HOUSE of DELEGATES REPORT
February, 2009

February 7, 2009 6:20 P.M.
Hilton, Tampa, Florida

Overview of the House of Delegates meeting:

• SNM will hold the HOD meeting @ 6:00 pm on the night prior to the start of the Board of Directors meeting
• The seat on the AMA House of Delegates is based on membership {must have 250+ to have a seat} this has been met with a seat for the next 5 years
• PET Center of Excellent Research to increase utilization of PET and CT by CMS with reimbursement
  - Educational workshop at chapter meetings
• EFR general fund from donations from leadership
  
• Molecular Imaging Center of Excellence has a 5 year plan funded by the $5 million bench to bedside campaign ($4.5 million raised thus far)
• Definition of molecular imaging - visualization, characterization, and measurement of biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels in humans and other living systems
• McKinley Marketing, for the rebranding for molecular imaging - we are SNM Advanced Molecular Imaging and Therapy not society of nuclear medicine
• Technologist training must include SPECT/PET CT in all programs by 2010 - curriculum approved
• Technologist entry level BS degree by 2015 - curriculum approved
• Advance practice for Nuclear Medicine will be in place fall of 2008 or spring 2009
• Technologist leadership is trying to attend chapters across the US
• Care Bill will be submitted again this year
• SNM Board has restructured to have four main committees:
  - Radiopharmaceutical
  - Education
  - healthcare practice
  - finance
• Committee on Chapters chaired by Dr. Mike Middleton from SW Chapter
  - major issues within the chapters all have common concerns: increase CT readings, SAM
  - educational sessions at chapter meeting
• To help SNM facilitate through policies a new FAQ about USP797 has been created
• SNM and ASCO will host joint sessions on breast cancer
• $150 million for new reactor for Mo99 in the US
• SNM Clinical Trials Network - overview IND (investigational new drugs) for imaging biomarkers at specific centers - being done jointly with SNM, RSNA, and FDA
• Publications - a resolution passed for the JNT to extend 1 year to Dr. Sholber to overlap the incoming
• Academic Council - a resolution passed to change from Bob Lull Memorial Lecture to the Tom Miller Memorial Lecture because there are two Bob Lull Memorial Lectures at this time
• Strategic Plan Review Task Force is in place to develop a system to evaluate the progress of SNM strategic plan on an annual basis, establish a process to provide reports to BOD regarding the strategic plans effectiveness and vision using a dashboard format, Deborah Havens is a part of this task force
• Capital Campaign "Bench to Bedside"
  - Advocacy: reimbursement and research funding,
  - Outreach: md's, patient groups, funding agencies, regulators and general public
  - Education: position SNM as central education repository for molecular imaging
  - Research: assist new investigators in the field of molecular imaging
  - Support by corporate pledges with a goal of $5 million; $4.5 raised with over $250,000 from individuals
  - A 5 year plan now in place

Respectfully submitted,

Deborah Havens, CNMT and Mike Middleton, MD

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