VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Wheeling Jesuit University Alumnus Scott Holbrook, BS, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS, a pharmaceutical research and regulatory affairs consultant at Invivo Molecular Imaging LLC from Gray, Tenn., has been elected as the 2013-14 president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS). This is Holbrook’s second time serving in this role, according to WJU’s Debbie Wilkinson, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nuclear Medicine. Holbrook also serves on the advisory board committee for the Nucular Medicine Technology program at WJU.
A slate of new officers was introduced during the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s (SNMMI) 2013 Annual Meeting, June 8-12, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
“It is an exciting time for the nuclear medicine and molecular imaging field, in particular because of the new technologies that are available,” said Holbrook. “As SNMMI-TS president, I hope to facilitate the transition of these new products into routine clinical practice, providing education and research opportunities for technologists.”
Among the ways Holbrook plans to achieve this goal is providing high-quality professional development for practicing technologists and expanding opportunities in non-traditional environments. Understanding the role that state regulations play in the practice of nuclear medicine technology, Holbrook will also lead the society’s advocacy efforts to promote a favorable environment for the field, with a focused state-by-state approach.
Since 1998, Holbrook has been involved with SNMMI-TS on many levels, most recently as SNMMI-TS president-elect, co-chair of the SNMMI Center for Molecular Imaging Innovation and Translation Translational (CMIIT) Research Task Force and member of the CMIIT editorial board, SNMMI-TS representative to the Education and Research Foundation, chair of the SNMMI-TS Professional and Education Research Fund Chair and on the SNMMI-TS Strategic Planning Task Force. He has published more than 12 journal articles, contributed to one book chapter and has shared his knowledge in more than 60 invited speaker presentations.
Holbrook received fellow status in the SNMMI-TS in 2005 and was the recipient of the Mallinckrodt Medical Award of Excellence in 1997. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Technology from Wheeling Jesuit University, and attended East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, in Johnson City, Tenn.
April Mann, NCT, RT(N), FSNMMI-TS, South Hadley, Mass., is the 2013–14 SNMMI-TS president-elect. SNMMI officers elected for 2013–14 are Gary L. Dillehay, MD, FACNM, FACR, Chicago, Ill., as president; Peter Herscovitch, MD, Bethesda, Md., as president-elect; and Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FACNM, Pasadena, Calif., as vice president-elect.
About the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and medical organization dedicated to raising public awareness about nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, a vital element of today’s medical practice that adds an additional dimension to diagnosis, changing the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated and helping provide patients with the best health care possible.
SNMMI’s more than 19,000 members set the standard for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine practice by creating guidelines, sharing information through journals and meetings and leading advocacy on key issues that affect molecular imaging and therapy research and practice. For more information, visit www.snmmi.org.
