The Cyprus Society of Nuclear Medicine (CySNM) was formed in 1999 in Nicosia. Founding members were nuclear medicine specialists, medical physicists, nuclear medicine technologists and other doctors (cardiologists, oncologists) with a special interest in nuclear medicine. The first president was Dr. Savvas Frangos. The society has developed and become a member of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine and the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology.