April 10, 2026 — The radiation therapy team at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute in Columbus, and the Mount Sinai Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology in New York, have been named the recipients of the 2026 BeRAD Professionalism Award by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).
The award recognizes health campuses, imaging centers, hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities in which medical imaging and radiation therapy personnel demonstrate a culture of professionalism. The two institutions demonstrated their efforts to support medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals by offering a team approach to patient-centered care, opportunities to earn credentials, continuing education, advanced degrees and opportunities to be active in professional associations as well as local community outreach events. In addition, they detailed processes or programs that deliver equitable and accessible patient care, continuous quality improvements and safe patient care.
The radiation therapists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute reshaped patient care through their Computed Tomography Simulation Cancellation Reduction Project. By building enhanced workflows and implementing advanced practice provider-led telehealth readiness visits, they decreased monthly patient appointment cancellations from 31% to 5%. In addition to significant hospital savings, this benefited patients by decreasing repeat visits and providing quicker access to care thereby lowering patients’ stress levels, alongside significant hospital savings.
The Mount Sinai Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology is fostering a culture of communication and collaboration to provide patient-centered care across its institutions. Specifically, within the department of radiation oncology their team-based approach includes using the situation, background, assessment, recommendation method for effective communication during hand-offs between team members to ensure that patient satisfaction remains a priority. The department consecutively reached a 93% overall excellent patient satisfaction rating from Press Ganey scoring, with 96% likely to recommend its& services to others.
“The BeRAD Professionalism program drives the mission and enhances the vision of ASRT. As a brand, the award is purposed to bring all modalities together as one service line team and to undeniably impress upon our patients, institutions and communities the value we create. These two health care institutions have shown a level of professionalism honoring the standard we aim to represent,” said ASRT President Brandon A. Smith, M.B.A., M.S.R.S., R.T.(R)(VI), CIIP.
The winning organizations will receive a customized award to commemorate their achievement, a one-year Group ASRT membership for up to 25 employees and recognition at the 2026 ASRT Annual Governance and House of Delegates Honors Evening in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in June.
Applications for the 2027 BeRAD Professionalism Award will open July 2026.
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