Application for Membership
Tertiary or quaternary care medical centers with Gamma Knife 4C, Gamma Knife Perfexion or LINAC technology may apply for membership at the associate level in the IRRF.
Applications should list the responsible professional team including the neurosurgeon, radiation oncologist, and medical physicist. Applicants should be willing to enter five or more clinical cases into a retrospective or prospective trial designed to determine outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery using the Gamma Knife technology.
The Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery at UPMC is the coordinating center for Gamma Knife trials and has IRB approval to participate in retrospective trials and separate IRB approval to serve as the coordinating center. All patient information sent for clinical trial reporting must be de-identified in full compliance with HIPAA standards.
All centers who are participating in clinical trials must have their own IRB approval for participation in such trials as well as to send de-identified patient data. Lisa Baxendell, RN, CCRC, serves as our regulatory affairs consultant and helps coordinate our clinical trials. Any questions relative to regulatory issues should be addressed to Melissa Lukehart via email at [email protected].
Membership in the IRRF is predicated on the goals of the organization to develop better retrospective and prospective data relative to stereotactic radiosurgery.
You can download a hard copy of the IRRF Membership Application (pdf) or you can submit your application online.
Hard copy applications should be forwarded electronically to Ajay Niranjan MD, at [email protected].
Applications should list the responsible professional team including the neurosurgeon, radiation oncologist, and medical physicist. Applicants should be willing to enter five or more clinical cases into a retrospective or prospective trial designed to determine outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery using the Gamma Knife technology.
The Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery at UPMC is the coordinating center for Gamma Knife trials and has IRB approval to participate in retrospective trials and separate IRB approval to serve as the coordinating center. All patient information sent for clinical trial reporting must be de-identified in full compliance with HIPAA standards.
All centers who are participating in clinical trials must have their own IRB approval for participation in such trials as well as to send de-identified patient data. Lisa Baxendell, RN, CCRC, serves as our regulatory affairs consultant and helps coordinate our clinical trials. Any questions relative to regulatory issues should be addressed to Melissa Lukehart via email at [email protected].
Membership in the IRRF is predicated on the goals of the organization to develop better retrospective and prospective data relative to stereotactic radiosurgery.
You can download a hard copy of the IRRF Membership Application (pdf) or you can submit your application online.
Hard copy applications should be forwarded electronically to Ajay Niranjan MD, at [email protected].