Birmingham, AL - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Nuclear Medicine Technology (NMT) Program received a donation of two Gamma Scintillation Cameras from Brookwood Medical Center on October 7th, 2008. One camera is an ADAC/Philips “Argus” camera system, the other is an ADAC/Philips “Duel Head Genesys” camera system. Philips Corporation then provided a substantial discount to the NMT Program, in accordance with an agreement with the UAB Health System, to move and reinstall the cameras in the NMT Program laboratory on the UAB campus. Both cameras are scheduled to be powered up by December 2008. The donations of the cameras and the consideration provided to move and reinstall the equipment will greatly enhance the educational process of the UAB nuclear medicine technology students. Having access to the Gamma cameras on campus enables the program faculty to provide training of basic camera patient positioning, quality control and operation and maintenance of a gamma scintillation camera, which previously had to be provided by clinical sites associated with the program to the students after they entered the clinical phase of their training. Having this training prior to entering the clinical component of the curriculum allows the students to have a more complete base of knowledge and to be more productive as they begin their work in the field with clinical preceptors. In addition to enhancing student education and training, the cameras can also be used for research by the faculty, staff and students. According to Norman Bolus, NMT Program Director, receiving the two Gamma cameras is “literally a fifteen-year dream come true. I cannot begin to express my gratitude to Brookwood Medical Center, the Philips Corporation and a former graduate of the program, Amy Glass, who encouraged Brookwood to donate the cameras to the program.”