News for the

Nuclear Medicine

Donor Community

Welcome to the second edition of Contributor, a newsletter from the Society of Nuclear Medicine Development Office. This issue highlights scholarship, fellowship and grant award-ees whose opportunities were made possible by your support of the Education and Research Foundation and the SNMTS Professional Development and Education Fund. As you will read, these award recipients have been able to continue education, pursue research and learning opportunities and engage in professional development because of your generosity.

Mitzi and William Blahd, M.D., Honored by ERF With Named Pilot Research Grant

At a reception for donors at the SNM Annual Meeting, the Educa-tion and Research Foundation an-nounced the creation of the Mitzi and William Blahd Pilot Research Grant. For more than thirty years, William Blahd, M.D. and his wife, Mitzi, have been mainstays of the Education and Research Founda-tion. Together they have helped the foundation raise major gifts, includ-ing the significant endowment that has funded the Cassen Award in Nuclear Medicine, awarded since 1992, and the Cassen Fellowships.

Equally important is the goodwill they created through their outreach to the nuclear medicine community. It is not uncommon for Mrs. Blahd to be reminded of Scintillating Cookery, the popular cookbook she put together to mark the Silver Anniversary of the society. Representing recipes from all SNM chapters, the book, funded by the Blahds, quickly sold out its more than 2000 copies. Never one to rest, Mrs. Blahd followed the cookbook with another idea that proved as popular: nuclear-medicine–themed t-shirts (“I’m so scintillating”). These efforts, combined with staff-ing a booth for the Education and Research foundation at the SNM Annual Meetings, helped raise the profile of the Foundation and its education and research goals.

In 2000, the Society of Nuclear Medicine recognized the Blahds for their extraor-dinary efforts with the President’s Distinguished Service Award. This year, the foun-dation’s creation of the Mitzi and William Blahd Pilot Research Grant reflects the enormous respect that William and Mitzi Blahd have engendered from the nuclear medicine donor community and the hundreds of people who have benefited from foundation support.

When asked about their efforts over the years, both Dr. and Mrs. Blahd shrug off their accomplishments and instead focus attention on the need to still carry the message about support for nuclear medicine. It is the foundation’s hope that their attention doesn’t waver, for there are few equals in the nuclear medicine philan-thropic community. Thank you, Dr. and Mrs. Blahd, for your unflagging energy and commitment.

ERF President Honored With 2004 Kuhl-Lassen Award

Michae l D. Devous, Sr., Ph.D., p r e s i d e n t of the Edu-cation and R e s e a r c h F o u n d a -tion, was awarded the 2004 Kuhl-Lassen Award. The Brain Imaging Council of the Soci-ety of Nuclear Medicine pre-sented Dr. Devous this award at the SNM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. The Kuhl-Lassen award recognizes scien-tists who have made significant contributions to the field of functional brain imaging using single photon emission com-puted tomography or positron emission tomography. Dr. De-vous is a professor of radiol-ogy at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and a professor of human de-velopment and communica-tion sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.

End-of-Year Edition 2004

CONTRIBUTOR

Survey of Past Award Winners In order to gain a better understanding of the full impact of ERF-funded scholarships, awards and

grants, the SNM Development Office recently conducted a brief survey of grant, scholarship and fellow-ship recipients from 1998–2004. The goal of the survey was to study the impact of the awards upon the past winners, study how their careers have been influenced and assess the importance of having such opportu-nities in the field of nuclear medicine. One of the respondents, Clifton Fuller, a 2003 Student Fellowship winner, wrote:

“This is an excellent program that not only allows interested students to gain exposure to research in general but also affords them the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research in nuclear medicine. The rapid pace of scientific advancement in nuclear medicine is evidence of the vitality of this field and is a compelling reason for program participation. I highly encourage medical and graduate students with an interest in imaging or related research areas to pursue the student research fellowship.”

Final Tallies for 50th Anniversary Campaign and Fiscal Year Fundraising for ERF

Two hundred and fifteen SNM and ERF leaders and members contributed $60,100 in honor of the SNM’s 50th anniversary. The names of those who donated to the Cam-paign were listed on donor panels at the SNM Annual Meet-ing as well as in the Annual Meeting program. A plaque listing the names of all those who gave $500 or more will be installed by late fall/early winter at SNM Headquarters. In addition to contributing to the 50th Anniversary appeal, hundreds of SNM members also donated nearly $10,000 to the ERF and Paul Cole Scholarship Fund through their membership invoice this past fiscal year. The foundation is deeply appreciative of this demonstration of support.

Generous Gift from Samuel P. Mandell Foundation

The Education and Research Foundation has received a pledged gift of $50,000 from the Samuel P. Mandell Founda-tion to be used to support the Alavi-Mandell Awards and fur-ther expand education and research initiatives of young in-vestigators and students. Dr. Gerald A. Mandell was pivotal in making this gift possible, and the Education and Research Foundation extends its sincere gratitude to Dr. Mandell and the Samuel P. Mandell Foundation.

SNM Journal Subscriptions Provided to Developing Countries

Through a generous gift from the ERF’s Alavi-Bradley Endowment Fund, complimentary subscriptions to The Journal of Nuclear Medicine have been provided to institution-al and medical libraries in Turkey, South Africa, Iran, Indo-nesia, Argentina, Uruguay, Egypt and Portugal. The libraries were identified by the countries’ respective nuclear medicine societies or members.

Corporate Friends Seek Additional Members for ‘05

When the PDEF Corporate Friends formed in 2003, a vital partnership between the nuclear medicine industry and the Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section was activated to address common interests. Through an annual membership contribution of $10,000, the PDEF Corporate Friends have provided support for programs such as research grants in radiation safety, scholarships for minority students and for post-baccalaureate study and a workforce survey. Corporate Friends’ participation in PDEF meetings and the development of PDEF-sponsored programs are highly val-ued. We ask contributor readers to encourage their nuclear medicine industry colleagues to become PDEF Corporate Friends. Members receive an array of benefits that include:

• An invitation to meet twice a year with SNMTS to dis-cuss issues of concern and how the resources of the Professional Development and Education Fund can be used most effectively to address the issues

• Year-long recognition in publicity and informational materials on the SNM Web site, in the SNMTS jour-nal, in the newsletter “Uptake;” and in the SNM donor newsletter, “Contributor”

• Special recognition at the SNM Annual Meeting through ads in the Annual Meeting Program, on An-nual Meeting Donor Recognition Walls and through special signage for each company’s booth area

• A complimentary color ad in JNMT • One complimentary preregistration to the Annual

Meeting (for company representatives only)

Current PDEF Corporate Friends: Alliance Imaging, Capintec Inc., Biogen Idec, GE Healthcare, Bristol-Myers Squibb and M.D.S Nordion.

To learn more about becoming a Corporate Member of the PDEF, call SNM Development Director Kathy Bates.

Before the New Year rings in, please consider an end-of-the year gift to the Education and Research Foundation in support of nuclear medicine. The SNM, SNMTS and ERF are jointly committed to advancing research and education in nuclear medicine. Your year-end gift will help us trans-form this commitment into visible results.

To have your gift qualify as a tax deduction* in 2004, please follow the instructions below. All donations should be sent to the SNM Headquarters address listed below.

Check: Send your check (U.S. dollars only) made out to the Education and Research Foundation SNM in an enve-lope postmarked by December 31 to SNM Headquarters, attn: Development Department.

Credit Card: Call the Development Office staff or do-nate online before 4 p.m. EST on December 29, 2004, to ensure sufficient time to complete the credit card transac-tion by year’s end. The online donation site is http:// erf.snm.org/donate/.

Stock: Donate publicly traded, appreciated stock held

one year and a day to (1) receive a tax deduction for the full fair market value of the stock on the date of the gift and (2) avoid capital gains on the increase in the value of your stock*. Call the development director as early as possible to complete the transaction before December 31, 2004.

Additional Considerations: Increase your annual do-nation with a matching gift from your or your spouse’s company. Just submit the matching gift form with your contribution. Do you wish to honor or memorialize a per-son? You can do so through your gift with a note to the Development Office. We will recognize this special gesture in all donor acknowledgement materials.

