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• SNMMI Announces Norman E. Bolus, MSPH, MPH, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS, as President of Technologist Section During 2018 Annual Meeting

  Jun 26, 2018 — Norman E. Bolus, MSPH, MPH, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS, has been elected as the 2018-2019 president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS). The new slate of officers was introduced during the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s (SNMMI) 2018 Annual Meeting, June 23–26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• SNMMI Announces Mark H. Crosthwaite, MEd, CNMT, PET, NMTCB(S), FSNMMI-TS, as President-Elect of Technologist Section during 2018 Annual Meeting

  Jun 26, 2018 — Mark H. Crosthwaite, MEd, CNMT, PET, NMTCB(S), FSNMMI-TS, associate professor and program director of the baccalaureate nuclear medicine technology program, Department of Radiation Sciences, at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, has been named 2018-2019 president elect of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS).

• Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Announces 2018 Fellows

  Jun 26, 2018 — The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recognized 14 new SNMMI Fellows on June 25 during a Special Plenary Session at the society’s 2018 Annual Meeting, held June 23-26 in Philadelphia.

• SNMMI Elects Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD, as President During 2018 Annual Meeting

  Jun 25, 2018 — Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, has assumed office as 2018-19 president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). SNMMI introduced a new slate of officers during its 2018 Annual Meeting, June 23–26 in Philadelphia.

• Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, Receives 2018 Benedict Cassen Prize for Research in Molecular Imaging

  Jun 25, 2018 — Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, known for his pioneering work in multimodality molecular imaging, was awarded the Benedict Cassen Prize during the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in Philadelphia, Pa. This honor is awarded every two years by the Education and Research Foundation for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging in recognition of outstanding achievement and work leading to a major advance in nuclear medicine science.

• SNMMI Elects Alan B. Packard, PhD, as Vice President-Elect at 2018 Annual Meeting

  Jun 25, 2018 — Alan Packard, PhD, has been elected as 2018-19 vice president-elect of SNMMI. He is associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School, director of radiopharmaceutical research and a senior research associate in nuclear medicine at Boston Children's Hospital, and a research associate in nuclear medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

• SNMMI Elects Vasken Dilsizian, MD, as President-Elect During 2018 Annual Meeting

  Jun 25, 2018 — Vasken Dilsizian, MD, professor of radiology and medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and chief of the Division of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, has assumed office as 2018-19 president-elect of SNMMI.

• Simon Cherry, PhD, Receives SNMMI 2018 Paul C. Aebersold Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Nuclear Medicine Science

  Jun 24, 2018 — Simon R. Cherry, PhD, Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Davis, has been named the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Paul C. Aebersold Award. Cherry was presented the award by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during its Annual Meeting, June 23-26 in Philadelphia, PA.

• Richard L. Wahl, MD, Receives SNMMI 2018 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award

  Jun 24, 2018 — Richard L. Wahl, MD, FACNM, FACR, has been named this year’s recipient of the Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award for his contributions to nuclear medicine. Wahl is the Elizabeth E. Mallinckrodt Professor and head of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, director of the university’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and a professor of radiation oncology. He was presented the award by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during its 2018 Annual Meeting, June 23-26 in Philadelphia.

• SNMMI Annual Meeting: Plenary Speakers Announced

  May 1, 2018 — Speakers have been announced for the plenary sessions of the 2018 SNMMI Annual Meeting, to be held June 23–26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• Kathy Thomas Named Editor of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

  Jan 9, 2018 — Kathy Thomas, MHA, CNMT, PET, FSNMMI-TS, is the new editor of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology (JNMT), which is published by the technologist section of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). She has taken over leadership of JNMT from Norman E. Bolus, MSPH, MPH, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS, and her five-year term begins January 2018.

• Nuclear Medicine Working Group Receives Image Gently Alliance 2017 Butterfly Award

  Dec 21, 2017 — Frederic H. Fahey, DSc, FSNMMI, and S. Ted Treves, MD, accepted the 2017 Butterfly Award on behalf of the Image Gently Nuclear Medicine Working Group at the recent Image Gently Alliance meeting. Congratulations to the Nuclear Medicine Working Group for its efforts to improve the radionuclide imaging of children through the right dose, given the right way to the right patient at the right time!

• The Lancet Oncology Commission Issues Report on Future Research Priorities

  Nov 1, 2017 — A number of SNMMI members served as commissioners and contributed to development of the report on Future Research Priorities in the USA, which sets out how to accelerate cancer research and care in order to reach the goals of the U.S. Cancer Moonshot initiative.

