Gary D. Elam's Page

Current Organization

Mid-South Radiology, Inc.

Profession

Radiology Technologist

Title

B.S.R.T.,(R),(CT).

Subspecialty and Expertise in Radiology

X-ray CT, C-arm / surgery, MRI.

Undergraduate, Medical School, and Graduate School (Degrees, Major, and Institution)

A.S. Radiology Technology
B.S. Organizational Management

Clinical, Academic, or Industry Experience

25 years in Radiology administration. CT, MRI , X-ray.

Publications, Honors, and Awards

Shoals Magazine, fall 2007 ( timesdaily.com)

Professional and Society Memberships

A.R.R.T. (R),(CT)

Additional description or bio about me:

Gary Douglas Elam, B.S.R.T. (R), (CT)

360 Old Brompton Lane KILLEN, AL 35645
HOME: (256) 272-0365 CELL: (256) 810-0516
bigelam1@bellsouth.net

WORK HISTORY

Radiology Technologist, Unevirsity of South Alabama Mrdical Center, Mobile, AL 04/2014 – 06/2014

I worked as a Temporay / PRN tech performong routine x-ray and C-arm exams in the main deprtment , ER, and in Surgery.

President / Operator Mid-South Radiology, Inc. , Killen, AL 10/2002- 11/2013

Mid-South Radiology is a mobile-x-ray company that services nursing home facilities, hospices, home healthcare providers, and private physicians. I perform routine x-ray and EKG exams on site at the patient’s bedside. I’m responsible for receiving the exam order, performing the exam, checking to ensure the exam is of the highest quality, getting it read by the radiologist, and providing the report to the customer with the fastest turnaround time possible.

I’m was also responsible for all administration duties such as budgeting, billing, filing reports, marketing, equipment purchases, supplies, and ensuring that all equipment and records are in compliance.


Radiology Technologist, Doctors Hospital, Columbus, GA 4/2002- 10/2002 (via a travel agency)

I was a day shift rad. tech. I performed routine x-ray exams on a daily basis for out patient, emergency room, and surgery, and I worked in CT as needed.


Technical Director, Dalton Imaging Center, Dalton, GA
01/2000 – 02/2002

I over saw the daily operations of the Imaging Center. As well as performing routine x-ray, CT, Fluoro, and MRI Exams. Duties also included equipment purchasing, maintenance contracts, making employee work schedule, maintaining supplies, developing policies as need, assuring a good relationship with area physicians, and marketing.



Asst. Director / Tech, Hutcheson Medical Center,
Ft. Oglethorpe, GA 11/1992 -12/1999

I began as a 3rd shift radiological technologist. After a year as a 3rd shift technologist where I covered the E.R., surgery, and the main department, I was promoted to supervisor / asst. director. My duties included working as a tech and supervisor of the main department. I supervised the E.R imaging, surgery, CT, MRI, scheduling, quality control, transcription, and the off campus satellite clinics imaging departments.
My job description then increased to making out the work / call schedules for 70 +employees, including technologist in all areas of the imaging department, transcriptionist, patient transporters, and patient schedulers.
I assisted in equipment purchasing, maintenance contracts, implementing PACS, marketing for the imaging center, cross training technologist in different modalities, department budgeting, and ensuring the staff was up to date with CPR and CEU’s depending upon their particular job classification. I sat on various committees including several on passing the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) that were all passed successfully.


Radiology Technologist The Med. ( Elvis Presley Trauma Center), Memphis, TN 5/1992- 11/1992

I performed routine x-ray in the main department, in the orthopedic clinic, and portable exams covering all of the facility. I also operated a c-arm in surgery and trauma unit.

Radiology Technologist Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital, Florence, AL 5/1989-5/1992
I performed routine x-ray exams in the main department, portable exams where needed, and ran the c-arm in surgery. The last two years I was there I was a full time surgery tech.








EDUCATION

B.S. in Management, 1999 Covenant College Lookout Mountain, GA

A.S in Radiology, 1991 Wallace State College Hanceville, AL

High School, 1981 Coffee High School Florence, AL


SKILLS AND QULIFICATIONS
I get along and work well with people of all types and professions. I have worked with various types of routine x-ray, fluoroscopy, c-arms ,CT, MRI, EKG, PACS, and, computer systems, over the past 25 years. I have worked as a tech, supervisor, director and I owned a mobile radiology business.

CERTIFICATIONS
Gary D. Elam, A.R.R.T.-254660 (R), (CT). exp. Date: 3/2016
BLS exp: 6/2016

Job preferences (location, salary, type of job, or other info)

Southeastern US or Colorado $50,000.00. as Technologist or Management.(negotiable)

Interested in

everything