*All donations to the ERF are deductible to the full ex-tent of the law. The general information provided above on tax deductibility may or may not apply to your specific situ-ation, so please consult a financial advisor for professional advice where necessary.

Thank you for your generosity. Best wishes for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

Advancing Nuclear Medicine Through Your Support End-of-Year-Giving

1850 Samuel Morse DriveReston, VA 20190-5316

NONPROFIT ORG.

U.S. POSTAGE

PAIDCEDAR RAPIDS, IAPERMIT NO. 860

If you have questions regarding information in this newsletter, please contact a member of the Development Department staff:

Kathy Bates, Director of Development, 703.708.9000, ext. 1028, kbates@snm.org Emily Green, Associate Coordinator, Development, 703.708.9000, ext. 1255, egreen@snm.org

News for the

Nuclear Medicine

Donor Community

Welcome to the second edition of Contributor, a newsletter from the Society of Nuclear Medicine Development Office. This issue highlights scholarship, fellowship and grant award-ees whose opportunities were made possible by your support of the Education and Research Foundation and the SNMTS Professional Development and Education Fund. As you will read, these award recipients have been able to continue education, pursue research and learning opportunities and engage in professional development because of your generosity.

Mitzi and William Blahd, M.D., Honored by ERF With Named Pilot Research Grant

At a reception for donors at the SNM Annual Meeting, the Educa-tion and Research Foundation an-nounced the creation of the Mitzi and William Blahd Pilot Research Grant. For more than thirty years, William Blahd, M.D. and his wife, Mitzi, have been mainstays of the Education and Research Founda-tion. Together they have helped the foundation raise major gifts, includ-ing the significant endowment that has funded the Cassen Award in Nuclear Medicine, awarded since 1992, and the Cassen Fellowships.

Equally important is the goodwill they created through their outreach to the nuclear medicine community. It is not uncommon for Mrs. Blahd to be reminded of Scintillating Cookery, the popular cookbook she put together to mark the Silver Anniversary of the society. Representing recipes from all SNM chapters, the book, funded by the Blahds, quickly sold out its more than 2000 copies. Never one to rest, Mrs. Blahd followed the cookbook with another idea that proved as popular: nuclear-medicine–themed t-shirts (“I’m so scintillating”). These efforts, combined with staff-ing a booth for the Education and Research foundation at the SNM Annual Meetings, helped raise the profile of the Foundation and its education and research goals.

In 2000, the Society of Nuclear Medicine recognized the Blahds for their extraor-dinary efforts with the President’s Distinguished Service Award. This year, the foun-dation’s creation of the Mitzi and William Blahd Pilot Research Grant reflects the enormous respect that William and Mitzi Blahd have engendered from the nuclear medicine donor community and the hundreds of people who have benefited from foundation support.

When asked about their efforts over the years, both Dr. and Mrs. Blahd shrug off their accomplishments and instead focus attention on the need to still carry the message about support for nuclear medicine. It is the foundation’s hope that their attention doesn’t waver, for there are few equals in the nuclear medicine philan-thropic community. Thank you, Dr. and Mrs. Blahd, for your unflagging energy and commitment.

ERF President Honored With 2004 Kuhl-Lassen Award

Michae l D. Devous, Sr., Ph.D., p r e s i d e n t of the Edu-cation and R e s e a r c h F o u n d a -tion, was awarded the 2004 Kuhl-Lassen Award. The Brain Imaging Council of the Soci-ety of Nuclear Medicine pre-sented Dr. Devous this award at the SNM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. The Kuhl-Lassen award recognizes scien-tists who have made significant contributions to the field of functional brain imaging using single photon emission com-puted tomography or positron emission tomography. Dr. De-vous is a professor of radiol-ogy at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and a professor of human de-velopment and communica-tion sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.

End-of-Year Edition 2004

CONTRIBUTOR

Survey of Past Award Winners In order to gain a better understanding of the full impact of ERF-funded scholarships, awards and

grants, the SNM Development Office recently conducted a brief survey of grant, scholarship and fellow-ship recipients from 1998–2004. The goal of the survey was to study the impact of the awards upon the past winners, study how their careers have been influenced and assess the importance of having such opportu-nities in the field of nuclear medicine. One of the respondents, Clifton Fuller, a 2003 Student Fellowship winner, wrote:

“This is an excellent program that not only allows interested students to gain exposure to research in general but also affords them the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research in nuclear medicine. The rapid pace of scientific advancement in nuclear medicine is evidence of the vitality of this field and is a compelling reason for program participation. I highly encourage medical and graduate students with an interest in imaging or related research areas to pursue the student research fellowship.”

Final Tallies for 50th Anniversary Campaign and Fiscal Year Fundraising for ERF

Two hundred and fifteen SNM and ERF leaders and members contributed $60,100 in honor of the SNM’s 50th anniversary. The names of those who donated to the Cam-paign were listed on donor panels at the SNM Annual Meet-ing as well as in the Annual Meeting program. A plaque listing the names of all those who gave $500 or more will be installed by late fall/early winter at SNM Headquarters. In addition to contributing to the 50th Anniversary appeal, hundreds of SNM members also donated nearly $10,000 to the ERF and Paul Cole Scholarship Fund through their membership invoice this past fiscal year. The foundation is deeply appreciative of this demonstration of support.

Generous Gift from Samuel P. Mandell Foundation

The Education and Research Foundation has received a pledged gift of $50,000 from the Samuel P. Mandell Founda-tion to be used to support the Alavi-Mandell Awards and fur-ther expand education and research initiatives of young in-vestigators and students. Dr. Gerald A. Mandell was pivotal in making this gift possible, and the Education and Research Foundation extends its sincere gratitude to Dr. Mandell and the Samuel P. Mandell Foundation.

SNM Journal Subscriptions Provided to Developing Countries

Through a generous gift from the ERF’s Alavi-Bradley Endowment Fund, complimentary subscriptions to The Journal of Nuclear Medicine have been provided to institution-al and medical libraries in Turkey, South Africa, Iran, Indo-nesia, Argentina, Uruguay, Egypt and Portugal. The libraries were identified by the countries’ respective nuclear medicine societies or members.

Corporate Friends Seek Additional Members for ‘05

When the PDEF Corporate Friends formed in 2003, a vital partnership between the nuclear medicine industry and the Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section was activated to address common interests. Through an annual membership contribution of $10,000, the PDEF Corporate Friends have provided support for programs such as research grants in radiation safety, scholarships for minority students and for post-baccalaureate study and a workforce survey. Corporate Friends’ participation in PDEF meetings and the development of PDEF-sponsored programs are highly val-ued. We ask contributor readers to encourage their nuclear medicine industry colleagues to become PDEF Corporate Friends. Members receive an array of benefits that include:

• An invitation to meet twice a year with SNMTS to dis-cuss issues of concern and how the resources of the Professional Development and Education Fund can be used most effectively to address the issues

• Year-long recognition in publicity and informational materials on the SNM Web site, in the SNMTS jour-nal, in the newsletter “Uptake;” and in the SNM donor newsletter, “Contributor”

• Special recognition at the SNM Annual Meeting through ads in the Annual Meeting Program, on An-nual Meeting Donor Recognition Walls and through special signage for each company’s booth area

• A complimentary color ad in JNMT • One complimentary preregistration to the Annual

Meeting (for company representatives only)

Current PDEF Corporate Friends: Alliance Imaging, Capintec Inc., Biogen Idec, GE Healthcare, Bristol-Myers Squibb and M.D.S Nordion.

To learn more about becoming a Corporate Member of the PDEF, call SNM Development Director Kathy Bates.

Before the New Year rings in, please consider an end-of-the year gift to the Education and Research Foundation in support of nuclear medicine. The SNM, SNMTS and ERF are jointly committed to advancing research and education in nuclear medicine. Your year-end gift will help us trans-form this commitment into visible results.

To have your gift qualify as a tax deduction* in 2004, please follow the instructions below. All donations should be sent to the SNM Headquarters address listed below.

Check: Send your check (U.S. dollars only) made out to the Education and Research Foundation SNM in an enve-lope postmarked by December 31 to SNM Headquarters, attn: Development Department.

Credit Card: Call the Development Office staff or do-nate online before 4 p.m. EST on December 29, 2004, to ensure sufficient time to complete the credit card transac-tion by year’s end. The online donation site is http:// erf.snm.org/donate/.

