Pakistan Society Of Nuclear Medicine

1. Pakistan Society Of Nuclear Medicine

2. History • Established in 1994 at Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Oncology INMOL, Lahore • Founder Members • Saeeda Asghar, DABNM (USA) from INMOL • GM Shah Syed, PhD (UK) from SKMCH • Shahid Mahmood, PhD (UK) from PIC • Maqbool A Shahid, DMRT from INMOL • Mrs Areesha Zaman, MSc from INMOL

3. Organization • President: Dr Saeeda Asghar, INMOL Lahore • Senior Vice President: Dr Shahid Kamal, KIRAN Karachi • Vice Presidents: Dr Maj.Gen. Amin Waqar, CMH RawalpindiDr Muhammad Naeem, CENUM LahoreDr Muhammad Ayub, PIC Lahore

4. General Secretary: Dr Ahmad Qureshy, INMOL Lahore • Treasurer: Mrs Areesha Zaman, INMOL Lahore • Publication Secretary: Dr Muhammad Numair Younis, INMOL Lahore

5. Membership • Life Members 8 Founder Members & Senior Faculty of NM at CPSP& PIEAS • Full Members 98 Nuclear Medicine Physicians, Medical Physicists & Scientists, Radiologists, Oncologists • Junior Members 18 Students and Residents • Technologists 11 Total: 135 • Corporate Members

6. Aims & Objectives • Education & Training of Nuclear Medicine Physicians & Technologists • Creating awareness about Nuclear Medicine in the health professionals and promoting its use in the disease management. • Coordination & collaboration with other local, regional and international societies/bodies particularly of NM.

7. Major Activities • Teaching & Training • Organizing clinical meetings at various teaching hospitals and institutes. • Academic sessions at various institutes throughout the country. • With persistent efforts of PSNM, CPSP has started FCPS in Nuclear Medicine since 1998. First fellow qualified in 2002. • Collaborating with CPSP in NM course formulation, resident’s training program, guidelines on examination etc.

8. Major Activities • Promotion of Nuclear Medicine • Working in close coordination with Radiological Society of Pakistan, Pakistan Society of Clinical Oncologists, Pakistan Cardiology Society and other local organizations. • Publication of monthly NM Newsletter since 2000. • Participating in activities of PNRA & DNS regarding national guidelines on nuclear safety, safe handling of radioactive materials etc.

9. Major Activities • Promotion of Nuclear Medicine (Contd…) • Providing help and guidelines to various institutes and personnel in establishing and running of NM departments in terms of knowledge, skill, radiation safety guidelines etc. • Working on creating standardized clinical protocols for NM procedures at national level.

10. Major Activities • Coordination & Collaboration with Other Organizations • PSNM is working in coordination with • IAEA through Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission • ARCCNM • WFNMB • ESNM • ASNC

11. PSNM successfully organized “ PSNM Conference on Nuclear Medicine” in April, 2002. • Local Participants: 350 • Foreign Participants: 25 • Scientific sessions on 3rd & 4th April comprised of • 3 state of the art lectures • 30 scientific papers

12. Current Problems • Teaching & training of Nuclear Medicine Physicians • MSc Nuclear Medicine: 2 years program • FCPS Nuclear Medicine: 4 years program • Few Institutes with modern state of the art gamma cameras • Limited use of newer imaging techniques and procedures • Lack of availability of expensive and costly kits and isotopes • No facility with PET.

13. Current Problems • Teaching & Training of NM Technologists • NM Certification / diploma courses do not exist. • NM technologists are trained through short courses organized by PIEAS, PSNM. • Mostly on job training. • In collaboration with IAEA, Distance Assisted Program (DAT) was organized and was fruitful.

14. Future Plans • Main Activities for 2003 (Remaining) • Publication of PJNM in December 2003. • Executive Committee Meeting in December 2003. • Main Activity for 2004 • NM Conference on 8th- 9th April, 2004 in Lahore

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