Society of Nuclear Medicine

Society of Nuclear Medicine
SNM Headquarters
Motto	Advancing Molecular Imaging and Therapy
Formation	1954
Type	Professional association
Headquarters	1850 Samuel Morse Drive, Reston, VA 20190
Membership	16,000
Key people	Virginia Pappas, CEO
Budget	$10.8 million
Staff	50
Website	http://www.snm.org/

The Society of Nuclear Medicine, or SNM, based in Reston, Virginia, is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954. There are 16,000 members, mostly physicians and researchers except for a separate section of 7,000 technologists. Recently, it has shifted focus from nuclear medicine to molecular imaging.

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SNM publishes the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.

The organization has a staff of approximately 50 employees; the current CEO is Virginia Pappas. There is a rather complex governance structure made up of a house of delegates and board of directors as well as committees for various functions. SNM's plenary session meets at its annual meeting, held in different venues; these have included New Orleans, Toronto, Washington, DC, and California, among others. The group also organizes a mid-winter meeting.