• Venkatesh Murthy, MD, PhD, Receives ASNC Top Clinical Research Award

  Oct 16, 2017 — Venkatesh Murthy, MD, PhD, associate professor at the University of Michigan, was one of two scientists to receive an American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) inaugural award for best clinical abstract at the ASNC Annual Scientific Session. His abstract on the effects of nuclear cardiology laboratory accreditation on patient outcomes was funded by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.

• International Isotopes Inc. Announces Dr. Robert Atcher Has Joined The Company Board of Directors

  Sep 12, 2017 — International Isotopes Inc. has announced that Robert W. Atcher, PhD, MBA, FSNMMI has accepted a position on the company's Board of Directors. Atcher recently retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory where, for over 20 years, he worked on various medical applications for isotopes. He currently serves as president of the Education and Research Foundation for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (ERF).

• In Memoriam: Nuclear Medicine Pioneer David E. Kuhl, MD

  Jun 19, 2017 — David E. Kuhl, MD, a nuclear medicine pioneer who developed early prototypes of what was to become positron emission tomography (PET), died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on May 28, 2017, at the age of 87.

• In Memoriam: William Cushman Harvey, MD

  Jun 5, 2017 — William Cushman Harvey, MD, founder of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, passed away on February 18, 2017.

• In Memoriam: Dirk (Dik) J. Kwekkeboom, MD, PhD

  Mar 15, 2017 — Dirk (Dik) J. Kwekkeboom, MD, PhD, professor of nuclear medicine at Erasmus Univeristy in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, passed away March 8, 2017. An SNMMI member since 1998, he was considered one of Europe’s foremost experts on peptide receptor radiotherapy and was a frequent international speaker on neuroendocrine tumor imaging and lutetium-177 octreotate therapy. 

• 2017-2019 Interns Named for SNMMI Councils and Centers of Excellence

  Feb 23, 2017 — Congratulations to the 2017-2019 interns for the Clinical Trials Network, councils and centers of excellence!The internships begin mid-June, at the end of the SNMMI 2017 Annual Meeting and provide young professionals (physicians, technologists, or scientists) the opportunity to get involved with the society at the council and center level.

• SNMMI-TS Announces 2017 Leadership Academy Graduates

  Feb 15, 2017 — Congratulations to the 2017 SNMMI-TS Leadership Academy graduating class!

• SNMMI President Sally Schwarz Serves on The Lancet Oncology’s Moonshot Commission

  Dec 1, 2016 — SNMMI President Sally Schwarz, MS, RPh, BCNP, is a co-commissioner on The Lancet Oncology’s Moonshot Commission, which was launched in response to the White House Cancer Moonshot Initiative. The Commission will deeply explore the underlying cancer burden and research landscape in the U.S. and propose specific research and funding priorities to help accelerate Moonshot plans. Schwarz is providing the Commission with insight on the key role of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging in the battle to defeat cancer.

• In Memoriam: Virginia Evelyn Egner Watson, Health Physicist

  Nov 8, 2016 — Virginia Evelyn Egner Watson, 87, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, passed away Friday, November 4, 2016. She had a long career as a health physicist at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and served as director of the Radiation Internal Dosimetry Information Center (RIDIC). Watson was an active member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) Committee and the Health Physics Society for many years.

• WFNMB Selects New Leadership and 2022 Congress Venue

  Nov 7, 2016 — The World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WFNMB) General Assembly announced election results for the new executive leadership team and 2022 Congress venue.

• Free online lecture & case review: Clinical Diagnosis and Neuroimaging in Alzheimer’s Disease

  Oct 31, 2016 — SNMMI has just released a new two-hour online lecture and case review on "Clinical Diagnosis and Neuroimaging in Alzheimer’s Disease." This complimentary program offers two hours of CE credit for both physicians and technologists.

• OECD Responds to Questions Raised by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Report Titled “Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging”

  Oct 20, 2016 — Reports from the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the OECD-NEA’s High-Level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes (HLG-MR) both indicate a period of increased risk to the Mo-99 supply chain with Canada ceasing production. However, neither states that shortages will occur.

• Updated eviCore Oncology Guidelines Cover Only FDG for PET Imaging

  Oct 7, 2016 — eviCore's updated coding recommendations indicate that it will cover only FDG – not fluciclovine, choline, or Ga DOTATATE – for oncologic PET imaging.

