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ABOUT THE STAFF

The people who will perform your diagnostic imaging examinations are registered radiologic technologists.  They are educated in anatomy, patient positioning, examination techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, radiation protections and patient care.  They may specialize in a specific imaging technique such as mammography, computerized tomography, MRI, sonography, peripheral vascular interventional technology, or general diagnostic radiography.  Registered radiologic technologists must complete at least a two-year formal education in an accredited hospital-based program or a two-to-four-year educational program at an academic institution and must pass a national certification examination.  To remain registered they must earn continuing education credits.

The physicians who will interpret your films and report their finding to your physician are radiologists.  These doctors earn a four-year graduate degree to become a M.D. or D.O. and then complete a four-year residency in diagnostic radiology.  Our radiologists are certified by the American Board of Radiology.  Radiologists can specialize in certain imaging techniques also.

Interventional radiologists are radiologists who perform nonsurgical treatments for a number of medical conditions, most commonly vascular disease.  Examples of these treatments include angioplasty, thrombolysis, stent placements, and biopsies.  The radiologists use the guidance of X-rays, CT or ultrasound to perform these procedures.