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IASNM provides a platform for Nuclear Medicine Professionals in India, the USA and elsewhere to connect and collaborate. Originally conceived to promote and share knowledge of Nuclear Medicine to India through Nuclear Medicine Professionals of India origin in the US, IASNM’s focus has evolved with changing times from sharing to networking and collaboration; a testimony to the significant strides India has made in the field of Nuclear Medicine.
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ABOUT IASNM
The Indo-American Society of Nuclear Medicine (IASNM) was conceived in 1979 and incorporated as a non-profit tax-exempt organization in the State of Texas in 1984. The membership of the Society primarily consists of physicians, scientists and technologists in nuclear medicine, although interested professionals in other disciplines also can be members of the Society. The major objective of this Society is to advance the profession of nuclear medicine through exchange of ideas and knowledge among its members, and also to help promote the state-of-the-art nuclear medicine in the developing countries, namely, India.
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IASNM & MISI sign a Memorandum of Understanding about Collaboration
The Indo-American Society of Nuclear Medicine (IASNM) and the Molecular Imaging Society of India (MISI), two organizations that are deeply engaged with nuclear medicine and molecular imaging professionals, are proud to announce a new partnership designed to grow and enhance both organizations’ core goal of promoting molecular imaging, facilitating education and research and fostering collaborations for an improved healthcare.
IASNM Launches “Chai with Scintillating Stars”as a webcast series on our YouTube Video Channel
IASNM proudly announces “Chai with Scintillating Stars”, a webcast series bringing to you an inspiring interview session with interesting Q&A with well-known physicians and pioneers in our field, renowned scientists, physicists, and radio pharmacists, as well as industry leaders in the world of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging in the US and India. Please visit the Interview below
IASNM appoints Drs. Baljinder Singh and Ashwin Singh Parihar as liaisons with SNM-I
SNM is happy to announce that Dr. Baljinder Singh (current President, SNM-India) and Dr. Ashwin Singh Parihar have accepted to act as liaisons for IASNM to SNM-I. As liaisons, they will assist the IASNM President and the Board of Directors (BOD) in facilitating IASNM’s collaboration with SNM-I and the Nuclear Medicine Professionals in India. This engagement will further serve to strategically expand the scope of our initiatives for Nuclear Medicine Professionals of Indian origin as the liaisons identify issues relevant to IASNM’s mission in this context and recommend appropriate actions, policies, and programs to lead the organization in the 21st century. IASNM is enthusiastically looking forward to working with the liaisons on various IASNM initiatives in India as well as here in the US.
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What is Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging?
Molecular imaging is a type of medical imaging that provides detailed pictures of what is happening inside the body at the molecular and cellular level.
About Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging: Nuclear Medicine is a branch of medicine that uses radioactivity for diagnosis and therapy. It started in the mid-1920s when German scientists experimented with radionuclides on rats.
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine (Radionuclide Imaging, Nuclear Scintigraphy): Tracers (pharmaceuticals labelled with radiation emitting isotopes or radionuclides) are administered to patients (either intravenous, orally, inhalation, subcutaneously/subdermally) and the radiation emitted is detected by scintillation cameras (gamma cameras or PET cameras) and images are produced from this, depicting the distribution of the tracer within the body.
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine: Radiopharmaceuticals are administered (usually intravenously) to treat disease with curative or palliative intent. They act by killing abnormal cells within the body by high but localized radiation exposure (akin to targeted internal radiation).
Molecular Imaging: PET/CT, a hybrid imaging technique, combines functional/physiologic imaging with the more traditional anatomic/structural imaging. By providing the best of both worlds, it has played a pivotal role in ushering in the new era of Molecular Imaging, to go hand in hand with Molecular Medicine in the 21st century.
