Leksell Gamma Knife Icon - UPGRADE Course, Online or in-person (UTS)

The UT Southwestern Gamma Knife Training Program, geared toward radiation oncologists, neurosurgeons, neuro-otologists and medical physicists, provides a comprehensive understanding of the Gamma Knife for both new users and experienced individuals upgrading to the Gamma Knife Icon.

Our three-day is for experienced users aiming to learn the frameless capabilities of the Gamma Knife Icon.

The course will be offered as a hybrid course with both in-person and virtual attendee options. Virtual attendees will be able to attend the course via Zoom lectures and live streamed patient observations. 

Learning Objectives

• Patient observations:
  • Stereotactic frame placement
  • Mask simulation and treatment delivery
• Planning and practice with the treatment planning system
• Literature review, frame placement, imaging specifics, and doses/critical structures for:
  • Brain metastases
  • Acoustic neuroma
  • Meningioma pituitary adenoma
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • AVM
• Mask-based fractionation, distributed, and staged radiosurgery for:
  • Brain metastases
  • Acoustic neuroma
  • Meningioma
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • AVM
• Gamma Knife Icon-specific safety issues
• Gamma Knife Icon-specific physics considerations
• Pediatric anesthesia
• Gamma Knife Icon mask-based problems and solutions

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Registration: please contact Nana Ofosu-Appiah for more information on course availability and enrollment via email GammaKnifeProgram@remove-this.UTSouthwestern.edu