Nuclear Medicine

The Department of Nuclear Medicine is part of the School of Clinical Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. It is a department within the school, and its work is reflected in publications on molecular imaging and radionuclide techniques.

Its main research strengths lie in FDG PET/CT, PSMA imaging and lung scintigraphy, with a clear emphasis on oncology, including therapy response assessment in lung cancer. Publications also address pulmonary embolism and cardiovascular disease, and the interpretation of V/Q scans.

Further themes include imaging protocol optimisation for resource-limited settings, imaging pitfalls, paediatric applications and complex case diagnostics. The research is focused on South Africa and the broader African context, with attention to access, safety and decision making in environments with constrained resources.