Hewitt grad named nuclear medicine society president-elect
A 2006 Hewitt-Trussville High School graduate has been named the president-elect of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section for 2021-22.
Krystle W. Glasgow is a clinical coordinator in the University of Alabama at Birmingham M.S. in Nuclear Medicine Technology program and will serve in the role on a three-year commitment as president-elect, president and past-president of the national society.
Glasgow was introduced during the SNMMI 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting in June. This is the culmination of a long career of serving her industry. She has held top leadership positions at the local level for the Alabama Society of Nuclear Medicine, as well as numerous board and committee positions at the regional and national level for the SNMMI.
“As president of the SNMMI-TS, I will be an advocacy champion for all NMTs — optimizing grassroots activity, educating regulators and legislators and making sure nothing inhibits the practice of nuclear medicine,” Glasgow said. “I will also work hard on the personal level, making sure the voices of our NMTs are heard and that they have the tools and training they need to be successful.”
In 2020, Glasgow became only the third person in Alabama to be named a fellow by the SNMMI-TS. The year prior to that, she was named to the SNMMI inaugural “Ones to Watch” list, which featured 30 rising stars in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging under the age of 35. In 2017, she earned the Southeastern Chapter of the SNMMI Distinguished Service Award. That award is not an annual honor and is only delivered when the chapter president wishes to recognize someone for stellar service.
“The SNMMI-TS has long been a wonderful resource for both technologists and students in mentoring, networking, continuing education, research and advocacy, and we take great pride in Krystle’s election,” interim NMT Program Director Amy Brady said. “I have known Krystle for years, and I know her exceptional skills as a leader, educator, advocate and communicator will serve the organization and our fellow technologists and students well.”
In 2019, she was a member of the UAB research team that earned the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Education and Research Fund Joseph J. Kleiner Award for Best Paper. In addition, she is a contributing author of three books and co-author of “The Review of Nuclear Medicine Technology, fifth edition.”
Additionally, Glasgow is a Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate, one of only 16 in the world. She has delivered lectures at conferences throughout the country on nuclear medicine topics and has four published articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Glasgow becomes the second UAB NMT member to earn this Technologist Section elected honor. Norman E. Bolus, who served as director of the program from 2008 until his retirement in 2021, was elected in 2017 and served as the 2018-19 SNMMI-TS president.
The SNMMI is an international scientific and medical organization with more than 16,000 members. It is dedicated to advancing nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, vital elements of precision medicine that allow diagnosis and treatment to be tailored to individual patients in order to achieve the best possible outcomes.