Together We Are Stronger
Your membership is vital to our advocacy efforts for the benefit of all radiologists in Tennessee.
What are the Benefits of Membership
Your ACR membership benefits include professional and educational opportunities as well as targeted information designed to advance your career, enhance your radiologic knowledge, define the future of radiology and provide a membership to your local state ACR chapter.
Membership Categories of The American College Of Radiology
General Members
- General ACR members are physicians certified in a radiological discipline by the American Board of Radiology, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the Collège des médecins du Québec, or physicians engaged in nuclear medicine and certified by a specialty board that is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties or its Canadian equivalent.
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- Medical physicists certified by the American Board of Radiology or equivalent.
Members-in-Training
- ACR members-in-training are physicians who are in approved radiology residency or fellowships in the U.S. or Canada registered in a formal educational program at a Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or physicists who are registered in a formal educational program in medical physics in the U.S. or Canada.
- Member-in-training status shall normally terminate within six months following completion of training. Individuals who go directly from an approved residency to a fellowship program may continue as members-in-training until they complete the fellowship program.
- Within six months of completing training, members-in-training will automatically become members of the College in the appropriate category of membership, unless they affirmatively decline membership.
Medical Student Members
- Medical students in a US or Canadian approved program who has an interest in becoming a diagnostic radiologist, interventional radiologist, radiation oncologist, nuclear medicine physician or medical physicist.
- Medical student status shall normally terminate within six months following completion of training. Individuals who go directly from medical school to an approved residency may continue as members-in-training until they complete their residency and/or fellowship programs.
Retired Members
- Retired member status may be conferred by the ACR Board of Chancellors upon application of a member who is fully retired from professional practice. A Retired Member shall be relieved from payment of dues.
Associate Members
- Associate ACR members are physicians engaged in the practice of radiology who have completed an approved residency program in radiology but have not been certified by the American Board of Radiology, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the Collège des médecins du Québec, or physicians engaged in nuclear medicine but not certified by a specialty board that is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties or its Canadian equivalent.
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- Medical physicists engaged in the practice of medical physics and otherwise eligible for membership in the College who have not been certified by the American Board of Radiology or its equivalent.
Allied Health Members
- Allied health ACR members are MRI scientists and radiologist assistants with Registered Radiologist Assistant (RRA) certification from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) are eligible to be ACR members.
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- Physicians not engaged in the practice of radiology and other non-physician medical professionals whose special qualifications are deemed valuable to the College may submit an application for consideration for membership under the “Other” category. Applications submitted under the category of “Other” must be approved for membership by the Commission on Membership and Communications and Chapter Programs before ACR and chapter membership can be granted.
We Share A Common Vision
Our vision is to serve patients and society through quality radiological care. Representing nearly 38,000 radiology professionals, the ACR advances the profession through advocacy, economics, education, research and quality and safety. Our advocacy efforts include proactive engagement with Congress, federal agencies, and state legislative and regulatory bodies.
We Are An Active Membership
Our membership sustains successful programs and activities and shapes ACR policy through volunteerism and governance.
We Are The Leaders
We lead by informing and equipping our members to respond to the ever-evolving socioeconomics of health care.
We Provide Current Educational Resources
We provide resources for members at all career stages — from residency training to retirement — a value that far exceeds the cost of membership.
We Protect And Support Your Valuable Invesment
We protect and support the invesment you made to reach your professional position. ACR’s leadership and foresight protect that investment by upholding and advancing all fields of radiology.
We Conduct Groundbreaking Clinical And Socioeconomic Research
We provide the evidence necessary for coverage of lung, breast and colon cancer screening. The ACR utilizes socioeconomic data to advance our legislative and regulatory goals.
We Represent The Gold Standard
We represent the gold standard in advancing and promoting high quality, safe and effective diagnostic imaging, interventional radiology, and radiation oncology.
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Membership Eligibility
ACR membership is available to physicians who are certified in radiology discipline, including nuclear medicine physicians, certified medical physicists, and physicians and physicists who are practicing a radiological discipline and have completed an approved residency program and are otherwise eligible for membership as well as certain other categories of radiology professions.
2016 Membership Dues
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