Nuclear Medicine Physicians

<ul><li>Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.</li><li>Check and approve the quality of diagnostic images before patients are discharged.</li><li>Interpret imaging data and confer with other medical specialists to formulate diagnoses.</li><li>Establish and enforce radiation protection standards for patients and staff.</li><li>Prescribe radionuclides and dosages to be administered to individual patients.</li><li>Review procedure requests and patients' medical histories to determine applicability of procedures and radioisotopes to be used.</li><li>Direct nuclear medicine technologists or technicians regarding desired dosages, techniques, positions, and projections.</li><li>Determine appropriate tests or protocols, based on patients' needs or conditions.</li><li>Compare nuclear medicine procedures with other types of procedures, such as computed tomography, ultrasonography, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography.</li><li>Monitor handling of radioactive materials to ensure that established procedures are followed.</li><li>Monitor quality control of radionuclide preparation, administration, or disposition, ensuring that activities comply with applicable regulations and standards.</li><li>Advise other physicians of the clinical indications, limitations, assessments, or risks of diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radioactive materials.</li><li>Perform cardiovascular nuclear medicine procedures, such as exercise testing and pharmacologic stress testing.</li><li>Administer radioisotopes to clinical patients or research subjects.</li><li>Interview and physically examine patients prior to testing.</li><li>Calculate, measure, or prepare radioisotope dosages.</li><li>Teach nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, or other specialties at graduate educational level.</li><li>Consult with patients following radiation treatments to provide information and assess outcomes or to recommend further consultation or treatments, as appropriate.</li><li>Test dosage evaluation instruments and survey meters to ensure they are operating properly.</li><li>Monitor cleanup of radioactive spills to ensure that proper procedures are followed and that decontamination activities are conducted.</li><li>Formulate plans and procedures for nuclear medicine departments.</li><li>Direct the safe management and disposal of radioactive substances.</li><li>Provide advice on the selection of nuclear medicine supplies or equipment.</li></ul>