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Awards
ASNC2021 Awardees
At the ASNC2021 Scientific Sessions, ASNC was honored to recognize the following recipients of Society awards and accomplishments.
18th Annual Mario Verani Memorial Lecturer:
Gregory S. Thomas, MD, MPH, MASNC
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Leadership Award:
Randall C. Thompson, MD, FASNC, MASNC
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Masters of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (MASNC) Awards:
From left:
Andrew Einstein, MD, PhD, FASNC; Nathan Better, MBBS, FASNC; Felix Keng, MBBS, FASNC; and Randall C. Thompson, MD, FASNC
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Exemplary Service Award:
Kathleen B. Flood
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Distinguished Service Award:
Linda Giering, PhD
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Service to the Executive Council Award:
Rob S.B. Beanlands, MD, MASNC
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Service to the Program Committee Award:
Piotr Slomka, PhD, FASNC
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Service to the Board of Directors Award:
From left:
Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam, MD, FASNC;
James A. Case, PhD, MASNC;
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, MASNC;
April Mann, MBA, CNMT, RT(N), NCT, MASNC;
and Raymond R. Russell III, MD, PhD, MASNC
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2021 Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Awards
* Zaret-Beller Distinguished Service Award for Best Reviewer:
Fabien Hyafil, MD, PhD
* Ken Brown Award for Best Editorial:
Steven Port, MD, for "Taking a deeper dive into MPI: There’s more there than meets the eye." J Nucl Cardiol 2020; 27: 1592-7.
* Frans J. Th. Wackers Best Clinical Research Paper Award:
Michael Fiechter, MD, PhD
Fiechter, M, Bengs, S, Roggo, A, Haider, A, Maredziak, M, Portmann, A, Treyer, V, Burger, IA, Messerli, M, Patriki, D, von Felten, E, Benz, DC, Fuchs, TA, Gräni, C, Pazhenkottil, AP, Buechel, RR, Kaufmann, PA, and Gebhard, C. "Association between vertebral bone mineral density, myocardial perfusion, and long-term cardiovascular outcomes: A sex-specific analysis."
J Nucl Cardiol 2020; 27: 726-736
* Raymond J. Gibbons Best Basic Research Paper Award:
Antti Saraste, MD, PhD
Ståhle, M, Kytö, V, Kiugel, M, Liljenbäck, H, Metsälä, O, Käkelä, M, Li, X-G, Oikonen, V, Saukko, P, Nuutila, P, Knuuti, J, Roivainen, A, Saraste, A.
"Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor expression after myocardial infarction: Imaging study using 68Ga-NODAGA-exendin-4 positron emission tomography."
J Nucl Cardiol 2020;27:2386–97.
* H. William Strauss Best Technical Research Paper:
Mitchel R. Stacy, PhD
Chou, T-H, Janse, S, Sinusas, AJ, Stacy, MR. "SPECT/CT imaging of lower extremity perfusion reserve: A non-invasive correlate to exercise tolerance and cardiovascular fitness in patients undergoing clinically indicated myocardial perfusion imaging".
J Nucl Cardiol 2020;27:1923–33
Research Awards
2021 IANC/ASNC Research Fellowship Award Recipient
Brittany Weber, MD, PhD, for "Relationship between prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection and coronary vascular health".
2021 ASNC/Pfizer Young Investigator in Cardiac Amyloidosis Research Fellowship Award
Ramsey Wehbe, MD, for "Validation and Implementation of an Artificial Intelligence Augmented System for the Diagnosis of ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis on Cardiac Scintigraphy".
Research Awards Information
- The Institute for the Advancement of Nuclear Cardiology Research Fellowship Award, and
- ASNC/Pfizer Young Investigator in Cardiac Amyloidosis Research Fellowship Award.