SNMMI-TS names 2018 award winners

This year, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS) honored numerous technologists with awards for contributions to the fields of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. 

The group’s 2018 award winners include:

  • April Mann, MBA, CNMT, NCT, RT(N) – SNMMI-TS Outstanding Technologist Award
  • Cybil J. Nielsen, MBA, CNMT – SNMMI-TS Outstanding Educator Award
  • Cheryl Rickley, CNMT – SNMMI-TS Advocate-of-the-Year
  • Lynne Roy, MBA, CNMT – SNMMI-TS Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Crystal Botkin, MPH, CNMT, PET – SNMMI-TS Fellowship Award
  • Lauren Shanbrun, MS, CNMT, RT(N)(CT) – SNMMI-TS Fellowship Award
  • Joyce K. Zimmerman, CNMT, MBA, LRT – SNMMI-TS Fellowship Award
  • Anthony W. Knight, PhD, CNMT, RT(N), NCT – Presidential Distinguished Service Award
  • Leonas A. Nalivaika, CNMT, RT(N), MBA – Presidential Distinguished Service Award
  • Dawn Holley, CNMT, RT(N)(CT)(MR) – Presidential Distinguished Service Award
  • LisaAnn Trembath, CNMT, MSM, CCRA – Presidential Distinguished Service Award

In addition, Kathleen Krisak, BS, CNMT, received the SNMMI-TS president’s plaque and gavel for her time as 2017-2018 SNMMI-TS president.

Three articles published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology were also honored by the publication’s editor and members of its editorial board as Outstanding Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology Articles:

  • “Pharmacologic Stress Testing with Myocardial Perfusion Imaging” by Robert A. Pagnanelli and Heidi L. Camposano.
  • “Do Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Affect 18F-FDG PET/CT Uptake in the Dentate Nucleus and the Globus Pallidus? A Pilot Study” by Kyle Bauer, Alaina Lathrum, Osama Raslan, Patrick V. Kelly, Yihua Zhou, Debra Hewing, Crystal Botkin, James A. Turner and Medhat Osman.
  • “Comparison Between Prone and Upright Imaging of the Inferior Wall Using 201TlCl Myocardial Perfusion SPECT” by Koji Nakaya, Masahisa Onoguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Keisuke Kiso, Hideki Otsuka, Yoshifumi Nouno, Takayuki Shibutani and Eisuke Yasuda.

Detailed information on each winner is available here.

Michael Walter
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