Membership in the ACR allows you numerous professional, educational, and informational opportunities unavailable anywhere else, as well as the knowledge that your professional interests will be well represented to lawmakers and decision makers who influence radiology. Join the more than 32,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists who already have discovered the advantages of ACR membership.
As an ACR member, you receive or have access to the following:
Free subscriptions to 4 of the profession's leading publications
- The Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), published monthly, is the only radiology journal focusing on practice management and other topics critical to the profession, including health services and policy, coding and economics, ethical issues, business development, and advocacy. ACR members have online access to the full text of the journal.
- The ACR Bulletin (published 6 times/year)
- The ACR Advocate (published 4 times/year)
- The ACR Radiology Coding Source™
Member discounts on continuing education opportunities
- ACR Professional Self-Evaluation (PSE) syllabi series and the CPI/Continuous Professional Improvement course
- ACR Learning File® CD-ROM series, the Mammography Interpretive Skills Assessment, and PET Imaging for the Radiologist
- Cutting-edge weekend courses focused on clinical issues as well as non–clinical courses focused on business practice issues to help radiologists in all stages of their careers
Invaluable online resources at www.acr.org
- Member discounts on the ACR's LifeLong LearningSM educational materials
- CME Gateway, to monitor your CME credits earned through participating organizations
- Free job listings through the ACR Professional Bureau
- ACR Membership Directory and Directory of Fellowship Programs
- Case-in-Point—a fresh, challenging case each weekday on current issues in imaging to test your knowledge
- Up-to-date news and information on radiology, health care, research, advocacy, and membership activities
- Access to members-only resources and information through ACR's Radiology InfoSource
Exceptional array of resource materials on practice issues, including partnership and hospital contracts backed by the ACR staff's expertise in these issues
Representation on Capitol Hill and at state legislative levels to protect and preserve the field of radiology
The ACR ensures the voice of radiology profession is heard by:
- Articulating and defending radiology's positions with testimony before the US Congress and with key federal and state government agencies
- Working to optimize Medicare and Medicaid coverage and reimbursement levels for radiology services
- Working through the political process with RADPAC to ensure that radiologists' concerns remain at the legislative forefront
ACR Practice Guidelines & Technical Standards in book and CD-ROM format address a variety of diagnostic, interventional, and therapeutic procedures. They are updated and published yearly and free to all ACR members.
ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ are guidelines to assist radiologists, radiation oncologists, and referring clinicians in making initial decisions about radiologic tests and therapeutic procedures. They are available free online for members.
Accreditation programs
The ACR has accreditation programs in CT, MRI, mammography, nuclear medicine and PET, ultrasound, breast ultrasound, stereotactic breast biopsy, and radiation oncology, with information available online, along with a searchable accredited facilities list.
ACR clinical research results
The ACR has been a major factor in radiology clinical research since the establishment of the Philadelphia office in 1975. From this office, the ACR administers clinical trial activities funded by the National Cancer Institute. The results of these studies help shape medical practice, and are published in the JACR, ACR Bulletin, and online.
- The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), is a National Cancer Institute–funded cooperative group, whose overarching goal is—through clinical trials of diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapeutic technologies—to generate information that will lengthen and improve the quality of the lives of cancer patients.
- The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), represents a cooperative effort of physicians, physicists, biologists, and biostatisticians pursuing clinical investigations to increase cure and improve palliation of patients with cancer.
Research studies
The ACR conducts and publishes socioeconomic research in major clinical journals. A list of published articles/journal links is online at www.acr.org.
ACR events and state chapter networking opportunities
The ACR is close at hand, wherever you call home. With 54 Chapters, we're there to represent state and local interests for our profession, and encourage you to get involved with your particular chapter. In addition to state and local representation, ACR representatives from our Board of Chancellors to our commissions are actively involved with the subspecialty organizations, ensuring our representation on behalf of all radiologists. With more than 1,000 members on over 140 ACR commissions and committees all working to better serve the interests of radiologists, you have an opportunity to get involved and help make a difference!
Additional member benefits include ACR insurance programs, which are available online exclusively for ACR members.
So, invest in your future. Join the American College of Radiology today and ensure a bright future for the profession tomorrow.
For more information on the benefits you receive as a member, please contact the ACR Membership Services office at (800) 227-5463.