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2009 Awards Winners


Essay Competition
Name of Award
Name of Recipient
Province
Sponsored by
L. J. Cartwright Award - WINNER Danielle McGregor
Essay Title: Portal Imaging on Palliative Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy Treatment to the Spine – Is there a need for routine imaging to improve field placement accuracy in supine-positioned patients?
ON
CAMRT
L.J. Cartwright -
Certificate of Merit
Heather Gaunt, Erin Robinson, Joanne Woodward
Essay Title: An Investigation of How Window Settings Affect Volumes Contoured by Radiation Therapists.
BC
L.J. Cartwright -
Certificate of Merit
Mehdi Saberi
Essay Title: Impact of Photon Beam Attenuation by Two Types of Carbon Fiber Couches on Clinical PTV Volume and Skin Sparing Effect with a Commercial Treatment Planning System.
ON
L.J. Cartwright -
Certificate of Merit
Jonathan Bower
Essay Title:
The Utility of 18F-FDG PET in Diagnosis Staging, and Monitoring of Colorectal Cancer.
NS
L.J. Cartwright -
Certificate of Merit
Elizabeth Piercy, Isabelle Aissa Kalaw
Essay Title:
Breast Cancer Planning in Radiation Therapy: A Comparison of Three Plans for Treating the Supraclavicular Region.
BC

The E.I. Hood Award - WINNER Neil D’Souza
Essay Title: High Performing Cancer Systems: A Comparative Analysis and Opportunities for Mutual Learning Between the National Health Service and Cancer Care Ontario.
ON
CAMRT
The E.I. Hood Award - Certificate of Merit Brian Martell
Essay Title: Designing a Professional Development Program for Medical Radiation Technologists: The Nova Scotia Approach.
NS

Dr. Petrie Memorial Award
WINNER
Brandon Hardy
Essay Title: Alpha Therapy on the Horizon.
NS
CAMRT
Dr. Petrie Memorial Award
Certificate of Merit
Alison Bowery, Courtney Postnikoff, Danielle Bulk
Essay Title: An Investigation into the Potential Impact of High-Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy on the External Beam Radiation Therapy Program for Intermediate-Risk Patients at Clinic A and Clinic B.
BC

Sister Mary Arthur "Sharing the Light" Award - WINNER Tara Menna, Francis Silverio, Ryan Brown
Essay Title:An Insight into Current Smoking Cessation Recommendations in Radiation Therapy Practice.
BC
CAMRT
Sister Mary Arthur "Sharing the Light" Award - Certificate of Merit Krista Kuncewicz
Essay Title:Unique Challenges Faced by the Young Adult Diagnosed With Cancer, With Guidance for Support by the Radiation Therapist.
BC
Sister Mary Arthur "Sharing the Light" Award - Certificate of Merit Courtney Basler
Essay Title:Unique Gardasil - What Does it Really Mean?
SK

Bayer MR Award – WINNER Caron Murray
Essay Title:Beyond Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI: Methodology for the Potential for Improving Specificity in Breast MR.
ON
Bayer
Canada
 
Exhibit Competition
Name of Award
Name of Recipient
Province
Sponsored by
Dr. Marshall Mallett
Student Award -
WINNER
Alison Bowery, Courtney Postnikoff, Danielle Bulk
Exhibit Title: An Investigation into the Potential Impact of High-Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy on the External Beam Radiation Therapy Program for Intermediate-Risk Patients at Clinic A and Clinic B
BC
CAMRT Foundation
Dr. Marshall Mallett
Student Award -

Certificate of Merit
Sonal Bhadane
Exhibit Title: Mold Brachytherapy
ON

Philips Medical Systems Award - WINNER Apryll Noga
Exhibit Title: A Radiographer's Guide to Imaging Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in NICU.
BC
Philips

George Reason Memorial Award - WINNER Michelle Lau
Exhibit Title: Salivary Gland Sparing in Paediatric Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Tumours Arising within the Posterior Fossa: Optimization of Treatment Technique to Minimize Parotid Dose.
ON
Bracco Diagnostics Canada
George Reason Memorial Award - Certificate of Merit Amanda Jayne Williams
Exhibit Title: Photodynamic Therapy - Let There Be Light
ON
George Reason Memorial Award - Certificate of Merit Larry Curtis, Sharon Sandwell, Kathleen Fulmek, Donna Coupland, Jane Prendergast, Brenda Sevick
Exhibit Title: Diagnosis and Eventual Treatment of Neck and Back Pain.
AB

Bracco Diagnostics
MRI Poster Award -
WINNER
Caron Murray
Exhibit Title: MR Elastography of the Breast.
ON
Bracco Diagnostics Canada
 
Awards of Excellence - Highest Mark in 2008 Certification Examinations
Name of Award
Name of Recipient
Province
Sponsored by
Radiological Technology Heng Yang
Program: Michener
ON
CAMRT
Nuclear Medicine Jacqueline Bague
Program: SAIT
AB
Nuclear Medicine Jordan Holmes
Program: Michener
ON
Nuclear Medicine Stephanie Koval
Program: SAIT
MB
Radiation Therapy Megan Kovacs
Program: Mohawk-McMaster
ON
Magnetic Resonance Amanda Astle
Program: BCIT
NB
 
Honorary Awards
Name of Award
Name of Recipient
Province
Sponsored by
“Lamp of Knowledge”
Dr. Marshall Mallett Award
Cynthia Murphy
NS
CAMRT Foundation
Award for Early Professional Achievement Lynn Montgomery
ON
Special Recognition Certificate (close runner up for Award for Early Professional Achievement) Runell Viray
AB
2010 Welch Lecturer Announcement Lindy Kirkwood
BC
 
Board Awards
Name of Award
Name of Recipient
Province
Sponsored by
Presentations to outgoing board members Irene O’Brien
Inez Filice

NL
ON

CAMRT
President’s Medal Louise Kallhood
Amanda Bolderston

BC
ON