Before moving to Hoag, Ulaner was an Associate Member, Tenure Track, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and held several academic appointments at Sloan Kettering’s Memorial Hospital. He holds certifications from the American Board of Radiology and the American Board of Nuclear Medicine.
An active SNMMI member, Ulaner has been involved in many aspects of the organization, including serving as director at large on the SNMMI board of directors, president of the PET Center of Excellence, vice chair of the Clinical Oncology track for the Annual Meeting, vice speaker in the House of Delegates, chair of the Mars Shot Campaign. and chair of the Outreach Domain of SNMMI’s Value Initiative. Other committee memberships include Guidance Oversight, Procedures Standards, Councils and Centers, Government Relations, and Continuing Education. He authored SNMMI’s Appropriate Use Criteria for Fluoroestradiol PET. He coordinated the establishment of SNMMI’s lobular breast cancer grant with the Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance. He was named an SNMMI Fellow in 2023.
Over his career, Ulaner has won many awards and honors, including a Susan Komen for the Cure Career Catalyst Award, a Department of Defense Breakthrough Award, and a number of awards for excellence in education. He was selected as a Distinguished Investigator of the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research and named an Orange County Times “Healthcare Visionary.” He is on the editorial boards of several journals, including The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. His publications include more than 180 journal articles, and he has given more than 280 invited speaker presentations. He authored “Fundamentals of Oncologic PET/CT,” published in English and Spanish.
Other SNMMI officers elected for 2025-26 are Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD, FASNC, Buffalo, New York, as president and Heather Jacene, MD, Boston, Massachusetts, as president-elect. SNMMI Technologist Section officers for 2025-26 are Cybil Nielsen, MBA, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS, Long Beach, Mississippi, as president and Shannon Youngblood, EdD, MSRS, CNMT, RT(CT), Greenwell Springs, Louisiana, as president-elect.
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