Creator

Professor Mike Sathekge is a global leader in nuclear medicine. A Fellow of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and a member of the Academy of Science South Africa, he is head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, and president and CEO of the South African Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure. He is also editor-in-chief of the Seminars of Nuclear Medicine Journal and associate editor of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and the World Journal of Nuclear Medicine; he is chair of the Africa Health Research Institute and director of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Anchor Centre for Rays of Hope for Cancer Care; and in South Africa, he is chair of the National Cancer Research and Innovation Strategy, and of the Academy of Science South Africa’s panel on research, development and innovation of peaceful uses of nuclear technologies