School of Medicine Health Professions Programs
Nuclear medicine technologists are a part of the health care team as they provide care in diagnosing patients, performing organ imaging, and offering therapeutic services through ionizing radiation emanated from radioactive materials. These technologists are capable of performing quality control procedures on the instrumentation and radioactive materials. They also assist physicians in clinical procedures such as doing intravenous injections, drawing blood, assessing the technical quality of the studies, and providing basic patient care.