Theranostics in Practice: From Program Requirements to Therapy-Ready Solutions

Radiation oncology is playing an increasingly important role in theranostics—but building a successful program requires more than clinical interest alone. From infrastructure and workflow to radiation safety and regulatory considerations, sites must be prepared to support safe, efficient, and scalable delivery.

In this webinar, gain practical insights into what it takes to stand up and operationalize a theranostics program, including real-world challenges, requirements, and lessons learned. The session will conclude with a look at how therapy-ready, turnkey solutions can help streamline implementation—bringing together the software, instrumentation, and expertise needed to move from planning to practice with confidence.

This activity is available from March 24, 2026, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on August 23, 2026.

This activity was originally presented as a live webinar on April 2, 2026.

The recording will be posted by Wednesday, April 8, 2026. 

Target Audience

This course is designed to meet the interest of radiation oncologists, radiation physicists and residents.

Learning Objectives

This activity addresses infrastructure and workflow in building a theranostics program including:

  • Long-term success depends on standardization, safety and scalability
  • Key operational considerations that support program growth
Course summary
Course opens: 
03/24/2026
Course expires: 
08/23/2026
Cost:
$0.00

Moderator: 

  • Jeffrey Kapatoes, PhD - Dr. Kapatoes received his PhD in Medical Physics in 2000 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of the tomotherapy research team under the tutelage of Dr. Rock Mackie and Dr Gustavo Olivera. Upon graduating, he joined TomoTherapy Inc., where he worked for 10 years. That experience culminated with management of the software development team which included responsibility for treatment planning, optimization, quality assurance, database services, treatment delivery, imaging, and calibration systems. Dr. Kapatoes then worked at Mevion Medical Systems as the Director of Project Management and helped the company secure its initial FDA 510(k) clearance. In 2012, Dr. Kapatoes joined Sun Nuclear Corporation as the Product Manager of its Patient QA products. He held multiple roles at Sun before becoming the VP of Regulatory and Physics for Mirion Medical in 2022. In 2025, he took on additional responsibilities overseeing Product Management for Mirion Medical and is currently the VP of Regulatory, Physics, and Product.

Speakers

  • Robert Hobbs, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, is an Associate Professor and Medical Physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hobbs earned his undergraduate degrees in physics from the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France and his PhD from the University of New Mexico in high energy physics. 
    Dr. Hobbs is the chairman of the AAPM Radiopharmaceutical Therapy sub-Committee, and serves on a number of committees and task groups that further the development, use, and education of radiopharmaceutical therapy and dosimetry for a wide range of national and international organizations. Most recently he has been awarded the 2025 MIRD Loevinger-Berman award.
  • Ravi Shridhar, MD, PhD, is the Theranostic Program Director in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Advent Health Cancer Institute in Orlando. Dr. Shridhar is a board-certified radiation oncologist practicing for 17 years who specializes in the treatment of gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and thoracic malignancies. He has been instrumental in leading and overseeing treatment programs of Y90 for liver cancer and metastases. He oversaw the implementation of Lutathera for treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas and Pluvicto for treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. His program is active in Theranostic clinical trials. Dr. Shridhar will present on strategies for implementing a multidisciplinary theranostics program. 

Continuing medical education credit is not available for this activity. 

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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