Jigimon Cherian is an experienced MRI Clinical Education Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital and healthcare industry. With expertise in Magnetic Resonance, X-ray, Medical Devices, Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), and Digital Imaging, Jigimon has a strong foundation in advanced medical technologies.

Jigimon holds a master’s degree focused on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) from Anglia Ruskin University in United Kingdom. His academic pursuits have equipped him with an in-depth understanding of MRI technologies and their applications in the medical field.

Previously, Jigimon served as a Senior MRI Technologist for the Ministry of Health in Kuwait. In addition to his role as a technologist, he also contributed as a Clinical Instructor for BSc students in Allied Health at the University of Kuwait. Jigimon’ s passion for education and training has helped shape the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Since 2010, Jigimon serves as a Global MRI Application Specialist for Siemens Healthineers, providing comprehensive MR application support to countries around the globe. He also holds the position of Clinical Applications Manager at Sultan United Medical Company, a valued partner of Siemens Healthcare, based in Kuwait.

With his extensive experience and expertise in MRI applications, Jigimon Cherian is well-positioned to deliver valuable insights and share his knowledge at the upcoming conference.

Consultant Nuclear Medicine Physician

Director General at Jaber Alahmad Center for Molecular Imaging Center

President of Kuwait Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Interested in oncology, molecular imaging, and the application of novel radiopharmaceuticals. 

• Rheumatology consultant and head of rheumatology unit at Farwaniya hospital, graduated in 1998 with a medical degree from Kuwait University. She moved to Canada to take her internal medicine residency in medicine (2004) and Rheumatology fellowship in 2006 at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), Canada. She obtained a fellow ship in SLE and Scleroderma from the same university in 2007.
• Dr Khuloud research experience covers SLE, Sjogren's syndrome and RA. Between 2008 and 2019, she was involved in multiple publications and clinical research. She is a clinical tutor at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, she is also a tutor for Kuwaiti board residents.
• She is a member in both, Kuwait Association of Rheumatology Royal College of medicine since 2007. She has high interest in Spine MRI and she got the EULAR Advance MSK ultrasound certificate. Dr Khuloud is the founder of Kuwait spondyloarthropathies (SpA) registry.

Versatile doctor with multiple board certifications.Hard-working and compassionate medical professional. Prepared for any emergency or non-emergency medical situation thanks to diversified expertise.

Dr Aishah Alenezi graduated with a Nuclear Medicine Technology BSc degree from the radiology department at the College of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University in 2007. She has worked in clinical nuclear medicine imaging departments in Kuwait for over 7 years. In 2016, she obtained a master's degree in physics and engineering in medicine (radiation physics) from the Faculty of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom. Later, in 2022, she completed her PhD in molecular imaging and genetic engineering from the Faculty of Medicine at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. After completing her PhD, Dr. Aishah became an assistant professor in the Radiology Department of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences at Kuwait University.

Qualifications

PhD in Molecular Imaging and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales, UK.

Master’s Degree in Physics and Engineering in Medicine (Radiation Physics), Faculty of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London (UCL), UK.

BSc Degree in Nuclear Medicine Technology, College of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait.

Jul 2023 – Present: Resident, Radiology-Nuclear Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Oct 2022 – Jul 2023: Visiting Associate Professor, Radiology-Nuclear Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (Clinical translational research in PET/CT and PET/MR imaging)

Mar 2018 – Feb 2022: Nuclear Medicine Physician Resident, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea (Interpretation of over 40,000 gamma scans, 4,000 PET scans; Patient care in radionuclide therapy (Iodine, MIBG))

Mar 2017 - Feb 2018: Intern Physician, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

Aug 2015 – Feb 2016: Staff Hospitalist, Hanbit Hyun Hospital, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (End-of-life palliative care, rehabilitation)

Apr 2012 – Apr 2015: Public Health Doctor, Public Health Center, Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea (Primary health care in underserviced area, management of chronic diseases)

Education:

Mar 2020 – Present: Residency in Radiology-Nuclear Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Mar 2006 – Feb 2012: M.D., University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Dr Nafisah Kazem
Consultant nuclear medicine at Mubarak Al Kabeer hospital
Graduated from faculty of medicine at Kuwait University in 1998.
Obtained master degree in nuclear medicine 2003, and Kuwaiti board of nuclear medicine KBNM in 2005.
Assistant program director of Kuwaiti board of nuclear medicine since 2012

Dr. Munira Almaraghy
Graduated from KBNM
Senior specialist nuclear medicine physician
doing PET/CT oncology at Kuwait Cancer Control Center

Dr. Meshari Al-Mehri
Arabian Gulf University - Bahrain
PGY3 Nuclear medicine - KIMS
Nuclear medicine registrar

Dr. Anwar Alnouri is Oncologist in Kuwait City.

