John Mahmarian, M.D., chief of Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center’s Division of Nuclear Cardiology and CT Services is currently serving as The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology’s (ASNC) president. Mahmarian’s one-year term ends in January 2013.
Mahmarian has been a member of the ASNC for 18 years, has served on numerous committees, and was program chair for ASNC’s annual meeting in 2010. He is also a member of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology editorial board, a journal produced by the society.
Mahmarian is considered an expert on the use of different imaging tools to guide therapy and assess risk in stable patients who have coronary heart disease and for patients with acute chest pain syndromes. Mahmarian is also respected for his general expertise in nuclear cardiology, a subspecialty of nuclear medicine that focuses on the usefulness of radioisotopes in imaging and treating heart and vascular diseases. He recently led a multicenter study of stable patients following a myocardial infarction event, called the adenosine sestamibi SPECT post-infarction evaluation trial, or INSPIRE.