Prof Umar Mahmood
Prof. Umar Mahmood is Chief of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Director of the Center for Precision Imaging, and Associate Chair for Imaging Sciences in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Mahmood’s research has focused on translational applications of molecular imaging to guide precision medicine, with an emphasis on the tumor microenvironment, cancer signaling pathways, changes in cancer metabolism, and the interaction of the immune system with tumors. He is interested in applying image information for disease characterization and optimization of individual treatment response. In addition to his roles at MGH, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and is the RSNA Secretary Treasurer and the Board Liaison for International Affairs. He served six years on the RSNA Research and Education Foundation Board of Trustees to help foster the next generation of imaging researchers. Dr. Mahmood is a Fellow of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the recipient of the first annual SNMMI Minoshima Pappas transformational leadership award. He has had a multi-faceted engagement with SNMMI over the years, including serving four years on the SNMMI Board of Directors and as Chair of the SNMMI Scientific Program Committee.
Prof Stafano Fanti
Associate Professor at the University of Bologna since 2006 and full professor since 2017, he carries out his research in the field of diagnostics, in particular Nuclear Medicine. Research interests are mainly focused on the use of PET in oncology, with particular reference to innovative radiopharmaceuticals. Engaged in national and international research projects, he collaborates with numerous institutions, including IAEA, EANM. Author of numerous publications, he has received several awards and recognitions from prestigious Centers and Institutes.
Dr Arif Shaikh
Dr Arif Shaikh is Medical Director/PET at Kettering Network Radiologists, Inc. He is Director of Targeted Radionuclide Therapy who introduced advanced clinical dosimetry (pharmacodynamics and kinetics), Co-founded and led Multidisciplinary Thyroid and Endocrine Tumour Board and Developed Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Clinic. As Director of Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging he Introduced advanced clinical imaging as routine standard of care. He has extensive teaching experience of trainees in multiple specialties: Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Cardiology, Radiation Oncology, General Internal Medicine. He has extensive didactic teaching experience both locally at UNC, at national meetings / international venues. He remained part of graduate thesis committees and is involved in mentoring of post-doctorate students in the joint Schools of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NC State University. He is Radiology Quality Assurance Officer for peer review activities.
Professor Denis AGOSTINI
Denis Agostini, MD, PhD is a Professor of Nuclear Medicine and Biophysics and a cardiologist who works as a Head of the department of Nuclear Medicine of the Normandy Caen University Hospital in France. He has (co-)authored more than 160 publications in peer reviewed journals and 5 book chapters, mostly related to cardiovascular imaging. Since 2013 he has been a member of the scientific program committee of the annual congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). He has worked as educational representative of the Cardiovascular Committee (ESMIT-EANM). He remained Member of Editorial Board of EJNMMI and Annals of Nuclear Medicine (2008-2018), French President of Societe Francaise of Medicine Nucleaire (SFMN) congress (2019) and Senior advisor of Cardiovacular Committee Task Force (EANM) in 2018.
Dr. Jing Wang
Dr. Jing Wang, President of Chinese Society of Nuclear Medicine. Director of department of nuclear medicine of Xijing hospital. Vice-chief-editor of Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Dr. Jing Wang focused on the clinical translation of new molecular probes targeted on the tumor for tumor imaging and radionuclide therapy. Dr. Jing Wang successively hosted over 20 projects, including 2 key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and published more than 60 SCI papers as the first/corresponding author.
Prof. Dr. Yun-Sang Lee
Prof. Dr. Yun-Sang Lee, is a distinguished full professor in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the College of Medicine, Seoul National University. Prof. Dr. Lee is a prominent figure in the field of Nuclear Medicine/radiopharmaceuticals and has made significant contributions to the development of novel radiopharmaceuticals, including 177Lu, 68Ga, and 18F. He has published over 134 research papers in internationally renowned journals, which having more than 3500 citations.
