Journal of Radiology
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Michael J Welch

Biography

Michael J. Welch, PhD, codirector of the Division of Radiological Sciences at Washington University’s  Mallinckrodt  Institute  of  Radiology  (St.Louis,  MO)  and  head  of  the  institute’s  Radiochemistry Laboratory, was presented with the 2004 Benedict Cassen Award  at  the  SNM  Annual  Meeting  on  June  22.  The biennial  honor,  given  by  the  Education  and  Research Foundation for the SNM, is awarded to a living scientist or  physician-scientist  whose  work  has  led  to  a  major advance in basic or clinical nuclear medicine science. Donated  by  the  estate  of  Mary  Wylie  Cassen,  the award  honors  Benedict  Cassen,  whose  invention  of  the rectilinear radioisotope scanner—the first instrument capable of making an image of a body organ in a patient was seminal to the development of clinical nuclear medicine.

Research Interest

FDG-PET; Cervix cancer; IMRT; Brachytherapy