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Andrei Iagaru Received 2009 Scientist Award, Western Regional SNM Annual Meeting
October 31, 2009

Dr. Andrei Iagaru was given the Norman D. Poe Memorial Scholarship Award in most outstanding abstract in the field of Nuclear Medicine, at the physician/scientist level. Awarded on Oct. 30, 2009 at the 34th Western Regional Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting in Monterey, CA.

Congratulations, Dr. Iagaru!

Andrei Iagaru Received a Developmental Cancer Research Award in Translational Science from Stanford's Cancer Center
August 27, 2009

Dr. Andrei Iagaru received a Developmental Cancer Research Award in Translational Science from Stanford's Cancer Center for the proposal "F18 FDG PET/CT and F18 FPPRGD2 PET/CT for Evaluation of Response to Antiangiongenesis Therapy in Breast Cancer".

Congratulations, Dr. Iagaru!

Nuclear Medicine Clinic Demolition Party
August 14, 2009

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2009 SNM Image of the Year

Dr. Andrei Iagaru Received 2009 SNM Image of the Year
June 17, 2009

Congratulations to Drs. Andrei Iagaru, Erik Mittra and Michael Goris who have been awarded the 2009 Society of Nuclear Medicine Image of the Year. The image is actually two sets of before-and-after PET scans of two patients that examines the effectiveness of two radioimmunotherapy agents in treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). One patient was treated with Iodine-131 tositumomab, the other, Yttrium-90 ibritumomab tiuxetan.

"This image is really remarkable because it shows two positive benefits of molecular imaging and nuclear medicine at the same time," said Henry N. Wagner Jr.

Congratulations, Drs. Iagaru, Mittra and Goris!

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Dr. Andrei Iagaru Received the Alavi-Mandell Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine
May 18, 2009

Dr. Andrei Iagaru received the Alavi-Mandell Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine for his paper published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, "90Y-Ibritumomab Therapy in Refractory Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Observations from 111In-Ibritumomab Pretreatment Imaging". The award will be presented at the SNM Annual Meeting in Toronto.

Congratulations, Dr. Iagaru!

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Research Featured on Cover of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine
November 19, 2008

Research from the Stanford Nuclear Medicine Clinic was featured on the cover of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Authored by Dr. Andrei Iagaru and colleagues, the article is entitled "90Y-Ibritumomab Therapy in Refractory Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Observations from 111In-Ibritumomab Pretreatment Imaging".

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Dr. Gambhir Elected as Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
October 15, 2008

Dr. Gambhir has been elected as member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

Congratulations, Dr. Gambhir!

Dr. Andrei Iagaru received the Clinician Educator of the Year Award from the Radiology residents.
June 14, 2008

Congratulations, Dr. Iagaru!

Dr. Gambhir has been awarded the Tesla Medal from the United Kingdom Royal College of Radiologists in England for his work in Multimodality Molecular Imaging of Living Subjects.
June 4, 2008

Congratulations, Dr. Gambhir!

Dr. Andrei Iagaru Received Alavi-Mandell Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine for his paper "Treatment of thyrotoxicosis." JNM 2007 Mar;48(3):379-89.
May 21, 2008

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Dr. Andrei Iagaru's research featured on AuntMinnie.com: "MRI and FDG-PET/CT recommended for advanced breast cancer"
April 4, 2008

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Dr. Andrei Iagaru's research featured on AuntMinnie.com: "PET/CT shows its worth in cervical carcinoma"
February 19, 2008

Dr. Andrei Iagaru received two awards for Best Essay at the ACNP/SNM Mid Winter Conference
February 14, 2008


Best Essay Award (ACNP/SNM Mid Winter Conference): "131I-Tositumomab (Bexxar®) vs. 90Y-Ibritumomab (Zevalin®) in Refractory/Relapsed Non-Hodgkin?s Lymphoma"

Best Essay Award (ACNP/SNM Mid Winter Conference): "18F FDG PET/CT in Head and Neck Cancers: What is the Definition of Whole-Body Scanning?"

Congratulations Andrei!


Third from left: Andrei Iagaru, MD

Dr. Andrei Iagaru's research featured on RSNA Daily Scan: "PET/CT effective at identifying cervical cancers, research suggests"

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Dr. Erik Mittra was awarded the Norman D. Poe Memorial Scholarship Award for Outstanding In-Training Oral Abstract at 32nd WRSNM Annual Meeting.
October, 2007

Congratulations Erik!

Congratulations, Dr. McDougall on your published book "Thyroid Cancer in Clinical Practice." Springer, 2007.

Dr. Andrei Iagaru receives the Best Essay Travel Award at the ACNP/SNM Mid-Winter Educational Symposium.
February 15, 2007

Congratulations Andrei!

