• March 2022: Lu-177 vipivotide tetraxetan & Ga-68 gozetotide receive FDA approval for prostate cancer
  • May 2020: Cerianna (F-18 fluoroestradiol) receives FDA approval for ER+ breast cancer imaging
  • Access the latest issues of the JNM and the JNMT
  • Learn about the Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics (FIND) Act
  • March 2021:SNMMI Statement on COVID-19 and Ventilation/Perfusion (V/Q) Lung Studies
  • March 2021:SNMMI Statement: The Effect of COVID-19 Vaccination on FDG PET/CT

Historical Timeline of the MVC

  • 1955: The Central Society of Nuclear Medicine is chartered (11/28/55)
  • 1960: The Central Society agrees to become a Chapter of the National SNM;
    the name is changed to Central Chapter
  • 1960: Chapter boundaries are established by the SNM National Office
  • 1965: The Plains States Chapter is organized by Merton A. Quaife, MD et al. (1/23/65); includes ND, SD, NE, & KS
  • 1968: Proposal to move IA & MO from Central Chapter to Plains States Chapter; approved by SNM and both chapters
  • 1969: Plains States Chapter renamed Missouri Valley Chapter
  • 2012: MVC updates its name to reflect new name at the national level: SNMMI


Historical Documents




MVC Involvement at the National Level

SNMMI Presidents from the MVC:
  • 1955-56: Milo T. Harris, MD
  • 1960-61: Titus C. Evans, PhD
  • 1984-85: Michael J. Welch, PhD
  • 1989-90: Richard A. Holmes, MD
  • 2003-04: Henry D. Royal, MD, FSNMMI
  • 2009-10: Michael M. Graham, PhD, MD, FSNMMI
  • 2016-17: Sally Schwarz, MS, RPh, BCNP, FAPhA, FSNMMI


SNMMI-TS Presidents from the MVC:
  • 1971-72: Donald R. Bernier, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS
  • 1973-74: Leonard Lopez, FSNMMI-TS
  • 1976-77: Mark Muilenberg, FSNMMI-TS
  • 1984-85: Maria V. Nagel, PhD, FSNMMI-TS
  • 1993-94: Theresa M. Boyce, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS
  • 2001-02: Mickey T. Clarke, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS
  • 2004-05: Nanci A. Burchell, MBA, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS
  • 2008-09: Mark Wallenmeyer, MBA, CNMT, RT(N), FSNMMI-TS