BIC Board of Directors

The officers of the Council are the President, Vice President, Vice President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer. The term of office of the President shall be one year and he/she cannot succeed him/herself; the President ascends to this office after serving as Vice President.  The term of office of the Vice President shall be one year and he/she cannot succeed him/herself; the Vice President ascends to this office after serving as Vice President-Elect. The term of Vice President-Elect is for one year and he/she is elected to this office by the membership of the Council.  The term of office of the Secretary shall be two years. The term of office of the Treasurer shall be two years. The first year of the Treasurer’s term shall coincide with the second year of the Secretary’s term. The term of an officer shall commence with the conclusion of the annual Business Meeting of the Council and terminate at the conclusion of the subsequent annual Business Meeting.

The Council Board of Directors is composed of the following:  six (6) elected non-officer Board members, the Officers of the Council, the Immediate Past-President, and at least one (1) SNMMI Board of Directors member appointed by the Society’s President to serve on the Council’s BOD.  Any Council member elected to the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging House of Delegates or serving on the Board of Directors will be an “Ex-Officio” member of the Board without vote.  Individuals representing other Councils, Committees of the Society, other organizations, or other Societies, may be nominated by their respective organizations to serve as liaisons to the Council, providing the Council Board approves the nomination.  All approved liaison representatives will be invited to attend Board and Council meetings, but shall have no vote unless they are Board members.

  • Ming-Kai Chen, MD, PhD (Council President)
  • Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD (Council Vice President)
  • Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD, FSNMMI (Council Vice President-Elect)
  • Ciprian Catana, MD, PhD (Immediate Past President)
  • Ansel T. Hillmer, PhD (Council Secretary)
  • Neil B. Horner, MD (Council Treasurer)
  • Marc D. Benayoun, MD, PhD (Council Board of Directors)
  • Aisling Chaney (Council Board of Directors)
  • Esther Choi, MD, MS (Council Board of Directors)
  • Artur M. Coutinho, MD, PhD (Council Board of Directors)
  • Robert B. Innis, MD, PhD (Council Board of Directors)
  • Derek R. Johnson, MD (Council Board of Directors)
  • Ciprian Catana, MD, PhD (Board Liaison)
  • Mary Ellen I. Koran, MD, PhD (Intern)