Executive Director: Thomas Johnson, Jr. P.O. Box 175 Landisville, PA 17538-0175 TEL: (717) 898-5008 FAX: (717) 898-0713 E-Mail: tjj676@aol.com

Editor: Eduard V. Kotlyarov, M.D., Ph.D.,FACNM POH Medical Center/Lapeer Regional Hospital 50 N. Perry Street Pontiac, MI 48342 TEL: (248) 338-5608 FAX: (248) 338-5605

Rembember, the ACNM Report is available on the Internet at the following home page: http://www.acnucmed.org

COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK
Richard D. Lindgren, M.D., FACNM
President

The College had a great year under the leadership of Dr. Michael Siegel. Our membership has held up under the current pressures of the many other groups that try to represent physicians.

We had record attendance at the New Orleans meeting. Drs. Hance and Siegel arranged a well rounded program for the Nuclear Medicine physicians. The 5th Annual Quiz, arranged by Dr. Eduard Kotlyarov, was entertaining and educational.

The College awarded Distinguished Fellowship to a large class of thirteen physicians. I was happy to have more representation from rural areas. Both the AMA and the specialty societies need to adapt their programs to these physicians.

R. Andrew Eckert, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, ADAC Laboratories, was given the first non-physician award for service to Nuclear Medicine. Mr. Eckert presented a talk at the Convocation titled, "Nuclear Medicine: The Right Time to Invest". Karl Kellar, CNMT, gave the lecture at the Corporate Liaison Luncheon on what is ahead in future technology.

There have been some changes in the Society of Nuclear Medicine and the American College of Nuclear Physicians. William Bertera is the Executive Director of both organizations. They are still separate organizations. The SNM will work with education and promotion of advances in Nuclear Medicine; the ACNP will have the responsibility of socioeconomic issues and advocacy, or due more of the political work. We will continue to hold our meetings with the SNM and have educational programs for physicians and physicists.

The work on the Journal of the American College of Nuclear Medicine is now progressing. We will announce more details in later issues of the ACNM Report.

I look forward to working with the College staff and various committees during the next year.

NOTES FROM THE CHAIRMAN'S CORNER
Darwood B. Hance, M.D., FACNM
Chairman, Board of Representatives

July 1, 2000 is a day of change for the American College of Nuclear Medicine. Mr. Thomas Johnson, Jr., who has served so well as our Executive Director, will be leaving to enjoy his well earned retirement. Tom has guided our College for many years and his wise and frugal handling of our affairs has kept our College healthy and financially strong. We will all miss him. We wish him good health and lots of enjoyment in his years ahead.

Mr. Robert P. Powell, from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, has been selected to serve as Tom's successor, beginning July 1, 2000. We know he will work hard to fill Tom Johnson's shoes!

Farewell, Tom - you will be missed by us all. Good luck, God bless you and give you a long and happy and healthy retirement!

EDITORIAL COLUMN
Eduard V. Kotlyarov, M.D., FACNM
Editor

It is an honor and great responsibility to accept the position as Editor of our College newsletter, the ACNM Report. Dr. Richard Lindgren, the current President of ACNM, has established an excellent tradition being Editor-in-Chief for nearly a decade. It is a difficult record to match!

I will continue the glamorous tradition established by the College in our quarterly newsletter and will ask all of you for your active participation in each and every issue, particularly with short current updates on topics of Nuclear Medicine and Nuclear Radiology where you have the expertise. Starting with the next issue, I will include a detailed review of the topics presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the College, held in New Orleans. This way the author of the paper (presentation at the previous annual meeting) will also have the opportunity to publish his/her presentation in a short format and give the opportunity to all members of the College of benefit from the presentation.

I would like you to send me a short chronicle of local activities in you area and also photographs reflecting those activities. Please do not hesitate to write or call me with your suggestions, questions, and ideas you think are worthwhile to implement in our newsletter.

COMMENTS FROM THE PAST PRESIDENT
Michael E. Siegel, M.D., FACNM
Immediate Past President

My year as your President flew by and thanks to our membership, the Board and Administration, I believe the College has made progress on many fronts.

We welcomed several new members to our ranks and hope they will all actively participate in the College's business.

Our Annual Meeting was a huge success both academically as well as in terms of attendance. We had a record attendance and a surprise surge of overflowing participation which actually required us to seek larger meeting space during the course of the meeting. (A great problem to have!)

We honored a wonderful group of physicians with the title of Fellow in the American College of Nuclear Medicine and presented, for the first time, an Honorary Fellowship to an industry leader.

Our books, as usual, are being well looked after and we continue to be financially sound.

