RESTON, Va. -- Internationally recognized experts in molecular imaging and nuclear medicine are on hand for SNM's 54th Annual Meeting June 2-6 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. SNM, the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals, annually showcases research that promises to revolutionize health care to more than 4,000 doctors, technologists, scientists and pharmacists who come from around the world to this meeting.

Researchers -- covering the most recent advances in understanding, diagnosing and treating heart and brain diseases and cancer -- release their findings in nearly 1,800 scientific abstracts during SNM's 54th Annual Meeting June 2-6 at the Washington 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 54th 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.

Annual Meeting speakers include the following.

Henry N. Wagner Jr.
Henry N. Wagner Jr., director of the division of radiation health sciences at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., will once again discuss what's on the horizon for the molecular imaging/nuclear medicine profession during his annual Highlights Lecture from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6. In the Highlights Lecture, a 30-year tradition, Wagner summarizes current trends in molecular imaging and nuclear medicine and the meeting's significant findings in a 90-minute presentation. At SNM's June 4 press conference, Wagner will announce his pick for the annual Image of the Year, an image that illustrates a direction he sees nuclear medicine heading in a dynamic and ever-expanding field.

John C. Gore
John C. Gore of Vanderbilt University, internationally recognized for his research program on the development and application of imaging-especially magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy techniques-in clinical and basic science, will present the annual Henry Wagner Lectureship from 8:30-10 a.m. on Sunday, June 3. He is expected to address new technologies such as the development of functional brain MRI (fMRI) and the study of brain neurochemistry by MR spectroscopy and PET imaging, recent advances that promise to have a major impact on understanding how the brain works. A major theme of Gore's work is the development of methods for studying human brain structure and function using magnetic resonance and spectroscopy and for integrating fMRI data with other imaging methods. He is the Chancellor's University Professor of radiology and radiological sciences and biomedical engineering and professor of physics, molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. Gore is also the director of the Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science, which is focused on the development and application of advanced imaging methods for clinical and basic science applications.

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