Stock: Donate publicly traded, appreciated stock held

one year and a day to (1) receive a tax deduction for the full fair market value of the stock on the date of the gift and (2) avoid capital gains on the increase in the value of your stock*. Call the development director as early as possible to complete the transaction before December 31, 2004.

Additional Considerations: Increase your annual do-nation with a matching gift from your or your spouse’s company. Just submit the matching gift form with your contribution. Do you wish to honor or memorialize a per-son? You can do so through your gift with a note to the Development Office. We will recognize this special gesture in all donor acknowledgement materials.

*All donations to the ERF are deductible to the full ex-tent of the law. The general information provided above on tax deductibility may or may not apply to your specific situ-ation, so please consult a financial advisor for professional advice where necessary.

Thank you for your generosity. Best wishes for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

Advancing Nuclear Medicine Through Your Support End-of-Year-Giving

1850 Samuel Morse DriveReston, VA 20190-5316

NONPROFIT ORG.

U.S. POSTAGE

PAIDCEDAR RAPIDS, IAPERMIT NO. 860

If you have questions regarding information in this newsletter, please contact a member of the Development Department staff:

Kathy Bates, Director of Development, 703.708.9000, ext. 1028, kbates@snm.org Emily Green, Associate Coordinator, Development, 703.708.9000, ext. 1255, egreen@snm.org

Research Technologist Grant The first Professional Development and Education Fund’s

Research Technologist Grant in Radiation Safety and Best Prac-tices was awarded September 2004. This grant is designed to support technologists as principal investigators of research that is deemed critical to the profession of nuclear medicine technol-ogy. Funding for the grant comes from the PDEF Corporate Friends. The recipient was:

Robert Schleipman, RT, CNMT, M.A. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass. was awarded the technologist grant for his proposal, “Reduction of Occupational Radiation Exposure via “Best Practices” PET Training Program.”

Pilot Research GrantThe Pilot Research Grants support testing of innovative

ideas in clinical/basic research while grantees seek major grant support. The grants fund essential materials outside the areas of salaries, major equipment purchases and overhead or travel. Two grants were awarded in 2004 for $8,000 each. The recipi-ents were:

Dr. Edwards-Lee, assistant professor of neurolo-gy UCLA, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, was awarded a grant for her proposal en-titled “Imaging Muscarinic Receptors in Alzheim-er’s Disease: Prediction of Therapy Response and Identification of Post Therapy Changes.”

Dr. Liu, assistant professor of physics, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, received a grant for her proposal entitled “Surgical Proof-of-Prin-ciple of Prototype 64-Pixel Positron-Sensitive Im-aging Device.”

Student Fellowship

The Student Fellowships support students’ full-time partici-pation in clinical and basic research activities in nuclear medi-cine. Five fellowships were awarded in 2004 for $3,000 each. The top two candidates were designated Bradley-Alavi Fellows, named by the donors—Drs. Jane and Abass Alavi—in honor of Dr. Stanley E. Bradley, a professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons until 1978 and a prominent researcher in the fields of renal physiology and liver disease. The recipients were:

Bradley-Alavi FellowsMegumi Ito carried out her research at the Uni-versity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, under her advisor, David J. Yang, Ph.D., Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging. Her proposal was entitled, “Imaging Apotosis Using 99mTc-Labeled Annexin V.”

Trevor Peterson carried out his research at the University of Calif. Davis Medical Center, Sacra-mento, California under his advisor, Sally J. De-Nardo, M.D., professor of radiology and internal medicine. His proposal was entitled, “Develop-ment of Modular Tumor Targeting Molecules: Motifs for Both Pretargeted Therapy and PET Imaging.”

Student FellowsApril Eryou carried out her research at the Labo-ratory of Molecular Imaging and Targeted Ra-diotherapeutics under her advisor, Raymond M. Reilly, Ph.D., Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Her proposal was entitled, “Development of Indium-111-Labeled Immunoconjugates of Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for Targeted Auger Electron Radio-therapy of HER-2/neu Positive Breast Cancer.”

Matthew Loe carried out his research at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. under his advisor, Douglas A. Collins, M.D., Department of Radi-ology. His proposal was entitled, “Biokinetics of DTPA-Adenosylcobalamin, F18-Deoxyglucose, and F18-Thymindine in Multiple Transplanted Human Tumors.”

Kaylund Chan carried out his research at the Mo-lecular Cancer Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, under his advisor, Gerald L. DeNardo, M.D., Division of Radiodiagnosis & Therapy. His proposal was entitled, “Studies of Molecular Biologic Mechanisms Underlying Lymphoma Radioimmunotherapy (90Y-Zevalin-TM and 90Y-LYM-1) and Immunotherapy (Rituxan and LYM-1) as a Basis for Enhancing Radioimmu-notherapy.”

GRANTS & AWARDS

Paul Cole ScholarshipThe Paul Cole Scholarships provide support for nuclear medicine technology students. Twenty $1,000 scholaships were awarded in 2004.

The scholarships honor the memory of a champion of student education, Paul Cole, who died in 1986 when he was serving as president of the SNM Technologist Section. The recipients were:

Gerald Antoch, M.D. University Hospital Essen; Essen, GermanyFocal Tracer Uptake: A Potential Artifact in Contrast-Enhanced Dual-Modality PET/CT Scans

Adey Ayalew, Ph.D. Laboratoire de Chirurgie Experimentale Nancy, France201Thallium and 99mTc-MIBI Retention in an Isolated Heart Model of Low Flow Isch-emia and Stunning: Evidence of Negligible Impacts of Myocycte Metabolism on the Tracers Kinetics

Viviane Boulilleret, M.D., Ph.D. The French Atomic Energy Commision Orsay, FranceCorrelation Between PET and Siscom in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Andreas K. Buck, M.D. (R)*University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyImaging Proliferation in Lung Tumors with PET - [18F]FLT vs. [18F]FDG

Matthias Bruehlmeier, M.D. (R)*Cantonal Hospital Aarau Aarau, SwitzerlandMeasurement of the Extracellular Space in Brain Tumors Using [76Br]bromide and PET

Nicolas Boussion, Ph.D. Hospital Notre-Dome, Montreal, CanadaAutomated Detection of Local Normaliza-tion Areas for Ictal-interictal Subtration Brain SPECT Imaging

Doumit Daou, M.D. (Fellow)Lariboisiere Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, FrancePerformance of Ordered-Subsets Expectation Maximization and Depth-Dependent Resolu-tion Recovery Algorithms for the Evaluation of Global Left Ventricular Function in 201T1 Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT

Roberto C. Delgado-Bolton, M.D. (R)*Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, SpainMeta-Analysis of the Performance of 18F-FDG PET in Primary Tumor Detection in Unknown Primary Tumors

Robert Dorn, M.D. (R)*Nuklearmedizin, Klinikum Augsburg Augsburg, GermanyDosimetry-Guided Radioactive Iodine Treat-ment in Patients with Metastatic Differentiat-ed Thyroid Cancer: Largest Safe Dose Using a Risk Adapted Approach

Stephanie Essman, D.V.M. (R)*College of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MissouriEffects of 153-Samarium-EDTMP on Physeal and Articular Cartilage in Juvenile Rabbits

Vincent Frouin, M.D. The French Atomic Energy Commission Orsay, FranceCorrection of Partial-Volume Effect for PET Striatal Imaging: Fast Implementation and Study of Robustness

Bernard Gerber, M.D. Universite Catholique de Louvain Brussels, BelgiumMyocardial Blood Flow, Metabolism and In-tropic Reserve in Dogs with Dysfunctional Non-infarcted Collateral-Dependent Myocardium

Steffen Hoft, M.D. Christian-Alberechts-University of Kiel Kiel, GermanyFine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Sen-tinel Lymph Node in Head and Neck Cancer

Roland Hustinx, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Fellow)University of Liege; Liege, BelgiumWhole-body Tumor Imaging Using PET and 2-[18F]fluoro-L-tyrosine: Preliminary Evalu-ation and Comparison with FDG

Masaya Kawano, M.D. (Student)Kanazawa University; Kanazawa, JapanPredicting the Outcome of Distraction Os-teogenesis by Three-Phase Bone Scintigraphy

