Committee on Quality, Evidence, and Patient Safety

Committee Charges

  • Ensure that the members of SNMMI provide high quality care to their patients during examinations and treatments they perform.  

Current Working Tasks

  • Develop a standardized color-coding system for radiopharmaceuticals to minimize the risk of mis-administrations.
  • Maintain an up-to-date webpage as a go-to reference for patient safety information.
  • Publish and disseminate ‘best practices’ paper on the administration of radiopharmaceutical therapies.
  • Establish an online repository of challenging nuclear medicine cases, including full DICOM images, submitted by members.
  • Monitor medical events reported by the NRC.

Meeting Minutes

Committee Members

  • Munir Ghesani, MD, FACNM, FSNMMI (Co-Chairperson)
  • Ashwin Singh Parihar, MBBS, MD (Co-Chairperson)
  • Munir Ghesani, MD, FACNM, FSNMMI (Board Liaison)
  • Twyla B. Bartel, DO, FACNM, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • David Brandon, MD (Committee Member)
  • Maria D. Costa, CNMT (Committee Member)
  • Cathy Sue Cutler, PhD, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Scott Degenhardt, NMAA (Committee Member)
  • Gary L. Dillehay, MD,FACNM,FACR,FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Mehdi Djekidel, MD (Committee Member)
  • Kevin J. Donohoe, MD (Committee Member)
  • Krystle W. Glasgow, CNMT,NMTCB(CT),NMAA, (Committee Member)
  • Erin Grady, MD,CCD,FACNM,FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Bennett S. Greenspan, MD,FACNM,FACR,FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Adeel Haq, MD (Committee Member)
  • Heather Jacene, MD (Committee Member)
  • Phillip Koo, MD (Committee Member)
  • April Mann, MBA,CNMT,NCT,RT(N) (Committee Member)
  • Edward J. Miller, MD PhD FASNC FACC (Committee Member)
  • Michael A. Morris, MD, MS (Committee Member)
  • Helen R. Nadel, MD, FRCPC, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Domnique Newallo, MD, RT (R) (CT) (Committee Member)
  • Saabry Osmany, MD, FACNM (Committee Member)
  • Paul S. Riley, Jr., MPH, CNMT (Committee Member)
  • Christian T. Schmitt, MD (Committee Member)
  • Partha Sinha, MD, MBA, FACNM (Committee Member)
  • Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD, CPE, FASNC (Committee Member)
  • Don Yoo, MD (Committee Member)
  • Elcin Zan, MD (Committee Member)
  • Julia Bellinger, MPP (Liaison)
  • Doug Burrichter (Liaison)
  • Bonnie Clarke (Liaison)
  • Julia K. Trigger, MS (Liaison)