Dr. Prem Soman Will Deliver Mario Verani Memorial Lecture at ASNC2025

Esteemed physician, educator, and researcher Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC, will present the Mario Verani Memorial Lecture at ASNC2025. Dr. Soman’s lecture, titled “Cardiac Amyloidosis: Transforming Patient Care with Nuclear Cardiology,” will focus on the remarkable confluence of diagnostic and therapeutic developments seen in TTR amyloidosis and the unique opportunities available to today’s nuclear cardiology imagers to transform patient care.

Selection as a Mario Verani Memorial Lecturer is one of the highest honors bestowed by ASNC. The award recognizes qualities exemplified by the late Dr. Mario S. Verani, a founding member of ASNC known for his seminal contributions to nuclear cardiology, excellence as a teacher and a clinician, and for being a caring physician.

“I feel deeply honored and grateful to be this year’s Mario Verani Memorial Lecturer and to have the opportunity to speak about the truly breathtaking developments unfolding in the field of TTR amyloidosis,” Dr. Soman says. “There are extraordinary lessons to be learned from the confluence of new developments that we have seen in cardiac amyloidosis, and I hope to address how these developments can inform us as a specialty. For physicians, scientists, and technologists starting their careers, the field of cardiac amyloidosis offers unparalleled opportunities.”

Dr. Soman is the Richard S. Caligiuri Endowed Chair in Amyloidosis and Heart Failure and a tenured professor of medicine (cardiology) and clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He directs the Cardiac Amyloidosis Center, which he helped establish, and is the director of nuclear cardiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Institute. He is also the associate chief for faculty development in the University of Pittsburgh’s Cardiology Division.

A past president of ASNC and the SNMMI Cardiovascular Council, Dr. Soman is widely recognized for his contributions as a leader and an educator. He has received SNMMI’s Outstanding Educator and Hermann Blumgart awards, chaired the ACC Imaging Council and the International Congress of Nuclear Cardiology, and was instrumental in the development of ASNC’s Future Leaders: The Next Generation of Nuclear Cardiology program.

Dr. Soman has authored or coauthored more than 160 publications, including original research, practice guidelines and quality standards documents, and textbook chapters. He is the senior guest editor for the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology and a senior associate editor of Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.

“I am thrilled that Prem Soman has been selected as this year’s Mario Verani Memorial Lecturer,” says ASNC President Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD. “Prem is not only a brilliant clinician and researcher but also a dear friend and trusted advisor. His lecture will be a masterclass in how nuclear cardiology has transformed the diagnosis and management of cardiac amyloidosis –turning what was once a disease of diagnostic uncertainty and therapeutic nihilism into one where imaging is central to patient care. His insights will be valuable for all of us helping to shape the future of the field.”

Join Us at ASNC2025, Sept. 4-7 in Orlando, Florida
The ASNC2025 Main Program will be held Sept. 4-7 at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Soman will present the Mario Verani Memorial Lecture during the Opening Plenary Session on Friday, Sept. 5, at 8:30 AM (Eastern Time). Choose in-person or virtual registration.

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