SNM Annual Meeting
June 2010
Activities and Accomplishments
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SNM Mid Winter Meeting 2010, Albuquerque: o Organization of 2 sessions (joint sessions with PET CoE and MI CoE) o CVC BoD meeting
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Organization of 13 sessions (8 CME symposia, 5 RWTE) and one full-day Sat. categorical seminar) for annual meeting.
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Selection of 2010 Herman Blumgart Award Winner: Rory Hachamovitch, MD. Award and lecture to be given at annual meeting.
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Selection of 6 best abstracts for YIA award competition at annual meeting.
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Election of new vice president elect, treasurer, secretary, and 4 BoD members for
2010/2011 terms.
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Joint sponsorship of JNM supplement on Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging
(together with MI CoE)
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Completion of online questionnaire to CVC community about CVC website expectations
(results under analysis)
 Participation in writing group on revised position statement on “Standardized Myocardial
Segmentation and Nomenclature for Tomographic Imaging of the Heart” (joint effort by AHA,
ACC, SCMR, ASNC, SCCT, ASE, SCAI, NASCT, ACR and SNM; CVC Delegate: Vasken
Dilsizian, MD)
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Nomination of Rory Hachamovitch, MD, to ACC Foundation Writing Committee for health policy statement “Optimizing Cardiovascular Imaging Utilization”
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Nomination of Sharmila Dorbala, MD, to ACR Writing Group for “Appropriateness letter to address Radiation Doses ”
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Nomination of Frank Bengel, MD, to ACCF expert consensus group on patient radiation safety.
Looking Forward
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Spring/Summer CVC newsletter, to include results of online CVC community questionnaire
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SNM Annual Meeting 2010, Salt Lake City:
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BoD meeting, CVC business meeting
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13 CME sessions (including one joint session with ASNC, one joint session with
SCCT)
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Herman Blumgart Lecture and Award (candidate to be selected in Spring 2010)
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Young Investigator Award competition
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Mehran Sadeghi, MD, to assume CVC presidency at annual meeting 2010
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Ronald G. Schwartz, MD, to advance to vice-president
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Robert S. Beanlands, MD, to assume vice-president elect position
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Cardiovascular sessions and CVC BoD meeting, SNM MWM, Albuquerque, Jan 30/31, 2010
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Officers of the council
President:
Vice President:
Vice President Elect:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Immediate Past President:
Frank M. Bengel, MD
Mehran Sadeghi, MD
Ronald G Schwartz, MD
Robert A. Pagnanelli, CNMT
Danny A. Basso, CNMT
Rory Hachamovitch, MD
Mission
The ultimate goal of the Cardiovascular Council (CVC) of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) is to contribute to the enhancement of quality patient care using cardiac radiotracer techniques.
The CVC works to achieve this goal via three basic endeavors: 1). Contribute to the development and promotion of methods and procedures for proper clinical applications of current nuclear cardiology techniques, including a key role in the development of practice guidelines 2). Educate health care providers both within and outside the Society of Nuclear Medicine regarding the most up-to-date and highest quality cardiovascular nuclear medicine care, and 3). Serve as a major contributor and facilitator to the basic research development of new cardiovascular imaging techniques, and in the clinical applications of such new techniques. Members of the CVC also work with the SNM and other cardiac imaging organizations in the interaction between providers of nuclear cardiology services, and government and 3rd party payers with regard to quality and appropriate compensation for services. Finally, the CVC contributes to the presentation and explanation of nuclear cardiology methods and benefits to the general public through print and other media.
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