Congratulations to This Year’s Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Awardees

ASNC joins Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC) Editor-in-Chief Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD, MASNC, in congratulating the recipients of the 2025 JNC awards. We thank them for their contributions to JNC and to cardiovascular imaging.

Cuncun Hua, MD

The JNC Ami Iskandrian Award

Cuncun Hua, MD
99mTc-HFAPi SPECT imaging predicts left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction

By Cuncun Hua, MD, Xiao-Ying Xi, MD, Yeping Zhang, MD, Ni Suo, MD, Bin Tu, MD, Ye Liu, MD, Xiaoyan Yang, MD, Xiaoyan Liu, MD, Pixiong Su, MD, Boqia Xie, MD, Minfu Yang, MD, and Yanjiang Wang, MD

Shilpa Vijayakumar, MD, MPH

The JNC Best Clinical Paper Award

Shilpa Vijayakumar, MD, MPH
Quantitative 99mTc-pyrophosphate myocardial uptake: Changes on transthyretin stabilization therapy

By Shilpa Vijayakumar, MD, MPH, Ardel Romero Pabon, MD, Olivier F. Clerc, MD, MPH, Sarah A.M. Cuddy, MD, Yuezhi Gu, Caelan Watts, Kyle Sullivan, Benjamin Auer, PhD, Marie Foley Kijewski, PhD, Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD, Rodney H. Falk, MD, and Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH

Chao Ren, MS

The JNC Best Translational Science Paper Award – Molecular Imaging Category

Chao Ren, MS
Phase I, first-in-human study of XTR004, a novel 18F-labeled tracer for myocardial perfusion PET: Biodistribution, radiation dosimetry, pharmacokinetics, and safety after a single injection at rest

By Chao Ren, MS, Qingqing Pan, MD, PhD, Chao Fu, MS, Peipei Wang, MD, MS, Zhiquan Zheng, MS, Bailing Hsu, PhD, and Li Huo, MD, PhD

Abhijit Bhattaru

The JNC Best Translational Science Paper Award – Technical/AI Category

Abhijit Bhattaru
Deep learning approach for automated segmentation of myocardium using bone scintigraphy single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis

By Abhijit Bhattaru, Chaitanya Rojulpote, Mahesh Vidula, Jeffrey Duda, Matthew T. Maclean, Sophia Swago, Elizabeth Thompson, James Gee, Janice Pieretti, Brian Drachman, Adam Cohen, Sharmila Dorbala, Paco E. Bravo, and Walter R. Witschey

The JNC Zaret-Beller Elite Reviewer Awardees

Wanda Acampa
Mahmoud Al Rifai
Ahmed Aljizeeri
Maria Alwan
Parthiban Arumugam
Roberta Assante
Matthieu Bailly
Dominik Benz
Nathan Better
Hee-Seung Henry Bom
Renée Bullock-Palmer
Claudia Cortes
Gabriel Grossman
Fadi Hage
Robert Hendel
Daniel Huck
Yoshito Kadoya
Friederike Keating
Felix Keng
Keiichiro Kuronuma
Jacek Kwiecinski
Bruno Lima
Osamu Manabe
Vivek Modi
Filipe Moura
Fernando Mut
Michael Osborne
Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau
Albert Roque
Ahmed Sayed
Ronald Schwartz
Albert Sinusas
Gregory Thomas
Valtteri Uusitalo
Rudolf Werner
Emilia Zampella

The awardees will be recognized at ASNC2025. To participate in sessions honoring these individuals and discussing Best of JNC papers, attend ASNC2025 in person or virtually.

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