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Nuclear Medicine

Department of Radiology

Welcome to the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Mission

Our mission is to provide excellent clinical service, education and research related to Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging and Therapy.

Services

The Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging provides services in terms of diagnostic imaging, therapies, theragnostic and other related procedures encompassing the entire spectrum of conventional nuclear medicine and hybrid modalities SPECT/CT and PET/CT.

Our hospital affiliations and facilities of Nuclear Medicine practice include:

  • Jackson Memorial Hospital
  • UHealth Tower Hospital
  • University of Miami Hospital and Clinics / Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMHC/SCCC)
  • UMHC Deerfield Beach
  • Lennar Foundation Medical Center

Expertise

We sub-specialize in all facets of nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging such as bone scintigraphy, lung scans, cardiac stress testing, thyroid imaging, brain imaging (including DAT scan), PET/CT oncologic imaging (F18-FDG, F18-Axumin, Ga-68 or Cu-64 Dotatate), PET/CT cardiac (viability, sarcoidosis) and PET/CT neurologic imaging (amyloid, tau, dementia). We also perform therapies such as radioiodine for thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism, lymphoma, neuroendocrine tumors, prostate, bone palliation and other.

Modalities

  • Nuclear Medicine Gamma Camera Imaging
  • SPECT and SPECT/CT
  • PET/CT
  • Thyroid Uptake
  • Bone Densitometry
  • Radiopharmaceutical Therapies