The College took a major step forward in committing itself to the development of an "on line" Nuclear Medicine journal.

We are looking at ways of logistically and financially assisting those members of related organizations to join our College, while maintaining the honor and prestige associated with the designations of member and Fellow of the College.

We have developed a mechanism by which interested physicians can enjoy the financial benefit by cross registering for our Annual Meeting when also attending the Mid-Winter Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and vice versa.

I will continue to represent you all at the ACR Intersociety Commission Meeting, but will certainly miss the responsibility and honor of being your President.

AMA DELEGATE
Ronald E. Overfield, M.D., FACNM
Delegate, AMA House of Delegates

I asked Dr. Kotlyarov to allow me to insert a few comments in this issue of the ACNM Report that did not deal with my usual remarks related to the American Medical Association in the Delegate Report.

In my opinion, the recent annual meeting of the College was one of the best in recent years. Even with a name change, the hotel provided most acceptable accommodations and meeting rooms. Also, having our meeting at the time of the Mid-Winter Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine provided an excellent opportunity for healthy exchange with leadership of that organization. This also enhanced our scientific sessions by having such a broad spectrum of talent in Nuclear Medicine available at the same location and same time. This year's scientific program continued the tradition of an excellent scientific program with the annual meeting. I would like to extend my own personal thanks to all of the speakers and especially to Dr. Ed Kotlyarov for the Fifth Annual Nuclear Radiological/Pathological Correlation: Case Presentation and Quiz. The winners of the quiz always become quite popular after Dr. Kotlyarov distributes the prizes.

Mike Siegel provided excellent leadership during his year of presidency and to Dick Lindgren, we extend our congratulations as the new President of the College. On behalf of all members, we submit our pledge to support you in your year of leadership.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to salute Tom Johnson for providing outstanding service for the College for so many years in his role as Executive Director. We all wish Mr. and Mrs. Johnson good health and happiness in retirement. We have indeed been fortunate to have the expertise of such a capable Executive Director. We will indeed miss you, Mr. Johnson.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 27TH ANNUAL MEETING
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

Distinguished Fellow Awards at the 2000 Annual Meeting

At the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine, the Fellowship Committee and the Board of Representatives of the ACNM awarded the Distinguished Fellowship to the following members of the College for their contributions to the ACNM and to the practice of Nuclear Medicine:

Nelson B. Arnstein, M.D. Rockville, Maryland	Henry W. McGowen, M.D. Brownwood, Texas
Thomas R. Cain, M.D. Oak Lawn, Illinois	U. Soe Myint, M.D. San Marino, California
Kirby B. DeLozier, M.D. Jupiter, Florida	Miguel M. Palos, M.D. Monrovia, California
Michael N. Downing, M.D. Dothan, Alabama	Myron A. Pickens, Jr., M.D. McKinney, Texas
Patricia J. Eastman, M.D. Scottsbluff, Nebraska	David Sabbar, M.D. Big Spring, Texas
Ronald H. Kihm, M.D. Altoona, Pennsylvania	H. Jay Zeskind, M.D. West Bloomfield, Michigan
Ronald McCauley, M.D. San Angelo, Texas	R. Andrew Eckert (Honorary Fellow) Milpitas, California

The following letter was received from William S. Maxfield, M.D., FACNM, following the New Orleans meeting. This correspondence says it all with regard to Dr. Kotlyarov's annual quiz.

I want to commend the College for the quality of the Fifth Annual Radiological Pathological Correlation presentation and quiz presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine in New Orleans on February 12th. The cases presented were excellent teaching cases. I was particularly pleased to see that the newer techniques of 18 fluorine-FDG studies, nuclear medicine venograms with AcuTect and additional data on Sestamibi breast scanning was included.

Again, thank you for a most informative session. I would suggest that the College consider the possibility of putting these teaching cases on our web site and offering CME for review, as I do consider that they are really superb teaching cases.

If there is anything I can do to supplement the program for next year when it is in Tampa, please let me know.

Sincerely yours,

William S. Maxfield, M.D., FACNM

YEAR 20001 ANNUAL MEETING
Thomas Johnson, Jr.
Executive Director

Mark your calendars for the 28th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine. Again, the American College of Nuclear Medicine will meet at the same site as the Society of Nuclear Medicine. The meeting will take place February 9-11, 2001, at the Tampa Marriott Waterside, Tampa, Florida.

MEMBERSHIP
Eduard V. Kotlyarov, M.D., Ph.D., FACNM
Chairman, Membership Committee

At the recommendation of the Credentials Committee, the Board of Representatives approved the following individuals for membership. We proudly present the following names: