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Nuclear Medicine Program Directors (NMPD)

Committee Mission

To support and advance excellence in nuclear medicine training programs by fostering collaboration, educational quality, and workforce sustainability across residency and fellowship education.

Committee Charges

  • Share best practices and standards to strengthen curriculum quality, clinical training, and competency development.
  • Provide input on ACGME, board certification, and institutional requirements impacting nuclear medicine training programs.
  • Identify trends in recruitment, retention, and program capacity to inform SNMMI workforce strategy.
  • Create structured opportunities for communication, peer exchange, and resource sharing among program leaders.
  • Promote tools and initiatives that strengthen academic leadership and protected time for program administration.
      

Committee Members

  • David Brandon, MD (Co-Chairperson)
  • Jagruti Shah, MD, MBBS (Co-Chairperson)
  • Erin Grady, MD,CCD,FACNM,FSNMMI (Board Liaison)
  • Thomas W. Allen, MD (Committee Member)
  • Kevin Banks, MD (Committee Member)
  • Fatemeh Sanaz Behnia, MD (Committee Member)
  • Dale Brannon, MD (Committee Member)
  • Wengen Chen, MD,PhD,FACNM,FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Steve Y. Cho, MD (Committee Member)
  • Gagandeep Choudhary, MD (Committee Member)
  • Patrick M. Colletti, MD, FACNM, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Joshua M. Eichhorn, MD,PhD (Committee Member)
  • Saeed Elojeimy, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Mark Foley, MD (Committee Member)
  • Josef J. Fox, MD (Committee Member)
  • Nasrin V. Ghesani, MD (Committee Member)
  • Pawan K. Gupta, MD (Committee Member)
  • Miguel Hernandez Pampaloni, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Marc Hickeson, MD (Committee Member)
  • Sandra Huicochea Castellanos, MD (Committee Member)
  • Olga G. James, MD (Committee Member)
  • Jennifer S. Jurgens, MD (Committee Member)
  • Padma Priya Manapragada, MD (Committee Member)
  • Mark A. Mandelkern, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Robert S. Miletich, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Renee M. Moadel, MD, MSc (Committee Member)
  • Medhat M. Osman, MD, PhD, MS (Committee Member)
  • Orhan Kemal Oz, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Janet H. Pollard, MD (Committee Member)
  • Maria R. Ponisio, MD (Committee Member)
  • Matthew S. Robertson, MD (Committee Member)
  • Philip M. Scherer, MD (Committee Member)
  • Frieda Silva de Roldan, MD (Committee Member)
  • Amolak Singh, MD, FACNM (Committee Member)
  • Jagadeseh Som Singh, MD (Committee Member)
  • Lilja B. Solnes, MD, MBA (Committee Member)
  • Bin Wang, DO (Committee Member)
  • Xiaofei Wang, MD (Committee Member)
  • Steven Westphal, MD (Committee Member)
  • Ka Kit Wong, MBBS, MD (Committee Member)
  • Tracy L. Yarbrough, MD, PhD, MAEd, FACNM (Committee Member)