• FDA Approves New Generator and Elution System

  Oct 3, 2016 — On Friday, September 30, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a New Drug Application for a generator and elution system to produce Rb-82 chloride.

• Nuclear Science Advisory Committee Holds Mo-99 Meeting

  Sep 30, 2016 — The Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) is meeting this week to review the progress of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) program.

• Pathways to the Future of Nuclear Medicine: Phase 1 Report

  Sep 5, 2016 — Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA, reports on the progress of the Pathways the Future of Nuclear Medicine Task Force in determining potential training pathways for future practitioners in nuclear medicine.

• In Memoriam: Nuclear Medicine Pioneer George E. Thoma, Jr., MD

  Feb 11, 2016 — George E. Thoma, Jr., MD, a pioneer in the field of nuclear medicine and a former vice president of the St. Louis University medical center, died Jan. 31 of natural causes. He was the founding editor of "The Journal of Nuclear Medicine," serving in that capacity from 1958 to 1970.

• Notification of Proposed SNMMI Bylaws Change

  Nov 19, 2015 — The proposed amendments represent changes to the “Emeritus” membership category, as approved in January 2015 and revised on November 12, 2015.

• In Memoriam: Nuclear Medicine Pioneer Alan Davison, PhD

  Nov 17, 2015 — Nuclear medicine pioneer Alan Davison, PhD, MIT professor emeritus of chemistry and a Fellow of the Royal Society, has died at 79 following a long illness.

• Josh Mailman Receives 2015 Warner Advocacy Award

  Nov 10, 2015 — Novartis Oncology Patient Advocacy and The NET Alliance™, a Novartis Oncology initiative, have announced that Josh Mailman is the recipient of the 2015 Warner Advocacy Award.

• King receives Edward J. Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award

  Oct 16, 2015 — Michael King, PhD, vice chair of research and professor of radiology, is the recipient of the 2015 Edward J. Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award from the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.

• Two-year grant to fund prostate cancer imaging research

  Oct 12, 2015 — Hossein Jadvar, associate professor of radiology and biomedical engineering, will receive an exploratory and developmental research grant with just under $450,000 in funding over a two-year period from the National Institutes of Health for his project. The proposal received a top score from the NIH review panel, which attests to its significance and the anticipated impact.

• Broad Healthcare Industry and Global Experience Will Advance FluoroPharma's Nuclear Cardiology Strategy

  Oct 6, 2015 — FluoroPharma Medical, Inc., a company specializing in the development of novel diagnostic imaging products that utilize positron emission tomography (PET) technology for the detection and assessment of disease before clinical manifestation, announced today that Dr. Thomas H. Tulip will join the company as President and will be responsible for the Company's day-to-day operations, with a focus on global product and business development strategies.

• Ronald Tikofsky, TC Expert in Language Disorders, Dies at 85

  Aug 20, 2015 — Ronald S. Tikofsky, a longtime Adjunct Professor of Speech Pathology at Teachers College, passed away earlier this summer. Tikofsky was an expert in aphasia and acquired language disorders who received the Gold Medal of the American College of Nuclear Medicine for his pioneering brain imaging studies of speech and language.

• WMIS Names Dr. Sam Gambhir 2017 President-elect

  Aug 19, 2015 — The World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) today announced that Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D. has been named president-elect for 2017.

• SNMTS Past President James “Jim” Kearney Langan, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS, Passes Away

  Jun 28, 2013 — James "Jim" Kearney Langan, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS, a 40-plus year employee of the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, passed away peacefully at his home in Catonsville, Md., on June 25, 2013.

• SNMMI Past President Alexander (Sandy) McEwan, MD, Named to CNSC

  Apr 2, 2013 — Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, announced on March 14 the appointment of Alexander (Sandy) McEwan, MD, as a member of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) for a 5-y term.

• Bennett S. Greenspan, MD, receives President’s Award from American College of Nuclear Medicine

  Feb 7, 2013 — Dr. Bennett S. Greenspan, Professor in the Department of Radiology at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, has received the 2013 President’s Award for outstanding contributions and meritorious service to the American College of Nuclear Medicine.

• In Memoriam: Paul Numerof, PhD, and Arthur Weiss, BS, JD, PhD

  Jan 23, 2013 — This January, the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging lost two men who made a significant impact on the specialty.

