The American Society of Radiologic Technologists is hosting a free Virtual Career Fair on March 17, from 4-7 p.m. Eastern time. Participants may register here through March 17. More than 100 participants have signed up to attend.

The career fair features top employers recruiting professionals in the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession. The interactive virtual platform allows job seekers to connect directly with recruiters via text, audio or video chats.

Participants are encouraged to review the participating organizations’ profiles, browse open positions, provide their background experience and prepare to connect with company representatives. Exhibitors may register here by March 10.

This is the third virtual career fair hosted by ASRT and is part of its ongoing effort to address the current medical imaging and radiation therapy profession workforce shortage. The job fair follows the recommendations outlined in the White Paper from the 2024 Consensus Committee on the Future of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy.

Advocating for patient safety and making informed decisions based on a combination of technological insights and clinical judgment are best practices outlined in the American Society of Radiologic Technologists recently published white paper, Best Practices in Digital Radiography.

Best Practices in Digital Radiography is the result of a yearlong effort to provide timely and helpful guidance for practicing radiographers who perform digital radiography examinations. ASRT released its first Best Practices in Digital Radiography white paper in 2012 to promote patient radiation protection measures and professionalism among radiologic technologists. In 2019, the ASRT convened a new workgroup to update the original version. This is the third published white paper on the topic.

Best practices are identified throughout the medical imaging environment, including image acquisition, considerations for pediatric patients and workplace culture and developing technologies. Within the image acquisition category, the authors identified that radiographers must predetermine the precise radiation exposure needed to produce a quality image for diagnostic interpretation. Other key components of the white paper include the history of digital radiography, dose optimization and image quality, radiation safety guidelines and practice parameters.

"This white paper contributes to ASRT’s mission by prioritizing quality, safe patient care," said Melissa Culp, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(MR), ASRT executive vice president of member engagement.

The authors conclude that digital radiography remains a vital tool in diagnosing injury and disease, helping to improve patient outcomes. Technological advances in the profession are ongoing, and it is a primary responsibility of the radiographer to remain current regarding the best practices in digital radiography.

White paper authors are Vesna Balać, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(MR); Daniel N. DeMaio, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(CT); Randy Griswold, M.P.A., R.T.(R); Robert (Bob) Grossman, M.E., R.T.(R)(CT); Lauren B. Noble, Ed.D., R.T.(R); Craig St. George, M.S., R.T.(R)(VI); Jason Young, M.S.Ed., R.T.(R); and Kathryn Faguy, M.A., ELS.

The ASRT Foundation is seeking qualified members interested in volunteer positions on the Scholarship Review Committee and the Board of Trustees.

The duties, qualifications and time commitments required for these openings are available at the links provided below:

Please contact ASRT Volunteer Services at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

To see all current positions available, visit the Open Volunteer Opportunities page.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists selected the radiation therapy team at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute in Columbus, and Mount Sinai Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology in New York, as the recipients of the 2026 BeRAD Professionalism Award.

The award recognizes health campuses, imaging centers, hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities in which medical imaging and radiation therapy personnel demonstrate a culture of professionalism. The two institutions demonstrated their efforts to support medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals by offering a team approach to patient-centered care, opportunities to earn credentials, continuing education, advanced degrees and opportunities to be active in professional associations as well as local community outreach events. In addition, they detailed processes or programs that deliver equitable and accessible patient care, continuous quality improvements and safe patient care.

The radiation therapists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute reshaped patient care through their Computed Tomography Simulation Cancellation Reduction Project. By building enhanced workflows and implementing advanced practice provider-led telehealth readiness visits, they decreased monthly patient appointment cancellations from 31% to 5%. In addition to significant hospital savings, this benefitted patients by decreasing repeat visits and providing quicker access to care thereby lowering patients’ stress levels, alongside significant hospital savings.

The Mount Sinai Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology is fostering a culture of communication and collaboration to provide patient-centered care across its institutions. Mount Sinai’s Radiation Oncology team earned the recognition for its comprehensive and collaborative approach, which includes a strong culture of teamwork across physicians, radiation therapists, physicists, nurses, and support staff, as well as ongoing professional development and a deep commitment to patient-centered care. In addition to delivering advanced cancer care, the program supports a radiation therapy and medical dosimetry education program, as well as an internal magnetic resonance education certificate.

“The BeRAD Professionalism program drives the mission and enhances the vision of ASRT. As a brand, the award is purposed to bring all modalities together as one service line team and to undeniably impress upon our patients, institutions and communities the value we create. These two health care institutions have shown a level of professionalism honoring the standard we aim to represent,” said ASRT President Brandon A. Smith, M.B.A ., M.S.R.S., R.T.(R)(VI), CIIP.

The winning organizations will receive a customized award to commemorate their achievement, a one-year Group ASRT membership for up to 25 employees and recognition at the 2026 ASRT Annual Governance and House of Delegates Honors Evening in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in June.

Applications for the 2027 BeRAD Professionalism Award will open July 2026.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has launched the second phase of its Be Seen public awareness campaign.

Be Seen is a comprehensive communications campaign that raises the profile of medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals among the public, health care professions and elected officials.

