Memorial Radiation Oncology Earns ACR Reaccreditation

Memorial Medical Center Radiation Oncology is proud to announce it has been awarded a three-year term of reaccreditation in radiation oncology as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Radiation oncology (radiation therapy) is the careful use of high-energy radiation to treat cancer. A radiation oncologist may use radiation to cure cancer or to relieve a cancer patient’s pain.

As a part of Memorial Cancer Center, Radiation Oncology is also accredited by the Commission on Cancer (COC) through the American College of Surgeons (ACOS). Gregory Willis, MD, is Medical Director of Memorial Radiation Oncology, and Lynn Fletcher, RN, BSN, MBA, is Administrative Director of the cancer program. They are surrounded by a highly successful team of professionals consisting of Jason Call, MD, dosimetrists, physicists, radiation therapists, registered nurses, and office professionals.

Learn more about the radiation oncology program, its cutting-edge technology and array of services.

The ACR is the nation’s oldest and most widely accepted radiation oncology accrediting body, with over 700 accredited sites, and 30 years of accreditation experience. The ACR seal of accreditation represents the highest level of quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting specific Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards developed by ACR after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified radiation oncologists and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Patient care and treatment, patient safety, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Radiation Oncology Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.

The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 36,000 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.

About Memorial Cancer Center:

Voted Best Cancer Center and Best Medical Group in the 2021 Bulletin's Best of the Mesilla Valley, Memorial Cancer Center is the only comprehensive cancer program in Southern New Mexico affiliated with the research experts at the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center.