Meet Current Officers of IASNM

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Professionals of Indian Origin across India,
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Padmakar Kulkarni, Ph.D.

Padmakar Kulkarni, Ph.D.

Position

Executive Director
Dallas, Texas Know More Phone: (214) 648-2957 Email: Padmakar.kulkarni@utsouthwestern.edu
Amol Takalkar, MD, MS (Biomed. Engr.), MBA (Exec), FACNM

Amol Takalkar, MD, MS (Biomed. Engr.), MBA (Exec), FACNM

Position

President

Atlanta, GA
Since 2015 – Present

Chitra Saxena, MPH

Chitra Saxena, MPH

Position

Vice President & President-elect

Prime HealthCare Corporation, NJ

Partha Sinha, MD, M.Tech, DRM, MBA, FACNM

Partha Sinha, MD, M.Tech, DRM, MBA, FACNM

Position

Treasurer

Buffalo, NY

Khushboo Gupta, MD

Khushboo Gupta, MD

Position

Secretary

New York, NY

Puneet Chandak, MD

Puneet Chandak, MD

Position

Past President

San Jose, CA

Saima Muzahir, MD, FCPS

Saima Muzahir, MD, FCPS

Position

Board Member

Atlanta, GA

Ila Sethi, MD

Ila Sethi, MD

Position

Board Member

Atlanta, GA

Deepak Behera, MD

Deepak Behera, MD

Position

Board Member

San Carlos, CA

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Padmakar Kulkarni, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA

  • Ph. D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
  • Sr. Scientific Officer, BARC, Mumbai, India
  • Diagnostics Division, Abbott Labs, Chicago, IL
  • Radiology Faculty at UT Southwestern Med Ctr. since 1976
  • Consultant to International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Founding member, Past President, Executive Director:

Indo-American Society of Nuclear Medicine (IASNM)

Research interests:
  • Myocardial Infarct Imaging Agents, I-123 fatty acids
  • Alzheimer’s plaque Imaging agents
  • Drug delivery systems development
  • MR Imaging agents