Alumna Spotlight: Danielle Styles
Meet Danielle Styles, a 2022 graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Advanced Medical Imaging Technology (AMIT) from the University of Cincinnati. During her time at UC, Danielle worked as a Peer Leader for the AMIT program and as a Student MRI Technologist at UC Health, which helped her develop leadership, networking, and technical skills that continue to serve her today.
Explain your career history/ the path you took to get where you are today.
Working at the Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus imaging facility is my first job post-graduation. While I was in school, however, I worked with the University of Cincinnati's Learning Commons and at UC Health. I worked as a Peer Leader for the AMIT program with the Learning Commons. In this job, I really improved my leadership skills and my intrapersonal skills that I continue to use in my job today. I also worked as a Student MRI technologist at UC Health in both West Chester hospital and UCMC. Working there I was able to network and also assist MRI technologists at the facilities in their work.
How has UC's AMIT program helped you on your path to success?
When enrolled in UC's AMIT program, I participated in clinical work at various settings in the greater Cincinnati area. Every hospital runs differently, has different technology, and had different patient volumes. UC's clinical program taught me how to be adaptable, which is crucial in any medical work environment. It also expanded my technological abilities to work on various MRI's, gamma cameras, and PET scans. Additionally, UC's program is among very few that allow the students to be dually certified in both MRI AND Nuclear Medicine. My abilities and certifications in both of these areas open up opportunities to work with newer technolo
What are you currently working on or researching?
At the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, we scan everything from routine to complex studies. Right now, I am anticipating further training in PET/MRI and Pediatric MRI.
What career opportunities do you see that exist for students in our program who study both MRI and Nuclear Medicine Technology?
At first glance, the certificates in MRI and Nuclear Medicine seemed limiting, but there is so much you can do with them. Work alongside the surgical team in both MRI and NMT, further researching multi-modality imaging (like PET/MRI), educating and researching imaging techniques to improve in patient care and imaging quality, working with patients ranging from pre-gestation to the elderly, specializing in more specific and complex cases, and involving medical imaging in treatments for various diseases and health conditions. There's so much more to medical imaging than the eye can see. As technology continues to advance, more and more opportunities grow for future technologists.