SWC-SNMMI 70th Annual Meeting
The Southwestern Chapter’s 70th Annual Meeting was held April 17–19, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Tulsa Downtown. The meeting offered timely, high-quality educational sessions alongside meaningful opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues.
Program Chairs Amanda E. Roby, PET, CNMT, RT(N), and Jesus R. Diaz, MD, DABR, developed an excellent program that was thoughtfully designed to reflect the evolving needs and interests of our community.
The meeting was accredited for 18.5 hours of ACCME (AMA/PRA), ACPE, and CAMPEP credit, as well as 18.25 VOICE/Technologist credits.
Program
Take a look through the program from our 70th Annual Meeting. Where available, presentation slides have been hyperlinked for your convenience.
Please note that not all presentations are currently accessible, as some speakers have chosen not to share their materials and others are still pending approval. We will continue updating the page as additional content becomes available, so we encourage you to check back for the latest additions.
Friday April 17, 2026
Alzheimer’s Disease Case Conference: Building Confidence in Visual Interpretation and Quantitative Analysis of Neuroimaging
Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD, FACR
FES PET/CT: Utility, Current Scope, and Artifacts
Sumina Goel, MD
Theranostics and Dosimetry: Practical Insights for Clinical Technologists
Freddy Gonzalez, MBA, RT(N) CT, PET
Mastering accurate and effective prompt engineering for Nuclear Medicine education
Justin Peacock, MD, PhD
Parathyroid Imaging Tumor Board
Moderators: Twyla Bartel, DO and Shana Elman, MD
Radiation Disaster Management, Part 1
David Kao & David Pasquale
Student Case Studies
Charcot Arthropathy
★ Anthony Vicknair (top 3 presenter)
F-18 FDG Skull-to-Mid Thigh PET/CT
★ Alexa Oatman (top 3 presenter)
F-18 FDG Whole Body PET/CT
★ Kaileigh Swanson (top 3 presenter)
Evaluation of Thyroid Tissue Regrowth Post Total Thyroidectomy Using Radioiodine Uptake and Thyroid Scintigraphy
Elvira Marin-Mendez
PSMA PET/CT
Makayla Corbin
Advanced PET Imaging for Parathyroid Adenoma
Chelsea Moreno
Radiation Disaster Management, Part 2
David Kao & David Pasquale
Using AI to Tune Your Resume and Prepare for Interviews!
Eric Hertenstein PhD, MBA, CNMT, NMTCB(CT), PET, R.T.(CT)(ARRT) & Courtney Cross, MBA, RT(N)(CT), CNMT
Saturday April 18, 2026
What Do We Do When Things Get Too Hot? Ethics and Professionalism in Nuclear Medicine
Tracy Yarbrough, MD, PhD
177 Lutetium PSMA: Expanded Use
Satyanarayana Chekuri, MD
Artifacts in Nuclear Medicine: From Daily QC to Clinical Chaos
Nima Kasraie, PhD
Quantitative PET Cardiac Perfusion: What You and Your Interventional Cardiologist Should Know
Scott Fleming, MD
Non-coronary Cardiac Imaging: From Inflammation to Infiltration
Saurabh Malhotra, MD, MPH
Advanced Amino Acid PET in NeuroOncology
Arash Kardan, MD
DOT Training and Certification
Casey Schmitz, MS, CNMT, CHP
Proferred Talks
Exploring the Impact of Body Mass Index on Quantitative Lymphoscintigraphy in Lymphedema
Sina Oh
Enhancing Tc-99m MAA Dose Delivery: Evaluating the Role of Saline Dilution in Lung Perfusion Imaging
Salvador Torres
Regional Heterogeneity of Amyloid Clearance Kinetics Following Anti-Amyloid Therapy: A Time-Normalized Amyloid PET Analysis
Asif Moin
Technologist Section Business Meeting
Courtney Cross, MBA, RT(N)(CT),CNMT TS-SNMMI & Summer Khairi Ph.D., MBA, CNMT, NMTCB(CT)
2025 American Thyroid Association Guidelines: A Concise Review
Bennett Greenspan, MD
Clinical Preceptor Effectiveness
Courtney Cross, MBA, RT(N)(CT),CNMT
General Nuclear Medicine Jeopardy
Twyla Bartel, DO & Tracy Yarbrough, MD, PhD
Sunday April 19, 2026
Saul Hertz and the Beginnings of Radioiodine Theranostics
Bennett Greenspan, MD
Internal Dosimetry for Current Radiopharmaceutical Therapies
Cheenu Kappadath, PhD
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy targeting FAP
Vikas Prasad, MD, PhD
Signs, Symptoms, and Solutions to Patient Emergencies in the Nuclear Medicine Field
Stephanie Budny, CNMT, Mallory Little, CNMT(CT)(RS), & Gabriela Teeka-Singh, CNMT, RT(N)
Theranostics: Current and Future State
Vikas Prasad, MD, PhD