Radioguided Surgery (PDF)

Ken Herrmann graduated from Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Germany in 2004. His medical studies included training at the Universite de Lausanne in Switzerland, Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.  Dr. Herrmann was trained in nuclear medicine at Technische Universität München under the guidance of Professor Markus Schwaiger.  Dr. Herrmann received an executive MBA of the University of Zürich in Switzerland.  Since 2011, he has been a faculty member of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).  In addition,  Dr. Herrmann serves as the Vice Chair of Nuclear Medicine at Universitätsklinikum Würzburg in Germany.  Dr. Herrmann's research focuses on radioguided surgery and its clinical applications, on radionuclide theranostics, and on PET-based response assessment to oncologic therapies.

Stephen P. Povoski is a Surgical Oncologist at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and Comprehensive Cancer Center of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.   Dr. Povoski received his Bachelor of Science/B.S. Degree (summa cum laude) in Biological Sciences from the State University of New York at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York in 1985 and received his Doctor of Medicine/M.D. Degree (summa cum laude) from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse in Syracuse, New York in 1989.  Dr. Povoski completed his General Surgery Residency training at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1996, and completed his Surgical Oncology Fellowship training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City in 1998.  Dr. Povoski's clinical practice is focused on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, and he has significant clinical expertise in radioguided sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy technologies and FDG-directed surgical

“This book is a milestone in this field as it was written by world leading nuclear medicine imaging specialists and surgeons and thus benefits from the multidisciplinary contributions of experts sharing their personal experience to enhance the quality of the work. Therefore, the book is of the utmost interest to a wide audience, including all physicians involved in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients, as well as general surgeons, nuclear medicine physicians, oncologists and pathologists.” (Giuseppe D. Di Stasio, Vincenzo Cuccurullo and Luigi Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 44, 2017)

“This guide is fluent and easy to read, simple to understand even when dealing with complex issues, and enriched by explanatory images and tables. … this book represents a qualified, extensive, and updated text on the role of nuclear medicine in the field of radioguided surgery. Therefore, we highly recommend this volume, not only to experts but also to residents, clinicians, and to everyone who wants to be introduced to this emerging topic.” (Andrea Skanjeti, Domenico Rubello and Francesco Giammarile, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 43, 2016)