More than 5,700 physicians, technologists, physicists, scientists, and exhibitors attended the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s (SNMMI) 2013 Annual Meeting, held June 8 to June 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia. In addition to the more than 110 continuing education sessions, more than 2,000 scientific papers and posters were presented at the meeting and 150 companies were represented on the exhibit hall floor.
The 60th Annual Meeting opened with the SNMMI plenary session, in which Val Lewington, MD, of Guy’s & St. Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trust in London, presented the Henry N. Wagner Jr., MD, Lecture, “Moving Molecular Radiotherapy into the Mainstream: Have We Reached the Tipping Point?” Later that day, Josh Mailman, a patient advocate, presented “Many the Miles—A Patient’s Journey for Better Outcomes” at the SNMMI Technologist Section plenary.
SNMMI honored several leaders in the field at its two plenary sessions. S. Ted Treves, MD, professor of radiology (nuclear medicine) and director of the Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine (JPNM) at Harvard Medical School, was named as this year’s recipient of the Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award for his contributions to the nuclear medicine profession. Dean F. Wong, MD, PhD, professor and vice chair of Radiology, and professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Environmental Health Sciences, and Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, Md., received the prestigious Paul C. Aebersold Award for achievement in basic nuclear medicine.
The SNMMI 2014 Annual Meeting will take place June 7 to June 11 in St. Louis. For more information, visit www.snmmi.org.
