RESTON, Va. Researchers covering the most recent advances in understanding, diagnosing and treating heart and brain diseases and cancer--release their findings in more than 1,600 scientific abstracts during SNM's 53rd Annual Meeting June 3-7 at the San Diego Convention Center.

More than 4,000 physicians, technologists, scientists and pharmacists will attend this meeting, the world's largest event for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals. The educational and scientific program at the 53rd Annual Meeting is tailored to provide attendees with the most current and important information available in the field. SNM and SNMTS present about 100 continuing education courses focusing on PET/CT, cardiovascular nuclear medicine, brain imaging, pediatrics, oncology and therapy, thyroid cancer and radiation safety.

"Medical practitioners, technologists, scientists, physicists and pharmacists from around the world come to this premier scientific and educational event to discover just how far molecular imaging and nuclear medicine have pushed our understanding of human disease," said SNM President Peter S. Conti, professor of radiology, clinical pharmacy and biomedical engineering at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and director of the PET Imaging Science Center at USC's Keck School of Medicine. "From Alzheimer's to schizophrenia, from breast cancer to thyroid cancer, molecular imaging and nuclear medicine research have a proven record of leading to improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening diseases that affect millions each year," added Conti, speaking on behalf of the society, which has more than 16,000 physician, technologist and scientist members in 78 countries.
"These are exciting times for all molecular imaging/nuclear medicine professionals, and SNM's Annual Meeting is the place to find the research, education, products and services essential to delivering the highest-quality patient care," said SNM Technologist Section President Valerie R. Cronin, director of imaging services in the Catholic Health System of Western New York in Buffalo. "At this meeting, imaging specialists will be able to explore coming opportunities and challenges as modern medicine technology advances," she added.

Here are some of this year's exceptional speakers.

* Simon R. Cherry, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging, both at the University of California, Davis, discusses "Of Mice and Men and Positrons: Advances in PET Imaging Technology" from 8:30-10 a.m. on Sunday, June 4, during the annual Henry Wagner Lectureship.

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