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Leadership Development Program

The ASNC Leadership Development Program (LDP) is a three-year mentorship program that was developed to groom future leaders of the society and the field of Nuclear Cardiology. Each year, ASNC members volunteer their time and expertise to make the field stronger through grassroots advocacy, development of clinical guidelines, and highly successful educational programs. It is a glowing testament to the program that many current and past elected leaders of ASNC are products of the LDP

"... LDP is what each participant makes of it, but learning to be an advocate for policies that enhance patient care, helping to shape our clinical standards and working alongside the field’s pioneers … that’s what we’re aiming to offer today’s young members so they’ll become tomorrow’s leaders"-2017 ASNC President and former LDP participant Raymond Russell, III, MD, PhD, FASNC

Selection to the LDP is by a competitive application. U.S. and international candidates may apply.

Requirements: 1) candidate must be a member of ASNC, 2) demonstrate involvement in ASNC activities, and 3) be within 5 years of completion of their last training program (Cardiology fellowship/ Radiology or Nuclear Medicine residency/ advanced cardiac imaging training/ technologist training)

During the selection process, particular weightage will be given to 1) demonstration of dedication to nuclear cardiology or cardiac imaging (specialized training and /or early career focus), 2) level of participation in ASNC or other imaging society activities, 3) research or advocacy/leadership efforts, and 4) supporting letters. Related experience should be emphasized in the personal statement and recommendation letters.

The Leadership Development Program is open to all ASNC members. Join ASNC or renew your membership .

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2018 LDP Participants:

Niti Aggarwal, MD
University of Wisconsin
Clinical Science Center
Madison, WI

Charmine Hart, CNMT
Precision Nuclear
LLC/Invivo Molecular Imaging
Gray, TN

Rafael Lopes, MD, PhD
Hospitol do Caraco
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Shiva Pandey, MD
Boston Univesity School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Amalia Pex, MD, PhD
Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
La Habana, Cuba

Vikas Veernanna, MD
Bershire Medical Center
Pittsfield, MA

2017 LDP Participants:

Ahmed Aljizeeri, MD
King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Raghunandan Dudda Subramanya, MD
Virtua Cardiology
Voorhees, NJ

Alfonso Waller, MD
Division of Cardiology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Newark, NJ

Ibrahim M. Saeed, MD
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Inst.
Kansas City, MO

2016 LDP Participants:

Paul Cremer, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH

Nishant Shah, MD, MPH, MSc
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Boston, MA

Richard Weinberg, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

2015 LDP Participants:

Matthew Harinstein, MD University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
Edward Hulten, MD, MPH Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD
Hicham Skali, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA Matthew Parker, MD Hartford Hospital Hartford, CT

2014 LDP Participants:

Andrew Kontak, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Renee Patrice Bullock-Palmer, MD, FASNC
State University of New York State Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
Brooklyn, NY

Viviany Taqueti, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

W. Lane Duvall, MD
Hartford Hospital, Nuclear Cardiology
Hartford, CT

2013 Andrew Freeman, MD Bryan Kerr, CNMT, RT(N) Robert O'Donnell, MD Indu Poornima, MD Ajay Srivastave, MD Sumon Tandon, MD, FASNC	2007 Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, FASNC Darcy Conaway, MD Regina Druz, MD, FASNC Shawn Gregory, MD Todd Kerwin, MD, FASNC Jothiharan Mahenthiran, MD Maria Sciammarella, MD Richard Thompson, MD Barbara Ziegner, CNMT, NCT, FASNC
2011 & 2012 John Askew, MD, FASNC Jamieson Bourque, MD, FASNC Saurabh Malhotra, MD, FASNC Tina Sias, MD, FASNC	2006 Aman Amanullah, MD, PhD, FASNC Abdou Elhendy, MD, PhD Fabio Esteves, MD John Friedman, MD Kanny Grewal, MD, FASNC Gabriel Grossman, MD, PhD, FASNC Donna Polk, MD, MPH, FASNC Raymond Russell, III, MD, PhD, FASNC Massimiliano Szulc, PhD, FASNC Aseem Vashist, MD, FASNC R. Parker Ward, MD, FASNC
2010 Janet Hays, MD, FASNC Edward Miller, MD, PhD, FASNC Matthew Schumaecker, MD, FASNC	2005 Olakunle Akinboboye, MD, MPH, FASNC Dennis Calnon, MD, FASNC Wael Jaber, MD Michael Miyamoto, MD Gavin Noble, MD Prem Soman, MD, PhD, FASNC Thomas Watters, MD, FASNC
2009 Maryam Afshar, MD Ron Blankstein, MD Andressa Borges, MD, FASNC David Ng, MD, FASNC Lawrence Phillips, MD, FASNC	2004 Brian Abbott, MD, FASNC Edouard Daher, MD Dipti Itchhaporia, MD Vincent JB Robinson, MD
2008 Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam, MD, FASNC Andrew Einstein, MD, PhD, FASNC Sujith Kalathiveetil, MD Rupa Mehta, MD, FASNC Senthil Sundaram, MD, MPH Scott Yoder, MD, FASNC	2003 Marcelo Di Carli, MD Edward Ficaro, PhD, FASNC Howard Lewin, MD, FASNC Mary Walsh, MD, FASNC