Frans Josef Thomas Wackers (born 1939,

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in the field of

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Education and positions held

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(1970) *

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, The Netherlands (1970–1972) *Internal Medicine Residency,

, The Netherlands (1972–1974) *Cardiology Fellow,

, The Netherlands (1974–1977) *Cardiology Faculty,

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(1977–1981) *Cardiology Faculty,

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College of Medicine (1981–1984) *Rejoined Cardiology Faculty,

(1984 to present)Frans J. Th. Wackers, M.D
Citation for all education and positions held

Affiliations

*Fellow of the

American College of Cardiology The American College of Cardiology (ACC), based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949. It bestows credentials upon cardiovascular specialists who meet its qualifications. Education is a core component of t ...

*Fellow of the

American Heart Association The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and death ...

, 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 The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), formerly the Society of Nuclear Medicine, is a nonprofit scientific and professional organization that promotes the science, technology and practical application of nuclear medicine ...

(President of Cardiovascular Council, 1992–1995) *Founding member and Fellow of the

European Society of Cardiology The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is an independent non-profit, non-governmental professional association that works to advance the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases of the heart and blood vessels, and improve scientific un ...

*Founding member of the

Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology Certification is the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, service or system in question meets specific requirements. It is the formal attestation or confirmation of certain characteristics of a ...

(President, 1996–1997) *Founding member of the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Nuclear laboratories (1997–2005) Wackers also co-chaired the European Society of Cardiology's 6th and 7th International Conference of Nuclear Cardiology in

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and Lisbon.

Publications

He is/was on the

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of the

Journal of the American College of Cardiology The ''Journal of the American College of Cardiology'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of cardiovascular disease, including original clinical studies, translational investigations with clear clinical relevance, state-of-the-a ...

, the

American Journal of Cardiology ''The American Journal of Cardiology'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of cardiology and general cardiovascular disease. The editor-in-chief is William C. Roberts. It supersedes the ''Transactions of the American College ...

, and

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology The ''Journal of Nuclear Cardiology'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in nuclear cardiology. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and is the official journal of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. The edit ...

. He has published more than 340 articles on nuclear cardiology and clinical cardiology.

Awards

*Rescar Award of the

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, The Netherlands (1988) *

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Award of the

, New England Chapter (1995) *

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Award of the

Indian Nuclear Cardiological Society Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

(1997) *

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Award of the

, New England Affiliate (1999) *Distinguished Service Award of the

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(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

*
F.J.T. Wackers
at the

''Album Academicum'' website {{DEFAULTSORT:Wackers, Frans 1939 births Living people American cardiologists Dutch cardiologists American nuclear medicine physicians University of Amsterdam alumni Yale School of Medicine faculty People from Echt-Susteren Dutch emigrants to the United States Fellows of the American College of Cardiology