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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. 

• 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.