Why Choose Nuclear Medicine Technology?
If you have an interest in science and a desire to help people, nuclear medicine technology may be the right field for you. Every day, nuclear imaging procedures make a difference in the lives of patients by helping detect, diagnose, treat and monitor disease.
Our curriculum allows for our students to be eligible to take the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) certification exam in both nuclear medicine and CAT scan. These two certifications are required for technologists to operate PET/CT and SPECT/CT equipment.
The Classes
The B.S. in nuclear medicine technology program is designed to help you prepare for a career as a nuclear medicine technologist. The nuclear medicine technology program also includes a concentration in health care administration, which will help you develop ethical and management skills specific to the field. Course topics include:
- Nuclear medicine instrumentation
- Radiation detection and protection
- Radiation physics
- Radiation biology
- Patient care & nursing
The Faculty
You will learn from professors who have extensive clinical experience. They will share their personal experiences, and engage with you in and out of the classroom.
Clinical Experience
Clinical experience working in a hospital or medical center is central to the program and the key to your success. As part of the nuclear medicine technology program, you will complete an internship with one of our six cutting-edge affiliate hospitals in the New York City metropolitan area:
- Cardinal Health Radiopharmacy
- Danbury Hospital
- Lenox Hill Hospital
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- New York Presbyterian-Columbia Medical Center
- New York Presbyterian-Cornell Medical Center
- New York University Langone Medical Center