Dr. Andrew Kennedy, co-medical director for Wake Radiology Oncology Services, and Director of the Liver Cancer Program in Cary, NC, USA.  He is also currently adjunct associate professor of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He is an internationally renowned radiation oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal cancers, as well as cancers of the breast and lung. He has given numerous presentations on radiation therapy for the treatment of colorectal and liver cancer worldwide and was instrumental in reintroducing liver radiotherapy via microspheres back into the USA in August 2000.  Since then he has published extensively on microsphere radiotherapy and is considered a key opinion leader and champion of this treatment approach.  Dr. Kennedy developed the most commonly used protocol in the USA for use of microspheres and is the recipient of more than 1,000,000 dollars in research grants to further investigate this and other cancer treatments.  Dr. Kennedy has also received grants from the University Of Maryland School of Medicine to study new treatments in GI and lung cancers using radiation combined with chemotherapy aided by molecular markers.  He has written dozens of articles, book chapters and abstracts on preclinical, clinical and techniques in radiation oncology and has been invited to give presentations on radiation therapy for GI cancers and infusion of microspheres at the premier medical conferences in the United States, Asia and Europe. He is a leading instructor/proctor of microsphere therapy to medical teams worldwide.  Dr. Kennedy is a graduate of Loma Linda School of Medicine, in Loma Linda, California, USA and completed residency at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As chief resident, and later a research fellow, he completed significant work in three-dimensional treatment planning (3D external beam radiation therapy) and radiobiology research. He served as an associate professor in the Radiation Oncology and Head of GI Radiation Oncology at The University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Residency Program Director from 1997-2002messages 1978University of Wyoming  BSc, Nutrition and Food Science 1979University of Utah Medical center MD 1983Mayo Clinic Rochester Residency, Internal Medicine 1983 - 1986Mayo Clinic Rochester Fellowship, Hematology 1987 - 1989University of Washington Residency, Nuclear Medicine 1989 - 1990University of Washington Fellowship, Oncology 1989 - 1992University of Washington Chief Resident, Nuclear Medicine 1991 - 1992

Yu kuang did his work from 8/2004 to 3/2009 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Dissertation: PET Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Radiolabled Choline, 9/2001 to 6/2004 Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China, Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering (3-year program), Thesis: Image Reconstruction of Cardiovascular Cross Sections from Biplane Orthogonal Projections of X-Ray Angiography, 9/1992 to 6/1997 Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China. Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering (5-year program).

Professor Dimitris Drikakis has been Professor and Head of the Fluid Mechanics and Computational Science Department at Cranfield University, UK, and is currently the Founding Director of the Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center (CaSToRC) of The Cyprus Institute (Cyprus), in close partnership with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA). He His expertise includes fluid dynamics, materials, shock waves, nanoscience and scientific computing.

Ren studies went on in School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China M.D. 09/91 to 07/96 Clinical Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX Ph.D. 09/01 to 12/06 Advanced Radiological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Research Associate 02/07-01/08 Physiology and Cell Biology, SPECT/CT Imaging, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Postdoctoral Fellow, 02/08 to present Molecular Imaging.Biography

Liqiang Zhang received his Ph.D. from the National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Chinese Academy of Sciences at 2006. He got postdoctoral training in the National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (2006-2007) and the Eppley Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE (2007-2010). Now he works in the Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Salomone was born in Born in Teramo, Italy on June 25th 1975. In the academic year 1993/94 graduated from Classical Studies High School with degrees 60/60 (GPA 4.0). In the academic year 2001/02 graduated as Medical Doctor at University of Bologna School of Medicine with grades 110/100 Magna Cum Laude, presenting an experimental thesis on Current treatment of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast, study conducted in the 1st Department of Surgery of S. Orsola Malpighi University Hospital, in cooperation with the Department of the Public Health and Biostatistics of the Bologna Local Health District. In the academic year 2002/03 he was admitted in the Postgraduate School of General Surgery at University of Bologna School of MedicineHepatopancreatobiliary Surgery and Transplant Unit of S. Orsola Malpighi University Hospital. After having attended in November and December 2008 as Specialist Surgeon in the Emergency and Trauma Surgery Unit - Trauma Center (Head Dr. F. Baldoni) of Maggiore Hospital, in January 2009 he was selected in a public competition (4th classified) and got a position as Attending/Consultant in the Emergency Department/Accident and Emergency Medicine/Trauma Casualty of Maggiore Hospital in Bologna, Italy. In June 2009 has been selected (5th classified out of 42 surgeons) and invited for a position as Consultant Surgeon by the Bologna Local Public Health District. From August 2009 to February 2010 he is Clinical Fellow in Upper GI Surgery at Frenchay Hospital, North Bristol NHS, UK (selected for the Clinical Fellowship Post).Biography

Liqiang Zhang received his Ph.D. from the National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Chinese Academy of Sciences at 2006. He got postdoctoral training in the National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (2006-2007) and the Eppley Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE (2007-2010). Now he works in the Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Dr. Yunfeng Cui received his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University, China. He worked as a research fellow for three years at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York upon his graduation. He is now working at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia as a research assistant, at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Medical Physics.

James Robert wongs education went on in 6/1981 B.A. Harvard College (Summa Cum Laude, Department of Biochemistry) 6/1986 M.D. Harvard Medical School (Cum Laude).Biography

2011- Assistant professor, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2009- 2011Clinical Instructor, Fox Chase Cancer Center 2008 - 2009Fellow, Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center2006 – 2007 Oncologist’s Associate, Department of Radiation Oncology, Metro hospitals & Cancer Institute, New Delhi, India. 2005 - 2006Research Officer, Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. 2002 - 2005Senior Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India ,

Dr. Li is currently an instructor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Li obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, focusing on the development of advanced signal processing methods for human electroencephalography (EEG - brain signal) analysis. He did his postdoctoral research at UCSD, in the field of medical physics and radiation therapy. His postdoctoral work primarily focused on the development of advanced motion management techniques for lung cancer radiotherapy. In 2011, Dr. Li joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford University, expanding his research areas to image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy.

Dr. Xin Chen has received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering in Case Western Reserve University in 2007. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology in University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He did his postdoctoral research in Radiation Oncology in University of California San Francisco during the period of 2007-2008. His research has been focusing on image-guided therapy, treatment planning, and high intensity focused ultrasound. In the past five years, he has authored about 10 research articles as the first author. He is actively serving as a reviewer for several reputed journals and as an associate editor for ‘Medical Physics’. He is a full member of AAPM. In 2011, he received a research award from Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation for his research on the combination of focused ultrasound and radiation therapy. Working as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology in University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.