Bolstered by more than 50 million impressions secured in the first phase through television, advertising, social media, earned media, website and paid advertising tactics, the second phase will build on those numbers.

Highlighting 12 individual practice areas in the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession is the primary strategy for the campaign’s second phase. ASRT is producing 30-second commercials for each practice area, which will broadcast on television streaming services, appear on social media platforms and play in hospitals and clinics throughout the United States.

The first commercial, which shines a spotlight on radiographers and their work capturing medical images that radiologists use to diagnose diseases and injuries, will start streaming on connected television in July. Be Seen magnetic resonance and radiologist assistant commercials are scheduled to be completed by the end of July and will start streaming in August and September.

GE HealthCare is supporting the Be Seen campaign through access to medical imaging equipment, cross-promotional opportunities and subject matter expertise. GE HealthCare’s facilities in Wisconsin served as the filming locations for the radiography, MR and RA commercials and will be used for future individual practice area commercials.

“The feedback we’ve received from ASRT members and the public about the Be Seen campaign has been incredibly positive,” said the Society's incoming president, Brandon A. Smith, M.B.A., M.S.R.S., R.T.(R)(VI), CIIP. “ASRT’s mission is to advance and elevate the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession and to enhance the quality and safety of patient care. With strong support from GE HealthCare and other radiologic science organizations, the Be Seen campaign is an effective tool for our efforts to mobilize our mission.”

The ASRT is seeking qualified members interested in volunteer positions for the Committee on Fellows, Committee on Nominations and the Practice Standards Council.

The duties, qualifications and time commitments required for these openings are available through the links below:

Please contact ASRT Volunteer Services at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

To see all current positions available, visit the Open Volunteer Opportunities page.

The ASRT Museum and Archives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, now offers onsite visitors a video tour of its one-of-a-kind museum. Visitors can explore the museum at their own pace using a handheld device with headphones to learn about the 131-year history of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession.

The video tour features 17 stops narrated by ASRT Museum and Archives Executive Director Bill Brennan, M.A., R.T.(R)(CT). “Typically, we prefer to have an on-staff registered technologist give the tour, but this option offers visitors more flexibility,” said Brennan. Appointments for a video tour are required, and guests should expect to spend more than an hour in the museum. The traditional guided tour also remains available by appointment only.

Visitors are introduced to the man who started it all with his discovery of the x-ray, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen. Key stops on the tour highlight great pioneers, including physicist and chemist Marie Curie and engineer and innovator Nikola Tesla, and detail the military’s influence on the profession. The tour also showcases authentic medical imaging equipment used on the battlefield during three wars.

Another key stop, Healing or Harmful Rays, details medical pioneers, who, for the sake of further discovery, often used their own bodies as test subjects at great personal cost.

To explore the ASRT Museum and Archives’ in-person video tour, send an appointment request to [email protected].

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists is hosting a museum event for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central New Mexico on Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. at the ASRT Museum and Archives in Albuquerque. The event is part of an initiative introduced by ASRT President Heather Moore, Ph.D., R.T.(R), which focuses on educating children and young adults about the radiologic technology profession while also promoting the mission of BBBS.

Dr. Moore's passion for the mentor organization stems from a relationship that began more than 20 years ago when she and her husband mentored a little brother through BBBS. "It was a life-changing experience," said Dr. Moore, who continues her mentor relationship to this day.

During the event, BBBS area youth, with their adult brothers or sisters, will be introduced to the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession, dive into the profession's rich history and interact with the museum’s computerized displays and exhibits. Deanna Sauceda, chief of programs for BBBS of Central New Mexico said, "I think our young people will learn a lot about the history of radiology and walk away with their eyes wide open to a lot of new opportunities."

Dr. Moore's two other presidential initiatives focus on building pipelines into the profession and developing continuing education products focused on the special considerations needed when imaging or providing care to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. "I'm confident that my initiatives will support the Society's mission to advance and elevate the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession and to enhance the quality and safety of patient care," said Dr. Moore.

The ASRT Museum and Archives, established in 2015, tells the history of the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession, and the ASRT, the world's largest radiologic science association. The museum is open to visitors by appointment only. To schedule a guided tour email [email protected].

The ASRT Foundation is seeking qualified members interested in volunteer positions on the ASRT Foundation Sponsor a Student Mentorship Program.

The duties, qualifications and time commitments required for this opening is available through the link below:

Please contact ASRT Volunteer Services at [email protected] with any questions or concerns. To see all current positions available, visit the Open Volunteer Opportunities page.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists would like to personally thank Sens. John Boozman, R-Ark., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., for their work in introducing the Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2024.

The MARCA bill will ensure that all services provided by a radiologist assistant, supervised by a radiologist as part of a radiologist-led team, receive Medicare reimbursement, regardless of the setting in which the radiology service is provided.

The United States is currently experiencing a major shortage of medical imaging professionals. As such, it is vital for the nation to promote the value of medical imaging professionals and their role in providing patients with high-quality, safe care.

“The RA role is a career pathway for medical imaging professionals. It is critical that obstacles are removed to provide this essential health care professional with career advancement opportunities,” said ASRT CEO and Executive Director Melissa B. Pergola, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(M), FASRT, CAE.