Frans Wackers 4346148 220818145 2008-06-21T19:04:20Z Demophon 1837101 {{notability|date=April 2008}} {{Unreferenced|date=August 2006}} {{Orphan|date=September 2006}} '''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== <references/> ==References== *{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Frans J. Th. Wackers, M.D | work = Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty | publisher = [[Yale University School of Medicine]] | date = | url = http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/faculty/wackers.html | format = Web | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-29 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wackers, Franz}} [[Category:American College of Cardiology]] [[Category:Cardiologists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Nuclear medicine]] {{US-med-bio-stub}}