Press Release-99-260, NRC Names Manuel D. Cerqueira, M.D., to Head Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes

Press Release-99-260, NRC Names Manuel D. Cerqueira, M.D., to Head Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes

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Issue date:	12/07/1999
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UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairsWashington,DC20555Phone301-415-8200Fax301-415-2234Internet:opa@nrc.govNo.99-260December7,1999NRCNAMESMANUELD.CERQUEIRA,M.D.,TOHEADADVISORYCOMMITTEEONMEDICALUSESOFISOTOPESTheNuclearRegulatoryCommissionhasappointedManuelD.Cerqueira,M.D.,asthenewchairoftheNRCAdvisoryCommitteeontheMedicalUsesofIsotopes.Dr.Cerqueirahas experienceinbothdiagnosticnuclearmedicineandnuclearcardiology.Heiscurrently AssociateChiefofCardiologyattheGeorgetownUniversityMedicalCenterandProfessor, DepartmentsofMedicineandRadiology,GeorgetownUniversitySchoolofMedicine.Dr.CerqueirasucceedsJudithStitt,M.D.,oftheUniversityofWisconsinSchoolofMedicine.Dr.Stitt,aradiationoncologist,servedtwofulltermsonthecommittee,themost recentoneaschair.TheAdvisoryCommitteeonMedicalUsesofIsotopesadvisesNRCon policyandtechnicalissuesthatariseinregulatingthemedicalusesofradioactivematerialfor diagnosisandtherapy.Dr.CerqueiraisagraduateofFranklinandMarshallCollegeinLancaster,Pa.HereceivedhisdoctorofmedicinedegreefromtheNewYorkUniversitySchoolofMedicineand tookhispostgraduatetrainingininternalmedicine,cardiology,andnuclearmedicineat BellevueMedicalCenterinNewYorkCityandatYale-NewHavenHospitalinConnecticut.HehasbeenatGeorgetownsinceAugust1994.Earlier,hetaughtattheUniversityofWashingtonSchoolofMedicineandheldseniorstaffpostsattheVeteransAffairsMedical CenterinSeattle.