SNMMI Podcast Series

SNMMI Podcast Series

Scintillating Conversations: Why Now is the Time to Be in Nuclear Medicine—A Podcast for SNMMI and Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Professionals

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August 4, 2025 30 mins

Join Dr. Faraz Farhadi and Dr. Navid Hasani as they discuss solutions to recruiting nuclear medicine physicians and expanding the pipeline of trainees.

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This podcast is brought to you by Lilly, member of the SNMMI Value Initiative Industry Alliance. Hosts Anupa Arora, MD and Anthony “Nino” Sireci, MD discuss a New Era in Alzheimer Diagnostics. This episode takes a focused look at high-impact topics shaping the future of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, designed specifically for professionals driving value in the field. 

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June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness month, join Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD as he delves into the history of neurodegenerative disorders and the progress nuclear medicine has made to help diagnose and treat diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s. 

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Join Bonnie Clarke, Senior Director of Research and Development at SNMMI, and Richard Wahl, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Professor, past president of SNMMI, and founder of the Mars Shot, as they talk about the Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Centers of Excellence (RPTCOE) program and see how nuclear medicine plays a key role in patient care. 

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In this special American Heart Month episode, Lance Burrell—nuclear medicine technologist and SNMMI Research and Discovery imaging specialist—sits down with Dr. Richard Weinberg, MD, PhD, the Medical Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Northwestern’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and President of the SNMMI Cardiovascular Council. Dr. Weinberg shares expert insights on the critical role of nuclear medicine in heart health, the latest...

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This podcast is brought to you by GE HealthCare, an SNMMI Value Initiative member. 

This podcast asks about AI's promise in nuclear medicine in image acquisition, image reconstruction, post processing, computer diagnosis has been promising, but clinical adoption will require AI to provide a higher value compared to the standard of care. This podcast will ask question such as how can AI provide this improved bio nuclea...

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This podcast is brought to you by GE HealthCare, an SNMMI Value Initiative member.  Hosts Zhiyong Lu, PhD and Jong Chul Ye, PhD speak about emerging territories in the broadening domain of Artificial Intelligence and learning about generative AI. Dr. Lu will speak the work he has done in AI in the context national language processing. Dr. Ye will speak on generative AI in imaging. 

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This podcast is brought to you by United Imaging, co-chair of the SNMMI Value Initiative Industry Alliance. Hosts Munir Ghesani, MD, former President of SNMMI, co-chair of the Mars Shot Research Fund, and Stephen Lokitz, MD, a Nuclear Medicine physicist and Executive Director and Director of Imaging Sciences at the Center for Molecular Imaging and Therapy, or CMIT, discuss nuclear medicine procedures performed and their plans for t...

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This episode is a recorded presentation delivered by Robert Gatenby, MD from the Moffitt Cancer Center during the opening plenary at the SNMMI 2024 Artificial Intelligence Summit, "AI In Action" held Feb 29 - March 1, 2024.  Dr. Gatenby has used evolutionary dynamics models to develop an adaptive therapy approach for the treatment of cancer which he describes during his talk.  Join this podcast and discover an innovative ...

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Drs. Jon McConathy, David A. Wolk, and Illya M. Nasrallah provide an update and information about neuro imaging related to Alzheimer's disease, particularly amyloid and tau imaging.

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Dr. Tina Buehner, Dr. Remo George, Jose “Freddy” Gonzalez, and Erika Padilla-Morales discuss the importance of research in advancing nuclear medicine and the impact of research on patient care and the future of molecular imaging.

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September 11, 2023 44 mins

Dr. Stephen A. Graves and Dr. Andrei Iagaru discuss the opportunities, threats, challenges, trends, and lessons learned regarding radiopharmaceutical therapy with moderator Dr. Phillip J. Koo.

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Dr. Jean-Mathieu Beauregard and Dr. Carlos Uribe discuss the present, future, and implications of dosimetry with moderator Dr. John Sunderland.

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In part 2 of a conversation with Dr. Stephen Graves and Dr. Benjamin Auer, our two experts continue their discussion on quantitative SPECT, its place in regards to PET, requirement, and current status.

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In part 1 of a conversation with Dr. Stephen Graves and Dr. Benjamin Auer, our two experts discuss quantitative SPECT, its place in regards to PET, requirement, and current status.

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Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, and Andrei Iagaru, MD—the inaugural recipient of the Sam Gambhir Trailblazer Award—discuss Dr. Gambhir's life and legacy, including personal and professional recollections. Dr. Iagaru also shares his thoughts on the future of nuclear medicine therapies, what keeps him motivated, and more.

This new SNMMI award was created in memory of Sanjiv 'Sam' Gambhir, MD, PhD, who passed away in Ju...

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August 5, 2022 23 mins

This episode features Simon Cherry, PhD, discussing his recent 2022 Annual Meeting Cassen Award Lecture and more in a wide-ranging conversation with SNMMI President, Munir Ghesani, MD.

In his lecture—A Matter of Time—at the SNMMI 2022 Annual Meeting, Cassen Award Winner Simon Cherry, PhD , explored time, and its role in nuclear medicine, from historical developments occurring over decades, to technologies that can detect p...

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Heather Jacene, MD, SNMMI Scientific Program Chair, sits for a conversation with E.G. Elisabeth de Vries, MD, PhD—the SNMMI 2022 Annual Meeting Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD, Lectureship Speaker—for a preview of her lecture: Seeing the Light with Molecular Imaging for Systemic Cancer Treatment Decisions

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