Frans Wackers
Frans Josef Thomas Wackers is a medical doctor and research scientist in the field of nuclear cardiology.Education and positions held
- M.D., Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Military service, The Netherlands
- Internal Medicine Residency, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cardiology Fellow, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cardiology Faculty, Yale University School of Medicine
- Cardiology Faculty, University of Vermont College of Medicine
- Rejoined Cardiology Faculty, Yale University School of Medicine
Affiliations
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- Fellow of the American Heart Association, Council on Clinical Cardiology
- Founding member and Fellow of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
- Founding member and Fellow of the Society of Nuclear Medicine
- Founding member and Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
- Founding member of the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology
- Founding member of the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Nuclear laboratories
Wackers also co-chaired the European Society of Cardiology's 6th and 7th International Conference of Nuclear Cardiology in Florence and Lisbon.Publications
He is/was on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the American Journal of Cardiology, and Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.
He has published more than 340 articles on nuclear cardiology and clinical cardiology.Awards
