Zsolt Szabo, M.D., Ph.D.

Zsolt Szabo, M.D., Ph.D., is the educational coordinator of the nuclear medicine program at Johns Hopkins University, an attending physician in its Division of Nuclear Medicine and a leading figure in The Johns Hopkins Hospital's clinical PET service. He received his first medical degree from the University of Belgrade in Yugoslavia. He pursued additional graduate training there before completing his residency at Hospital Barmen in Wuppertal, West Germany. He was certified in nuclear medicine by the German Medical Association, then completed an additional medical degree at the University of Dusseldorf. Dr. Szabo went on to complete a Ph.D. at the same university's Nuclear Research Center. He came to Johns Hopkins in 1989 for postgraduate work and joined the faculty in 1992.

Dr. Szabo has authored 47 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 27 chapters in medical textbooks. He is co-author of the definitive textbook, Principles of Nuclear Medicine. He is a reviewer for several journals in the field, including The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Bennett Chin, M.D.

Bennett Chin, M.D., is the clinical director of the Division of Nuclear Medicine of Johns Hopkins Medicine. He also is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Chin received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas, then enrolled in the Harvard Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine. In 1991, he pursued a fellowship in nuclear medicine at Johns Hopkins, joining the staff in 1995.

Dr. Chin has authored 36 articles in peer-reviewed journals and two chapters in medical textbooks. He has been a frequent presenter at annual nuclear medicine conferences in the United States and abroad.

Robert F. Dannals, Ph.D.

Robert F. Dannals, Ph.D., Director of the PET Center, has been joined by Dr. Wahl to provide the highest quality technology with the highest quality clinical service. Dr. Dannals became a member of the Hopkins faculty in 1981 and is a professor of radiology and radiological sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Dannals received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University, as well as his Ph.D. in chemistry. He is the author of 22 book chapters, more than 160 scientific papers, and holder of two patents. Dr. Dannals is a past president of the Society of Nuclear Imaging in Drug Development and a member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and the American Chemical Society. He is an editor of the Journal of Labeled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals and reviewer for several professional journals, including the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and the International Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology.

Dr. Dannals is well-known for his pioneering research in the development of short-lived radiotracers for positron emission tomography and single photon emission-computed tomography.