James R. Galt, PhD
Title: Assistant Professor of Radiology Director of Nuclear Medicine Physics
Division: Research
Focus Area: Nuclear Medicine Physics
Doctorate: PhD in Physics, Emory University
Masters: MS Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Current Organization: Society of Nuclear Medicine American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Career Sketch: James R. Galt, Ph.D. is the Director of Nuclear Medicine Physics at Emory University Hospital where he has served as the Division of Nuclear Medicine’s primary clinical physicist and directed the Physics course for Nuclear Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology Residents since 1998. Before moving to Emory, he served as the Physicist and Assistant Chief of the Nuclear Medicine Service of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Atlanta) for nine years. Dr. Galt’s research focus has been on quantitative imaging with work on SPECT attenuation correction and dynamic SPECT. He has directed Ph.D. dissertations in both areas at Emory and Georgia Tech and served on several doctoral committees. Dr. Galt has been a member of SNM since 1986 and serves on the Board of Directors of the Computer and Instrumentation Council. He is currently President of the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine.