Athens Regional Medical Breast Health Center has earned designation as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology.

By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and breast ultrasound (including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy). No other hospital or free-standing imaging center in the region has achieved this prestigious designation.

“The ACR designation as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence is a result of the hard work and dedication of so many technologists, nurses, physicians and staff at Athens Regional Medical Breast Health Center. We remain proud that the level of service and care our patients receive at Athens Regional Medical Center is second-to-none,” said Dr. Charles Peck, President and CEO of Athens Regional Health System.

Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality 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 is a national professional organization serving more than 36,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.