Things To Know Prior To Applying
Students considering applying to the Medical Imaging Program should be aware of the following
information:
Clinical Requirements
• It is a requirement of clinical sites that all students must have a flu shot prior to October
1ˢᵗ in order to attend their clinical rotations
• Clinical rotations require travel two, three or five days per week, depending upon a given
semester. Students may be assigned to any clinical site for any given period of time.
• Students are not permitted to request their clinical sites. Students are responsible for
transportation to and from their assigned clinical location. On occasion, students may be required
to travel from their clinical site to campus for meetings or events.
• All clinical sites are located within 30 miles of the LIU Brookville campus.
Clinical Affiliates:
NYU Long Island Hospital - Mineola, NY
NYU Langone, Nrad – Imaging Offices
Garden City - GardenCity, NY
Hillcrest- Jamaica Estates, NY
Ohio Drive- Lake Success, NY
Nassau University Medical Center- East Meadow NY
L
ong Island Community Hospital- Patchogue NY
St. Joseph’s Hospital - Bethpage, NY
Northwell Health Hospitals
Northwell/ Huntington Hospital - Huntington, NY
Northwell/ North Shore Manhasset Hospital - Manhasset, NY
Northwell Health Offices
Reichert Family Imaging - Greenlawn, NY
Great South Bay Imaging - Islip, NY 11751
Northwell Health at Great Neck - Great Neck, NY
Center for Advanced Medicine - Lake Success, NY
Northwell Orthopeadics- Garden City and Great Neck NY
Northwell Orlin and Cohen Orthopedics – offices located in:
Garden City, Woodbury, Lynbrook, Massapequa, Smithtown, Rockville Center, Port Jefferson and
Bohemia
Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology - Imaging offices located in:
Smithtown, East Setauket, Stonybrook, Huntington, and West Islip
ProHealth Outpatient Facilities
Lake Success
Lenox Hill Radiology/RadNet – Huntington, NY
Azura Healthcare –
Plainview – 671 Old Country Rd Plainview, NY 11803 (516) 898-7299
Queens – 206-06 Hillside Ave, Queens Village, NY 11427 (718) 820-9729
Approximate Additional Costs
Students in the radiologic technology program will be required to purchase textbooks and incur the
following additional approximate expenses:
• Every year you are required to get an updated physical, PPD ad Flu shot.
• CastleBranch – one-time fee of $35 for processing of clinical compliance documents.
• RadTechBootCamp – one-time fee of $220 for lab and clinical software
• UNIFORMS:approximately
*Fleece - $50.00 each
*Uniform Shirts - $35.00 each
*Uniform Pants - $25.00 each
*Radiographic Markers - Approximately $25.00 (2 sets)
*Identification Badge - $25.00
• RDT 210 – Summer prior to the start of the Program and RDT 292 - Summer Clinical between Spring
I and Fall II (Cost = 4 credits total times the current tuition per credit).
• Transportation and/or parking cost for clinical rotations (Dependent upon clinical site)
(*Pricing may change due to Manufacture pricing)
Mammography Policy
All students, male or female will be given an opportunity to complete a mammography rotation. If
requested, the program will make every effort to place a male in a mammography rotation, however
the program cannot override clinical setting policies that only allow female students complete
rotations.
Placement for male students is not guaranteed and depends on availability of a clinical site that
allows male students to participate.
Pregnancy Policy
A student who becomes pregnant may voluntarily disclose her pregnancy in writing to the director of
the Medical Imaging Program. Confirmation by a physician is not required. If such disclosure is
made, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires that action be taken to limit the total radiation
exposure of the embryo/fetus to 0.5 rem (mSv). This is one-tenth of the dose limit that an adult
worker/student may receive in a year. The purpose of the lower limit is to protect the unborn
child. Information about Prenatal Radiation Exposure to the possible developmental effects of
low-level radiation is available from the Program Director.
After consultation with her personal physician and the Program Director, the “declared pregnant”
student is expected to select one of the following options:
She may continue in both the clinical and didactic portions of the program with no adjustment in
clinical assignment. She will be expected to adhere strictly to all radiation safety requirements,
including the wearing of personnel monitoring devices. If the student’s current clinical setting
does not allow for pregnant students to rotate through all areas, she will be reassigned to a
clinical setting that allows clinical rotation with no adjustments.
1. She may withdraw from clinical courses, while continuing her didactic education. In that case,
she will be required to fulfill the clinical requirements after delivery. This procedure will
extend the duration of the program for the student, and may necessitate repeating a clinical
education course. A pregnant student registered for a departmental course that requires activities
in energized labs will be monitored for fetal dose.
2. She may continue full-time status with limited rotations excluding fluoroscopy, surgery, and
portables.
3. She may request a leave of absence from all courses with the expectation that she will resume
her education after delivery. Readmission to the program will be on a space available basis and
requires that the student withdrew in good standing.
The student must submit in written form, within 48 hours, her decision with regard to the options
noted above.
The following are procedures which apply to the options:
1. Application for leave of absence will be reviewed, on an individual basis, by the Program
Director
2. The student may attend classroom instruction only and will be required to fulfill the clinical
objectives after delivery. The number of absences from classroom instruction will determine whether
or not the student will be required to repeat the entire course(s). Pregnant students registered
for departmental courses which have energized laboratories will assume complete responsibility for
their laboratory practice and must be prepared to leave the room before each x-ray exposure. This
will occur under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
3. If maintaining full-time status, the following is a mandatory requirement:
- Strict adherence to all safety precautions for protection purposes is required.
The decision to inform the program that she is no longer pregnant is the individual student’s
decision. A student may withdraw a declaration of pregnancy, in writing to the Program Director, at
any time. Under this circumstance, the student retains the right to continue their progress in the
Medical Imaging program without modification.
Undeclared Pregnancy Policy
If the student chooses not to declare her pregnancy and notify the program faculty, the program
will be unable to provide the necessary accommodations for the student in order to ensure proper
protection to the embryo/fetus. However, it is the student’s right to complete the Medical
Imaging Program in its entirety without modification.