Dr. Andrei Iagaru's research on PET and CT separately and in combination in managing patients with melanoma is featured in RSNA Daily Bulletin.
November 30, 2006

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Dr. Andrew Quon is quoted in R&D Magazine about his research that can provide images for "fly-through" and "fly-around" viewing of cancer.
October 12, 2006

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Dr. Ryan Niederkohr was awarded the Norman D. Poe Memorial Scholarship Award for Outstanding In-Training Oral Abstract at 31st WRSNM Annual Meeting.
October, 2006

Congratulations Ryan!

Dr. Ross McDougall was awarded the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Western Regional Society of Nuclear Medicine.
October 6, 2006

Congratulations Dr. McDougall!

Dr. George Segall was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Western Regional Society of Nuclear Medicine.
October 6, 2006

Congratulations Dr. Segall!

Dr. McDougall's Textbook Reviewed in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
August 1, 2006

The textbook entitled "Management of Thyroid Cancer and Related Nodular Disease", written by Dr. I Ross McDougall, was reviewed in the July 20th issue of New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 355(3):328-329.

The purpose of this textbook is to provide a single author text that covers all aspects of thyroid cancer. Hopefully the text is easy to read, clinically valuable, authoritative, and enjoyable. Both or all sides of controversial issues are discussed but the final interpretation of data and their management could reflect my personal experience but hopefully not bias. The book is designed for physicians, including internal medicine and primary care doctors, endocrinologists, nuclear medicine physicians, general and head and neck surgeons and oncologists and radiation oncologists. It is expected that a patient with a thyroid nodule or thyroid cancer would use the information as a resource. Others groups who will find an interest in part, or all of the book would be trainees including residents, medical students, and nurse practitioners when they research a patient related problem.

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Research Featured on AuntMinnie.com
July 27, 2006

Research combining 3D imaging technology with PET/CT carried out by Drs. Andrew Quon and Sanjiv Sam Gambhir of the Nuclear Medicine Clinic is featured on AuntMinnie.com.

Congratulations, Drs. Quon and Gambhir!

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Clinic Research Featured on JNM Cover
July 10, 2006

Research carried out by Dr.'s Andrew Quon and Sanjiv Sam Gambhir of the Nuclear Medicine Clinic was featured on the cover of Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The article is entitled, "'Flying Through' and 'Flying Around' a PET/CT Scan: Pilot Study and Development of 3D Integrated 18F-FDG PET/CT for Virtual Bronchoscopy and Colonoscopy."

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Dr. Gambhir Receives 2006 Aebersold Award
June 8, 2006

SNM names Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir as Recipient of 2006 Paul C. Aebersold Award for contributing extensively to molecular imaging and the basic science of using radioactive tracers. The Aebersold Award is named for Paul C. Aebersold, a pioneer in the biologic and medical application of radioactive materials and the first director of the Atomic Energy Commission's Division of Isotope Development at Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Congratulations, Dr. Gambhir!

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Dr. George Segall Promoted to Professor of Radiology
June 1, 2006

Effective June 1, 2006 George Segall, M.D., has been promoted to Professor of Radiology! Dr. Segall is the Chief of the Nuclear Medicine service at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Professor of Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is board certified in Nuclear Medicine and Internal Medicine. Dr. Segall received his medical degree from the University of Southern California and completed his residency in Nuclear Medicine at Stanford. He is the author of many medical articles and book chapters. His research interests include applications of Nuclear Medicine imaging in cancer and heart disease. He is a nationally recognized expert in Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and has given many lectures at the medical meetings of professional organizations, as well as hospitals throughout the country. He is a faculty member of the PET Learning Center of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, and has trained many resident physicians and practicing physicians in Nuclear Medicine and PET. Dr. Segall is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, and is on the Board of Directors for both the Correlative Imaging Council and the PET Center of Excellence at the Society of Nuclear Medicine. Dr. Segall is an extremely well rounded clinician, a wonderful teacher, a nationally recognized clinical researcher and an accomplished administrator.

Congratulations, Dr. Segall!

Dr. Gambhir Awarded Hounsfield Medal
February 23, 2006

Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir was awarded the Hounsfield Medal on February 23rd from Imperial College, London for his scientific achievements in biomedical imaging. The medal is awarded in memory of Sir Godfrey Hounsfield who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his invention of the CT scanner.

Congratulations, Dr. Gambhir!

Dr. Gambhir Receives 2005 Minnie
October 25, 2005

Dr. Gambhir has been awarded a Minnie as one of the Most Influential Radiology Researchers of 2005 by AuntMinnie. Minnies winners are selected by the votes of AuntMinnie.com members in the Fall of each year through a three-part process: nominations, semifinals, and finals.

