Pasco college lands $5M-plus to expand medical imaging training

Pasco-Hernando State College will receive more than $5 million in federal funding dedicated to training medical imaging professionals, the college announced Tuesday, expanding a workforce pipeline for Tampa Bay health care providers as Moffitt Cancer Center builds out its nearby Pasco County campus. The college plans to double its radiography program and introduce advanced technical certificates in computed tomography, or CT, and mammography, the announcement says. The certificates provide professionals already working in imaging a way to gain specialized skills locally. “As healthcare grows in our region, we want local residents to have a direct path to the careers that this growth creates,” Eric Hall, president of Pasco-Hernando State College says in the release.

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