Frans Wackers
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'''Frans J. Th. Wackers''' is a [[medical doctor]] and [[research scientist]] in the field of [[Nuclear medicine|nuclear]] [[cardiology]].
==Education and positions held<ref>[http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/faculty/wackers.html Frans J. Th. Wackers, M.D] Citation for all education and positions held</ref>==
*M.D., Ph.D., [[University of Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]] ([[1970]])
*[[Military service]], The Netherlands ([[1970]]-[[1972]])
*Internal Medicine Residency, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ([[1972]]-[[1974]])
*Cardiology Fellow, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ([[1974]]-[[1977]])
*Cardiology Faculty, [[Yale University School of Medicine]] ([[1977]]-[[1981]])
*Cardiology Faculty, [[University of Vermont]] College of Medicine ([[1981]]-[[1984]])
*Rejoined Cardiology Faculty, Yale University School of Medicine ([[1984]] to present)
==Affiliations==
*Fellow of the [[American College of Cardiology]]
*Fellow of the [[American Heart Association]], Council on Clinical Cardiology
*Founding member and Fellow of the [[American Society of Nuclear Cardiology]] (President, 1994-1995)
*Founding member and Fellow of the [[Society of Nuclear Medicine]] (President of Cardiovascular Council, 1992-1995)
*Founding member and Fellow of the [[European Society of Cardiology]]
*Founding member of the [[Certification Council of Nuclear Cardiology]] (President, 1996-1997)
*Founding member of the [[Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Nuclear laboratories]] (1997-2005)
Wackers also co-chaired the 6th and 7th [[International Conference of Nuclear Cardiology]] in [[Florence]] and [[Lisbon]].
==Publications==
He is/was on the [[Editorial Board]] of the [[Journal of the American College of Cardiology]], the [[American Journal of Cardiology]], and [[Journal of Nuclear Cardiology]].
He has published more than 295 articles on nuclear cardiology and clinical cardiology.
==Awards==
*Rescar Award of the [[University of Maastricht]], The Netherlands (1988)
*Herrman Blumgart Award of the [[Society of Nuclear Medicine]], New England Chapter (1995)
*Homi Baba Award of the [[Indian Nuclear Cardiological Society]] (1997)
*Eugene Drake Award of the [[American Heart Association]], New England Affiliate (1999)
*Distinguished Service Award of the [[Society of Nuclear Cardiology]] (1999)
*Third Mario Verani Memorial Lecturer of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (2004)
*Wenckebach Lecturer of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (2005).
==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Cardiologists]]
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