Naval Hospital Beaufort receives award, recognizes employees

The Naval Hospital Beaufort’s radiology department was named the “Navy Medicine Radiology Team of the Year” for 2015, according to a news release.

Throughout the year, the department’s staff worked to achieve accreditation by the American College of Radiology (ACR) in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound.

These accreditations are a first in Navy medicine, the release stated.

The hospital also is the only ACR-certified low dose CT lung cancer screening center and pediatric “Image Gently” facility.

In addition, several of the hospital’s employees were recognized:

▪ Lead Petty Officer and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Viviana Garcia honored as the Rotary Club of Beaufort’s 2015 “Military Person of the Year.” Garcia also was selected as the hospital’s 2015 “Senior Sailor of the Year.”

▪ H. David Estep, assistant department head, was selected as the hospital’s 2015 “Senior Civilian of the Year.”

▪ Radiology Assistant Leading Petty Officer and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Ashley Way obtained her advanced ARRT registry in mammography in September of 2015. Way provided weekly onsite assistance to the Naval Health Clinic Charleston’s radiology department from October through December.

▪ Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brett Holmes received his advanced registry in CT and two junior radiology technicians completed a comprehensive Personnel Qualification Standard process developed by Estep for independent MRI imaging.

▪ One of the junior technicians, Hospitalman Aaron Sustaita, was awarded a spot Navy Achievement Medal in February of 2015 for independently performing after-hours MRIs at an estimated network cost savings of $101,450.

This story was originally published March 18, 2016 at 3:14 PM with the headline "Naval Hospital Beaufort receives award, recognizes employees."