Daniel L. Gonzales, M.S.R.S., R.T.(R), FASRT
April 21, 2025 — On June 20, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) will award Life Member status to Daniel L. Gonzales, M.S.R.S., R.T.(R), FASRT, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, during the ASRT Annual Governance and House of Delegates Meeting in Reno, Nevada.
Gonzales became a member of the ASRT in 1987 and the New Mexico Society of Radiologic Technologists in 1986. Throughout his nearly 40 years as an ASRT member, he has held numerous national volunteer roles and most recently served as ASRT chair of the Board in 2023 and president in 2022. Prior to those roles he was ASRT president-elect, vice president, treasurer and vice speaker of the House and was ASRT Board liaison for the ASRT Foundation Board of Trustees. He was chair and member for the Commission on Professional Practices, chair of the Committee on Nominations, a six-year member of the Ambassadors for R.T. Advocacy, as well as a member of the Task Force on Professional Development Skills Assessment and the Committee on Fellows. Gonzales was chapter delegate for the ASRT Management Chapter for three one-year terms, then served as its vice chair and delegate. He is a graduate of the ASRT Leadership Academy and served as a mentor to the Student to Leadership Development Program for three consecutive years. In 2011, Gonzales was elevated to ASRT Fellow — an honorary designation that represents a commitment to the profession at the district, state, regional, national and international levels. He was recently elected to serve as chief sergeant for the Sergeant-At-Arms Committee.
Concurrently, Gonzales was active at the state level in the NMSRT serving as Chair of the Board in 2010 and 2013 and as president and president-elect for five one-year terms. He also performed the duties of legislative contact, executive secretary and delegate. In addition, he was chairman of the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Advisory Council for the state of New Mexico and served as president, and chair of the Political Action Committee board of directors.
Gonzales is the interim radiology director at Mercy Medical Center Merced Hospital in Merced, California. He is the former director of diagnostic imaging for Carlsbad Medical Center in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and director of radiology at Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He has a master’s degree in radiologic administration from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Northwood University in Midland, Michigan, and is a graduate of the Dona Ana Community College radiology program in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he has been a member of the advisory board since 1988. DACC named him the 2023 Doña Ana Community College Health Sciences Distinguished Alumni of the Year.
As stated by ASRT Life Member Linda K Holden, M.S., R.T.(R)(QM), FASRT, “It is my belief that Dan is not just an ASRT Life Member, he is an ASRT anchor member. He has been an anchor to so many of us who have leaned on, learned from and depended on him.”
Established in 1938, Life Members are active ASRT members who have maintained continuous membership for at least 30 years and have participated in a wide range of activities that demonstrate sustained superior performance in support of the ASRT and the radiologic science profession. Candidates who receive the honor are selected by at least a three-quarters vote of the ASRT Board of Directors.
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April 17, 2025 
