The 56th Annual UF Radiation Oncology Research Seminar

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• This event has been designated for 7 total Category A credits by the ASRT and the FLDOH-BRC and 7 total RFE credits by the MDCB. Find more Continuing Education credit details below.

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Keynote Speaker will be Robert W. Mutter, MD, Chair of Research and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; Associate Professor of Pharmacology; and Co-leader, Novel Therapeutics and Therapeutic Modalities Research Program, at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Mutter investigates ways to enhance the efficacy of radiotherapy in patients with resistant breast cancer (residual breast cancer after preoperative chemotherapy) through an improved understanding of breast cancer biology and DNA repair.

This year’s event will again feature two concurrent programs: a Physician Scientist Session and the Radiation Therapists’ and Oncology Nursing Seminar.

Presentations by UF faculty, staff, residents, and other health professionals will address the treatment of a variety of cancers as well as clinical research outcomes, with several reflecting this year’s breast cancer focus. Breakfast and lunch for all attendees will be included. Our alumni, professionals in private practice, and faculty and residents from other educational institutions are expected to attend.

Back by popular demand, the 2026 event will feature a special multidisciplinary panel presentation for all attendees focusing on breast cancer treatment: De-intensifying multidisciplinary care while maintaining control of favorable early-stage breast cancer.

Distinguished panel participants include our Keynote Speaker Robert Mutter, MD; Julie Bradley, MD, MHCDS, Professor, UF Department of Radiation Oncology; Nancy Mendenhall, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Professor and Medical Director, the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute; Lisa R.P. Spiguel, MD, Associate Professor, University of Florida Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology Service, Section Chief of Breast Surgery, and clinical Director of the UF Health Breast Center; and Coy Heldermon, M.D., Ph.D, Associate Professor and breast cancer specialist in the University of Florida Division of Hematology and Oncology.

Our annual Research Seminar is an important venue that allows participants to define optimal treatment approaches, produce the best plans, employ first-rate techniques, provide healing experiences for our patients, assess outcomes, and develop new treatment approaches, providing invaluable information to faculty and residents from several educational institutions as well as professionals in private practice.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

1. Recognize and interpret the success radiation oncologists are experiencing with definitive and adjuvant radiation therapy techniques.
2. Describe techniques and results of treatment of head and neck cancers, pediatric cancers, lung cancer, breast cancer, and other tumors at the University of Florida Department of Radiation Oncology and the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute.
3. Explain treatment methods to manage treatment side effects and reduce the occurrence of treatment complications.

Accreditation: The University of Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this live activity for 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (pending final review and approval). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation: Office of Professional Nursing Development – University of Florida is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Credit: The Florida Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Control (FLDOH-BRC) has designated the Radiation Therapists’ and Oncology Nursing Seminar for 7 total Cat A/Technical credits.

Credit: The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has designated the Radiation Therapists’ and Oncology Nursing Seminar for 7 total Category A credits.

Credit: The Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (MDCB) has designated the Radiation Therapists’ and Oncology Nursing Seminar for 7 total RFE credits.