The Hussein M. Abdel-Dayem, MD Award
for the Abstract Presented with the Highest Scientific Merit
Dr. Hussein Abdel-Dayem, MD, was a pioneer and international leader in the field of nuclear medicine. The nuclear medicine and molecular imaging community lost a brilliant physician-scientist, an inspiring educator, and a devoted mentor when he passed away on March 12, 2017. Over his prolific 50-year career, Dr. Abdel-Dayem published hundreds of journal articles and trained scores of residents and fellows in nuclear medicine and radiology. A masterful communicator, he lectured around the world, always emphasizing the multicultural and international nature of the nuclear medicine community. So it is fitting that The Greater New York/New England Chapters of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging created this award.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 2025
The Greater New York/New England Chapters of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging are accepting abstracts for poster presentations at the November 7-9, 2025 Northeast Regional Meeting to be held at the Mystic Marriott Hotel and Spa in Groton, CT.
We encourage submissions of scientific abstracts, educational reports, and case reports from physicians, physicians in training, technologists, and students, including SNMMI members and non-members to either:
Rachel Powsner, MD of the New England Chapter (RPowsner@yahoo.com) or
Jeffrey Kempf, MD of the Greater New York Chapter (Jeffrey.Kempf@univrad.com),
by Friday, October 24, 2025.
Honoring the memory of Dr. Hussein Abdel-Dayem the top three posters judged to have the highest scientific merit during this meeting will receive the following awards:
1st place: $1,000.
2nd place: $750.
3rd place: $500.
Abstracts should be submitted as Microsoft Word documents, with a maximum word count of 500 words, and be divided into headings of Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Embedded black and white images, graphs and/or tables are acceptable.
Each abstract submitted by a non-attending physician must include a supervising attending or scientist as an author and must submit the written approval of the contents of the abstract from this individual at the time of submission. Please send your submission email with your name and the title of the article in the subject line. Please include full first and last names, email addresses, and institutional affiliation for each author. If your abstract is accepted you will be asked to submit funding disclaimers for each author.
At least one author must be present for a poster to be included in the judging for monetary awards. Posters can be displayed starting at 1pm on Thursday, November 6, but must be on display by Saturday, November 8 at 9 am to be considered for monetary awards. Posters need to be removed by noon on Saturday. The winners of the abstracts judged by a panel of experts to be of the highest merit will be announced at the conclusion of the meeting luncheon at 1:15 pm on Saturday, November 8. All accepted presentations will be in poster format (4’ vertical x 8’ horizontal boards).