Frans Wackers

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Frans Josef Thomas Wackers (born 1939, Echt, Netherlands) 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 (1970)
• Military service, The Netherlands (1970–1972)
• Internal Medicine Residency, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1972–1974)
• Cardiology Fellow, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1974–1977)
• Cardiology Faculty, Yale University School of Medicine (1977–1981)
• Cardiology Faculty, University of Vermont College of Medicine (1981–1984)
• Rejoined Cardiology Faculty, Yale University School of Medicine (1984 to present)^[1]

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 (President, 1994–1995)
• Founding member and Fellow of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (President of Cardiovascular Council, 1992–1995)
• Founding member and Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
• Founding member of the (President, 1996–1997)
• Founding member of the (1997–2005)

Wackers also co-chaired the European Society of Cardiology's 6th and 7th 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[]

• Rescar Award of the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands (1988)
• Award of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New England Chapter (1995)
• Award of the (1997)
• Award of the American Heart Association, New England Affiliate (1999)
• Distinguished Service Award of the (1999)
• Third Memorial Lecturer of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (2004)
• Wenckebach Lecturer of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (2005).

Notes[]

References[]

• "Frans J. Th. Wackers, M.D". Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty. Yale University School of Medicine. Archived from the original (Web) on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
• F.J.T. Wackers at the University of Amsterdam Album Academicum website