Summer Khairi, PhD, MBA, EdS, CNMT, NMTCB(CT)

Summer is preparing the next generation of nuclear medicine technologists while helping lead the profession nationally. She has directed UAMS’s program in nuclear medicine imaging sciences since 2021 and teaches nuclear medicine basics along with nuclear physics and health physics.

Summer’s national service extends to the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section, where she co-chairs a leadership committee, serves as speaker on a national council of representatives and is president-elect of SNMMI’s Southwestern chapter. She co-chaired the chapter’s 2024 annual meeting, leads registry reviews that prepare students for certification exams and has advocated for the profession in Washington, D.C. The society honored her with its 2025 Presidential Distinguished Service Award.

On campus, Summer is secretary of the UAMS Academic Senate, which restructured faculty governance during her tenure. Her dean has written that her record of service rivals that of faculty with much longer tenure.

In Little Rock, she has served on the boards of Habitat for Humanity, the Big Dam Bridge Foundation, the UA Little Rock Alumni Association and on the city’s Sister Cities Commission.