TomoTherapy Introduces Radiation Oncologist Training Program

MADISON, Wis – December 8, 2009 – TomoTherapy Incorporated (NASDAQ: TOMO) announced today that it has expanded its Institute of Learning curriculum to include a course for radiation oncologists. The course, which is being offered in partnership with Monmouth Medical Center of Long Branch, N.J., is designed to introduce physicians to the fundamentals of the TomoTherapy® platform and its use in a clinical setting.

The radiation oncologist course on TomoTherapy technology is collaboratively taught by physicians Mitchell Weiss, M.D., and Sang Sim, M.D., along with physicist Jack Yang, Ph.D., all of whom are members of Monmouth’s radiation oncology team and have been using TomoTherapy technology since 2008.

“Hosting this type of program allows us to share our TomoTherapy experience with others, so they can smoothly transition to the TomoTherapy platform,” said Dr. Weiss. “At the same time it allows for collaboration and for the opportunity to learn from each other.”

The new training course was piloted in November 2009 at Monmouth Medical Center. Four physicians from TomoTherapy treatment centers around the world attended the three-day course focused on peer-to-peer learning. According to James Coster, M.D., a radiation oncologist with US Oncology, Inc., affiliate Kansas City Cancer Center, the new program addresses an important need. “From expanding what I consider an appropriate range of applications to improving treatment planning strategies, the M.D. training course was extremely valuable to me as a new user,” said Dr. Coster. “Instruction like this should accelerate one’s ascent up the learning curve for this unique technology.”

source: TomoTherapy