International Resources

Welcome to the ASNC International Resources section.  Here you will find information about international memberships in ASNC for physicians, scientists, and technologists.  ASNC has translated guidelines and appropriate use criteria posters into Chinese and Spanish and we collaborate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to provide webinars in Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish that are complimentary to all registrants.   

News

ASNC participated in the Latin American Society of Nuclear Imaging and Biology (ALASBIMN2019), November 13-16. President Rob Beanlands, MD, FASNC presented sessions about “Cardiac Sarcoidosis: When to Suspect, How to Diagnose” and “Imaging in Heart Failure: Viability and Beyond; Focus on Advance Imaging.”

ASNC also presented awards to the three best nuclear cardiology abstracts covering different aspects in the field.

• Dr. Verónica Vanesa Gómez Leiva won the ASNC Award for Best Abstract on the topic of “Effective radiation dose from myocardial perfusion studies in a high specialization center in Mexico.” 
   
• Dr. Natalia Covarrubias Dragojevic won 2nd place on the topic of Seventeen-year experience with 124 pediatric patients submitted for MPS-MIBI in Chile. General aspects of myocardial perfusion studies with Tc-99m MIBI (MPS-MIBI) in a pediatric population.
   
• Dr. Isabel Berrocal Gamboa won 3rd place on the topic of "Economic operational factors affecting the cost of exercise myocardial perfusion studies with a dedicated camera".
   

The ALASBIMN2019 conference organizing committee appreciates ASNC’s ongoing support of this important nuclear medicine conference.

Membership Benefits and Categories

• Complimentary subscription to the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC)**
• Imaging Insights monthly e-newsletter and the twice weekly ASNC SmartBrief e-Alerts 

• Discounts for the ASNC2019 Annual Meeting on Sept. 12-15 and Board Prep Course Sept. 11-12 in Chicago, IL.
• Free continuing education opportunity included with each JNC issue 
• Discounted rates on educational programs and products, including:
  • ASNC Meetings on Demand (online)
  • Nuclear Cardiology Today: Bringing Value to Your NC Lab live program (April)
  • Nuclear Cardiology for the Working Technologist Meetings on Demand (online)
  • Updated Yearly Board Prep Meeting On Demand  ​
• Guidelines 
• Practice Points - only free to members

Full International Members-$225: International physicians and scientists who have earned an advanced academic degree (MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent), are in good standing in their respective communities, and are actively engaged in nuclear cardiology practice and/or research. Apply online or print Physician Membership Application.

International Emerging Markets Members -$75: Physicians and scientists residing in developing countries, as defined by the World Bank list, who have earned an advanced academic degree (MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent), are in good standing in their respective communities, and are actively engaged in nuclear cardiology practice and/or research. Apply online or  For eligibilitry and Print Application

ASNC Translated Guidelines and Practice Points

• SPECT: Stress, Protocols, and Tracers -2016 - Chinese Edition (Translated in 2017) 
• SIngle Photon Emission Computed Tomography - 2010- Chinese Edition (Translated in 2016)
• Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography - 2010 - Spanish Edition (Translated in 2014)
• PUNTOS PRÁCTICOS DE ASNC PARA LA AMILOIDOSIS CARDÍACA  (Translated in 2019)
  Imágenes con tecnecio-99m pirofosfato en la amiloidosis cardíaca por transtirretina

ReferWisely - ​Appropriate Use Criteria 

Refer Wisely™ is a joint initiative of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the American College of Physicians to provide education regarding the Appropriate Use of Diagnostic Imaging with a specific focus on the appropriate use of myocardial perfusion imaging. The goal of the Refer Wisely program is to assist physicians in making wise referral decisions. Go to the  ReferWisely main page to view the case compendium.

Appropriate Use Poster 
Developed by Dr. David Winchester and edited by Dr. Andria Medina this poster provides an easy-to-use reference on the Appropriate Use Criteria in the management and testing of ischemic heart disease.  The poster is a 11”x17” downloadable pdf. 

• Chinese ReferWisely poster - translated in 2019
• Spanish ReferWisely poster - translated in 2019

ASNC/IAEA  Free Webinar Series

These complimentary webinars are produced in collaboration with the IAEA and they are designed to provide the best practices in Nuclear Cardiology to cardiologists, radiologists, and nuclear medicine physicians.  No CE or CME is provided. Review the full list of ASNC's webinars.

ASNC-IAEA  Elaboración de un informe de cardiología nuclear con SPECT o PET  (Webinar in Spanish)
Date: May 24, 2017
Faculty:  Dr. Erick Alexanderson and Dr. Fernando Mut

ASNC-IAEA  Nuclear Cardiology in the Arab World, Challenges and Opportunities (Webinar in Arabic and English)
Date: October 10, 2017
Faculty: Adel H Allam,MD,FASNC; Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, FASNC

ASNC-IAEA  Séminaire Internet gratuit en Français sur  “la standardization des rapports de scintigraphie de perfusion myocardique” (Webinar in French)
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Faculty: Salah-Eddine Bouyoucef, MD, PHD,  Francois Lamoureux, M.D, M.Sc., ABNM, FRCP, Jean-Luc Urbain, MD, Ph.D., CPE

 

ASNC International Partners

For more information regarding ASNC's international activities please contact, Mrs. Jocelyn File Adamoli, Director, International Affairs  (Email: jadamoli@asnc.org)