• SNMMI Remembers Alun G. Jones, PhD, and Welby N. Tauxe, MD

  Nov 1, 2012 — The nuclear medicine and molecular imaging field has lost two more pioneers this fall--Welby Newlon “Dub” Tauxe, MD, on October 13, and Alun G. Jones, PhD, on October 20.

• Dr. Christopher Contag Shares Advances in Molecular Imaging

  Oct 9, 2012 — In a bioengineering laboratory at Stanford University, Christopher Contag, a microbiologist, is designing new approaches to “virtual” pathology.

• Dr. George Sgouros Speaks on Radiation Safety

  Oct 2, 2012 — Radiation can be dangerous, but it can also save lives. How can that be? Harnessed properly, radiation can help diagnose and even treat disease.

• Forefather of Nuclear Medicine, Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD, Passes Away

  Sep 27, 2012 — Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD, professor emeritus of medicine and radiology at Johns Hopkins University and an SNMMI past president, passed away on September 25, 2012.

• Nuclear Medicine Pioneer, R. Edward Coleman, MD, Passes Away

  Jun 26, 2012 — R. Edward Coleman, MD, a luminary in the nuclear medicine and molecular imaging field, passed away on June 25, 2012.

• SNM Member Demonstrates How Molecular Imaging Helps Cancer Patients

  Apr 2, 2012 — SNM member Samuel Achilefu, PhD, comments on how nuclear medicine and molecular imaging are helping understand cancer.

• SNM Past President Howard Dworkin Passes

  Jan 31, 2012 — Howard Dworkin, MD, who served as SNM president from 1986-1987, passed away on Friday, January 27, of complications from pneumonia.

• Kuhl and Glusker to Receive John Scott Award

  Nov 2, 2011

• Amol Takalkar, MD, MS, Conducts PET Study Involving Pregnant Women

  Aug 11, 2011

• American Board of Radiology Appoints G. Donald Frey, PhD, as Associate Executive Director for Medical Physics

  Aug 3, 2011

• Einstein Researchers Receive $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Ground-Breaking Research in Global Health and Development

  May 13, 2011 — SNM member Ekaterina Dadachova, Ph.D., receives grant for a project using radioimmunotherapy to treat HIV/AIDS.

• Radiation Concerns In Northwest Drive Iodide Pill Demand

  Mar 17, 2011 — SNM member Janet Eary, MD, talks about the radiation exposure in Japan on her local NPR station.

• Radiation risk for Region 8 very small

  Mar 17, 2011 — SNMTS member Brad Doney, CNMT, comments on radiation exposure fears in US.

• Radiation A Concern For Plant Workers, Not Others

  Mar 17, 2011 — Jonathan Links, PhD comments on the radiation concerns for Japanese plant workers and general public.

• UW Radiologist: Americans Get Enough Potassium Iodide In Their Food

  Mar 15, 2011 — SNM Member Janet Eary, MD comments on the nuclear situation in Japan.

• Medical radiation impact in Japan

  Mar 15, 2011 — SNM members Kevin Donohue and J. Anthony Parker assess the health risk of nuclear situation in Japan.

• Q&A: Nuke med expert differentiates between Japan crisis, U.S. initiatives

  Mar 15, 2011 — Bob Atcher, PhD speaks on the impact of the crisis in Japan on domestic isotope production.

• Precautions Should Limit Health Problems From Nuclear Plant's Radiation

  Mar 15, 2011 — SNM member Richard J. Vetter, PhD comments on radiation in Japan.

• Radiation health risk in Japan called low

  Mar 14, 2011 — SNM past-president Jonathan Links, PhD, comments on the health risk of those exposed to radiation in Japan.

• Congressman says 10-mile policy on iodine pills is irresponsible

  Mar 14, 2011 — George Sgouros, PhD speaks on radiation exposure in Japan.

• SNM Members Receive IND Approval

  Feb 4, 2011 — SNM members, Michelle Bradbury, PhD, MD; Steve Larson, MD; Pat Zanzonico, PhD; and Heiko Schöder, MD, along with their colleagues, received approval for their first Investigational New Drug Application (IND) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an ultrasmall silica inorganic nanoparticle platform for targeted molecular imaging of cancer.

• William H. McCartney, MD, to Receive SNM Southeastern Chapter's Marshall Brucer Award

  Oct 15, 2010 — The Southeastern Chapter of the SNM will honor William H. McCartney, MD, with the Marshall Brucer award, the highest honor the SECSNM can bestow upon a member.