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.

• To increase access to world-class radiography training in underserved countries worldwide
• To build capacity to address the critical shortage of radiographers in low-resource settings
• To create a vendor-neutral training curriculum to serve specific local needs.

Siemens Healthineers and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists will expand an existing partnership to bring top-quality training for radiologic technologists, or radiographers, to underserved countries around the world for the first time. Educating radiographers to operate imaging or radiation therapy equipment is crucial, as the machines enable physicians to diagnose and treat diseases including cancer and cardiovascular disease. Such noncommunicable diseases already account for 74% of all deaths globally, with more than three-quarters in low- and middle-income countries.

The multiyear partnership will make ASRT’s curriculum and educational content, which are regarded as an industry gold standard, available for foundational and advanced training in both in-person and virtual forms. Training will be vendor-neutral for as broad an impact as possible. ASRT, founded more than 100 years ago, is the largest association for medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals in the world. Siemens Healthineers, which has activities in more than 180 countries, will bring local know-how so that content can be tailored to local circumstances or requirements. This builds on an existing 30-year partnership which included Siemens Healthineers as a charter partner of the ASRT Foundation Corporate Roundtable and supporter of a clinical advancement scholarship program. One of the first activities under the extended partnership will be to jointly develop a curriculum to train 50 radiographers from Ukraine. The training will be delivered in hybrid form—in person at the Siemens Healthineers Academy in Poland and online over the next two years.

“Too often in low-resource countries, medical equipment sits unused—often still in its original packaging—because no one is trained to use it,” said Hagen Weissapfel, head of Education and Service, Siemens Healthineers Access to Care. “We recognize that skilled people are the backbone of any health care system, and that building workforce capacity is key.”

Workforce shortages affect healthcare systems across the world, but scarcity in low- and middle-income countries is severe. In high-income countries there are 93 radiologists per million people, but Sub-Saharan Africa has only two per million, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Building capacity is crucial, and Siemens Healthineers is committed to providing 6 million hours of training by 2030 as part of new sustainability targets announced in November.

“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,” said Melissa Culp, head of Member Engagement at ASRT. “With our colleagues at Siemens Healthineers, we are raising awareness of the profession, ensuring high standards of educational preparedness and strengthening the workforce pipeline globally.”

Siemens Healthineers pioneers breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. The company is a global provider of healthcare equipment, solutions and services, with activities in more than 180 countries and direct representation in more than 70. The group comprises Siemens Healthineers AG, listed as SHL in Frankfurt, Germany, and its subsidiaries. As a leading medical technology company, Siemens Healthineers is committed to improving access to healthcare for underserved communities worldwide and is striving to overcome the most threatening diseases. The company is principally active in the areas of imaging, diagnostics, cancer care and minimally invasive therapies, augmented by digital technology and artificial intelligence. In fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30, 2024, Siemens Healthineers had approximately 72,000 employees worldwide and generated revenue of around €22.4 billion. Further information is available at www.siemens-healthineers.com.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists is the world's largest and oldest membership association for medical imaging technologists and radiation therapists. Founded in 1920, the ASRT now has more than 156,000 members. Its business office is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The mission of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists is to advance and elevate the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession and to enhance the quality and safety of patient care. The American Society of Radiologic Technologists will be the premier professional association for the medical imaging and radiation therapy community through education, advocacy, research and innovation. Further information is available at www.asrt.org.

A measure to petition the Office of Management and Budget to classify radiologic technologists as professional generated more than 42,000 comments submitted via the American Society of Radiologic Technologists Advocacy Action Center.

The ASRT believes that radiologic technologists clearly fall within the OMB’s Standard Occupational Classification for professionals. The SOC’s professional status definition states, “The employees’ primary duties must be the performance of work requiring advance knowledge defined as work which is prominently intellectual in character and which includes work requiring the consistent exercise of discretion and judgement.”

“Medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals are vital members of the health care team. We receive orders from physicians every day that require us to use our advanced knowledge of radiation protection, radiation physics, equipment protocols and much more,” said ASRT President Heather Moore, Ph.D., R.T.(R). “We’re responsible for creating quality medical images that could save lives, and this in-depth process includes critical thinking, discernment and judgement, key responsibilities that are part of the OMB’s professionalism definition.”

Reclassification to professional status offers benefits for radiologic technologists, including a higher level of professional recognition. It also bolsters the importance of a more universally recognized credential.

The OMB only opens the SOC window every 10 years, so advocating for professional status for radiologic technologists was critical this year. “The radiologic technology community and ASRT House of Delegates have been asking about professional status classification for a number of years, so we jumped at the chance to make our case to the OMB,” said ASRT Vice President of Governance and Public Policy Jason Bradley, B.A., R.T.(R), CAE. “The response from ASRT members, peer organizations and the general public was incredible. More than 42,000 individuals used the ASRT Advocacy Action Center to submit comments that support reclassification.”

With the comment period closed, the OMB will review all comments and determine if radiologic technologists meet its professional status criteria. If accepted, the OMB would enact the revision in 2028.

According to ASRT CEO and Executive Director Melissa B. Pergola, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(M), FASRT, CAE, advocating for professional status is a responsibility that ASRT takes very seriously. “Asking the OMB to recognize us as professionals is an example of our mission to advance and elevate the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession and be seen by the health care community, elected officials and the public,” she said. “I want to personally thank the ASRT Board of Directors for its vision and leadership, all our sister organizations and every person who took the time to submit comments. Together, we will raise the visibility of and respect for our great profession.”