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Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2014 Robert E. Henkin Government Relations Fellowship

It is essential for any highly regulated profession to have leaders who have an understanding gained first-hand of the challenges that the practice of nuclear medicine faces. In America today, we produce a great number of skilled professionals. But too few of these individuals provide society with statesmanlike leadership and guidance in the public affairs arena.

The Robert E. Henkin Fellowship is designed to provide young professionals in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging direct personal exposure to government relations activities of the SNMMI as well as the state and federal legislative and regulatory process. The F ellowship is designed to provide gifted and highly motivated young nuclear and molecular imaging professionals with first- hand experience in the process of health policy development. For the purpose of this proposal, a young professional shall be defined as a resident or fellow (physician), a scientist or technologist who has completed their training within the last 10 years. Professionals who have been in the field for longer than ten years are not eligible.

Applications for the 2014 program will be accepted starting on September 1, 2013 with a closing date for submission of December 31, 2013. The Fellow will be selected at the SNMMI Mid-Winter meeting in Palm Springs, CA, with the Fellowship week to occur at a time mutually agreed upon between February 2014, and June 30, 2014. Expenses for the week will be paid and a stipend provided.

American College of Radiology J. T. Rutherford Government Relations Fellowship

The J.T. Rutherford Fellowship, named in honor of the first ACR lobbyist, was founded in 1993 to provide radiology residents direct personal exposure to ACR government relations activities. The fellowship allows residents to gain an understanding of state and federal legislative and regulatory processes and the ACR role therein. It also informs residents about the governmental factors that play important roles in shaping the future of radiology.

This one-week program includes historical background on ACR congressional activities, exposure to the ACR Government Relations Division and its relationship to the other activities conducted by the ACR.

Aside from the congressional apprenticing, the fellow spends the week:

Learning about other ACR departments’ intricate role in our goal of working for the best interest of the radiology profession

Meeting with members of Congress and their staff

Attending fundraisers of our PAC

Meeting with representatives of federal regulatory agencies

Attending in-house ACR meetings

For questions or to sponsor a resident for this fellowship, please contact:

Edward Smith
esmith@acr.org

(800) 227-5463 ext. 4974