Dr Suresh Viswanathan graduated from Newcastle University in 1988 and trained in Nuclear Medicine at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle and University Hospital Basel in Switzerland.

He obtained his fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2003 and has worked as a senior staff specialist at the John Hunter Hospital since then. He has experience with a wide range of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT procedures.

Radiological Skills & Interests

• Nuclear Medicine
• PET

Dr Owen Kang graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the Australian National University in 2013. In this time, he completed an intercalated Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Honours), with his honours thesis focused on cancer biology.

Following internship and residency in The Canberra Hospital, he dual-trained in diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine in The Canberra Hospital, Concord Hospital and Nepean Hospital.

This was followed by a further fellowship in body and cardiac imaging at Concord Hospital.

Sub-specialties & interests:

• Body imaging including abdominal MRI
• Nuclear medicine including PET/CT and SPECT/CT and theranostics
• Oncology imaging
• Intervention - biopsy and therapeutic procedures
• Cardiac/CTCA

Your profile: Dr Jui (Tim) Liu is a specialist in Nuclear medicine, PET imaging and diagnostic Ultrasound. He has practiced extensively across Sydney since 2015 and is currently a Nuclear medicine and PET Physician at Macquarie University Hospital, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital and the I-MED Radiology clinic in Campbelltown.

Dr Liu graduated from the University of Otago Medical School in New Zealand before completing his specialist training at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital and Westmead Hospital. In recognition of his research, he was awarded the Australasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists (AANMS) Best Registrar Research Award at the 2014 ANZSNM Annual Scientific Meeting for his work on ultra-low-dose stress-only cardiac MIBI imaging. 

As a specialist affiliated with Macquarie University Hospital, Dr Liu is an active member of the Uro-Oncology Multidisciplinary Team and contributes to the care of patients with complex oncological conditions. He is also actively involved in clinical research investigating advanced PET imaging and emerging theranostic radiopharmaceuticals, including 18F Florbetaben amyloid PET, 18F-PI2620 Tau PET, 89Zirconium/177Lutetium-girentuximab, and 225Actinum-PSMA therapies.

Radiological skills and interests:

• Oncology PET – FDG, PSMA, FET
• Neurodegenerative PET – FDG, Amyloid, Tau
• Theranostic clinical trials
• Nuclear medicine – general and cardiac imaging