Historic partnership in groundbreaking patient care!

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Marie™ Fast Facts
  • Named after Marie Curie, a pioneer in radiology
  • Designed with concern for patient comfort
  • Fixed beam and patient rotation allow for installation to be quick and easy

Key features of the Marie™ system:

Seat

Fully adjustable, to enhance patient comfort while aiding optimal treatment positioning.

Backrest

Ultra-thin, tilting backrest optimizes patient posture to deliver the most accurate treatment.

CT Scanner

Scans the patient in the upright orientation to allow for accurate treatment planning and patient set-up.

Base

Rotates 360 degrees and delivers 6 degrees of freedom for accurate and reproducible set-up.

Shin Rest

Adjustable shin rest to secure the patient during imaging and treatment.

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Meet Our Distinguished Panel Of Speakers

Darrell K. Williams

Originally from West Palm Beach, Florida, Williams is a 1983 graduate and 13th president of Hampton University. He is a three-star general and retired from the U.S. Army in 2020.

MaryBeth Sullivan

MaryBeth Sullivan, the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute’s (HUPTI) executive director, is a nationally board-certified radiation therapist who completed her training and eventually worked at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Keppel recruited her in 2010 to help open HUPTI. She returned in July 2022 to start her new position.

Stephen Towe

Stephen Towe is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Leo Cancer Care. Having driven the design of the Leo Cancer Care technology in Australia, Towe took over the role of CEO in 2018. Since then, Stephen has led the expansion of Leo across both the US and Europe.

Dr. Alejandro Carabe

Dr. Alejandro Carabe is the Chief Medical Physicist at HUPTI. He is a native of Seville, Spain, and has published more than 30 papers and holds several patents on proton-related and medical technology.

Thomas ‘Rock’ Mackie

Rock Mackie is the Board Chairman and Co-Founder of Leo Cancer Care. He is a Professor Emeritus of Medical Physics and Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mackie co-founded the Geometrics Corporation to develop the Pinnacle Radiotherapy Treatment Planning System (TPS), now owned by Philips Medical Corporation and once the largest-selling TPS in the world.

Dr. Cynthia Keppel

In November 2021, The Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility appointed Dr. Cynthia Keppel as Jefferson Lab’s Associate Director for Experimental Nuclear Physics. In this role, Keppel oversees more than 170 Jefferson Lab staff members. For her leadership during the establishment of the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute, she is considered “the mother of HUPTI.”

What is Proton Therapy?

Proton beam therapy is an advanced form of external radiotherapy that uses high-energy proton beams instead of photon x-ray beams or electrons. Protons are small particles of an atom, and a particle accelerator is used to speed up the protons to produce the beam.

Why Proton Therapy?

Fewer Side Effects For Patients
Lower radiation exposure
More accurate targeting
Greater planning flexibility
Treats hard to reach tumors
Combine With Other Treatments

Follow Our Progress

Partnership and Press Conference

Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) has entered into a unique partnership with Leo Cancer Care to help advance research into Proton Arc Therapy (PAT).

The partnership between HUPTI  and Leo Cancer Care will repurpose an existing fixed-beam proton therapy treatment room and install its advanced upright patient positioning system and CT scanner.

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Coming Soon…

All updates to our progress will be documented here.  Please check back frequently for future updates and information.

The Journey Continues

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