UW Medical Cyclotron Facility 

Monday September 20, 2021 – 12:30pm to 4:00pm

Known to many as a gem of the US in the medical community, take the opportunity to visit this unique facility and learn about this exciting technology first-hand. The tour will also be combined with the PTCOG-NA RB Optimization Workshop.  

For an insight into what you can expect watch this video . Participants need to register for the tour as spaces may be limited and any limits will be based on registration date.

The PTCOG-NA Cyclotron Tour includes the following:

• Included within the 7th PTCOG-NA registration fee subject to registration
• Return shuttle transportation provided from the Bell Harbor Conference Center to the UW Medical Cyclotron Facility
• UW Medical Cyclotron Facility Tour provided by onsite staff
• PTCOG-NA RB Optimization Workshop.  
• Onsite food and beverage - lunch
• Note anyone with an evening flight can transfer direct to the airport from the facility via light rail

UW Medical Cyclotron Facility:

The University of Washington Medical Cyclotron Facility is a one-of-a-kind cancer treatment and research facility. At its center is the world’s only hospital-based, 50 MeV multi-particle, variable energy cyclotron capable of delivering fast neutron therapy and supporting innovative cancer research programs.

The facility, which is housed in the University of Washington Medical Center and run by the Department of Radiation Oncology, was built in the early 80s as part of a National Cancer Institute grant that installed neutron therapy equipment in four teaching hospitals around the country. Today, the UWMCF is the only cyclotron still in operation from that original NCI grant, with a full-time dedicated staff of engineers and physicists committed to the ongoing study of high linear energy transfer (LET) radiation therapy.

The UWMCF was recently certified as a silver-level lab as part of UW’s Green Lab Certification Program, which recognizes laboratories that operate sustainably in the areas of energy usage, communication materials, waste, chemical usage, water usage and more.

Watch a short video on the UW Medical Cyclotron Facility.