SNMMI: Incoming president talks meeting highlights, previews next year

Kate Madden Yee
Jun 2, 2026

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In an interview at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting, incoming society president Heather Jacene, MD, noted a key theme of the meeting -- namely an influx of research on new radiotracers for both disease identification and treatment -- and highlighted the society's plans for next year's meeting in Washington, D.C.

Check out AuntMinnie’s full coverage of SNMMI 2026 on our ShowCast. 

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