PRESIDENTS
2021 - Present
Dr Sean YAN
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Singapore General Hospital
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Singapore General Hospital
2010 - 2020
Dr David NG
Founding President
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Singapore General Hospital
Founding President
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Singapore General Hospital
Nuclear Medicine, in both molecular imaging and therapeutics, is growing world-wide, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
This is partly due to the extremely close relationship between clinical science and basic science in Nuclear Medicine.
Ever since radioactive probes for investigation of physiological processes in plants and in the body was pioneered by Hevesy, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1934 for this work, the vast physics and chemistry apparatus has been brought to bear on design and development of many kind of imaging probes and imaging technology, from the simple atom to complex nanostructures and larger cellular constructs. The science of Nuclear Medicine is built on the foundation of many discoveries such as the discovery of radioactivity by Becquerel, the discovery and purification of radioactive elements by Pierre and Marie Curie, the discovery of the positron by Dirac and Anderson, the invention
of the cyclotron by Ernest Lawrence, the discovery of Cherenkov radiation and the Mossbauer effect among others. All these were given Nobel Prizes for Physics. And not to forget the many other important people who created the technology and translated these physical, chemical and biological discoveries into clinical medicine and research.
The Nuclear Medicine community in Singapore is a relatively small one but we have been growing. We have more expertise and new sites now such as CIRC, SBIC, SGH and Singhealth, better radiochemistry labs and more preclinical imaging facilities. There is much more interest in molecular imaging among clinicians and researchers. Similarly, there is rapid growth of Nuclear Medicine in the Asia-Pacific region. Many regional countries including Myanmar, Sri Lanka have seen installation of new PET/CT scanners. China is powering forward with more than 26 PET/MR machines.
We hope this Society will be a cosy forum for our experts to share their knowledge and for us to learn from each other and to connect with one another. Our vision as a Society is to continue to work with regional and international agencies such as IAEA and ACNM, universities and institutions such as DUKE-NUS, NUS, NTU, associations like AOFNMB and WARMTH, schools like the ASNM, societies like the national Nuclear Medicine Societies of different countries to develop the science and the clinical practice of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. We hope to
further the science and clinical practice of Nuclear Medicine by creating forums for knowledge sharing in Singapore and in the region such as workshops or conferences and build a strong basic science and clinical science platform for the development of Nuclear Medicine in Singapore and the region.
This is partly due to the extremely close relationship between clinical science and basic science in Nuclear Medicine.
Ever since radioactive probes for investigation of physiological processes in plants and in the body was pioneered by Hevesy, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1934 for this work, the vast physics and chemistry apparatus has been brought to bear on design and development of many kind of imaging probes and imaging technology, from the simple atom to complex nanostructures and larger cellular constructs. The science of Nuclear Medicine is built on the foundation of many discoveries such as the discovery of radioactivity by Becquerel, the discovery and purification of radioactive elements by Pierre and Marie Curie, the discovery of the positron by Dirac and Anderson, the invention
of the cyclotron by Ernest Lawrence, the discovery of Cherenkov radiation and the Mossbauer effect among others. All these were given Nobel Prizes for Physics. And not to forget the many other important people who created the technology and translated these physical, chemical and biological discoveries into clinical medicine and research.
The Nuclear Medicine community in Singapore is a relatively small one but we have been growing. We have more expertise and new sites now such as CIRC, SBIC, SGH and Singhealth, better radiochemistry labs and more preclinical imaging facilities. There is much more interest in molecular imaging among clinicians and researchers. Similarly, there is rapid growth of Nuclear Medicine in the Asia-Pacific region. Many regional countries including Myanmar, Sri Lanka have seen installation of new PET/CT scanners. China is powering forward with more than 26 PET/MR machines.
We hope this Society will be a cosy forum for our experts to share their knowledge and for us to learn from each other and to connect with one another. Our vision as a Society is to continue to work with regional and international agencies such as IAEA and ACNM, universities and institutions such as DUKE-NUS, NUS, NTU, associations like AOFNMB and WARMTH, schools like the ASNM, societies like the national Nuclear Medicine Societies of different countries to develop the science and the clinical practice of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. We hope to
further the science and clinical practice of Nuclear Medicine by creating forums for knowledge sharing in Singapore and in the region such as workshops or conferences and build a strong basic science and clinical science platform for the development of Nuclear Medicine in Singapore and the region.