AsianScientist (Sep. 11, 2014) – The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has awarded the 2014-2016 Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship to three Japanese doctors: Mitsutomi Ishiyama, Masayoshi Nakano and Kensuke Tateishi. Each recipient will receive an annual stipend of US$24,000 over two years.
The two-year fellowship, founded in 2008 by the late Dr. Henry N. Wagner, Jr. and the late Dr. Kanji Torizuka, is designed to provide extensive training and experience in the fields of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging for Japanese physicians in the early stages of their careers.
“SNMMI is proud to sponsor the Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship. This program honors two international pioneers and helps to promote continued research in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging,” said Dr. Gary L. Dillehay, SNMMI immediate past president and chair of the SNMMI Awards Committee.
Dr. Ishiyama, whose research interest is functional imaging using modalities such as PET/CT, SPECT/CT and MRI to elucidate pathophysiology of various kinds of diseases, works as a clinical fellow at the Department of Radiology of the University of Washington under the supervision of advisor Dr. Satoshi Minoshima.
Dr. Nakano focuses on neurology, in particular neuropsychiatric disorders involving the insula. He is conducting research at the Russel H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, under the supervision of advisor Dr. Dean F. Wong.
Dr. Tateishi’s major field of interest is elucidating treatment-resistant mechanisms using PET tracers and identifying the genomic abnormality of malignant gliomas using MRS and PET imaging. He is studying at the Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, under the supervision of advisor Dr. Daniel Cahill.
The SNMMI Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship program, sponsored by Nihon Medi-Physics Co. Ltd. in Japan, is now entering its eighth year. The program has successfully graduated 17 fellows since its inauguration in 2008; currently, six fellows are studying at host institutions across the United States.
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Source: Society of Nuclear Medicine.
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