ISNMI (IFCN Society of Neuromuscular Imaging) is comprised of clinicians and researchers from six continents. A wide range of specialties is represented, including neurology, radiology, physiatry, rheumatology, orthopedic surgery and many more. Our academic interest centers on integration of imaging into the clinical and neurophysiologic assessment of peripheral nerve and muscle diseases. ISNMI conducts an annual course and conference for the presentation of research, didactics and to provide hands-on training in neuromuscular ultrasound techniques. ISNMI (IFCN Society of Neuromuscular Imaging) is the former ISNMI (International Society of Neuromuscular Imaging) and ISPNI (International Society of Peripheral Neurophysiological Imaging).
The ISNMI is a society dedicated to teaching and advancing knowledge and skills in the field of neuromuscular imaging. We believe these techniques are a valuable addition to this field. Our aim is to facilitate the implementation and use of nerve and muscle ultrasound, MRI and other imaging techniques, in every part of the world that has practitioners involved in the diagnosis, treatment and research of patients with neuromuscular disorders.
President: Nens van Alfen, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology
Clinical Neuromuscular Imaging Group,
Radboudumc Center of Expertise for Neuromuscular Disorders
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
nens.vanalfen@radboudumc.nl
Founding President: Luca Padua, MD, PhD
Department of Geriatrics and Orthopedics
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
High Intensity Neurorehabilitation Unit
Department of Neuroscience, Head and Neck,
Ophtalmology and Thoracic Diseases
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, Italy
luca.padua@policlinicogemelli.it
Past President: Simon Podnar, MD, DSc
Medical Director, Division of Neurology
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
simon.podnar@kclj.si
2023 Meeting Organizer – General secretary: Ana Lucila Moreira, MD
Hospital das Clínicas FMUSP - University of São Paulo,
Department of Neuromuscular Diseases and
Department of Peripheral Nerve Surgery
CENEC - Clinical Neurophysiology, Campinas - SP
Neurolum Institute - São Paulo – SP
ana.lucila.moreira@hotmail.com
Treasurer: Michael Cartwright, MD
Wake Forest School of Medicine,
Department of Neurology,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
mcartwri@wakehealth.edu
Education Program Leader: David Preston, MD
Neurological Institute,
University Hospitals - Cleveland Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
david.preston@uhhospitals.org
Research Program Leader: Lisa Hobson-Webb, MD
Duke University School of Medicine,
Department of Neurology
Durham, North Carolina, USA
lisa.hobsonwebb@duke.edu
The ISNMI Website Manager: Monika Krzesniak-Swinarska, MD
University of New Mexico School of Medicine,
Department of Neurology Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
mkswinarska@salud.unm.edu
Past Annual Meetings:
2023 Campinas, Brazil – ICCNMI 2023
2021 Virtual Meeting, Netherlands – ICCNMI 2021
2019 Trieste, Italy – ICCNU 2019
2018 Washington, DC, USA – ICCNU 2018
2017 Seoul, South Korea – ICCNU 2017
2016 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 Palermo, Italy
2014 Vienna, Austria
2013 Charleston, South Carolina, USA
2012 Rome, Italy
ISPNI (International Society of Peripheral Neurophysiological Imaging) began as the project of Dr. Carlo Martinoli, an esteemed radiologist from Genoa, Italy, and Dr. Luca Padua, an internationally renowned neurophysiologist from Rome, Italy. They conceived the organization and began planning next steps. Inviting Dr. Lisa Hobson-Webb, a neuromuscular specialist from Duke University in the United States, they founded ISPNI and chartered the organization in Rome, where the first meeting occurred in 2012.
Since 2012, ISPNI has offered an annual course and conference with sites in Europe, North America and Asia. The group has grown each year, and we were excited to take part as a satellite meeting with the 2018 International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology in Washington, D.C.
ISNMI (International Society of Neuromuscular Imaging) is the former ISPNI (International Society of Peripheral Neurophysiological Imaging). The name was changed in October 2021 to include more people interested in neuromuscular ultrasound. In February 2024 the ISNMI became a IFCN Society of Neuromuscular Imaging (ISNMI), forming a new SIG (Special Interest Group) of IFCN (International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology).