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Committee on Community Based Nuclear Medicine

Committee Mission

To create a community of clinical leaders from diverse practice settings that can promote outreach and education for the field of nuclear medicine through collaborations with regional healthcare organizations and through program development at the local level. 

Committee Charges

  • To increase awareness about and access to new nuclear medicine technologies by non-academic nuclear medicine physicians. 
  • To adapt and transition nuclear medicine technologies, standards and guidelines from the academic setting to non-academic practices. 
  • To increase awareness about alternative business models for the delivery of nuclear medicine services, including increased access to radiochemistry and radio physics expertise. 
  • To analyze the impact of the regulatory environment on the non-academic practice of nuclear medicine. 
  • To optimize the transition of nuclear medicine, practice from volume to value in the non-academic setting, with a focus on quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. 
  • To enhance communication between non-academic nuclear medicine professionals and other SNMMI committees. 

Committee Members

  • Tony Abraham, DO, MPA (Co-Chairperson)
  • Alexandru Bageac, MD, MBA (Co-Chairperson)
  • Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD, CPE, FASNC (Board Liaison)
  • Twyla B. Bartel, DO, FACNM, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Gholam Reza Berenji, MD, FACNM, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Dmitry D. Beyder, MPA, CNMT (Committee Member)
  • Irfan Farukhi, MD, ABNM (Committee Member)
  • Munir Ghesani, MD, FACNM, FSNMMI, FACR (Committee Member)
  • Megan Hungerford, CNMT (Committee Member)
  • Calvin Huntzinger (Committee Member)
  • Heather Jacene, MD, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Daniel Lee, MD (Committee Member)
  • Eibsee Christine Marquez, MS (Committee Member)
  • Olga P. Molchanova-Cook, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Akash Sharma, MD, MBA (Committee Member)
  • Arif Sheikh, MD, ABNM, CBNC, ABIM (Committee Member)
  • Jiaqiong Wang, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Angela Weiler, MHA,CNMT, RT(N), PET (Committee Member)