Sam Kim, M.D. LAC + University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Natural History and Distribution of Bone and Bone Marrow Infarctions in Children with Sickle Hemoglobinopathies

Adam Kirton, M.D., MSc Alberta Children’s Hospital Calagary, CanadaEvaluation of Pediatric CNS Malignancies With 99m Tc-MIBI SPECT

Takashi Kurizaki, M.D., Ph.D.University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE Potentiation of Radiommunotherapy with Response-Selective Peptide Agonist of Human C5a

Alexander Matthies, M.D. University Hospital Bonn; Bonn,GermanyDual Time Point FDG-PET Scanning for the Evalution of Pulmonary Nodules

Lori McDonald, M.D.Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, CanadaDeposition of Cigar Smoke Particles in the Lung: Evalution with Ventilation Scan Using Technetium-99m-Labeled Sulfur Colloid Particles

Ernst J. Postema, M.D. (R)*University Medical Center Nijmegen Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDosimetric Analysis of Radioimmunothera-py with 186 Re-labeled Bivatuzumab in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Jean-Christophe Richard, M.D. Service de Reanimation Medicale et Assistance Respiratoire; Lyon, FranceComparison of Positron Emission Tomogra-phy with Radioactive Microspheres to Asses Pulmonary Blood Flow

Sharlini Sankaran, MS University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Optimum Compensation Method Combina-tion and Fliter Cutoff Choice in Myocardial SPECT: A Human Observer Study

Wolfgang M. Schaefer, M.D., Ph.D.(R)*University of Aachen, Aachen, GermanyComparison of Microsphere-equivalent Blood Flow (15O-water PET) and Relative Perfusion (99mTc-Tetrofosmin SPECT) in Myocardium Showing Metabolism-Perfusion Mismatch

Lalitha Shanker, M.D., Ph.D. National Cancer InstituteBethesda, MarylandComparison of I-123 Scintigraphy at 5 and 24 Hours in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Sakari Simula, M.D. Kuopio University HospitalKuopio, FinlandCardiac Adrenergic Innervation is Affected in Asymptomatic Subjects with Very Early Stage of Coronary Artery Disease

Katarina Sjogreen, Ph.D.Lund University Hospital; Lund, SwedenAn Activity Quantification Method Based on Registration of CT and Whole Body Scintil-lation-Camera Images, with Application to 131-I

Tuula Tovanen, MSc University of Turku; Turku, FinlandFluorine-18-Fluoroerythronitroimidazole Radiation Dosimetry in Cancer Studies

Koenrad Van Laere, M.D., Ph.D., Dr.Sc Leuven University Hospital, Leuven, BelgiumAnalysis of Clinical Brain SPECT Data Based on Anatomical Standardization and Reference to Normal Data: A ROC-Based Comparison of Visual, Semiquantitative and Voxel-based Methods

Fifty-Eight Recipients Receive Grants & Awards in 2004The Society of Nuclear Medicine awarded 58 scholarships, fellowships, research grants and awards to deserving applicants in fiscal

year 2004: two Pilot Research Grants, five Student Fellowships, 20 Paul Cole Scholarships, one Mark Tetalman Award, 29 Alavi-Man-dell Awards and one Technologist Research Grant. The Education and Research Foundation provides funding for all the awards except the Technologist Research Grant, which is funded by the SNMTS Professional Development and Education Fund.

“The knowledge I have gained from a summer of working in the field of nuclear medicine will greatly benefit my pursuit of a career in medicine. The labo-ratory skills I have acquired, although crucial, are min-iscule in comparison to the real benefits, the ability to learn and work in a logical fashion. The usefulness of that knowledge will transcend this summer’s experi-ence to benefit my career in medicine regardless of the specialty.”

—Trevor PetersonBradley-Alavi Fellow

2004 Associate Program RecipientsDonna M. ClappNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramSpringfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts

Alexandra GoveaNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramWest Virginia State CollegeInstitute, West Virginia

Dawn M. HillNuclear Medicine InstituteUniversity of FindlayFindlay, Ohio

Karen M. JohnsonNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramGateway Community CollegeNew Haven, Connecticut

Lawrence D. KuchNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramLancaster General College of Nursing and Health SciencesLancaster, Pennsylvania

Bachelor’s Program RecipientsSara Ahmedi School of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Blaine J. BeiningNuclear Medicine Technology InstituteUniversity of FindlayFindlay, Ohio

Ashley L. BucherNuclear Medicine Technology InstituteUniversity of FindlayFindlay, Ohio

Peter GranovetterNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramUM.D.NJ- School of Health Related ProfessionsScotch Plains, New Jersey Jacqueline A. GrayNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, Nebraska

Miles Taylor HerndonNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramBaptist College of Health SciencesMemphis, Tennessee

Suzanne Zuhiar KarzounNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramState University of New York at BuffaloBuffalo, New York

Kathryn MorrisSchool of Nuclear Medicine TechnologyNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Jillian PellowNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramState University of New York at BuffaloBuffalo, New York

Jerri L. WaltersNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramMayo School of Health SciencesRochester, Minnesota

Certificate Program RecipientsTiffany BarberSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Kimberly ClaftonNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramMayo School of Health SciencesRochester, Minnesota

Anthony SilvioSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Danielle SprochSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Sindy SunSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Paul Cole Scholarship recipient Lawrence Kuch with his family. Mr. Kuch expressed his gratitude for the scholarship in a letter to SNMTS President Nanci Burchell, enclosing the above photo.

Mark Tetalman Memorial AwardEstablished by the family and friends of Dr. Tetalman, this $2,500 award honors the work of a young investigator who is pursuing a career in nuclear medicine. It is named in memory of a highly respected and productive clinician and researcher, Mark Tetalman, M.D., whose career was cut tragically short. The recipient was:

Habib Zaidi, Ph.D.Head of PET Instrumentation and Neuroscience Laboratory, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospital

Alavi-Mandell Awards This year, 29 senior authors of articles published in the 2002 and 2003 editions of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine received Alavi-

Mandell awards. These awards recognize the work of authors who were nuclear medicine resident trainees or Ph.D. scientist trainees at the time of publication. The recipients were:

(R)* Resident

Research Technologist Grant The first Professional Development and Education Fund’s

Research Technologist Grant in Radiation Safety and Best Prac-tices was awarded September 2004. This grant is designed to support technologists as principal investigators of research that is deemed critical to the profession of nuclear medicine technol-ogy. Funding for the grant comes from the PDEF Corporate Friends. The recipient was:

Robert Schleipman, RT, CNMT, M.A. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass. was awarded the technologist grant for his proposal, “Reduction of Occupational Radiation Exposure via “Best Practices” PET Training Program.”

Pilot Research GrantThe Pilot Research Grants support testing of innovative

ideas in clinical/basic research while grantees seek major grant support. The grants fund essential materials outside the areas of salaries, major equipment purchases and overhead or travel. Two grants were awarded in 2004 for $8,000 each. The recipi-ents were:

Dr. Edwards-Lee, assistant professor of neurolo-gy UCLA, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, was awarded a grant for her proposal en-titled “Imaging Muscarinic Receptors in Alzheim-er’s Disease: Prediction of Therapy Response and Identification of Post Therapy Changes.”

Dr. Liu, assistant professor of physics, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, received a grant for her proposal entitled “Surgical Proof-of-Prin-ciple of Prototype 64-Pixel Positron-Sensitive Im-aging Device.”

Student Fellowship

The Student Fellowships support students’ full-time partici-pation in clinical and basic research activities in nuclear medi-cine. Five fellowships were awarded in 2004 for $3,000 each. The top two candidates were designated Bradley-Alavi Fellows, named by the donors—Drs. Jane and Abass Alavi—in honor of Dr. Stanley E. Bradley, a professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons until 1978 and a prominent researcher in the fields of renal physiology and liver disease. The recipients were:

Bradley-Alavi FellowsMegumi Ito carried out her research at the Uni-versity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, under her advisor, David J. Yang, Ph.D., Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging. Her proposal was entitled, “Imaging Apotosis Using 99mTc-Labeled Annexin V.”

