Helena R. Balon, MD Elected
President of the Central Chapter

Helena R. Balon, MD, Staff Physician and Residency Program Director, Department of Nuclear Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan has become President of the Central Chapter – Society of Nuclear Medicine.

Doctor Balon graduated from Medical School of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic and completed residencies in Clinical Chemistry in the Czech Republic, Pathology at Wayne State University in Detroit and Nuclear Medicine at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan.

She has appointments at Departments of Radiology at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan (Clinical Associate Professor) and Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (Clinical Assistant Professor). She is Board certified by ABNM. She has published over 25 articles and 2 book chapters. She has presented at national and international meetings.

Incoming President Helena R. Balon, MD,
presents plaque to Nicholas C. Friedman, MD,
outgoing Chapter President.

At SNM, Doctor Balon is Chair of the Committee on Guidelines, member of the Committee on Health Care Policy and Practice, member of the House of Delegates, member of the Academic Council and NM Residency Program Directors’ Association. At the Central Chapter SNM, she served in various functions (Secretary-Treasurer, Board of Governors member, chair of Constitution and Bylaws Committee, member of Program Committee). She was also member of NMTCB Board of Directors and is member of EANM (European Association of Nuclear Medicine).

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