American College of Radiology

Recognized for: 

• Breast Imaging

The Center for Breast Health at MedStar Washington Hospital Center is designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR).  The accreditation lasts from August 2009 – August 2015.

By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in all of the College’s voluntary, breast-imaging accreditation programs and modules, in addition to the mandatory Mammography Accreditation Program.

• Mammography
• Stereotactic breast biopsy
• Breast ultrasound
• Ultrasound-guided breast biopsy

Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each type of breast imaging by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field, have determined that this facility has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs.

The ACR, headquartered in Reston, Va., is a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs for focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology, as well as the delivery of comprehensive health care services.