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Dear SNMI Members and Colleagues,
New team of office bearers of SNM, India got
elected and took over at the recently concluded SNMI conference
at Jaipur. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you
all for expressing your trust and confidence in the new team.
My heartfelt gratitude to all my colleagues for having me elected
to this prestigious post. During the tenure of my term, it will
be my endeavor to give my best shot. I am sure that with the constant
support of all the esteemed members of the society, we can take
the Society to newer heights! We will continue to carry forward
the works initiated by the outgoing team and will always seek
their guidance for future activities.
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Our endeavor will be to work for strengthening
of the society and betterment of the nuclear medicine fraternity,
as a whole. The focus shall be on making our society a cohesive,
well-knit and efficient body. Our efforts will be directed towards
achieving enhanced co-operation between all regional chapters
and the apex body, so that we move ahead as a well united force.
All efforts will be made to remove discrepancies and provide updated
data in the members' directory information. Close co-ordination
with the Regulatory authorities for streamlining and simplification
of procedures for recognition of centers and staff, will be a
priority. Quality academic activities and training programmes
encompassing the 'New modalities and the wider syllabi' to meet
the demands placed by rapid technological advancements in the
field of nuclear medicine needs to be made a reality. ICNM activities
will be actively coordinated to strengthen the college and accomplish
its mission.
Today, nuclear medicine encompasses a variety of imaging devices
and fusion imaging has added a new dimension to early disease
detection taking imaging to the molecular level. The growth of
PET/ CT has the potential to propel Nuclear Medicine out of the
shadows and to take it to a status equal to that of other disciplines.
As interdisciplinary cooperation explores new procedures and treatments
for the benefit of patient care, the contents of medical specialties
evolve. Thus the specialty of nuclear medicine has to adapt to
this evolution. The future strategy will also have to take into
account the increasing role of nuclear medicine therapy and of
pre-therapeutic dosimetry and the integration of PET/CT into radiotherapy
planning systems. Nuclear imaging devices have also become valuable
for conducting research on the biology of human diseases and for
developing and testing new treatment approaches. Newer targeted
therapies are being discovered and would need to be popularized.
Although nuclear medicine has already made enormous contributions
to biomedical research and disease management, its promise is
only beginning to be realized in such areas as drug development,
preventive health care, and personalized medicine. Briefly, the
independent state of nuclear medicine as a medical specialty has
to be continually redefined according to its interdependencies
with other specialties. With this in mind, it is important to
attract young investigators and physicians to nuclear medicine.
The incoming Executive Committee will continue to attend to specific
missions. To achieve this and to strengthen our Society, I welcome
both positive and negative feedback and urge you all to take an
active part in the affairs of the Society.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Prof. B R Mittal
President, SNM India
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