Member Login

Forgot your password?

Logged-In Members: Renew
New Users: Create an Account
 

Cardiac Amyloidosis Resources
 

ImageGuide Registry

See the benefits and how to enroll!
 

Dr. Barry L. Zaret Tribute

In Memoriam

Barry L. Zaret, MD, MASNC

1940-2022

On October 20, 2022, Barry L. Zaret, MD, MASNC, passed away.
Dr. Zaret’s research led to the establishment of noninvasive nuclear cardiology. He was a founding member of ASNC and the founding editor of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC).
We have created this tribute to honor him.

His obituary may be found here.

Read, In Memoriam Barry L. Zaret, MD, 1940-2022, in JNC along with a tribute from Dennis Calnon, MASNC, and more tributes in JNC.

Special Remembrance of Barry L. Zaret, MD, MASNC
December 15, 2022



Interview with Barry L. Zaret, MD, MASNC

Prem Soman, MD, MASNC, sat down with Barry L. Zaret, MD, MASNC, in 2018 at his home in Connecticut to discuss his life and legacy.
 

Dedicated to the Memory of Barry L. Zaret, MD, MASNC.

Dr. Zaret's Legacy

His Work
 
 
These photos are from Dr. Zaret's presentation to ASNC's Future Leaders of Nuclear Cardiology session in November 2020.

Dr. Zaret's Legacy

His Poetry and Art
 

Nuclear Images
 
My life, a montage of images-
In the lab, nuclear images-
heart scans
Showing blood supply
after isotope injected.
First done when young,
career beginning,
initial success.
Now every day practice.
Many patients studied,
all awaiting answers-
some anxious,
some resigned,
some seeming not to care.
Images read,
reports written,
work done.

All the while
knowing little
of those imaged-
their families,
loves,
woes,
occupations,
their life’s poetry.
Will the answers sought
trigger
new treatment,
concern, alarm,
fear or relief?

Days follow days,
pixels follow pixels
images follow images,
schedules filled and refilled.
Patients return to changed lives.
Unaltered readers remain in offices,
viewing more images in two dimensions,
unaware of the humanity
behind each study,
quenching thirst
from half-filled glasses.
 
Nuclear images, my profession-
Nuclear patients, my soul.
 
Barry L. Zaret, MD, MASNC
See more works of art by Dr. Barry Zaret.