Quality, Evidence, and Patient Safety Committee

Committee Charges

  • Ensure that the members of SNMMI provide high quality care to their patients during examinations and treatments they perform.  

Current Working Tasks

  • Develop a standardized color-coding system for radiopharmaceuticals to minimize the risk of mis-administrations.
  • Maintain an up-to-date webpage as a go-to reference for patient safety information.
  • Publish and disseminate ‘best practices’ paper on the administration of radiopharmaceutical therapies.
  • Establish an online repository of challenging nuclear medicine cases, including full DICOM images, submitted by members.
  • Monitor medical events reported by the NRC.

Meeting Minutes

Committee Members

Munir Ghesani, MD, FACNM, FSNMMI Co-Chairperson
Ashwin Singh Parihar, MBBS, MD Co-Chairperson
Munir Ghesani, MD, FACNM, FSNMMI Board Liaison
Twyla B. Bartel, DO, FACNM, FSNMMI Committee Member
David Brandon, MD Committee Member
Maria D. Costa, CNMT Committee Member
Cathy Sue Cutler, PhD, FSNMMI Committee Member
Scott Degenhardt, NMAA Committee Member
Gary L. Dillehay, MD,FACNM,FACR,FSNMMI Committee Member
Mehdi Djekidel, MD Committee Member
Kevin J. Donohoe, MD Committee Member
Krystle W. Glasgow, CNMT,NMTCB(CT),NMAA, Committee Member
Erin Grady, MD,CCD,FACNM,FSNMMI Committee Member
Bennett S. Greenspan, MD,FACNM,FACR,FSNMMI Committee Member
Adeel Haq, MD Committee Member
Heather Jacene, MD Committee Member
Phillip Koo, MD Committee Member
April Mann, MBA,CNMT,NCT,RT(N) Committee Member
Edward J. Miller, MD PhD FASNC FACC Committee Member
Michael A. Morris, MD, MS Committee Member
Helen R. Nadel, MD, FRCPC, FSNMMI Committee Member
Domnique Newallo, MD, RT (R) (CT) Committee Member
Saabry Osmany, MD, FACNM Committee Member
Paul S. Riley, Jr., MPH, CNMT Committee Member
Christian T. Schmitt, MD Committee Member
Partha Sinha, MD, MBA, FACNM Committee Member
Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD, CPE, FASNC Committee Member
Don Yoo, MD Committee Member
Elcin Zan, MD Committee Member
Julia Bellinger, MPP Liaison
Doug Burrichter Liaison
Bonnie Clarke Liaison
Julia K. Trigger, MS Liaison