Jan M. Winn, MEd, RT(N), CNMT Executive Director, JRCNMT
The fall meeting of the JRCNMT was held November 6–7, 2010, in Oklahoma City, OK. During this meeting, the board of directors reviewed requests for personnel and program changes at 38 programs. The board considered 1 request for inactive status and 5 progress reports from accredited programs. The board also approved withdrawal of accreditation from 2 inactive programs.
ACCREDITATION ACTIONS
Initial accreditation was granted to the following nuclear medicine technology programs:
Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Lexington, KY (progress report, 2011)
Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA (progress report, 2011)
Extended accreditation was granted to the following nuclear medicine technology program:
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA (resurvey, 2014)
Continued accreditation was granted to the following nuclear medicine technology programs:
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (resurvey, 2017)
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL (resurvey, 2017)
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL (resurvey, 2011)
Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA (resurvey, 2013)
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL (resurvey, 2017)
Triton College, River Grove, IL (resurvey, 2013)
Indiana University College of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN (resurvey, 2017)
Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA (resurvey, 2015)
University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC (resurvey, 2017)
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, Hudson, NC (resurvey, 2013)
JFK Muhlenberg Snyder School of Health Sciences, Plainfield, NJ (resurvey, 2015)
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA (resurvey, 2012)
Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX (resurvey, 2015)
University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX (resurvey, 2015)
University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT (resurvey, 2017)
The committee will review 20 nuclear medicine technology programs seeking continued accreditation in 2011. Written third-party testimony may be submitted to the JRCNMT regarding any nuclear medicine technology program undergoing review. Persons desiring to present third-party oral testimony at a board meeting must submit a written request. Third-party testimony, written and oral, must be limited to compliance of the educational program with the Essentials and Guidelines for an Accredited Educational Program for the Nuclear Medicine Technologist.
The following programs are undergoing review in 2011:
GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Institute of Allied Medical Professions, Delray Beach, FL
Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA
University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, IA
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health, Boston, MA
Salem State College, Salem, MA
UMass Memorial Health/Worcester State University, Worcester, MA
Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
SUNY at Buffalo, NY
Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Houston Community College, Houston, TX
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The 2011 Board of Directors comprises the following members:
Public Members
Anne Ewing, PhD
Darla Smith, BS
American College of Radiology
Rodney Bowman, MD
Gary L. Dillehay, MD, FACNM, FACR
Anthony P. Yudd, MD, PhD, FACR
American Society of Radiologic Technologists
Vesper V. Grantham, MEd, RT(N), CNMT
Richard States, MBA, RT(N), CNMT
Vacant Position
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Hung Q. Dam, MD
Christine Z. Dickinson, MD
Hadyn T. Williams, MD, FACNM
Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section
Frances K. Keech, MBA, RT(N), FSNMTS
Mary Anne Owen, MHE, RT(N), FSNMTS
Leesa Ross, MA, RT(N)(CT), CNMT, PET
2011 JRCNMT OFFICERS
The following board members were elected to serve as officers in 2011:
Chairman: Richard States, DHSc, RT(N), CNMT
Vice-Chairman: Vesper Grantham, MEd, RT(N), CNMT
Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Anne Owen, MHE, RT(N), FSNMTS
2011 SPRING MEETING
The next meeting of the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology is scheduled for April 15–16, 2011, in Chicago, IL.
