Call for Award Nominations — Coming Soon
Get ready to celebrate excellence in nuclear cardiology. Soon, you’ll have the opportunity to nominate a distinguished ASNC member for a prestigious ASNC2026 Award.
These honors recognize individuals whose contributions have advanced the field and strengthened our community in meaningful ways. Join us at ASNC2026, Sept. 16 - 19, 2026, as we spotlight and celebrate these exceptional leaders and their lasting impact.
Congratulations to ASNC's 2025 Awardees!
We are excited to celebrate the winners for the following awards, which were presented at ASNC2025. Each recognizes individuals who are making important contributions to the nuclear cardiology community and to ASNC.
24th Mario S. Verani Memorial Lecturer
Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC
ASNC Leadership
Award
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, MASNC
Gold Medal for Global Impact in Nuclear Cardiology
Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, MASNC
ASNC Distinguished Teacher/Clinician Award
Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD, MASNC
ASNC Distinguished Teacher/Clinician Award
Rob S.B. Beanlands, MD, MASNC
ASNC Distinguished Nuclear Cardiology Team Member Award
Timothy L. Dunn, CNMT
ASNC Rising Star
Award
Olivier F. Clerc, MD, MPH
2025 Annual Scientific Session Program Chair
Wael A. Jaber, MD, FASNC
2025 ASNC/Pfizer Young Investigator in Cardiac Amyloidosis Research Award
Fatema Tuj Zohora, MSc, PhD
New Master of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam, MD, MASNC
New Master of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, MASNC
New Master of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
W. Lane Duvall, MD, MASNC
New Master of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Gabriel Blacher Grossman, MD, PhD, MASNC
New Master of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Venkatesh L. Murthy, MD, PhD, MASNC
JNC Award Winners
The JNC Ami Iskandrian Award
Cuncun Hua, MD
The JNC Best Translational Paper Award – Molecular Imaging Category
Chao Ren, MS
The JNC Best Translational Paper Award – Technical/AI Category
Abhijit Bhattaru
The JNC Best Clinical Paper Award
Shilpa Vijayakumar, MD, MPH
Winners of the Barry L. Zaret Young Investigator Awards Competition
Best Clinical Abstract
Maria Alwan, MD
Best Emerging Science Abstract
Min Ju