Congratulations, Dr. Gambhir!

Stanford Nuclear Medicine Clinic Collaboration Receives 2005 Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Image of the Year
June 22, 2005

Collaboration between the Stanford Nuclear Medicine Clinic, 3-D visualization lab, and GE Medical Systems on virtual PET-CT image visualization receives the 2005 Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Image of the Year.

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Dr. Gambhir gives Wagner Lectureship at the 2005 Annual Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Conference
June 19, 2005

Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir gives the Wagner Lectureship at the 2005 Annual Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) conference in Toronto, Canada to over 4,000 physicians and scientists on the future of molecular imaging.

Congratulations, Dr. Gambhir!

Yingbing Wang Receives Society of Nuclear Medicine Student Fellowship
June 15, 2005

Congratulations to Yingbing Wang, Stanford University Medical Student, who has been awarded a Society of Nuclear Medicine Student Fellowship.

Congratulations, Yingbing!

SNM Symposium - Basic CT for the Nuclear Medicine Professional
June 15, 2005

Time: 7:00am - 5:00pm Saturday, August 6, 2005
Location: Fairchild Auditorium
This event is an educational symposium for physicians and technologists sponsored by the Society of Nuclear Medicine. The faculty for this educational event are members of the Department of Radiology at Stanford. [ more info ]

Dr. Gambhir Receives the 2004 Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award
November 22, 2004

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced Thursday that Nuclear Medicine Division Chief and MIPS Director Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir was selected to receive a $1.5 million prize, designated for mid-career physician-scientists whose research shows promise for translating the latest scientific advances into new ways to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure disease. They were chosen from 71 scientists who were nominated for the honor by their respective institutions. The nominees are required to submit research proposals outlining how they would use the funds over a five-to seven-year period. [ more info ]

Nuclear Medicine Welcomes Newest Member: Dr. Sherief H. Gamie
November 09, 2004

The Nuclear Medicine Division welcomes Sherief H Gamie, M.D., M.S. as a new Clinical Staff Physician at the VA Nuclear Medicine Clinic. Dr. Gamie comes to us from USC where he was a PET/CT Fellow in the Department of Radiology. We are delighted to have him join the growing Stanford team.

Welcome aboard, Dr. Gamie!

Dr. Gambhir Receives SMI Achievement Award
September 12, 2004

Congratulations to Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir who has been awarded the Society of Molecular Imaging Achievement Award. This award is given to an individual who has made a fundamental discovery in the field of Molecular Imaging that has changed the direction of the field, or enabled new in vivo investigations that were not possible prior to their contribution. This gold medal prize is awarded once a year to a single scientist at the annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging. [ Download PDF ]

Congratulations, Dr. Gambhir!

Nuclear Medicine Welcomes Newest Member: Dr. Craig Levin
May 5, 2004

The Nuclear Medicine Division welcomes Craig Levin Ph.D. as a new Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology. Dr. Levin comes to us from UCSD where he was in charge of clinical Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation including positron emission tomography (PET). We are delighted to have him join the growing Stanford team.

Welcome aboard, Dr. Levin!

Dr. Gambhir Receives AMI Distinguished Basic Scientist Award
March 30, 2004

Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir received the Distinguished Basic Scientist of the Year award from the Academy of Molecular Imaging at the annual conference in Orlando, FL. The award is given annually to those who have made major contributions to the development and enhancement of PET/molecular imaging as recognized by his/her colleagues. Dr. Gambhir received the award for the development of several new reporter gene / reporter probes which are being used in cell trafficking models, gene therapy models, and in transgenic models for studying cancer biology.

Congratulations, Dr. Gambhir!

Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir receives the Holst Medal
November 20, 2003

Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Nuclear Medicine Division Chief & Director of Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), was selected to receive the 2003 Holst Medal at a symposium on molecular imaging, organized by Philips Research, Philips Medical Systems and Technical University at Eindhoven in the Netherlands. In addition, he received a medal designed by Dutch sculptor Jos Reniers for this year's 25th anniversary of the Holst lecture. The annual award recognizes Dr. Gambhir's many outstanding contributions including innovative uses of imaging approaches to gene therapy. Gilles Holst, the award's namesake, was the first director of Philips Research Laboratories and one of the founders of the Dutch university.

Congratulations, Dr. Gambhir!

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Nuclear Medicine Welcomes Newest Member: Dr. Andrew Quon
January 5, 2004

The Nuclear Medicine Division welcomes Andy Quon M.D. As a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology. Andy comes to us from UCLA where he was building the PET/CT program over the last 2 years. Dr. Quon is board certified in Nuclear Medicine and we are honored to have him as part of our Stanford team.

Welcome aboard, Dr. Quon!

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