Trevor Peterson carried out his research at the University of Calif. Davis Medical Center, Sacra-mento, California under his advisor, Sally J. De-Nardo, M.D., professor of radiology and internal medicine. His proposal was entitled, “Develop-ment of Modular Tumor Targeting Molecules: Motifs for Both Pretargeted Therapy and PET Imaging.”

Student FellowsApril Eryou carried out her research at the Labo-ratory of Molecular Imaging and Targeted Ra-diotherapeutics under her advisor, Raymond M. Reilly, Ph.D., Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Her proposal was entitled, “Development of Indium-111-Labeled Immunoconjugates of Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for Targeted Auger Electron Radio-therapy of HER-2/neu Positive Breast Cancer.”

Matthew Loe carried out his research at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. under his advisor, Douglas A. Collins, M.D., Department of Radi-ology. His proposal was entitled, “Biokinetics of DTPA-Adenosylcobalamin, F18-Deoxyglucose, and F18-Thymindine in Multiple Transplanted Human Tumors.”

Kaylund Chan carried out his research at the Mo-lecular Cancer Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, under his advisor, Gerald L. DeNardo, M.D., Division of Radiodiagnosis & Therapy. His proposal was entitled, “Studies of Molecular Biologic Mechanisms Underlying Lymphoma Radioimmunotherapy (90Y-Zevalin-TM and 90Y-LYM-1) and Immunotherapy (Rituxan and LYM-1) as a Basis for Enhancing Radioimmu-notherapy.”

GRANTS & AWARDS

Paul Cole ScholarshipThe Paul Cole Scholarships provide support for nuclear medicine technology students. Twenty $1,000 scholaships were awarded in 2004.

The scholarships honor the memory of a champion of student education, Paul Cole, who died in 1986 when he was serving as president of the SNM Technologist Section. The recipients were:

Gerald Antoch, M.D. University Hospital Essen; Essen, GermanyFocal Tracer Uptake: A Potential Artifact in Contrast-Enhanced Dual-Modality PET/CT Scans

Adey Ayalew, Ph.D. Laboratoire de Chirurgie Experimentale Nancy, France201Thallium and 99mTc-MIBI Retention in an Isolated Heart Model of Low Flow Isch-emia and Stunning: Evidence of Negligible Impacts of Myocycte Metabolism on the Tracers Kinetics

Viviane Boulilleret, M.D., Ph.D. The French Atomic Energy Commision Orsay, FranceCorrelation Between PET and Siscom in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Andreas K. Buck, M.D. (R)*University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyImaging Proliferation in Lung Tumors with PET - [18F]FLT vs. [18F]FDG

Matthias Bruehlmeier, M.D. (R)*Cantonal Hospital Aarau Aarau, SwitzerlandMeasurement of the Extracellular Space in Brain Tumors Using [76Br]bromide and PET

Nicolas Boussion, Ph.D. Hospital Notre-Dome, Montreal, CanadaAutomated Detection of Local Normaliza-tion Areas for Ictal-interictal Subtration Brain SPECT Imaging

Doumit Daou, M.D. (Fellow)Lariboisiere Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, FrancePerformance of Ordered-Subsets Expectation Maximization and Depth-Dependent Resolu-tion Recovery Algorithms for the Evaluation of Global Left Ventricular Function in 201T1 Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT

Roberto C. Delgado-Bolton, M.D. (R)*Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, SpainMeta-Analysis of the Performance of 18F-FDG PET in Primary Tumor Detection in Unknown Primary Tumors

Robert Dorn, M.D. (R)*Nuklearmedizin, Klinikum Augsburg Augsburg, GermanyDosimetry-Guided Radioactive Iodine Treat-ment in Patients with Metastatic Differentiat-ed Thyroid Cancer: Largest Safe Dose Using a Risk Adapted Approach

Stephanie Essman, D.V.M. (R)*College of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MissouriEffects of 153-Samarium-EDTMP on Physeal and Articular Cartilage in Juvenile Rabbits

Vincent Frouin, M.D. The French Atomic Energy Commission Orsay, FranceCorrection of Partial-Volume Effect for PET Striatal Imaging: Fast Implementation and Study of Robustness

Bernard Gerber, M.D. Universite Catholique de Louvain Brussels, BelgiumMyocardial Blood Flow, Metabolism and In-tropic Reserve in Dogs with Dysfunctional Non-infarcted Collateral-Dependent Myocardium

Steffen Hoft, M.D. Christian-Alberechts-University of Kiel Kiel, GermanyFine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Sen-tinel Lymph Node in Head and Neck Cancer

Roland Hustinx, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Fellow)University of Liege; Liege, BelgiumWhole-body Tumor Imaging Using PET and 2-[18F]fluoro-L-tyrosine: Preliminary Evalu-ation and Comparison with FDG

Masaya Kawano, M.D. (Student)Kanazawa University; Kanazawa, JapanPredicting the Outcome of Distraction Os-teogenesis by Three-Phase Bone Scintigraphy

Sam Kim, M.D. LAC + University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Natural History and Distribution of Bone and Bone Marrow Infarctions in Children with Sickle Hemoglobinopathies

Adam Kirton, M.D., MSc Alberta Children’s Hospital Calagary, CanadaEvaluation of Pediatric CNS Malignancies With 99m Tc-MIBI SPECT

Takashi Kurizaki, M.D., Ph.D.University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE Potentiation of Radiommunotherapy with Response-Selective Peptide Agonist of Human C5a

Alexander Matthies, M.D. University Hospital Bonn; Bonn,GermanyDual Time Point FDG-PET Scanning for the Evalution of Pulmonary Nodules

Lori McDonald, M.D.Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, CanadaDeposition of Cigar Smoke Particles in the Lung: Evalution with Ventilation Scan Using Technetium-99m-Labeled Sulfur Colloid Particles

Ernst J. Postema, M.D. (R)*University Medical Center Nijmegen Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDosimetric Analysis of Radioimmunothera-py with 186 Re-labeled Bivatuzumab in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Jean-Christophe Richard, M.D. Service de Reanimation Medicale et Assistance Respiratoire; Lyon, FranceComparison of Positron Emission Tomogra-phy with Radioactive Microspheres to Asses Pulmonary Blood Flow

Sharlini Sankaran, MS University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Optimum Compensation Method Combina-tion and Fliter Cutoff Choice in Myocardial SPECT: A Human Observer Study

Wolfgang M. Schaefer, M.D., Ph.D.(R)*University of Aachen, Aachen, GermanyComparison of Microsphere-equivalent Blood Flow (15O-water PET) and Relative Perfusion (99mTc-Tetrofosmin SPECT) in Myocardium Showing Metabolism-Perfusion Mismatch

Lalitha Shanker, M.D., Ph.D. National Cancer InstituteBethesda, MarylandComparison of I-123 Scintigraphy at 5 and 24 Hours in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Sakari Simula, M.D. Kuopio University HospitalKuopio, FinlandCardiac Adrenergic Innervation is Affected in Asymptomatic Subjects with Very Early Stage of Coronary Artery Disease

Katarina Sjogreen, Ph.D.Lund University Hospital; Lund, SwedenAn Activity Quantification Method Based on Registration of CT and Whole Body Scintil-lation-Camera Images, with Application to 131-I

Tuula Tovanen, MSc University of Turku; Turku, FinlandFluorine-18-Fluoroerythronitroimidazole Radiation Dosimetry in Cancer Studies

Koenrad Van Laere, M.D., Ph.D., Dr.Sc Leuven University Hospital, Leuven, BelgiumAnalysis of Clinical Brain SPECT Data Based on Anatomical Standardization and Reference to Normal Data: A ROC-Based Comparison of Visual, Semiquantitative and Voxel-based Methods

Fifty-Eight Recipients Receive Grants & Awards in 2004The Society of Nuclear Medicine awarded 58 scholarships, fellowships, research grants and awards to deserving applicants in fiscal

year 2004: two Pilot Research Grants, five Student Fellowships, 20 Paul Cole Scholarships, one Mark Tetalman Award, 29 Alavi-Man-dell Awards and one Technologist Research Grant. The Education and Research Foundation provides funding for all the awards except the Technologist Research Grant, which is funded by the SNMTS Professional Development and Education Fund.

