Norman E. Bolus, MSPH, MPH, CNMT, was elected 2018-2019 president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS) at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2018 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

Bolus has worked as a nuclear medicine technologist for almost 29 years. He currently serves as program director and assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Master of Science in Nuclear Medicine Technology Program and interim program director of the school’s Master of Science in Health Physics Program.

“As president of the SNMMI-TS, I will focus on increasing membership and supporting advocacy efforts, including scope of practice issues within the profession,” Bolus said in a prepared statement. “I will also explore opportunities to integrate progress on the goals of the society’s Quality Initiative and Value Initiative, as quality and value go hand-in-hand. In addition, I will continue working with the SNMMI-TS Committee Chairs to achieve the objectives of the SNMMI-TS strategic plan.”

Bolus also served a six-year term as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology from January 2012 to December 2017 and has been president of the Alabama Society of Nuclear Medicine twice.

In other SNMMI news, Mark H. Crosthwaite, MEd, CNMT, PET, was elected as the 2018-19 president-elect of SNMMI-TS during the SNMMI 2018 Annual Meeting.