Member of the Month

Meet the members of the CSRT! Below are members who have been featured in the CSRT email newsletter, The AleRT, as Members of the Month. Want to join the CSRT community? Click here to become a member. Want to be featured as a Member of the month? Contact CSRT today.

Deana

I started my journey in 1987 when I worked at my local hospital in Cottonwood, Arizona as an ED Registrar at age 18.  This is what sparked my interest in the medical field, and landed me in a Medical Assistant program shortly thereafter.   While I worked as an M.A., I also took a phlebotomy position at NW Medical Center in Tucson.  This career evolved into the pathology department, and I was trained to be a Histotechnician.  Due to my combination of histology and MA experience, I was able to work at the U of A with an excellent team of top notch Dermatopathologists, and eventually assisted with dermatological surgeries in local dermatology practices.

In 2004, I realized that I would never make the kind of income that would put 4 children through college, so I pursued a degree in radiology at Carrington College in Phoenix, Az.  I was instantly in love with the imaging field!

In the next 5 years, I found myself as a Lead Tech for a thriving medical practice, until I moved to California in 2011, where I was hired as a Radiology Supervisor for Children’s Hospital Central California.  Currently, I have been a Radiology Manager at Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia, CA for nearly 3 years, and I oversee our Clerical Services, Radiology Aides, CT, Xray and Nuclear Medicine.  

The reason that I wanted to become a member of the CSRT is that I see the organization is striving to be on the front lines of regulatory changes that affect the imaging community.  As a Radiology Manager, it is vitally important to not only be aware of proposed regulations, but to be involved so that we have a voice!  I appreciate that CSRT provides this opportunity.