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Committee on Government Relations

Committee Mission

To provide analysis and advice, as well as develops policy positions, when appropriate, for all legislative and regulatory issues impacting the SNMMI. 

Committee Charges

  • Review federal regulations and legislation affecting the nuclear medicine community. To that end, it deals with Congress and the following federal agencies:
    • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
    • Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
    • National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of Energy (DOE)
    • Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Works to establish good communication and alliances with industry partners and other professional organizations associated with nuclear medicine, including (but not limited to):
    • The Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. (CORAR)
    • American College of Radiology (ACR)
    • American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
    • American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
    • Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)
    • Atlantic Medical Imaging (AMI)
    • American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)
    • NE 

Committee Members

  • Erin Grady, MD,CCD,FACNM,FSNMMI (Committee Chairperson)
  • Victor Seghers, MD, PhD (Vice-Chairperson)
  • Erin Grady, MD,CCD,FACNM,FSNMMI (Board Liaison)
  • Esma A. Akin, MD (Committee Member)
  • Scott C. Bartley, MD, MSMDI, FACNM (Committee Member)
  • Timothy Bateman, MD (Committee Member)
  • KG Bennet, MD, FACNM (Committee Member)
  • Cathy Sue Cutler, PhD, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • David W. Dick, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Gary L. Dillehay, MD,FACNM,FACR,FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Benjamin L. Franc, MD, MBA, FACNM (Committee Member)
  • Bennett S. Greenspan, MD, FACNM, FACR, FSNMMI, FAAPM (Committee Member)
  • Lyndsi M. Hay, MS, CNMT, RT(N) (Committee Member)
  • Pedram Heidari, MD (Committee Member)
  • Catiussi Hoffmann, MSN, RN, NP-C, CNL (Committee Member)
  • Adam L. Kesner, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Sonia Mahajan, MD (Committee Member)
  • Megan K. Mercer, MD (Committee Member)
  • Domnique Newallo, MD, RT (R) (CT) (Committee Member)
  • Cybil J. Nielsen, MBA, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS (Committee Member)
  • Lynne T. Roy, MBA, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS (Committee Member)
  • Victor Seghers, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Joseph R. Steiner, PhD, DABR (Committee Member)
  • Ying Tang, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Henry F. VanBrocklin, PhD, FSNMMI (Committee Member)