Dr. John Buscombe

Dr. Buscombe trained in Medicine in London and following General Internal Medicine Training and Nuclear Medicine Training in London became a specialist in Nuclear Medicine in 1994. Initially working at the Royal Free Hospital, London until 2010. From 2010 till his retirement on January 1st, 2026, he was specialist in Nuclear Medicine in Cambridge and professor of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pretoria. He has extensive research experience with 10,000 citations in over 250 publications in Nuclear Medicine, PET and Radionuclide Therapy. He has experience of SPECT and PET in infection and inflammation and co-authored the joint EANM/SNMMI guidelines for the use of FDG PET in infection.

Dr. Savvas Frangos is a nuclear medicine specialist at the Nuclear Medicine Department and the Thyroid Cancer Clinic of the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center in Nicosia, Cyprus. He obtained his Board Certification in Nuclear Medicine in 1996 and is a Fellow of the European Board of Nuclear Medicine, where he has served for many years as a Member of the Fellowship Examination Committee. Dr. Frangos has held key leadership roles in the field, including serving as Secretary of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine and as Secretary and Treasurer of the Nuclear Medicine Section of the UEMS. He is currently the President of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WFNMB) and President of the Cyprus Society of Nuclear Medicine. In addition to his clinical and organizational contributions, Dr. Frangos is actively involved in scientific publishing. He is a member of the editorial boards of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine, The EANM Journal and the European Journal of Hybrid Imaging, as well as co-editor of the Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Dr. Savvas Frangos

Luísa Roldao Pereira

Luísa completed a BSc in Nuclear Medicine in Lisbon School of Health Technology, in Portugal, and has worked in the UK since then. She completed the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, by the University of Brighton. So far, her career included roles such as Nuclear Medicine Therapy Lead, Departmental Superintendent, Radiation Protection Supervisor and Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Nuclear Medicine Therapies, as well as multidisciplinary Lead for Advanced Practice in her Hospital. She also completed a Clinical Fellowship with NHS England about Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant roles in Imaging and Radiotherapy. Luísa is the Chair of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Technologists' Committee, where she contributes to the advancement of the profession and professional standards across Europe. Her interest and commitment to Audit and Quality Improvement englobed training as an ISO 9001 assessor, Quality, service improvement and redesign (QSIR) practitioner, investigating serious incidents, being part of the national Quality Standards for Imaging (QSI) from the United Kingdom Accreditation System (UKAS) team and regularly conducting assessments. More recently, Luisa was appointed as a specialist advisor for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and a Centre Reviewer for the Centre for Advancing Practice, as well as part of a NICE Technology Appraisal Committee. Luisa is an active member of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, participating in the national training programme and the Future Skills Commission.