Save the Date: June 12-14, 2026
Join the OSNM’s next conference at Queen’s Landing, Niagara-on-the-lake!
To register, please fill out the registration form. For more information or questions, please email stephanie@osnm.ca.
Last year exceeded expectations with presentations from world-renowned speakers! 7.75 professional credits were earned by attendees, and TDG training was available. See the LinkedIn summary HERE.
Thank you to our sponsors! NUCM, Lantheus, GE, HumanIntegrityHR, Mirion Technologies, Vigtech Consulting, and Well Health Diagnostics.
Dear Nuclear Medicine Colleague,
Planning for this year’s annual OSNM meeting is well underway. The 2026 meeting will be held June 12-14 at the Queen’s Landing Hotel, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada. Sessions will be segmented into the following Tracks: General Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Oncology (RLT/Theranostics), Health Physics/Radiation Safety. Each session will include lectures, sponsor talks, concluded by a moderated “Fireside session” for Q&A and open forum discussion promoting knowledge-sharing.
We expect a larger attendance of registrants and sponsors this year and suggest you reserve a spot as soon as possible. Last year’s event was a tremendous success with one of the largest gatherings of Ontario-based Nuclear Medicine professionals. For further information on sponsorship and registration details please contact: stephanie@osnm.ca.
An agenda for the event will be finalized shortly. In the interim, we are pleased to provide a list (see below) of confirmed speakers to date. This list is comprised of globally renowned key-opinion-leaders, creating impacts in Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging and Radio-ligand Therapies (Theranostics).
Our Speakers
Dr. Reza Vali,
MD, MSc
(Topic focused on Paediatric Oncology) Background/Expertise:
Staff Physician, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging Program Director, Nuclear Medicine, University of Toronto
Immediate Past President, Pediatric Council of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Society
Vice-Chair of Education at SNMMI
Project Investigator, Translational Medicine, SickKids Research Institute; Associate Professor, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto
Dr. Patrick Veit-Haibach, MD, FRCPC
(Topic focused on Radioligand Therapeutics)
Background/Expertise:
Deputy Radiologist-in-Chief (UHN)
Co-Director Silber Family Theranostic Centre, Managing Director Neuroradiology, Director, PET/MR Program, Toronto General Hospital
University Medical Imaging Toronto, Toronto Joint Dept Medical Imaging, UHN, Sinai Health System, Women’s College Hospital
Professor of Molecular Imaging and Radiology, Dept. of Medical Imaging, U of T.
Prof. Raymond Reilly,
Ph.D
(Topic focused on Radio-immunotheranostic Strategies for Imaging and Treating Brain Metastases)
Background/Expertise:
Professor and Director, Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
Prof. Reilly has developed radiopharmaceutical probes for breast cancer that can image tumours and monitor subsequent tumour response to therapy
Editor of Medical Imaging for Health Professionals: Technologies and Clinical Applications (2019)
Editor of Monoclonal Antibody and Peptide-Targeted Radiotherapy of Cancer (2010) which won 1st prize in the oncology category of the British Medical Association’s Medical Book Awards
Dr. David Laidley,
MD, FRCPC
(Topic focused on Theranostics)
Background/Expertise:
Clinical Nuclear Medicine Physician, Victoria site of London Health Science Centre
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Imaging, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University
Director, Molecular Imaging & Theranostics Residency Program
Additional privileges: University Hospital (London Health Sciences Centre); St. Joseph’s Health Care London (Nuclear Medicine); Woodstock General Hospital
Dr. Joe Barfett,
MD, FRCPC
(Topic: To Be Confirmed)
Background/Expertise:
Academic and Hospital Appointments: Regional Oncology Imaging Lead, London Health Sciences Center (2025), Staff Physician at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, Collingwood Marine General Hospital, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance.
Major Academic Achievement: Dr. John Agnos Award in Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Western Ontario (2005), The University of Western Ontario Award of Merit (1999), Manning Innovation Award (1999), Governor General’s Medal for Academic Excellence (1999), Canadian Merit Scholar Foundation Honour Citation
Dr. Katherine Zukotynski,
MD, Ph.D, FRCPC
(Topic focused on Nuclear Cardiology /Influence of A.I. in Nuclear Medicine
via video))
Background/Expertise:
Associate Professor in Dept. of Medicine & Radiology, McMaster University plus privileges at 4 other hospitals in Hamilton and Cambridge
Academic and Hospital Appointments: Professor, Department of Medical Imaging, McMaster. Senior Scientist and Staff Physician Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Honors/ Awards: Fellow, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI); Fellow, American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM); 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, from ACNM (Career award for contributions to nuclear medicine).
Dr. Saman Sadeghi,
Ph.D
(Topic focused on Radiopharmaceutical development)
Background/Expertise:
Dr. Sadeghi graduated from the University of Toronto Engineering Science program and received his Ph.D. from U of Toronto in analytical/physical chemistry as an NSERC scholar in 2008.
He was a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA Crump institute 2009-2011. Prior to joining McMaster University, Dr. Sadeghi was an associate professor in the department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at UCLA, where he maintains an adjunct position.
He has previously served as the director of the Ahmanson Biomedical Cyclotron Facility at UCLA, which produces a wide variety of clinical position emission tomography tracers, and facilitates the clinical translation of successful research radiopharmaceuticals.