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Committee on Radiopharmaceuticals

Committee Mission

Provide advice and data on isotope availability, including potential shortages of medically important radionuclides and enriched targets. 

Committee Charges

  • Receiving direction from and coordinating with the Board of Directors of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, the Committee on Radiopharmaceuticals will: 
  • Facilitate interactions with appropriate Federal agencies, legislative bodies, and other organizations to advocate for the availability of radionuclides essential to medicine and research; 
  • Provide advice and data on policies relevant to radiopharmaceutical availability and appropriate utilization; 
  • Provide timely information to the SNMMI membership regarding radionuclide and radiopharmaceutical availability and appropriate utilization; and 
  • Provide advice on other issues related to radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals as necessary. 

BUDs for Tc 99m Radiopharmaceuticals

Committee Members

  • Stephen Dragotakes, BS, RPh, BCNP, FAPhA (Chairperson)
  • Kara Weatherman, PharmD (Vice-Chairperson)
  • Roy W. Brown, BS, MBA, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Hancheng Cai, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Ronald J. Crowe, RPh, BCNP (Committee Member)
  • Cathy Sue Cutler, PhD, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Marianna Dakanali, PhD (Committee Member)
  • David W. Dick, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Shipra Dubey (Committee Member)
  • Patricia E. Edem, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Wendy Galbraith, PharmD, FAPhA, BCNP (Committee Member)
  • Fred P. Gattas, III, PharmD, BCNP (Committee Member)
  • Derrick Gillan, BS-Biology (Committee Member)
  • Richard L. Green, R.Ph., BCNP, FAPhA (Committee Member)
  • Akram B. Hussein, PharmD, MBA, BCNP (Committee Member)
  • Scott P. Knishka, RPH, BCNP (Committee Member)
  • Suzanne E. Lapi, PhD, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Steven H. Liang, PhD, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Noeen Malik, PhD, Industry Partnership Lead (Committee Member)
  • Molly E. Martin Buffington, PhD, PharmD, BCNP (Committee Member)
  • Nic Mastascusa, PharmD, BCNP (Committee Member)
  • Steve Mattmuller, RPh (Committee Member)
  • Fabrice Ngoh Njotu (Committee Member)
  • James John OLeary, MD (Committee Member)
  • Michele A. Panichi-Egberts, CNMT,RT(N),FSNMMI-TS (Committee Member)
  • Naga Vara Kishore Pillarsetty, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Esteban Regalado, RN (Committee Member)
  • Zuleika Rosario (Committee Member)
  • Svetlana V. Selivanova, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Mark A. Sellmyer, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Mark R. Soffing, PharmD, MBA, BCNP (Committee Member)
  • David V. Wilson, BS, RPh, BCNP (Committee Member)