“The knowledge I have gained from a summer of working in the field of nuclear medicine will greatly benefit my pursuit of a career in medicine. The labo-ratory skills I have acquired, although crucial, are min-iscule in comparison to the real benefits, the ability to learn and work in a logical fashion. The usefulness of that knowledge will transcend this summer’s experi-ence to benefit my career in medicine regardless of the specialty.”

—Trevor PetersonBradley-Alavi Fellow

2004 Associate Program RecipientsDonna M. ClappNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramSpringfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts

Alexandra GoveaNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramWest Virginia State CollegeInstitute, West Virginia

Dawn M. HillNuclear Medicine InstituteUniversity of FindlayFindlay, Ohio

Karen M. JohnsonNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramGateway Community CollegeNew Haven, Connecticut

Lawrence D. KuchNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramLancaster General College of Nursing and Health SciencesLancaster, Pennsylvania

Bachelor’s Program RecipientsSara Ahmedi School of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Blaine J. BeiningNuclear Medicine Technology InstituteUniversity of FindlayFindlay, Ohio

Ashley L. BucherNuclear Medicine Technology InstituteUniversity of FindlayFindlay, Ohio

Peter GranovetterNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramUM.D.NJ- School of Health Related ProfessionsScotch Plains, New Jersey Jacqueline A. GrayNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, Nebraska

Miles Taylor HerndonNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramBaptist College of Health SciencesMemphis, Tennessee

Suzanne Zuhiar KarzounNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramState University of New York at BuffaloBuffalo, New York

Kathryn MorrisSchool of Nuclear Medicine TechnologyNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Jillian PellowNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramState University of New York at BuffaloBuffalo, New York

Jerri L. WaltersNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramMayo School of Health SciencesRochester, Minnesota

Certificate Program RecipientsTiffany BarberSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Kimberly ClaftonNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramMayo School of Health SciencesRochester, Minnesota

Anthony SilvioSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Danielle SprochSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Sindy SunSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Paul Cole Scholarship recipient Lawrence Kuch with his family. Mr. Kuch expressed his gratitude for the scholarship in a letter to SNMTS President Nanci Burchell, enclosing the above photo.

Mark Tetalman Memorial AwardEstablished by the family and friends of Dr. Tetalman, this $2,500 award honors the work of a young investigator who is pursuing a career in nuclear medicine. It is named in memory of a highly respected and productive clinician and researcher, Mark Tetalman, M.D., whose career was cut tragically short. The recipient was:

Habib Zaidi, Ph.D.Head of PET Instrumentation and Neuroscience Laboratory, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospital

Alavi-Mandell Awards This year, 29 senior authors of articles published in the 2002 and 2003 editions of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine received Alavi-

Mandell awards. These awards recognize the work of authors who were nuclear medicine resident trainees or Ph.D. scientist trainees at the time of publication. The recipients were:

(R)* Resident

Research Technologist Grant The first Professional Development and Education Fund’s

Research Technologist Grant in Radiation Safety and Best Prac-tices was awarded September 2004. This grant is designed to support technologists as principal investigators of research that is deemed critical to the profession of nuclear medicine technol-ogy. Funding for the grant comes from the PDEF Corporate Friends. The recipient was:

Robert Schleipman, RT, CNMT, M.A. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass. was awarded the technologist grant for his proposal, “Reduction of Occupational Radiation Exposure via “Best Practices” PET Training Program.”

Pilot Research GrantThe Pilot Research Grants support testing of innovative

ideas in clinical/basic research while grantees seek major grant support. The grants fund essential materials outside the areas of salaries, major equipment purchases and overhead or travel. Two grants were awarded in 2004 for $8,000 each. The recipi-ents were:

Dr. Edwards-Lee, assistant professor of neurolo-gy UCLA, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, was awarded a grant for her proposal en-titled “Imaging Muscarinic Receptors in Alzheim-er’s Disease: Prediction of Therapy Response and Identification of Post Therapy Changes.”

Dr. Liu, assistant professor of physics, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, received a grant for her proposal entitled “Surgical Proof-of-Prin-ciple of Prototype 64-Pixel Positron-Sensitive Im-aging Device.”

Student Fellowship

The Student Fellowships support students’ full-time partici-pation in clinical and basic research activities in nuclear medi-cine. Five fellowships were awarded in 2004 for $3,000 each. The top two candidates were designated Bradley-Alavi Fellows, named by the donors—Drs. Jane and Abass Alavi—in honor of Dr. Stanley E. Bradley, a professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons until 1978 and a prominent researcher in the fields of renal physiology and liver disease. The recipients were:

Bradley-Alavi FellowsMegumi Ito carried out her research at the Uni-versity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, under her advisor, David J. Yang, Ph.D., Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging. Her proposal was entitled, “Imaging Apotosis Using 99mTc-Labeled Annexin V.”

Trevor Peterson carried out his research at the University of Calif. Davis Medical Center, Sacra-mento, California under his advisor, Sally J. De-Nardo, M.D., professor of radiology and internal medicine. His proposal was entitled, “Develop-ment of Modular Tumor Targeting Molecules: Motifs for Both Pretargeted Therapy and PET Imaging.”

Student FellowsApril Eryou carried out her research at the Labo-ratory of Molecular Imaging and Targeted Ra-diotherapeutics under her advisor, Raymond M. Reilly, Ph.D., Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Her proposal was entitled, “Development of Indium-111-Labeled Immunoconjugates of Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for Targeted Auger Electron Radio-therapy of HER-2/neu Positive Breast Cancer.”

Matthew Loe carried out his research at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. under his advisor, Douglas A. Collins, M.D., Department of Radi-ology. His proposal was entitled, “Biokinetics of DTPA-Adenosylcobalamin, F18-Deoxyglucose, and F18-Thymindine in Multiple Transplanted Human Tumors.”

Kaylund Chan carried out his research at the Mo-lecular Cancer Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, under his advisor, Gerald L. DeNardo, M.D., Division of Radiodiagnosis & Therapy. His proposal was entitled, “Studies of Molecular Biologic Mechanisms Underlying Lymphoma Radioimmunotherapy (90Y-Zevalin-TM and 90Y-LYM-1) and Immunotherapy (Rituxan and LYM-1) as a Basis for Enhancing Radioimmu-notherapy.”

GRANTS & AWARDS

Paul Cole ScholarshipThe Paul Cole Scholarships provide support for nuclear medicine technology students. Twenty $1,000 scholaships were awarded in 2004.

The scholarships honor the memory of a champion of student education, Paul Cole, who died in 1986 when he was serving as president of the SNM Technologist Section. The recipients were:

Gerald Antoch, M.D. University Hospital Essen; Essen, GermanyFocal Tracer Uptake: A Potential Artifact in Contrast-Enhanced Dual-Modality PET/CT Scans

Adey Ayalew, Ph.D. Laboratoire de Chirurgie Experimentale Nancy, France201Thallium and 99mTc-MIBI Retention in an Isolated Heart Model of Low Flow Isch-emia and Stunning: Evidence of Negligible Impacts of Myocycte Metabolism on the Tracers Kinetics

Viviane Boulilleret, M.D., Ph.D. The French Atomic Energy Commision Orsay, FranceCorrelation Between PET and Siscom in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Andreas K. Buck, M.D. (R)*University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyImaging Proliferation in Lung Tumors with PET - [18F]FLT vs. [18F]FDG

Matthias Bruehlmeier, M.D. (R)*Cantonal Hospital Aarau Aarau, SwitzerlandMeasurement of the Extracellular Space in Brain Tumors Using [76Br]bromide and PET

Nicolas Boussion, Ph.D. Hospital Notre-Dome, Montreal, CanadaAutomated Detection of Local Normaliza-tion Areas for Ictal-interictal Subtration Brain SPECT Imaging

Doumit Daou, M.D. (Fellow)Lariboisiere Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, FrancePerformance of Ordered-Subsets Expectation Maximization and Depth-Dependent Resolu-tion Recovery Algorithms for the Evaluation of Global Left Ventricular Function in 201T1 Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT

Roberto C. Delgado-Bolton, M.D. (R)*Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, SpainMeta-Analysis of the Performance of 18F-FDG PET in Primary Tumor Detection in Unknown Primary Tumors

