Schwarz received her Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, and her Master of Science degree in radiopharmacy from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Calif. She is board certified by the American Pharmacist’s Association in nuclear pharmacy.

She is chairman of the Washington University Positron-Emitting Radionuclides and Cyclotron Safety Subcommittee, serves on the editorial board for Nuclear Medicine and Biology, and is treasurer for the International Society of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, among other activities. Schwarz received the Veteran's Administration Traineeship in Radiopharmacy at the University of Southern California, as well as the American Pharmacist Association (APhA) Fellow Award. This year, she received the William Briner Distinguished Service Award in Nuclear Pharmacy Practice.


Schwarz is a member of the Society of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology, the World Molecular Imaging Society, and the American Pharmacist Association. She has published 25 journal articles and 11 book chapters and has been an invited speaker for more than 64 presentations.

Other SNMMI officers elected for 2016-17 are Bennett S. Greenspan, MD, MS, FACNM, FACR, Augusta, Ga., as president-elect, and Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD, Salt Lake City, Utah, as vice president-elect. SNMMI Technologist Section officers for 2016-17 are Sara G. Johnson, MBA, CNMT, NCT, FSNMMI-TS, San Diego, Calif., as president, and Kathleen Krisak, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS, Granby, Mass., as president-elect.

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