European Association of Nuclear Medicine

The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is an umbrella organisation comprising 41 national nuclear medicine member societies, 18 non-European affiliated societies and 3,200 individual members from over 80 countries, including physicians, scientists, technologists and other persons working in nuclear medicine or related fields. It is a professional non-profit association representing the nuclear medicine sector to the European institutions[1] and informing the general public and healthcare authorities about ongoing developments within the field.

European Association of Nuclear Medicine
AbbreviationEANM
FormationSeptember 6, 1985 (1985-09-06)
HeadquartersVienna
Websiteeanm.org

Activities

The EANM hosts its own annual congress, which attracts more than 6,300 delegates.[2][3] The EANM Congress features plenary lectures, free paper sessions on the most relevant advances in the field, symposia and debates, a full CME programme and a self-contained technologists’ continuing education section.

The EANM publishes practical guidelines for a wide range of nuclear medicine procedures, both independently and in collaboration with other professional organisations such as its American counterpart, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.[4][5]

History

The EANM was founded in 1985 in London when the Society of Nuclear Medicine Europe merged with the European Nuclear Medicine Society.[6] Both societies’ focuses are still reflected within the EANM since the association simultaneously acts as a forum for individual members (who convene annually at the Members’ Assembly) and as an umbrella for the nuclear medicine societies of Europe (which convene at the Delegates’ Assembly).[7]

References
  1. "The European Commission and the Nuclear Medicine Industry have jointly created a European Observatory on the Supply of Medical Radioisotopes" (Press release). European Observatory on the Supply of Medical Radioisotopes. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012. The Observatory is a primeur ... where European industry works hand in hand with the European Commission, the OECD/NEA and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) for the benefit of the health of patients in Europe and across the world.
  2. "EANM 2011". RAD Magazine. Braintree. 1 December 2011. p. 38. More than 6,300 delegates, the highest attendance so far, gathered for the annual meeting of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine…
  3. "Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine". Joint Research Centre – The European Commission’s in-house science service. 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2012. The Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine is one of the largest annual events in the field of nuclear medicine.
  4. "Guidelines". EANM. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. "Procedure Standards". SNMMI. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. Feld, Michael; De Roo, Michel (2003). History of Nuclear Medicine in Europe. Stuttgart: Schattauer. p. 137. ISBN 3-7945-2234-6.
  7. Ell, Peter J. (1 November 1996). "Nuclear Medicine Organizations in Europe". Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 37 (11): 26N–31N. ISSN 0161-5505.
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