Robert Dorn, M.D. (R)*Nuklearmedizin, Klinikum Augsburg Augsburg, GermanyDosimetry-Guided Radioactive Iodine Treat-ment in Patients with Metastatic Differentiat-ed Thyroid Cancer: Largest Safe Dose Using a Risk Adapted Approach

Stephanie Essman, D.V.M. (R)*College of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MissouriEffects of 153-Samarium-EDTMP on Physeal and Articular Cartilage in Juvenile Rabbits

Vincent Frouin, M.D. The French Atomic Energy Commission Orsay, FranceCorrection of Partial-Volume Effect for PET Striatal Imaging: Fast Implementation and Study of Robustness

Bernard Gerber, M.D. Universite Catholique de Louvain Brussels, BelgiumMyocardial Blood Flow, Metabolism and In-tropic Reserve in Dogs with Dysfunctional Non-infarcted Collateral-Dependent Myocardium

Steffen Hoft, M.D. Christian-Alberechts-University of Kiel Kiel, GermanyFine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Sen-tinel Lymph Node in Head and Neck Cancer

Roland Hustinx, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Fellow)University of Liege; Liege, BelgiumWhole-body Tumor Imaging Using PET and 2-[18F]fluoro-L-tyrosine: Preliminary Evalu-ation and Comparison with FDG

Masaya Kawano, M.D. (Student)Kanazawa University; Kanazawa, JapanPredicting the Outcome of Distraction Os-teogenesis by Three-Phase Bone Scintigraphy

Sam Kim, M.D. LAC + University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Natural History and Distribution of Bone and Bone Marrow Infarctions in Children with Sickle Hemoglobinopathies

Adam Kirton, M.D., MSc Alberta Children’s Hospital Calagary, CanadaEvaluation of Pediatric CNS Malignancies With 99m Tc-MIBI SPECT

Takashi Kurizaki, M.D., Ph.D.University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE Potentiation of Radiommunotherapy with Response-Selective Peptide Agonist of Human C5a

Alexander Matthies, M.D. University Hospital Bonn; Bonn,GermanyDual Time Point FDG-PET Scanning for the Evalution of Pulmonary Nodules

Lori McDonald, M.D.Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, CanadaDeposition of Cigar Smoke Particles in the Lung: Evalution with Ventilation Scan Using Technetium-99m-Labeled Sulfur Colloid Particles

Ernst J. Postema, M.D. (R)*University Medical Center Nijmegen Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDosimetric Analysis of Radioimmunothera-py with 186 Re-labeled Bivatuzumab in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Jean-Christophe Richard, M.D. Service de Reanimation Medicale et Assistance Respiratoire; Lyon, FranceComparison of Positron Emission Tomogra-phy with Radioactive Microspheres to Asses Pulmonary Blood Flow

Sharlini Sankaran, MS University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Optimum Compensation Method Combina-tion and Fliter Cutoff Choice in Myocardial SPECT: A Human Observer Study

Wolfgang M. Schaefer, M.D., Ph.D.(R)*University of Aachen, Aachen, GermanyComparison of Microsphere-equivalent Blood Flow (15O-water PET) and Relative Perfusion (99mTc-Tetrofosmin SPECT) in Myocardium Showing Metabolism-Perfusion Mismatch

Lalitha Shanker, M.D., Ph.D. National Cancer InstituteBethesda, MarylandComparison of I-123 Scintigraphy at 5 and 24 Hours in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Sakari Simula, M.D. Kuopio University HospitalKuopio, FinlandCardiac Adrenergic Innervation is Affected in Asymptomatic Subjects with Very Early Stage of Coronary Artery Disease

Katarina Sjogreen, Ph.D.Lund University Hospital; Lund, SwedenAn Activity Quantification Method Based on Registration of CT and Whole Body Scintil-lation-Camera Images, with Application to 131-I

Tuula Tovanen, MSc University of Turku; Turku, FinlandFluorine-18-Fluoroerythronitroimidazole Radiation Dosimetry in Cancer Studies

Koenrad Van Laere, M.D., Ph.D., Dr.Sc Leuven University Hospital, Leuven, BelgiumAnalysis of Clinical Brain SPECT Data Based on Anatomical Standardization and Reference to Normal Data: A ROC-Based Comparison of Visual, Semiquantitative and Voxel-based Methods

Fifty-Eight Recipients Receive Grants & Awards in 2004The Society of Nuclear Medicine awarded 58 scholarships, fellowships, research grants and awards to deserving applicants in fiscal

year 2004: two Pilot Research Grants, five Student Fellowships, 20 Paul Cole Scholarships, one Mark Tetalman Award, 29 Alavi-Man-dell Awards and one Technologist Research Grant. The Education and Research Foundation provides funding for all the awards except the Technologist Research Grant, which is funded by the SNMTS Professional Development and Education Fund.

“The knowledge I have gained from a summer of working in the field of nuclear medicine will greatly benefit my pursuit of a career in medicine. The labo-ratory skills I have acquired, although crucial, are min-iscule in comparison to the real benefits, the ability to learn and work in a logical fashion. The usefulness of that knowledge will transcend this summer’s experi-ence to benefit my career in medicine regardless of the specialty.”

—Trevor PetersonBradley-Alavi Fellow

2004 Associate Program RecipientsDonna M. ClappNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramSpringfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts

Alexandra GoveaNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramWest Virginia State CollegeInstitute, West Virginia

Dawn M. HillNuclear Medicine InstituteUniversity of FindlayFindlay, Ohio

Karen M. JohnsonNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramGateway Community CollegeNew Haven, Connecticut

Lawrence D. KuchNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramLancaster General College of Nursing and Health SciencesLancaster, Pennsylvania

Bachelor’s Program RecipientsSara Ahmedi School of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Blaine J. BeiningNuclear Medicine Technology InstituteUniversity of FindlayFindlay, Ohio

Ashley L. BucherNuclear Medicine Technology InstituteUniversity of FindlayFindlay, Ohio

Peter GranovetterNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramUM.D.NJ- School of Health Related ProfessionsScotch Plains, New Jersey Jacqueline A. GrayNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, Nebraska

Miles Taylor HerndonNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramBaptist College of Health SciencesMemphis, Tennessee

Suzanne Zuhiar KarzounNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramState University of New York at BuffaloBuffalo, New York

Kathryn MorrisSchool of Nuclear Medicine TechnologyNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Jillian PellowNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramState University of New York at BuffaloBuffalo, New York

Jerri L. WaltersNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramMayo School of Health SciencesRochester, Minnesota

Certificate Program RecipientsTiffany BarberSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Kimberly ClaftonNuclear Medicine Technology ProgramMayo School of Health SciencesRochester, Minnesota

Anthony SilvioSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Danielle SprochSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Sindy SunSchool of Nuclear Medicine Technology ProgramNorthwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois

Paul Cole Scholarship recipient Lawrence Kuch with his family. Mr. Kuch expressed his gratitude for the scholarship in a letter to SNMTS President Nanci Burchell, enclosing the above photo.

Mark Tetalman Memorial AwardEstablished by the family and friends of Dr. Tetalman, this $2,500 award honors the work of a young investigator who is pursuing a career in nuclear medicine. It is named in memory of a highly respected and productive clinician and researcher, Mark Tetalman, M.D., whose career was cut tragically short. The recipient was:

Habib Zaidi, Ph.D.Head of PET Instrumentation and Neuroscience Laboratory, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospital

Alavi-Mandell Awards This year, 29 senior authors of articles published in the 2002 and 2003 editions of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine received Alavi-

Mandell awards. These awards recognize the work of authors who were nuclear medicine resident trainees or Ph.D. scientist trainees at the time of publication. The recipients were:

(R)* Resident

News for the

Nuclear Medicine

Donor Community

Welcome to the second edition of Contributor, a newsletter from the Society of Nuclear Medicine Development Office. This issue highlights scholarship, fellowship and grant award-ees whose opportunities were made possible by your support of the Education and Research Foundation and the SNMTS Professional Development and Education Fund. As you will read, these award recipients have been able to continue education, pursue research and learning opportunities and engage in professional development because of your generosity.

