McLeod Health Seacoast has received the Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center designation from the American College of Radiology® (ACR®). This recognition is awarded to breast imaging facilities that have successfully earned accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, MRI breast, and breast ultrasound (including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy).

As an ACR® Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center, McLeod Health Seacoast has reached the highest standards in breast imaging, demonstrating our dedication to patients and healthcare providers. This accreditation for patients requiring breast imaging services signifies that McLeod Health Seacoast upholds excellence in operations and patient care, consistently striving to provide the highest quality and safety in medical imaging.

“We are honored to receive this recognition from the ACR,” stated Monica Vehige, CEO of McLeod Health Seacoast. “This achievement showcases our team’s dedication to excellence in breast imaging and our mission to provide the highest quality care for our patients. This accreditation strengthens our commitment to improving patient outcomes through early detection and tailored care.”

Rigorous peer-review evaluations by board-certified physicians and medical physicists specializing in each breast imaging modality have confirmed that our facility meets high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs.

The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 42,000 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.