SNMMI recognizes 2018 award winners
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) recognized numerous award winners throughout its 2018 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
The SNMMI Presidential Distinguished Service Award, for instance, was given to three members “in recognition of continual dedication to the society.” The recipients were Arnold M. Strashun, MD, of Kings County Hospital and University Hospital in Brooklyn, New York; Bertrand Brill, MD, PhD, of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee; and Leonie L. Gordon, MD, of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Other society members recognized during the 2018 Annual Meeting included:
- Richard E. Carson, PhD – Henry J. Wagner, Jr., Lectureship
- Richard L. Wahl, MD – Saul Hertz, MD, Award
- Robert H. Mach, PhD – Michael J. Welch Award
- Zhengxin (Jason) Cai – Berson-Yalow Award
- Barry W. Wessels, PhD – Loevinger-Berman Award
- Eric C. Frey, PhD – Edward J. Hoffman Memorial Award
- Peter S. Conti, MD, PhD – Peter E. Valk, MD, Memorial Award
- Victor Villemagne, MD – Kuhl-Lassen Lecture Award
- Sungwook Jung, PhD – Walter Wolf Young Investigator Award
- Jeffrey P. Schmall, PhD – Majd-Gilday Young Investigator Award
- Thomas Schindler, MD – Hermann Blumgart Award
- Greta Mok, PhD – Tracy Lynn Faber Memorial Award
More information on each recipient, and each honor, is available on the SNMMI website.
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