Mitzi and William Blahd, M.D., Honored by ERF With Named Pilot Research Grant

At a reception for donors at the SNM Annual Meeting, the Educa-tion and Research Foundation an-nounced the creation of the Mitzi and William Blahd Pilot Research Grant. For more than thirty years, William Blahd, M.D. and his wife, Mitzi, have been mainstays of the Education and Research Founda-tion. Together they have helped the foundation raise major gifts, includ-ing the significant endowment that has funded the Cassen Award in Nuclear Medicine, awarded since 1992, and the Cassen Fellowships.

Equally important is the goodwill they created through their outreach to the nuclear medicine community. It is not uncommon for Mrs. Blahd to be reminded of Scintillating Cookery, the popular cookbook she put together to mark the Silver Anniversary of the society. Representing recipes from all SNM chapters, the book, funded by the Blahds, quickly sold out its more than 2000 copies. Never one to rest, Mrs. Blahd followed the cookbook with another idea that proved as popular: nuclear-medicine–themed t-shirts (“I’m so scintillating”). These efforts, combined with staff-ing a booth for the Education and Research foundation at the SNM Annual Meetings, helped raise the profile of the Foundation and its education and research goals.

In 2000, the Society of Nuclear Medicine recognized the Blahds for their extraor-dinary efforts with the President’s Distinguished Service Award. This year, the foun-dation’s creation of the Mitzi and William Blahd Pilot Research Grant reflects the enormous respect that William and Mitzi Blahd have engendered from the nuclear medicine donor community and the hundreds of people who have benefited from foundation support.

When asked about their efforts over the years, both Dr. and Mrs. Blahd shrug off their accomplishments and instead focus attention on the need to still carry the message about support for nuclear medicine. It is the foundation’s hope that their attention doesn’t waver, for there are few equals in the nuclear medicine philan-thropic community. Thank you, Dr. and Mrs. Blahd, for your unflagging energy and commitment.

ERF President Honored With 2004 Kuhl-Lassen Award

Michae l D. Devous, Sr., Ph.D., p r e s i d e n t of the Edu-cation and R e s e a r c h F o u n d a -tion, was awarded the 2004 Kuhl-Lassen Award. The Brain Imaging Council of the Soci-ety of Nuclear Medicine pre-sented Dr. Devous this award at the SNM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. The Kuhl-Lassen award recognizes scien-tists who have made significant contributions to the field of functional brain imaging using single photon emission com-puted tomography or positron emission tomography. Dr. De-vous is a professor of radiol-ogy at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and a professor of human de-velopment and communica-tion sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.

End-of-Year Edition 2004

CONTRIBUTOR

Survey of Past Award Winners In order to gain a better understanding of the full impact of ERF-funded scholarships, awards and

grants, the SNM Development Office recently conducted a brief survey of grant, scholarship and fellow-ship recipients from 1998–2004. The goal of the survey was to study the impact of the awards upon the past winners, study how their careers have been influenced and assess the importance of having such opportu-nities in the field of nuclear medicine. One of the respondents, Clifton Fuller, a 2003 Student Fellowship winner, wrote:

“This is an excellent program that not only allows interested students to gain exposure to research in general but also affords them the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research in nuclear medicine. The rapid pace of scientific advancement in nuclear medicine is evidence of the vitality of this field and is a compelling reason for program participation. I highly encourage medical and graduate students with an interest in imaging or related research areas to pursue the student research fellowship.”

Final Tallies for 50th Anniversary Campaign and Fiscal Year Fundraising for ERF

Two hundred and fifteen SNM and ERF leaders and members contributed $60,100 in honor of the SNM’s 50th anniversary. The names of those who donated to the Cam-paign were listed on donor panels at the SNM Annual Meet-ing as well as in the Annual Meeting program. A plaque listing the names of all those who gave $500 or more will be installed by late fall/early winter at SNM Headquarters. In addition to contributing to the 50th Anniversary appeal, hundreds of SNM members also donated nearly $10,000 to the ERF and Paul Cole Scholarship Fund through their membership invoice this past fiscal year. The foundation is deeply appreciative of this demonstration of support.

Generous Gift from Samuel P. Mandell Foundation

The Education and Research Foundation has received a pledged gift of $50,000 from the Samuel P. Mandell Founda-tion to be used to support the Alavi-Mandell Awards and fur-ther expand education and research initiatives of young in-vestigators and students. Dr. Gerald A. Mandell was pivotal in making this gift possible, and the Education and Research Foundation extends its sincere gratitude to Dr. Mandell and the Samuel P. Mandell Foundation.

SNM Journal Subscriptions Provided to Developing Countries

Through a generous gift from the ERF’s Alavi-Bradley Endowment Fund, complimentary subscriptions to The Journal of Nuclear Medicine have been provided to institution-al and medical libraries in Turkey, South Africa, Iran, Indo-nesia, Argentina, Uruguay, Egypt and Portugal. The libraries were identified by the countries’ respective nuclear medicine societies or members.

Corporate Friends Seek Additional Members for ‘05

When the PDEF Corporate Friends formed in 2003, a vital partnership between the nuclear medicine industry and the Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section was activated to address common interests. Through an annual membership contribution of $10,000, the PDEF Corporate Friends have provided support for programs such as research grants in radiation safety, scholarships for minority students and for post-baccalaureate study and a workforce survey. Corporate Friends’ participation in PDEF meetings and the development of PDEF-sponsored programs are highly val-ued. We ask contributor readers to encourage their nuclear medicine industry colleagues to become PDEF Corporate Friends. Members receive an array of benefits that include:

• An invitation to meet twice a year with SNMTS to dis-cuss issues of concern and how the resources of the Professional Development and Education Fund can be used most effectively to address the issues

• Year-long recognition in publicity and informational materials on the SNM Web site, in the SNMTS jour-nal, in the newsletter “Uptake;” and in the SNM donor newsletter, “Contributor”

• Special recognition at the SNM Annual Meeting through ads in the Annual Meeting Program, on An-nual Meeting Donor Recognition Walls and through special signage for each company’s booth area

• A complimentary color ad in JNMT • One complimentary preregistration to the Annual

Meeting (for company representatives only)

Current PDEF Corporate Friends: Alliance Imaging, Capintec Inc., Biogen Idec, GE Healthcare, Bristol-Myers Squibb and M.D.S Nordion.

To learn more about becoming a Corporate Member of the PDEF, call SNM Development Director Kathy Bates.

Before the New Year rings in, please consider an end-of-the year gift to the Education and Research Foundation in support of nuclear medicine. The SNM, SNMTS and ERF are jointly committed to advancing research and education in nuclear medicine. Your year-end gift will help us trans-form this commitment into visible results.

To have your gift qualify as a tax deduction* in 2004, please follow the instructions below. All donations should be sent to the SNM Headquarters address listed below.

Check: Send your check (U.S. dollars only) made out to the Education and Research Foundation SNM in an enve-lope postmarked by December 31 to SNM Headquarters, attn: Development Department.

Credit Card: Call the Development Office staff or do-nate online before 4 p.m. EST on December 29, 2004, to ensure sufficient time to complete the credit card transac-tion by year’s end. The online donation site is http:// erf.snm.org/donate/.

Stock: Donate publicly traded, appreciated stock held

one year and a day to (1) receive a tax deduction for the full fair market value of the stock on the date of the gift and (2) avoid capital gains on the increase in the value of your stock*. Call the development director as early as possible to complete the transaction before December 31, 2004.

Additional Considerations: Increase your annual do-nation with a matching gift from your or your spouse’s company. Just submit the matching gift form with your contribution. Do you wish to honor or memorialize a per-son? You can do so through your gift with a note to the Development Office. We will recognize this special gesture in all donor acknowledgement materials.

*All donations to the ERF are deductible to the full ex-tent of the law. The general information provided above on tax deductibility may or may not apply to your specific situ-ation, so please consult a financial advisor for professional advice where necessary.

Thank you for your generosity. Best wishes for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

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If you have questions regarding information in this newsletter, please contact a member of the Development Department staff:

Kathy Bates, Director of Development, 703.708.9000, ext. 1028, kbates@snm.org Emily Green, Associate Coordinator, Development, 703.708.9000, ext. 1255, egreen@snm.org