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Donor‑supported nuclear medicine technology attracts top medical talent to the QEII

Posted by Angie Kinsman on March 28, 2025 in Nuclear Medicine

As Dr. Courtney Henry examines a 3D model of lungs, moving the object around in his hands, it speaks to why he aspired to be a medical physicist.

“When I graduated from Dalhousie’s physics program, I knew I wanted to do something very hands on. Something you could touch and feel and appreciate in real-time. Something that would make a difference.”

And he’s found it as a nuclear medicine physicist at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. Joining the nuclear medicine department in March 2024, Dr. Henry’s arrival was just months before the QEII became home to Canada’s first StarGuide SPECT/CT nuclear medicine scanner. That timing was no coincidence.

The donor-supported technology is the biggest advancement in nuclear medicine in 20 years. Read the full story (QEII Foundation).