PROFESSOR QAISAR H SIRAJ
Qaisar Hussain Siraj, MB, BS, MSc, PhD, FANMB, is a Senior Consultant in Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT at the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait, for more than ten years. He has worked in several teaching hospitals in London, including St. Bartholomew’s, Guy’s, Charing Cross, Royal London and Royal Free Hospital and Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. His past experience includes ten years as Lead Clinician in Nuclear Medicine with the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (UK) as Consultant and Head of the departments of nuclear medicine at the Royal Hospital Haslar, St. Mary’s and Queen Alexandra hospitals in Portsmouth. Dr Siraj is an examiner for the Asian Board in Nuclear Medicine, an IAEA nuclear medicine expert, and has worked on the certification and quality panels of the General Medical Council, UK. His speciality interests include nuclear cardiology, neurology, genitourinary medicine, PET/CT, endocrinology, and sentinel node imaging. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Nuclear Medicine for the last several years.
DR RIZWAN SYED
Dr Rizwan Syed has over 20 years of experience in the field of radiology and nuclear medicine. He is triple accredited with Fellowship in Surgey, Radiology and Nuclear medicine. . His special interest is Oncoradiology, theranogstic, and PET/CT/ PET/MRI. He was designated as lead for PET/MRI at UCLH. Over 50 peer reviewed publications and research abstracts. On the Editorial Team of various Nuclear Medicine Journals. Member EANM (European Association of Nuclear Medicine) academic committees. Neuroendocrine Tumour Unit Team member at Wellington Hospital London, UK. He is reviewer for Nuclear Medicine Communications, Journal of Oncology and Allied Specialities, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular imaging.
Dr Muhammad Babar Imran (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz)
Dr M. Babar Imran (T.I) MBBS (KE), MSc, MS (Italy), FANMB, FRCP (UK), PhD (Japan). Chief Medical Officer / Director, PINUM Cancer Hospital, Faisalabad. Pakistan. Chief Editor of European Journal of Medical Case Reports. Chief Editor of Pakistan Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Examiner and supervisor of post graduate training of nuclear medicine (FCPS / MSc / PhD). Examiner Asian Board of Nuclear Medicine. Dr. M. Babar Imran (T.I) has a strong research aptitude proved by high quality papers published in peer reviewed renowned journals of high international ranking, generating significant impact factor (more than 150), citation (more than 1000) and H index 25. He has an honor of national and international prestigious awards. He has a broad working experience in multiethnic multicultural groups (Japan, Europe, KSA).
Dr. Akhtar Ahmed
Dr. Akhtar Ahmed a Nuclear Physician has over 38 years’ experience in Nuclear Medicine. He earned his Master’s degree from University of London in 1987. He is Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, European Board of Nuclear Medicine and Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. He is currently Head of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT at Ziauddin University Hospital Karachi. He has served as Director NIMRA, Jamshoro and KIRAN, Karachi. He was dean faculty of Nuclear Medicine and currently member faculty of Nuclear Medicine College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. He was ex-president Osteoporosis Society of Pakistan. He has over 30 publications and 300 citations
Dr. Humayun Bashir
A Nuclear medicine physician with 23 years of clinical experience acquired in Pakistan, UK, and Saudi Arabia. A fellow of the College of the Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan, Royal College of Physicians of London and Edinburgh, European Board of Nuclear Medicine and past Diplomate of the American Board of the Nuclear Cardiology. Currently working as Consultant in Nuclear medicine with the East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Canterbury UK along with honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of the Kent and honorary Consultant with Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan. Bashir served as President of the Pakistan Society of Nuclear Medicine from 2015 to 2017. He is a member of; the Board of directors of the Asia Oceanic Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, faculty of Nuclear Medicine of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan and the international and educational committees of the American College of Nuclear Medicine. Bashir has over 50 publications, 300 citations and has co-founded Bashir-Alavi and Younis-Bashir awards for promotion of research in Pakistan.