Professional Organizations: Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) http://www.snmmi.org/
Society of Nuclear Medicine – India (SNM-I) http://www.snmindia.com
IASNM PRESIDENTS
2015 – Present
Amol Takalkar, MD, MS, MBA, FACNM
2012 – 2015
Puneet Chandak,
MD
2011 – 2012
Vibhudutta Awasthi, PhD
2008 – 2010
Alexander Kurikeshu, MD
2005 – 2007
Joseph Rajendran, MD, MBBS
2003 – 2005
Chaitnya R. Divgi,
MD
2001 – 2003
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD
1999 – 2001
Pradeep Garg,
PhD
1998 – 1999
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD
1997 – 1998
Christy John, PhD
1996 – 1997
Diwakar Jain, MD
1995 – 1996
Amolak Singh, MD
1994 – 1995
Lalitha Ramanna, MD
1993 – 1994
Mathew Thakur, PhD
1992 – 1993
Mohan Makhija, MD
1991 – 1992
G.V.S. Rayudu, PhD
1990 – 1991
Tuhin Chaudhuri, MD
1989 – 1990
Suresh Srivastava, PhD
1988 – 1989
Padmakar Kulkarni, PhD
1987 – 1988
C. Chandarlapaty, MD
1986 – 1987
Vijay M. Varma, MD
1985 – 1986
G.T. Krishnamurthy, MD
1984 – 1985
Gopal Subramanian, PhD
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NM & Molecular Imaging
Molecular imaging is a type of medical imaging that provides detailed pictures of what is happening inside the body at the molecular and cellular levels.
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IASNM is an open platform of collaboration for the Nuclear Medicine Professionals in India, USA and elsewhere.
Meeting
Annual meeting on Sunday during the SNMMI Annual Meeting every year. We also do a cojoint CE session during the SNM-India Annual meeting.
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IASNM provides a platform for Nuclear Medicine Professionals in India, USA and elsewhere to connect and collaborate.
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Cancer Immunotherapies & the Role of Imaging
Speaker: Srinivas Chakravarthy Gummaraju, MDAmerican Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology & Medical OncologySenior Consultant, Apollo Health City, HyderabadEx. Director, Hematology & BMT & Medical OncologyMedicover Cancer Institute, HyderabadChairman, Subha Comprehensive Cancer Care Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India Topic: Cancer Immunotherapy and the Clinical role of Imaging Learning Points:1. Currently available types and mechanisms of Immunotherapy.2. […]
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IASNM’s Chai with Scintillating Stars: Webcast Series #1 (Dr. Abass Alavi)
Dr. Abass Alavi needs no introduction for Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging people! He is a physician-scientist specializing in the field of Nuclear Medicine and holds the position of Professor of Radiology and Neurology, as well as Director of Research Education in the Department of Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Over a career spanning […]
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Functioning Imaging of Dementia and movement disorders Objectives
IASNM Radiant Flashpoints Educational Web-Series – April 6, 2024 Speaker: Parag Aland, MBBS, DNB, DRM, Fellow, European Board Head of Nuclear Medicine and Therapeutics at Saifee Hospital, Mumbai Topic: Functioning Imaging of Dementia and movement disorders Objectives 1. Use correlative imaging for a better diagnosis2. Understanding the link between images and clinical features 3. Differentiating […]
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Nuclear medicine imaging and treatment
Speaker: Achyut Ram Vyakaranam, MBBS, Ph.DClinical ResearcherDepartment of Surgical SciencesUppsala University Hospital Topic: Nuclear medicine imaging and treatment in pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma, and role of the new tracer 11C-hydroxy ephedrine (11C-HED) in diabetes mellitus Learning points:1. The role of 11C-HED PET/CT as a problem-solving tool in the diagnosis of primary Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma (PCC/PGL)2. Outlining the […]
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Dr Andrei Iagaru Professor of Radiology Nuclear Medicine and the Chief of the Division of Nuclear
Dr. Iagaru is a Professor of Radiology – Nuclear Medicine and the Chief of the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at Stanford University Medical Center. He completed medical school at Carol Davila University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, and an internship at Drexel University College of Medicine, Graduate Hospital, in the Department of Medicine […]
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Imaging tumor biology with radiolabeled antibodies Patrícia M Ribeiro Pereira, Ph D
Dr. Pereira is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Radiology, Washington University School Of Medicine. Before that, she completed a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry, and she was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate in the Department of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She was mentored by Dr. Jason Lewis in oncologic molecular […]