ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Pru Burns, Unit Charge Nuclear Medicine, Capital and Coast District Health Board | ANZSNM TSIG Chair

Pru qualified as a MIT in 1993 and completed her post graduate study in Nuclear Medicine in 1999. Pru is currently the Unit Charge of Nuclear Medicine at Wellington Regional Hospital. She is actively involved in the New Zealand branch of the ANZSNM. Pru is a passionate advocate for the Nuclear Medicine profession and has an interest in encouraging competency and safe practice in the workplace.

Mark Scalzo, RMIT University

Mark studied Medical Radiation Sciences at RMIT University, and on completion of his studies he started work at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London where he worked for 5 years under the late Dr. Muriel Buxton-Thomas. He returned to Melbourne in 2004 and was fortunate enough to acquire a position at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre under Prof. Rod Hicks. Over the next 17.5 years he worked his way through the ranks to become a Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist, and in 2020 he joined Prof. Michael Hofman’s ProsTIC program. Mark has always had a passion for Radionuclide Therapy, so being able to manage the demanding logistics of 177Lu-PSMA Therapy for the various trials, and an extremely busy compassionate access therapy program was where he wanted to be.

In May 2022 Mark decided it was time to make a change and set new challenges. He decided that a move back to academic life was the next chapter of his career. He is now working at RMIT University teaching the future generations of Nuclear Medicine Technologists. His career has come full circle and he knows he has joined a fantastic team that have welcomed him.