Dr. Muhammad Adnan Saeed
Dr. Muhammad Adnan Saeed, MBBS (RMU), MS Nuclear Medicine (PIEAS), FCPS (Nuclear Medicine) Gold Medal, PhD (Quaid-e-Azam University), Certificate in Health Profession Education (CHPE), is Working at AECH-NORI, Islamabad as Consultant Nuclear Medicine, Head Department of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Division and as Adjunct Faculty at Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad. He is examiner and supervisor of FCPS, MPhil, MD, and PhD students of different universities. He has authored 24 National and International publications (1st Author). He served as General Secretary of Pakistan Society of Nuclear Medicine (PSNM) 2019-2021. He is a Technical expert/auditor of ISO 9001-2015 in health sector. He is Recipient of Gen. Burki FCPS Gold Medal (2009), Performance Gold Medal (PAEC) 2016, Member Editorial Board of Pakistan Journal of Nuclear Medicine (PJNM), Member Editorial Board of Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College (JRMC). He is also a reviewer of PJNM (Pakistan Journal of Nuclear Medicine) JCPSP (Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan) PJMR (Pakistan Journal of Medical Research) Journal of Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals.
Prof Nouzha Ben Rais Aouad
Prof Nouzha is Head of Nuclear Medicine department Ibn Sina teaching hospital CHU Rabat Faculty of medicine and Pharmacy Rabat University Mohammed V Rabat Morocco. She is Founder of Nuclear Medicine specialty in Morocco and Director of pédagogy and research in Nuclear Medicine and Biophysics.
Dr Mehdi Raza
Dr. MEHDI RAZA, MBBS, M.SC (Nuclear Medicine), FCPS (Nuclear Medicine) FANMB, is a Consultant in Nuclear Medicine & Nuclear Cardiology, at the Nuclear Medical Centre, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. He is a fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan and the Asian Nuclear Medicine Board. He also holds a diploma in Diving and Underwater Medicine and a certificate in Health Professions Education. He has been heading Nuclear Cardiology departments at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology / National Institute of Heart Diseases, Rawalpindi and the Army Cardiac Centre, Lahore. He has done honourary observerships at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK and Caen University Hospital, Normandy, France and is an ardent supporter of transfer of knowledge and professional skills through international collaboration in research, technology and patient management. Dr Raza has been Vice President of the Pakistan Society of Nuclear Medicine and is a recipient of gallantry award, Tamgha-i-Basalat, from Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Dr Subhani Okarvi
Dr. Subhani Okarvi, PhD, is the Chairman/Senior Nuclear medicine scientist at the Cyclotron and Radiopharmaceuticals Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre-Riyadh. He obtained his PhD from the Katholieke University-Leuven, Belgium in the field of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences/Nuclear Medicine and post-doctoral training from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine, an American and European Board certified Nuclear Pharmacist, and a Fellow of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. He has more than 100 publications as articles, abstracts, and book chapters. His research interest includes the development of new small biomolecules and peptides for the targeting of tumors and other chronic diseases with eventual clinical translational research.
Dr. Arzoo Fatima Saleem
Dr. Arzoo Fatima Saleem is a Nuclear Medicine Physician currently working as Head of Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT INMOL Cancer Hospital, Lahore. She has a vast experience in her field including General Nuclear Medicine, Hybrid imaging including SPECT & PET/CT and advanced Theranostics. She has designed and implemented various international research projects as a Chief/Co-investigator. Currently, she is collaborating with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the Principal Investigator in a Research Project based upon Arterial PET in patients with Myocardial Infarction. She has played a pivotal role in the formulation of a Theranostics Team, a Theranostics Board, in the country's pioneer theranostics centre. She has a number of compilations to her credit including Two IAEA Resource Manuals for the DAT Course for NM technologists on “Cerebrospinal fluid imaging” and “Non-imaging Studies”. She has also prepared NM Protocol Manual, Lecture notes on Management of DTC- A Practical Approach and PET/CT Atlas for Oncological Indications.
Dr Aakif Ullah Khan
Former President and vice president of the Pakistan Society of Nuclear Medicine (PSNM), a renowned nuclear physician of Pakistan is a lively professional and loves to share his knowledge and thoughts with fellow colleagues and young Nuclear Physicians, Medical Physicists and Technologist. His presence in the conference make it a worthwhile experience. He is presently working as Director Of One of the Largest nuclear medicine and Radiotherapy facility of the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Province known as Institution of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (IRNUM), at the historical city of Peshawar.
