Hossein Jadvar

Hossein Jadvar is an Iranian-American nuclear medicine physician-scientist, academic, author, lecturer, and inventor specializing in molecular imaging and cancer theranostics, particularly for prostate cancer. He is a tenured Professor of Radiology at the University of Southern California (USC), holding joint appointments in Urology, Radiation Oncology, and Biomedical Engineering. Jadvar is affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. He served as the 2013-14 president of the American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM) and the 2015-16 president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), and has served in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) since 2019, as the Vice Chair during 2022-24 and as the Chair of the committee since 2024. Jadvar received the 2014 Distinguished Investigator from the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research. He served as the 2023-25 President of the SNMMI Therapy Center of Excellence.