I have more than 40 years of experience in the field of nuclear medicine technology. Now retired, I spent much of my career with the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, where my positions included senior nuclear medicine technologist and supervisor/quality assessment coordinator. I also served as a marketing manager with Imaging Services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and as senior radioimmunotherapy liaison with VentivHealth/IDEC Radiopharmaceuticals in Somerset, New Jersey, and San Diego, California. My last position was as regional manager for applications and technical support for Capintec, Inc., in Ramsey, New Jersey.
A member of the society’s technologist section since 1974 and a member of the Pacific Southwest Technologist Chapter, I have served at every level of SNMMI-TS leadership, including president, executive board member, and chair of multiple committees. I am currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology (JNMT), a member of the Uptake newsletter editorial board and serve on the following committees: Continuing Education, Publications, Program, Professional Development and Education Fund, Paul Cole Scholarship Task Force.
I have also been a member of the SNMMI Board of Directors, House of Delegates and numerous committees. In the Pacific Southwest Technologist Chapter, I have served as president and as treasurer, and have also chaired a variety of committees. For the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board, I served as director (1998-2007), chair of the Board of Directors, and chair of several committees.
I received a Master of Healthcare Administration from La Verne University in La Verne, California, a B.S. in Operations Management from California Polytechnic State University in Pomona, a certificate in Nuclear Medicine Technology from King-Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, and a certificate in Radiology Technology from St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.