Birmingham, AL – The Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SECSNMMI) will honor Duane A. Hollier, CNMT, ARRT(N), BS, from New Port Richey, Florida with the presentation of the Marshall Brucer Award, the highest honor the SECSNMMI can bestow upon a member. The Brucer Award will be presented to Mr. Hollier at the 2023 SECSNMMI Annual Meeting, October 6-8, 2023 in Birmingham, Alabama, recognizing his many years of service to nuclear medicine as well as his leadership in organized nuclear medicine at the local, regional chapter and national levels.
Hollier is a dedicated and highly skilled Nuclear Medicine Technologist and Radiation Safety Officer with a passion for advancing patient care through cutting-edge medical imaging techniques. With forty-eight years of experience in this dynamic field, he has consistently demonstrated a commitment to accuracy, safety, and patient comfort. His expertise extends across a wide range of nuclear medicine procedures. Hollier holds current registrations with the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board and the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1972 and Radiologic Technology training at Meharry Medical College in Nashville in 1974, Duane started his career by working at the George Hubbard Hospital at Meharry Medical College from 1975 to 1977, followed by 8 years at the Goodlark (Horizons) Medical Center in Dickson, Tennessee. From 1985 to 1990, he was employed by the Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville.
He holds a Certificate in Nuclear Medicine Technology from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, where he gained a solid foundation in the principles of nuclear medicine, radiation safety and patient care. From 1990 to 2002, Duane worked at Putnam Community Hospital in Palatka, Florida. Then he moved to HCA Florida Trinity Hospital in New Port Richey where he is currently employed.
Hollier started his first professional association leadership role with the Florida Nuclear Medicine Technologists. He served as Vice President on two different occasions 1994-1995 and 2000 – 2001 and President on two different occasions, 1995-1996 and again from 2010-2011. He continued as chair of the Finance Committee.
Active at the National level, Hollier served the Society of Nuclear Medicine Molecular Imaging Technologist Section as a Director at Large on the National Council of Representatives and as a member of the SNMMI-TS Advocacy Committee and the Quality Committee.
For the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine Molecular Imaging, Hollier served as President-Elect twice, from 1996 -1997 and 2017-2018 and President twice from 1997-1998 and 2018-2019. He also served as a member of the Finance Committee and then as Treasurer. He was selected to serve two terms to represent the Southeastern Chapter as the National Council Representative from 2014-2017.
Hollier is also a member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and on the Advisory Committee for the Hillsbourgh Community College Nuclear Medicine Program.
Hollier has received numerous awards in his career including:
- Frist Humanitarian Award Putnam Community Hospital in 1995 and 2001. This award is given to an employee who has demonstrated a level of commitment and caring that goes beyond everyday kindness.
- 2001 Pahlm Door Scholarship in 2001. This scholarship was awarded to a member of the Florida Nuclear Medicine Technologists for their longstanding professionalism and voluntary dedication to the advancement of the FNMT and the field of Nuclear
- 2017 Kathy Kelleher Award. This award is given by the FNMT and the SFSNMT societies to a member of the nuclear medicine community for their significant contributions for the field of Nuclear Medicine Technology.
Hollier has been married to his wife Beverly for 48 years and together have two children, Duane Hollier II and Ebony Hollier. He is also active in his church, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, serving as Senior Warden and as a Tenor in the Church Choir, and in the Diocese of Southwest Florida serves as a member of the Standing Committee, member of the Commission on Ministry and an Alternate Delegate to the upcoming 2024 National Convention.
The Marshall Brucer Award is given at the Southeastern Chapter meeting to a chapter member who has dedicated their life to the specialty of nuclear medicine and given distinguished service to the chapter.
There are few people who, during a lifetime, make a substantial impact on a specialty in medicine. The Southeastern Chapter was fortunate to have had such a person amongst its members – Marshall Brucer.
He became the first chairman of the Medical Division of the Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies in 1948. Brucer coined the term “nuclear medicine” and convinced the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission to allow use of radiotracers in medicine, as long as the physicians using the tracers were well trained (setting the groundwork for the residency structure in place today). He was an author, storyteller and educator, and almost single-handedly organized and formed the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. He served as the Chapter’s first president (1957-1959) and was the 5th president of the national society. The Marshall Brucer Award was created in his honor in 1991. Duane Hollier is well deserving of this award.
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