American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course 2025

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• Target Audience: cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiologists
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Whether you’re preparing for 2025 or 2026 CBNC exams or just want to stay current on board-focused updates in nuclear cardiology, ASNC’s Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course is for you.

The Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course includes:

Target Audience

This course is designed for cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiologists preparing for the certification or recertification exam in nuclear cardiology.

Learner Objectives

The primary objectives of the course are to enable participants to achieve the following:

•    Explain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) image acquisition, processing, and quality control considerations.

•    Recognize and identify nuclear imaging associated artifacts.

•    Discuss the production and management of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals.

•    Integrate radiation safety standards into professional nuclear cardiology practice.

•    Incorporate patient-centered imaging principles and appropriate use considerations in nuclear cardiology and stress procedure selection.

•    Learn basic stress testing (exercise and pharmacologic) protocols along with their absolute and relative contraindications.

•    Incorporate risk stratification into selection and application of nuclear cardiology studies.

•    Apply nuclear imaging tools in assessment of myocardial viability, cardiac amyloidosis, and ventricular function.

•    Understand the basics of PET imaging for myocardial perfusion and metabolic viability and sarcoidosis assessment.

•    Interpret SPECT and PET perfusion and metabolic images and ventricular function imaging.

•    Utilize myocardial perfusion imaging in the assessment, diagnosis, and response to therapy in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease and special populations.

•    Appropriately identify non-cardiac findings on SPECT and PET-CT cardiovascular imaging studies.

•    Integrate nuclear cardiology into the multimodality imaging evaluation of cardiovascular disease.

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August 14, 2025

Welcome Introduction W. Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC

Session I: Physics, Instrumentation, Radionuclides, Radiation Safety

Physics for the Boards James Case, PhD, MASNC

Production and Management of Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals Marianna Dakanali, PhD

The Basics of Radiation Safety Benjamin Auer, PhD

Instrumentation (SPECT and PET) Keisha C. McCall, PhD, DABR

Practice Exam 1 (self-paced)

Session II: Acquisition and Quality Control, Gated SPECT, Artifact Recognition, and MUGA

Technical Aspects of Acquisition and Processing Mark C. Hyun, CNMT, NCT, RS, RT(N,R,CT), FASNC

Gated SPECT E. Gordon DePuey, MD, MASNC Artifact Recognition E. Gordon DePuey, MD, MASNC

Instrumentation Quality Control Mark C. Hyun, CNMT, NCT, RS, RT(N,R,CT), FASNC

Radionuclide Angiocardiography Ronald G. Schwartz, MD, MS, MASNC

Practice Exam 2 (self-paced)

Session III: Test Selection, Stress and Nuclear Protocols Interpretation, Appropriate Use, and Risk Stratification

Stress Testing Jamieson Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC

Nuclear Imaging Protocols and Interpretation Jamieson Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC

Patient-Centered Imaging and Appropriate Use Rami Doukky, MD, MSc, MBA, FASNC

Risk Stratification SPECT David E. Winchester, MD, FASNC Practice Exam 3 (self-paced)

Session IV: Cardiac PET, Multimodality Imaging, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cases with the Experts: SPECT and PET

Cardiac PET: Basics of Perfusion, Viability, and Sarcoidosis Sanjay Divakaran, MD, MPH

Focused Topic: Nuclear Integration in Multimodality Imaging Saurabh Malhotra, MD, MPH, FASNC

Focused Topic: Cardiac Scintigraphy with Bone-Seeking Tracers for Amyloidosis Prem Soman, MD, PhD,  FASNC

Cases with the Expert, SPECT Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD

Cases with the Expert, PET Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam, MD, FASNC

Practice Exam 4 (self-paced)

Saturday, September 27, 2025

9:00am Welcome & Opening Remarks W. Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC

10:10am Break

11:30am Technology-focused Town Hall Q&A James Case, Marianna Dakanali, Benjamin Auer, Keisha C. McCall, Gordon DePuey, Mark Hyun, Ronald Schwartz Moderators: Lane Duvall & Jamieson Bourque

12:30pm Adjourn for the day

Sunday, September 28, 2025

9:00am Brief Welcome W. Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC

10:05am Break

11:15am Break

11:30am Clinical-focused Town Hall Q&A Jamieson Bourque, Rami Doukky, Lane Duvall, David Winchester, Sanjay Divakaran, Saurabh Malhotra, Prem Soman Moderators: Lane Duvall & Jamieson Bourque

12:30pm Closing remarks & adjourn W. Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC