SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., – Regional West Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology held its 2017 graduation ceremony Aug. 11 at the Regional West Education Center.

Six graduates completed the 24-month training program at the school and will soon take the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists national registry exam to become licensed medical radiographers.

The graduates are: Rebecca Leider, Mitchell, Neb.; Bailey Gorsuch, Alliance, Neb.; Angelie Ring, Crook, Colo.; Brooke Satur, Gering, Neb.; Tiffany Anderson, Bridgeport, Neb.; and Stephen Carrillo, Mitchell, Neb.

The hospital-based program is the only radiographer education program in western Nebraska. Students are taught procedures that enable graduate technologists to perform in a small community hospital or in a large metropolitan medical center.

Regional West Health Services in Scottsbluff, Neb., is the parent company of Regional West Medical Center, a 182-bed regional referral center and one of three Level II Trauma Centers in the state. As the region’s only tertiary referral medical center, Regional West offers care that spans more than 32 medical specialties provided by over 28 physician clinics. With nearly 300 providers, and over 2,000 employees, Regional West provides comprehensive and innovative health care services for the people of western Nebraska and the neighboring states of Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming.