BCNM 2025 – Celebrating Excellence in Nuclear Medicine
We are thrilled that BCNM 2025, recognized the most outstanding research with prestigious awards for presented abstracts!
Awards for Outstanding Abstracts
❉ 3 Regional Awards
The authors of the three best abstracts will receive an educational grant
·Authors of the abstracts need to be under or at the age of 38 and need to reside in Balkan countries.
·More details will be announced during the congress.
- Kyriaki Papadopoulou, Nikitas Papadopoulos, Alexandra Kriari, Agni Tsangaridi, Panos Charalambous, Paraskevi Exadaktylou, Evanthia Giannoula, Efthalia Gkatzouli, Emmanouil Papanastasiou, Georgios Giakoumettis, Ioannis Iakovou, Argyris Doumas
For the abstract entitled: "THE ROLE OF TC99M-SESTAMIBI SCINTIGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM OF THYROID NODULES"
- Adamantia Apostolopoulou, Stavroula Kyrkou, Maria Giannakopoulou, Danai-Efraimia Bajwa, George Kastis, George Alexiou, Andreas Tzakos, Penelope Bouziotis
For the abstract entitled: "TECHNETIUM-99M RADIOLABELING OF A TRIAZINE-BASED MOLECULE FOR GLIOMA THERANOSTICS"
- Electra Chatzidimitriou, Chrissa Sioka, Eleni Aretouli, Panos Charalambous, Ioannis Iakovou, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Despina Moraitou
For the abstract entitled: "COGNITIVE, BEHAVIORAL, AND BRAIN PERFUSION CORRELATES OF FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT IN THE BEHAVIORAL VARIANT OF FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA (bvFTD)"
❉ “Nikos Karkavitsas” Award
HSNM&MI will award a Greek young Nuclear Medicine physician (under or at the age of 38), for the best research abstract.
Prize details:
· Free registration to the next Panhellenic Congress of Nuclear Medicine (2027)
· 500 EUR grant
“Nikos Karkavitsas” award is proudly presented to:
Nikolaos Kapsoritakis, Olga Bourogianni, Iordanis Skamagkas, George Georgiadis, Evagelos Mathioudakis, Maria Chrisoula Nakou, Charalampos Mamoulakis, Sophia Koukouraki
For the abstract entitled: “TARGETING EARLY RECURRENCE: THE DIAGNOSTIC POWER OF 18F PSMA PET/CT IN EARLY AND VERY EARLY BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENT PROSTATE CANCER. INSIGHTS FROM AN 8 MONTH SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE)”
❉ Best Theragnostics Award
Oncidium Foundation will award best Theragnostics abstract.
Prize Details:
· Free registration to the 8th Theranostics World Congress, January 29 to February 1, 2026
· Up to 2,000 EUR travel grant to support participation in Cape Town
"Best Theragnostics" award is proudly presented to:
Zhala Mammadkhanli
For the abstract entitled: "FDG PET/CT BASED RADIOMIC AND METABOLIC PARAMETER ANALYSIS IN GASTRIC CANCER: PROGNOSTIC PREDICTIVE POWER"
❉ 2 Student Awards
HSNM&MI will award 2 Greek students with “Congress package” in order to participate in the major Nuclear Medicine scientific event (EANM congress) in Barcelona, October 4-8, 2025.
Prize Details:
· A free registration to the EANM Congress
· Coverage of travel and housing costs
*The student awards will be granted based on the most active participation and highest attendance, as determined by the organizing & scientific committee.
-Theano-Marina Axakali
-Anastasia Karagianni
❉ 1 WFNMB (World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology) Award
Prize Details:
· Free registration to the World Congress 2026.
· Invitation to the closing ceremony as special guests in Cartagena 2026.
· 1,000 USD travel grant to support participation in Cartagena
“WFNMB” award is proudly presented to:
Pavel Bochev, Gabriela Mateva, Nikolina Novoselska
For the abstract entitled: "68Ga FAPI PET/CT in medullary thyroid cancer - initial experience"
