On June 8, 2015, Josh Mailman, patient advocate, and president of the NorCal CarciNET Community, was honored with the 2015 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Presidential Distinguished Service Award. The award reads, "For substantial contributions to the SNMMI patient outreach program and leadership of the Patient Advocacy Advisory Board (PAAB)." Josh served as the inaugural chair of the PAAB from 2013 until this year. The award was presented to Josh by SNMMI President, Peter Herscovitch. SNMMI is a 16,000 member nonprofit scientific and professional organization that promotes the science, technology and practical application of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.
Josh was also awarded distigushied service award at both the Theranostics World Congress in March, 2015 and the WARMTH ICRT in May 2015.