Overview
Whether you’re preparing for 2025 CBNC exams or just want to stay current on board-focused updates in nuclear cardiology, ASNC’s 2025 Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course is for you.
The 2025 Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course includes:
- Two years of access (through September 27, 2027) to pre-recorded lectures, interactive practice exams, and virtual-live exam answer explanations by expert faculty.
- Up to 29.5* AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and Maintenance of Certification points for ABIM members (available through August 13, 2026).
- Self-study materials include 19 video lectures (with audio and PDF slide-downloads) and 4 interactive practice exams with >160 questions based on the CBNC exam blueprint. Retake the practice exams and listen to the lectures as often as you'd like.
This course provides unparalleled education you can’t find anywhere else!
ACCESS to the course pre-recorded lectures and practice exams begins August 14, 2025.
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*Credits are subject to change.
Refund Policy for Board Prep and ASNC2025 Annual Meeting add-on
Board Exam Prep Course Registration Cancellation Policy
The 2025 Board Exam Prep Course registration fee is partially refundable if you cancel before the virtual, self-paced course opens on August 14, 2025. You must cancel your registration in writing by 11:59pm EDT on August 20, 2025, to receive any refund. Note, that any cancellation made by August 13, 2025 is subject to an administration fee of $100 for physician registrants in the U.S./Canada and $50 for all other registrants. Any cancellation after this deadline will not result in a refund. Notification of cancellation must be received in writing to: info@asnc.org. Please allow three weeks for processing. Refunds will not be processed for no-shows. The registration fees for all sessions and events are non-transferable to another participant.
ASNC2025 Reimbursement Policy
The ASNC2025 Annual Meeting registration fee is partially refundable if you cancel in writing by 11:59pm EDT on August 8, 2025. Note, that any cancellation made by August 8, 2025 is subject to an administration fee of $100 for physician registrants in the U.S./Canada and $50 for all other registrants. Any cancellation after this deadline will not result in a refund.
2025 Agenda
Faculty
- Benjamin Auer, PhD
- Jamieson Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC
- James Case, PhD, MASNC
- Marianna Dakanali, PhD
- E. Gordon DePuey, MD, MASNC
- Sanjay Divakaran, MD, MPH
- Rami Doukky, MD, MSc, MBA, FASNC
- Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC
- Mark Hyun, CNMT, NCT, RS, RT(N,R,CT), FASNC
- Saurabh Malhotra, MD, MPH, FASNC
- Keisha C. McCall, PhD, DABR
- Ronald Schwartz, MD, MS, MASNC
- Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC
- David Winchester, MD, FASNC
Method of Participation: CME Credit and Evaluation
Partial CME credit, MOC points and certificates are available for each session. You must listen to the recorded lectures, take the practice exam(s) or post test, and complete the brief evaluation for that session.
For questions related to content or CME credit, please contact ASNC at 703-459-2555 or via email at info@asnc.org. For technical support claiming CME or downloading materials, please contact info@asnc.org.
Target Audience
This course is designed for cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiologists preparing for the certification or recertification exam in nuclear cardiology.
Learner Objectives
The primary objectives of the course are to enable participants to achieve the following:
• Review concepts of nuclear physics as it applies to cardiovascular imaging physics instrumentation.
• Explain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) image acquisition, processing, and quality control considerations.
• Recognize and identify nuclear imaging associated artifacts.
• Discuss the production and management of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals.
• Integrate radiation safety standards into professional nuclear cardiology practice.
• Incorporate patient-centered imaging principles and appropriate use considerations in nuclear cardiology and stress procedure selection.
• Learn basic stress testing (exercise and pharmacologic) protocols along with their absolute and relative contraindications.
• Incorporate risk stratification into selection and application of nuclear cardiology studies.
• Apply nuclear imaging tools in assessment of myocardial viability, cardiac amyloidosis, and ventricular function.
• Understand the basics of PET imaging for myocardial perfusion and metabolic viability and sarcoidosis assessment.
• Interpret SPECT and PET perfusion and metabolic images and ventricular function imaging.
• Utilize myocardial perfusion imaging in the assessment, diagnosis, and response to therapy in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease and special populations.
• Appropriately identify non-cardiac findings on SPECT and PET-CT cardiovascular imaging studies.
• Integrate nuclear cardiology into the multimodality imaging evaluation of cardiovascular disease.
Overall Goal
The overall goal of this activity is to increase physician competence in nuclear cardiology by providing a comprehensive review, including the most up-to-date information, developments, treatment protocols, methodology, and best test for the right patient at the right time to optimize patient outcomes in their nuclear cardiology practice.
Statement of Need
Radionuclide-based cardiac imaging studies, including myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), play an important role in the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected or known heart disease. Today more than 5000 laboratories are performing an estimated 8 million myocardial perfusion studies, of which 58% use pharmacological stress agents, either alone or with exercise.* A large body of scientific evidence exists on the clinical value of MPI, based on studies performed on many thousands of patients. These studies are highly sensitive and specific for the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment response of coronary artery disease, as well as for selection of patients who may benefit from other types of intervention, including revascularization and device therapy. The value and justification of MPI for risk assessment is based on large observational outcome studies. As a result of the recognized clinical value and cost effectiveness of these studies, they have been incorporated into many ACC/American Heart Association (AHA)/ASNC clinical management guidelines.
Nuclear cardiology is an evolving field with continuing advances in software, instrumentation, and radiopharmaceuticals to provide high quality, clinically relevant information for patient care. These advances require those involved in providing nuclear cardiology studies to be updated continuously, to ensure the procedures are used appropriately and safely, and to assure recent clinical and technological advances are incorporated in a timely manner to continually improve the image quality and interpretation to provide the best clinical care.
*Dicardiology.com. IMV market report. Posted December 26, 2013.
Accreditation and Continuing Education Credit
Evaluation Deadlines: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and Participation Credits is August 13, 2026.
The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology designates this Other (Internet live with pre-recorded sessions) activity for a maximum 29.5* AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Requirements for successful completion and awarding of credit are as follows participation in sessions offering credit in their entirety and successful completion of the post-test and evaluation tool.
Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 29.5* medical knowledge Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
To receive MOC points for participating in the Board Prep Course, you must be a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and you must have an ABIM account. If you have not established an online account, visit www.abim.org, or contact ABIM by phone: 1-800-441-ABIM; Mon–Fri 8:30 am–8:00 pm ET, Sat 9:00 am–12:00 pm ET.
Please note, upon satisfactory completion of your Board Prep Course, passing the CME post-test and completing the evaluation form, you will be prompted to enter your ABIM ID and date of birth (month/day) to transfer your MOC points to the ABIM. Please allow 5 business days for your ABIM data to be entered into your ABIM record. ABIM will not accept MOC points for this internet live activity after August 13, 2026.
IAC Accreditation Requirements
With ASNC’s 2025 Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course, you can earn more than the 15 hours of nuclear cardiology CME you need to meet your laboratory’s IAC accreditation requirements.
*CME credits subject to change.
Important Dates
Date of Release: August 14, 2025
Date of CME/MOC Claims Expiration: August 13, 2026*
Date of Activity Access Expiration: September 27, 2027
*Please note that credit will only be available through the term of approval noted above.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
This activity has no commercial support.
Contact Information
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
10300 Eaton Place, Suite 301
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-459-2555 | info@asnc.org | www.ASNC.org