Cheryl Huggins
Steubenville,OH
Summary
Accomplished nuclear medicine professional specializing in high-quality imaging, equipment calibration, and patient safety. Expertise in PET/CT procedures, radiopharmaceutical handling, and radiation compliance. Provides training and support to staff while ensuring precise PACS and RIS documentation. Contributed to the establishment of a PET/CT hot lab and serves as a preceptor for new employees.
Overview
1
1
Certification
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Pet/Computed Tomography Technologist
Vantage
Meadville, Pennsylvania
06.2026 - Current
- Calibrated and operated PET/CT scanners, enhancing image quality for improved diagnostic outcomes.
- Performed precise PET/CT scans, ensuring high-quality imaging for accurate diagnosis.
- Completed detailed patient assessments to improve scan accuracy and effectiveness.
- Monitored patient status throughout procedures, maintaining safety standards and patient comfort.
- Confirmed patient identity and imaging orders before exams.
- Recorded exams in PACS and RIS for Vantage documentation.
- Maintained quality, safety, and patient confidentiality by following hospital and regulatory guidelines during patient information collection and imaging procedures.
- Applied radiation safety guidelines at all times during PET/CT scans.
- Performed intravenous (IV) line insertions for medication administration and glucose checks.
- Built positive patient rapport to reduce anxiety and improve cooperation.
- Prepared examination rooms between appointments by cleaning surfaces and restocking supplies.
- Provided technical support and instruction to students, residents, fellows, and staff.
- Followed professional ethics when interacting with patients, families, coworkers, and other health care providers.
Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Trinity Medical Center West
Steubenville, Ohio
03.1992 - 04.2025
- Performed nuclear medicine imaging and radiation treatment procedures for inpatient and outpatient Trinity Medical Center West patients.
- Prepared radiopharmaceuticals and verified dosage, labeling, and patient identification.
- Positioned patients for cardiac, bone, and organ scans using imaging equipment.
- Monitored patient status during procedures and responded to safety concerns.
- Followed radiation safety rules and handled radioactive materials per hospital standards.
- Calibrated imaging systems and checked equipment before daily examinations.
- Documented procedures, patient records, and imaging results in hospital systems.
- Coordinated with physicians, nurses, and radiologists on exam preparation and workflow.
- Maintained highest levels of quality, safety, and patient confidentiality by following hospital and regulatory guidelines when collecting patient information and conducting imaging procedures.
- Captured and developed images following physicians' orders allowing proper diagnosis and treatment.
- Reduced patients' anxiety and enhanced cooperation by educating on procedure details, instructions, and expectations.
- Operated mobile imaging equipment to capture medical information at patients' bedsides, operating, and emergency rooms.
- Reviewed diagnostic image quality and filed diagnostic images in appropriate patient records.
- Evaluated new technologies related to nuclear medicine procedures.
- Assessed patient's condition before administering radiopharmaceuticals or undergoing imaging studies.
- Adhered to all regulatory requirements including HIPAA, JCAHO, OSHA.
- Conducted quality assurance checks on all equipment used in nuclear medicine procedures.
- Maintained state and federal compliance, facilitated state inspections and spearheaded quality assurance programs to meet state regulation requirements.
- Trained, mentored and precepted new employees on procedures, best practices and hospital policies.
- Instructed students on proper techniques for administering radiopharmaceuticals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nuclear Medicine Technology
Wheeling Jesuit College
Wheeling, WV05-1992
Skills
- IV access and patient care
- Radiation safety and compliance
- PACS documentation
- Image reconstruction
- Quality control
- Protocol development
- Anatomy expertise
- Adult imaging
- Staff training
- Patient education
- Patient communication
- Patient care
- HIPAA
Certification
- NMTCB Certification 1992
- ARRT (N) 1992
- BLS Certification 2025
- State of Ohio Radiologic Licensure 2026
- WV-Medical Board & Radiation Therapy Technology Board of Examiners in Progress
- Recognizing & Reporting Child Abuse: Mandated and Permissive Reporting in PA 2025
Accomplishments
- Award for Thirty Years of Service Trinity Medical Center West
Timeline
Pet/Computed Tomography Technologist
Vantage
06.2026 - Current
Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Trinity Medical Center West
03.1992 - 04.2025
Bachelor of Science - Nuclear Medicine Technology
Wheeling Jesuit College