Thursday, November 22, 2018

Society of Nuclear Medicine India to organize Its 50th Annual Conference


By Samachar Vishesh News
Chandigarh 22nd November:- The Society of Nuclear Medicine, India (SNMI) is organising its 50th Annual conference, being hosted by the Department of Nuclear Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh from 22-25 November,2018.
The pre-conference session comprised of joint Continuing Medical Education (CME) lectures by members of the Indo-American Society of Nuclear Medicine (IASNM) in collaboration with the Indian College of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM). The CME sessions were focused on the highly relevant areas of Nuclear Medicine including PET/CT, PET/MRI and molecular - anatomic imaging correlation. Prof. Amol Takalkar, President IASNM and Medical Director, CMIT, BRF opened the CME session and spoke on the applications of PET/CT for post-treatment response assessment in various tumors. He emphasised on the ever-increasing applications of PET/CT in the overall management of different types of malignancies and the need for its judicious use. The sessions were conducted in two adjacent halls in a parallel manner and were well received by the audience. The delegates especially noted the rich academic content to be of immense help in their early career phase.
The Golden Jubilee conference, SNMICON’18 officially commenced with the inaugural speech by Prof. B.R. Mittal, Head of Department of Nuclear Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh and the Organizing Chairman of SNMICON’18 at the premises of the Bhargava Auditorium of the institute. Prof. Mittal delivered the key highlights of the 4-day conference and welcomed the national and international faculty members, all conference delegates and the conference sponsors. He was joined by Prof. Anish Bhattacharya, Organizing Secretary, SNMICON’18 Prof. Baljinder Singh, President-Elect, SNMI and Prof. Rakesh Kumar, President SNMI .

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