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Become a Clinical Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence

An SNMMI-designated Clinical Center of Excellence will have experience administering multiple radiopharmaceutical therapies. The care team will include a physician certified to read nuclear medicine studies and a certified nuclear medicine technologist. Sites meeting the criteria will receive a certificate and door/window stickers with the designation. Sites will be listed on SNMMI's Therapy Portal and accessible to patients seeking radiopharmaceutical therapies. The designation is valid for two years.

Site Requirements

Clinical Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Centers of Excellence will:

  • Must have an ABNM, ABR-N, or ABR-DR , authorized user. Canadian centers must have a FRCPC NM certified physician.
    • Please include a copy of the Lead Physician's CV with your application
  • Have at least RPT 40 administrations per year, and a minimum of 10 Lu-PSMA and 10 Lu-Dotatate administrations per year
  • Pediatric centers must have 10 or more administrations over 3 years.
  • Have an ABNM, ABR-DR or NR-CAQ certified physician to interpret molecular imaging studies
  • Have a CNMT, ARRT(N), or MRT(N) certified nuclear medicine technologist on the therapy team
  • Have access to a radiation safety officer
  • Have access to accredited PET/CT and SPECT/CT cameras
  • Have physicians participate in quality improvement (Part IV MOC) projects
  • Have physicians and technologists participate in continuing medical education/VOICE courses relevant to RPT (5 hours annually)
  • An application fee of $900 member/$1,500 non-member will apply, designation is for 2 years.

Designated Clinical Centers of Excellence

The following sites have been designated as SNMMI Clinical Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Centers of Excellence:

  • ChristianaCare
  • Excel Diagnostics and Nuclear Oncology Center
  • Kettering Health Main Campus
  • ARA Theranostics Center
  • St. Luke's University Health Network
  • Dallas VA Medical Center
  • John Cochran VA Medical Center
  • Edward Hines VA Hospital
  • University of California Irvine
  • University of Southern California Theranostics Center
  • Unity Point Health Des John Stoddard Cancer Center
  • University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • MHP Radiation Oncology Institute
  • Rush University Medical Center
  • Intermountain Medical Center
  • VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System
  • Inland Imaging
  • Florida Theranostics
  • Virginia Cancer Specialists, Radiation Oncology
  • Swedish Cancer Institute 
  • West Penn Hospital
  • Advent Health
  • University Cancer and Blood Center
  • Northwest Medical Specialities PLLC
  • University of Tennessee Medical Center
  • Boston Medical Center
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • VA North Texas Health Care System
  • Brooke Army Medical Center
  • Henry Ford Health
  • Highlands Oncology Group
  • University Cancer and Blood Center, LLC
  • UF Health
  • Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center
  • Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
  • Loyola University Health System
  • Hamad Medical Corporation