Dr. Anwar Alnouri is affiliated with medical facilities such as Sidra Clinic.

Dr. Anwar Alnouri's top areas of care are Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Targeted Therapy, Immunotherapy, Stem Cell or Bone Marrow Transplant, Hormone Therapy.

With almost thirty years of experience in the medical field, Mars Mokhtar is a highly experienced CT & MR Senior Application Specialist. Holding a Biomedical Engineering degree, a Master's in Radiophysics & Biophysics & Medical Imaging, and a Doctorate in Medical Imaging (PhD), he brings a wealth of academic achievement to the table. His expertise lies in simplifying complex physics, making it accessible to both Technologists and Radiologists. Currently working with a leading company Sultan United Medical Company, Kuwait. He actively contributes to advancements in medical imaging, embodying a commitment to progress within the field.

David Brandon is an associate professor of radiology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA where he is Program Director of the nuclear medicine residency and nuclear radiology fellowship. Additionally, Dr. Brandon has been very active in the SNNMI as the current chair of the Procedure standards committee and past president of the Academic Council and past chair of the Young Professionals and Membership Committees as well as a member of several other committees and guideline writing groups. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed nuclear medicine residency and PET-CT fellowship at University of Texas-Southwestern.

At Emory, he has been an active mentor to nuclear medicine and radiology residents, nuclear radiology fellows, and technologists resulting in multiple presentations and posters as SNMMI and Southeast Chapter SNMMI meetings.

Dr. Brandon has a special interest in theranostics and head and neck PET/CT. His current research interests focus on clinical dosimetry for Y-90 microsphere therapy.

Responsible for developing and implementing strategic marketing plans for Siemens diagnostic clinical products, with a focus on Nuclear Medicine and molecular imaging. This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams, market research, and an in-depth understanding of customer needs and industry trends.

Dr. Gary Ulaner is the James & Pamela Muzzy Endowed Chair of Molecular Imaging and Therapy (MIT) at the Hoag Family Cancer Institute and Professor of Radiology and Translational Genomics at the University of Southern California.

Gary has been the principal investigator of prospective clinical trials for eight novel PET radiotracers for patients with breast cancer, prostate cancer and myeloma, funded by two National Institutes of Health R01s, as well as grants from the Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Programs, Susan G. Komen Foundation, and Rising Tide Foundation. His clinical trials emphasize targeted imaging to guide targeted therapy of cancer, particularly ER, HER2, PSMA and CD38 targeted PET imaging.

Gary is on the editorial board of 4 leading radiology journals, authored the text “Fundamentals of Oncologic PET/CT”, and is on the scientific advisory boards of GE Healthcare, Lantheus, ImaginAb, Nuclidium, Precirix, and the Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance.

Gary currently lives in Irvine, California, with his wife, Alena, son, Ilya, and daughter, Anabel.   He met his wife swing dancing, and they are still dancing today, albeit with less frequency.

2017-now

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University , Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy Medical School

Associate Professor in Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy Managing teaching and research activities in Nuclear Medicine

2018-now

Experimental Imaging Centre, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy

Clinical Research Unit

Head, Molecular imaging Unit

Translational clinical research

2020-now

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR);

Istituto di Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare (IBFM)

Associate Senior Researcher

Managing sceintific research in the field of new diagnostic biomarkers

2004 - now

University ofMilano-Bicocca, Monza, Milan, Italy

Diagnostic Imaging

Adjunct Professor in Nuclear Medicine Specialty School Teaching and tutoring Nuclear Medicine for residentstudent

2003-2017

Nuclear Medicine Dpt – San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy Diagnostic Imaging

Medical Researcher

Managing clinical and research activities, leading clinical oncological researches and managing collaboration with other Hospital and Institutions

Professor Fadi Khreish is a nuclear medicine physician and Director of the Clinic for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine at Klinikum Fulda in Hessen/Germany. He previously completed a fellowship and was an attending physician at University of Saarland in Homburg /Germany. He has broad research interest in Theranostics in oncology. This includes thyroid cancer, liver cancer, neuroendocrine tumors and prostate cancer.

Dr Maroun Karam is Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Lebanese American University (LAU) and Director of Nuclear Medicine at LAU/ Rizk Hospital. He is also a nuclear medicine physician at St George Hospital/St Georges University, Beirut. He has returned to Lebanon in 2013 after 34 years in the USA. His immediate past position was Director of Nuclear Medicine and Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Albany Medical College, Albany NY

Dr Karam is American Board Certified in Internal Medicine and in Nuclear Medicine and he has a 20 year experience in interpreting PET/CT studies. He was the President of the Nuclear Oncology Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine between 2009 and 2011

Dr Karam is the author of over 60 peer reviewed publications in all aspects of Clinical Nuclear Medicine as well as several book chapters. He is also a sought after public speaker and has delivered numerous talks at major national and International meetings and continues to do so.

