The Section of Nuclear Medicine in the Department of Radiology at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) performs a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. It has four new State of the art Dual head and one Single head GE gamma cameras , one Hologic DEXA scanner and one thyroid uptake probe. There are three nuclear medicine physicians, one nuclear pharmacist and five nuclear medicine technologists. 

The Director of the Nuclear Medicine Section  is Fernando Cesani, M.D. The section has one nuclear pharmacist Lori Follis, R.PH.

The Nuclear medicine section plays a major  role in the management of oncology, cardiology, renal, endocrinology, pediatric, gastrointestinal, and neurological disorders.  The section also has a busy daily thyroid clinic to manage various thyroid conditions, including hyperthyroidism , thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer patients.