Dr Sharjeel Usmani
Author of four books and over 100 peer-reviewed papers. Graduate of the Nuclear Medicine Board of Kuwait and MSc from Islamabad Pakistan. Pioneer in development of theranostics, SPECT/CT and PET/CT technology in Kuwait since late 2000s. Currently working as Consultant Nuclear Medicine at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Care and Research center, Muscat Oman. Fellow of European Board of Nuclear Medicine 2007, Asian Nuclear Medicine Board 2018 and Fellow of Royal college of physician Edinburgh in 2019. Former teaching staff at the Kuwait Institute of Medical Specialization. He has been awarded with outstanding Doctor Award in Kuwait Cancer Control Center for 2016 and most hardworking house officer 2002 at Department of Medicine, Civil Hospital Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Usmani has severed on the editorial board of many cancer research journals and currently serving as review editor for Nuclear Medicine in Frontiers in Medicine. His main research interest is in bone imaging with 18F-NaF PET/CT in non-oncological indications and 68Ga-PSMA Imaging in Prostate Cancer.
Dr Syed Muhammad Salman Habib
Dr Syed Muhammad Salman Habib, MBBS, MS(NUCLEAR MEDICINE)MD(Cardiology).CBNC(Certified Board of Nuclear Cardiology) is Working as Head nuclear medicine & nuclear cardiology department since 2011 at KIRAN hospital karachi. More than 18 years of experience in nuclear cardiology. Part of visiting faculty at JSMU (jinnah sindh medical university)karachi. In addition, he is also working as visiting consultant nuclear physician at Tabba Heart Institute karachi. Published 10 papers in nuclear cardiology in National & International journals. He is an Ex.memeber of executive Council of PSNM 2018.
Dr Nadeem Ahmed Lodhi
Dr. Nadeem Ahmed Lodhi, PhD is a principal scientist at the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH). His current research focus is on the Synthesis of peptides for peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT). He has multiple international papers published in prestigious journals. He has been involved in the Design and Synthesis of innovative Tc-99m and Lu-177-based theranostic radiopharmaceuticals. Over the next few years, Dr. Nadeem Ahmed Lodhi continued to flourish and evolve with Recent developments of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-specific radiopharmaceuticals for precise imaging and therapy of prostate cancer.
Ali Nabavizadeh, MD
Dr. Nabavizadeh is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with a research appointment at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is also the director of the translational imaging unit at the Center for Data-Driven Discovery (D3b) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the imaging lead of two consortia, CBTN (The Children’s Brain Tumor Network) and PNOC (The Pacific Pediatric Neuro-oncology Consortium) respectively dedicated to biospecimen-driven data generation and precision medicine clinical trials. Dr. Nabavizadeh’s research focuses on multimodality imaging using structural and physiologic MRI imaging with additional PET probes and molecular imaging techniques to better understand the complex nature of brain tumor microenvironment. Dr. Nabavizadeh has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, JAMA Neurology, Clinical Cancer Research, Neuro-Oncology, Radiology, and Journal of Nuclear Medicine. He has served as the principal investigator of multiple prospective imaging trials including investigator-initiated trials and industry-sponsored FDA registry trials
Dr Ali Jamal
Dr Ali Jamal, MBBS, FCPS (Nuclear Medicine), Fellowship in PET-CT, is Assistant Professor & Consultant Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT at Armed Forces Institute of Radiology & Imaging Rawalpindi.
Martin Satter, PhD
Martin Satter, PhD is the Senior Molecular Imaging Scientist and PET Physicist at Kettering Hospital [KH]. KH has been at the forefront of PET MI for over 3 decades and represents a unique presence in this field as a community hospital network. Dr Satter and the PET department has pioneered the use of PET MI for use in image-guided surgery for over 25 years. Dr Satter continues to pursue additional PET imaging agents as well as other cutting-edge technologies to assist neurosurgeons and radiation therapists at KH, specifically with brain tumor diagnosis and treatment.
Muhammad Manan Bhatti
Muhammad Manan Bhatti, BSc, Pharm-D, M.phil, RPh Section Head Radiopharmacy, PKLI & RC Lahore Pakistan