The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is an

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comprising 41 national

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member societies, 18 non-European affiliated societies and 3,200 individual members from over 80 countries, including

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s, 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

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and informing the general public and healthcare authorities about ongoing developments within the field.

Activities

The EANM hosts its own annual

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, which attracts more than 6,300 delegates. 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

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History

The EANM was founded in 1985 in London when the Society of Nuclear Medicine Europe merged with the European Nuclear Medicine Society. 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).

References

External links

Official website
{{authority control Nuclear medicine organizations International medical associations of Europe Organizations established in 1985 1985 establishments in Austria