About This CME Teaching Activity 
This CME activity provides a practical yet in-depth review of nuclear medicine with concentration on the latest trends, protocols and advances in clinical diagnosis and patient management. Faculty share techniques, tips and pitfalls through didactic lectures and case-based presentations.

Target Audience 
This course should benefit nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists. It should also benefit physicians who supervise and interpret nuclear medicine procedures. The course should also prove valuable for physicians who order these studies.

Scientific Sponsor 
Educational Symposia

Educational Objectives 

At the completion of this CME activity, subscribers should be able to:

- Apply state-of-the-art protocols to assess a hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal disorders.
- Discuss current and future directions of nuclear medicine.
- Discuss the utility of SPECT/CT.
- Describe the role of nuclear medicine when used to evaluate thyroid and renal disorders.
- Explain the expanding role of nuclear medicine studies in the detection and management of pulmonary, bone and neuroendocrine disorders.

Topics/Speakers: 

Nuclear Medicine Studies for Abdominal Conditions
Don C. Yoo, M.D., FACR

Benign Thyroid Conditions: Imaging and Therapy (Theranostics)
Anca M. Avram, M.D., FACNM

Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy in Abdominal Pain
Mark Tulchinsky, M.D., FACNM

Utilization of SPECT/CT in General Nuclear Medicine Studies
Don C. Yoo, M.D., FACR

Gastric Emptying and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Scintigraphy
Mark Tulchinsky, M.D., FACNM

Neuroendocrine Tumors Therapy (Theranostics)
Anca M. Avram, M.D., FACNM

Bone and Joint Scintigraphy in Benign Conditions
Steven P. Rowe, M.D.

Molecular Renal Imaging and Diuretic Renography
Steven P. Rowe, M.D.

Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Therapy (Theranostics)
Anca M. Avram, M.D., FACNM

Parathyroid Adenomas & Pheochromocytomas
Steven P. Rowe, M.D.

SPECT Brain Imaging for Non-Neurodegenerative Diseases
Gagandeep Choudhary, M.D.

Myocardial Perfusion, Viability and Function
Mark I. Travin, M.D.

SPECT Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Gagandeep Choudhary, M.D.

Heart Failure: Innervation and Amyloid Imaging
Mark I. Travin, M.D.

VQ Lung Scan Scintigraphy
Don C. Yoo, M.D., FACR

CME Release Date 10/14/2020

CME Expiration Date 10/14/2023