Despite the adverse Lebanese circumstances he continues to be active in clinical research. The abstract he presented at the Annual meeting of the SNMMI in June 2023 about PSMA PET has received the award for best international abstract from the SNMMI

Dr.Alqallaf has interest and training in epilepsy and movement disorders including neuro-degenrative diseases. He had his training at Wayne State University and University of Texas Southwestern. He is currently a consultant neurologist at Amiri Hospital Kuwait.

Professional summary

Experienced Senior Nuclear Medicine Practitioner with over 10 years of experience in Jahra Hospital. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving patient satisfaction.

Work History

• Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist, Ministry of Health, Al-Jahra hospital (2012 - Current)
• RIS/PACS Administrator also Jahra hospital HIS administrator
• PET-MR Dual Technologist over 50 cases done at Jahra hospital
• PET/CT & SPECT/CT Senior Technologist

Education

• Kuwait university, Faculty of Allied Health, Bachelor of Nuclear Medicine Technology - Jun 2012
• Certificate -Mahdi Al Ajmi > Jahra Hospital Signa PETMR 12-Dec-2021
• Certificate -Mahdi Al Ajmi > DWI Trends & techniques 22-Feb-2022
• Certificate -Mahdi Al Ajmi > WBI in MRI 22-Feb-2022
• Certificate -Mahdi Al Ajmi > LSA MR SAFETY COURSE 21-Sep-2022
• and others in PACS/RIS fields

Staff Training:

• BASIC & details RIS/PACS courses
• PET-MR courses
  • The history of PET-MRI, Discuss PET-MRI challenges, Attenuation Correction, clinical applications, protocols, and workflow
  • PET MR safety
  • basic physics of PET/MR
  • PET/MR Parameters & procedure execution
  • PET/MR technical challenges

Dr. Sandip Basu is Consultant Physician and Prof & Head, Radiation Medicine Centre (Medical), housed at the Tata Memorial Centre Annexe, Parel, Mumbai. He is also Dean-Academic (Medical & Health-Sciences), BARC at Homi Bhabha National Institute and is actively involved in Clinical patient services, research and post-graduate teaching and training activities of the Centre. Authored over 450 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and 35 text-book chapters, he serves as the Editorial Board member of multiple national & international journals. The CSIR, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Medical Sciences in 2012. He is also the recipient of DAE Homi Bhabha Science and Technology Prize in 2017, Alavi-Mandell Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine, USA in 2010, and the Homi Bhabha Memorial Oration 2019 of the Society of Nuclear Medicine India.

Dr. Rakesh Kumar, presently working as Professor & Head, Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Division, Department of Nuclear Medicine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Prof. Rakesh Kumar did PET Fellowship at Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. He has published more than 600 publications (H index-61, Citations-13600) and 50 book chapters. Dr Kumar is the Editor-in-Chief of ‘Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine’, and one of Editors of ‘Nuclear Medicine Communications’.

Dr Amir Javaid
I did my graduation (MBBS) & MSc in Nuclear Medicine from Pakistan.
Later did fellowship (FCPS), European board Nuclear Medicine (EBNM), Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC) and Kuwaiti Board Nuclear Medicine (KBNM).
I joined MOH Kuwait in 2004 and currently working as Senior Specialist at Farwaniya Hospital.
I have special interests in Nuclear Cardiology, Hybrid Imaging, PET/CT, and in therapeutics especially in Radiosynovectomy.

Dr.Anwar Abdullah Al.Banna is Nuclear Medicine Consultant in Kuwait Cancer Center She has 20years of experience in nuclear medicine field.

Dr.Anwar is a fellow of Kuwait Nuclear Medicine Board certified in 2007 from Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS) and a fellow of the Asian Nuclear Medicine Board (FANMB).

Also, she is a member of Nuclear Medicine Faculty for post graduate program of KIMS

Nuclear Medicine Consultant

Dr.Anwar Abdullah Al.Banna is Nuclear Medicine Consultant in Kuwait Cancer Center She has 20years of experience in nuclear medicine field.

Dr.Anwar is a fellow of Kuwait Nuclear Medicine Board certified in 2007 from Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS) and a fellow of the Asian Nuclear Medicine Board (FANMB).

Also, she is a member of Nuclear Medicine Faculty for post graduate program of KIMS