There are several types of radiology services that are available through Mercy Health St. Rita's. One that some may not know about is nuclear medicine, performed by technologists like Chad Baldosser.
There are several types of radiology services that are available through Mercy Health-St. Rita's.
"What differentiates us from other modalities of radiology is that we use unsealed radioactive material that we put into a person's body in various ways and then take images based on that material coming out of the body," said Baldosser. "It’s a much more functional type of imaging as opposed to structural type of imaging."
Baldosser was in construction before he went back to school to earn his degree.
Baldosser was in construction before he went back to school to earn his degree. He says that he chose the path of nuclear medicine after shadowing another technician on the job and found that he was interested in the field and wanted to learn more.
He adds that with nuclear medicine, it's a different area of health care that may work for someone who wants to join the medical field but maybe not as a doctor or nurse.
With nuclear medicine, it's a different area of health care that may work for someone who wants to join the medical field but maybe not as a doctor or nurse.
"Most of our patients are outpatient-based, so they’re not really sick usually, and a lot of what we do is to help them to become not really sick, so not a lot of blood and guts involved," Baldosser said. "Currently this is a two-year degree—you come out with an associate's degree, and there is a bachelor's degree option, but the training is typically a two-year degree. The closest schools for that are the University of Findlay, and the University of Cincinnati also has a program."
Before he was at St. Rita's, Baldosser was at another hospital and decided to start on a traveling technician pathway, where he found himself in Lima for five months last summer. He says it was the atmosphere that drew him back to St. Rita's.
It was the atmosphere that drew Baldosser back to St. Rita's.
"I love the family atmosphere here, from everyone from the top person I’ve met all the way down to guys like me; everyone takes care of each other, everyone has each other's back, and they work together," said Baldosser.
