The PET Center of Excellence Peter E. Valk, MD, Memorial Lectureship and Award.


Farrokh Dehdashti, MD, FSNMMI
The Peter E Valk, MD Memorial Lectureship and Award was created to honor the memory of Dr Valk, a pioneer in the establishment of PET as an important clinical study. This Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of PET, including PET/CT, PET/MRI and other emerging technologies , as well as those individuals who are dedicated to the PET Center of Excellence. Congratulations to Dr Farrokh Dehdashti, the recipients of the 2024 Peter E. Valk, MD Memorial Lectureship and Award.

Past Recipients

  • 2023- Homer Macapinlac, MD, FACNM
  • 2022- Johannes Czernin, MD
  • 2021- Rodney J. Hicks, MD
  • 2020- Simon Cherry, PhD and Ramsey Badawi, PhD
  • 2019- Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, FACNM, FSNMMI
  • 2018- Peter Conti, MD, PhD, FACNM, FACR
  • 2017- George Segall, MD, FACNM, FSNMMI
  • 2016- Richard Wahl, MD, FACNM
  • 2015- Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD