2025 Radiation Oncology Physics Boot Camp

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2025 Radiation Oncology Physics Boot Camp

Date: In-person session only: June 28 - June 30, 2025. A follow-up Hand Calculation Workshop will be held virtually on July 13 and July 14, 2025 for in-person attendees only. This will review problem sets that are distributed during the in-person meeting. In-person attendees will be able to choose which virtual hand calculation session to attend at time of registration.

Times: In-person session: 

  • Saturday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm (Pacific Time)
  • Saturday 6:00 pm - Dinner (details coming)
  • Sunday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm (Pacific Time)
  • Monday 8:00 am - end of day (Pacific Time)
    • This is a trip to Varian Medical Systems in Palo Alto to tour the factory where all C-Arm linear accelerators are made. We also plan to have a lecture on the bus during the morning trip.

Virtual sessions: 8-11 am or 1-4 pm each day (all sections will cover the same material). (Pacific Time)

Location: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Center for Companion Animal Health, Bennett Conference Room (map with driving directions)

Register:  Registration open 

Registration for this event is free. In-person registration limited to the first 20 registered participants.

Schedule: Schedule (DRAFT - subject to change) Saturday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm, Sunday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday 8 am-end of day (Pacific Time). Virtual sessions: 8-11 am or 1-4 pm each day. There will be a dinner Saturday evening. 

Hotel: There is a group rate of $204 per night at the Hyatt Place Conveniently located on the UCD campus. To get the group rate book prior to May 28, 2025. This discounted rate is valid between 6/27/2025 and 7/1/2025 at this booking link (click on the "Book Now" button, enter your arrival and departure dates, and click the "Book Now" button again. Here is where you will see the room options) or by calling 530-297-3182, "CCAH Bootcamp 2025". The Hyatt Place is a short walk to the vet school campus or downtown Davis.

Airports: The nearest airport to the UC Davis campus is Sacramento (SMF), and it is a half an hour drive to campus. Other regional airports are Oakland (OAK) which is about a 1 hour and 45 minutes drive to campus, San Francisco (SFO) which is a 2-hour drive to campus or San Jose (SJC) which is a 3-hour drive from campus.

2025 Speakers:

Questions? Contact Nancy Bei at 530-754-9183 or nmbei@ucdavis.edu