institute
Ross Johnson - University of Kansas

 Grand Ballroom A
  Turning Incident Reporting into Continuous Quality Improvement
Lorrie A. LeGrand, MHSc, RTT - SROA
Regency Room
4:30pm - 5:30pm Bringing Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy to the United States: An Administrative Perspective 
Denver Clinton, MBA, MHA - Mayo Clinic Florida
Brad S. Hoppe, MD, MPH - Mayo Clinic Florida
Grand Ballroom A
  Beyond Fractionation: A Review of Clinical Criteria Required for SRS and SBRT Techniques
Tamara Syverson, BS, RT(T) (ARRT), CHONC - RCCS
Regency Room
5:45pm - 6:45pm Admin After Hours Reception   Grand Ballroom BC

 

Monday, September 29th 

Time Event Speaker(s) Location
8:00am - 4:00pm Registration Open   Grand Foyer
8:00am - 4:00pm Exhibit Hall Open   Grand Ballroom BC
8:00am - 6:30pm Poster Hall Open   Grand Foyer
8:00am - 9:00am Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors   Grand Ballroom BC

9:00am - 10:00am

*General Session

 Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Navigating Billing and Reimbursement Challenges Anthony Paravati, MD - Kettering Health
Cirag Shah, MD - Allegheny Health Network
Kathy A. Francisco - The Pinnacle Health Group		 Grand Ballroom A
10:00am - 10:30am Break with Exhibitors   Grand Ballroom BC
10:30am - 11:30am
Strategic Contract Negotiations in Radiation Oncology – A peek at the vendor side.
Yoel Bakas, MBA, CSAM - Medsolve Dynamics
Grand Ballroom A
 
Lean Improvement:  A Journey to Excellence
Sebastian Haines, Associate Chief Operating Officer - Penn Medicine
Regency Room
11:30am - 12:30pm
Radiation Oncology Accreditation A- Z
Liz Hyde, MBA, RTT, ODS - OCSRI
Kristyn Koepp, MS, DABR - OCSRI
Grand Ballroom A
 
Hypofractionation and ROCR: Exploring the Interelationship & Potential Impact
Sally Eggleston, MBA, BSRT(T) - Radiation Business Solutions
Regency Room
12:30pm - 1:30pm Quality Luncheon   Grand Ballroom A
12:30pm - 1:30pm Exhibit Hall Open   Grand Ballroom BC
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Emerging Trends and Best Practices in EMR Implementations
Trena Taylor, BA, RT(R)(T), CPC - RCCS
Grand Ballroom A
 
From Chaos to Control: Improving Inventory Oversight and Efficiency

Ginny Lockamy, PhD - Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology
Mason Riley - Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology
Regency Room
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Radiation Oncology With and Beyond ROCR
Jordan M Johnson, MSHA, MLS - Bridge Oncology
Grand Ballroom A
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Beyond the Beam: The Vital Role of Social Work in Radiation Oncology
Sara Walerak, MHA, RT(R)(T)e - Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Rebekah J. Seinola, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W. - Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Regency Room
3:00pm - 3:30pm
A collaborative approach to the implementation of psychosocial distress screening across disciplines and the importance of leadership buy in for success
Sandra Bailey, BAS-HSA, RT(T) - Renown Regional Medical Center, William N. Pennington Cancer Institute Jocelyn Mata, LMSW, MSW, OSW-C, AOSW - Renown Regional Medical Center, William N. Pennington Cancer Institute
Regency Room
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Service Line Optimization
Jordan M Johnson, MSHA, MLS - Bridge Oncology
Grand Ballroom A
 
Operationalizing the Integration Roadmap: A Case Study in Dosimetry Harmonization
Jennifer Willyard, PhD, PMP, CPHQ - Dartmouth Health and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Regency Room
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Is This the Future of Radiation Therapy?
Kham Nguyen, MBA, CMD, RT(T) - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Robert Ghafar, MBA, RT(T) - University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Grand Ballroom A
4:30pm - 5:30pm
What Health Tech and AI can and will do in Radiation Oncology
Jordan M Johnson, MSHA, MLS - Bridge Oncology
Regency Room
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Implementation of a Regional RTT Float Position
Holly Stevens, MSHA, BSAH, RT(R)(T) - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Danielle Herda, BSBA, RT(T) - Mayo Clinic
Grand Ballroom A
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Poster Session
  Grand Foyer

 

Tuesday, September 30th

Time Event Speaker(s) Location
8:30am - 5:30pm Registration Open   Grand Foyer
8:15am - 9:30am Focus Group   Seacliff AB
10:00am - 1:00pm ASTRO Exhibit Hall open to SROA Attendees   ASTRO
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Fix the Front Door: Tech-Enabled Patient Access in the Age of Prior Auth Fatigue

Isaac D. Valdez, PhD, MS, CMD - Radiation Business Solutions | Unity HealthTech | Apollo Healthcare
Ben Frank, MHA - Unity HealthTech
Grand Ballroom A
 
Optimizing Outpatient Advanced Practice Providers to Enhance Access
Klaudia Bytyci, MBA - University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
Lauren Allyn, MHA - University Hospitals
Regency Room
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Building a Pipeline: Developing Radiation Therapist Talent Without a Local School
Jennifer Sullivan-Rudd, MBA, RT(R)(T) - Phoenix Cyberknife and Radiation Oncology
Grand Ballroom A
 
New Starts, Not Ready
Dan Kenron, MSIE CPHQ - OHSU
Kevin Keen, MHA - OHSU
Regency Room
3:00pm - 3:15pm Break    
3:15pm - 4:15pm
Shadow System or Supplemental System?   The 75/25 rule and a new approach to Radiation Oncology Analytics
Alyssa J. Siegel, MS - Rutgers Cancer Institute
Sharda Kohli, MBA - Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Grand Ballroom A
 
Prior Radiation Records Process Reimagined
Nicole Marchesani, MHA - Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology
Sean T McCloud, BA - Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology
Regency Room
4:15pm - 5:15pm
The Administrators’ Impact on the Medical Dosimetrist: Attracting, Educating and Retaining Professionals
Michelle Mundis Myers, MS, CMD - AAMD
Ryan Moroose, BA, CMD, RT(R)(T) - AAMD
Grand Ballroom A
 
Development and Implementation of a Radiation Treatment Patient Delay Messaging Tool: Enhancing Patient Satisfaction and Staff Experience Across Multiple Clinical Locations
Constantine Soulaides - NYU Langone Health
Bethany Barry, BA - NYU Langone Health
Regency Room
5:30pm - 6:30pm Presidents Party - Happy Hour   Waterfront CDE

 

Wednesday, October 1st

Time Event Speaker(s) Location
7:30am - 9:00am Registration Open   Grand Foyer
7:30am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast   Grand Foyer
8:30am - 9:30am
From Profit to Purpose:  Transforming Cancer Centers into Community Champions 
Steven Castle, MBA, COA, RT(T) - Radiation Business Solutions
Denise Gerlach, VP, Marketing & Business Development - Radiation Business Solutions
Grand Ballroom A
9:30am - 10:30am
From Fear to Flourish: The Secret Ingredient to Productivity, Morale, and Retention
Tiffany Hughes, MBA - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Donique Williams, MHA - UTMDACC
Grand Ballroom A

10:30am - 11:30am

*General Session

 ASTRO Legislative Update Dr. Vivek Kavadi, CEO - ASTRO Grand Ballroom A
11:30am Closing