Rad Tech Mammography

Mammography Certificate

The Mammography Program offered at Los Angeles City College through the Radiologic Technology Program is a certificate course designed to provide Senior Radiologic Technology Students, Graduates or Licensed Radiologic Technologists the didactic education in the field of Mammography. This program covers theory, mammography principles and standards. The course will allow students to enhance their communication skills, critical thinking, and technical skills necessary with patient care specific to mammography. The course will develop the student's competency as an entry level Mammography Technologist. The Mammography Program curriculum fulfills the educational requirements established by the FDA Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT). Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT/3D Mammogram) will be covered for 8 hours which will satisfy both DBT/3D Mammography and 8 hours of Digital Breast Imaging requirements. Simulated hands-on positioning activity is included in the laboratory section.

This course covers the didactic portion. Students are responsible for securing their clinical site, if needed.

For questions, please email us at Laccmammography@gmail.com. Thank you for your interest in our Mammography Certificate Course.

2024 Mammography Manual

2023 Mammography Program Effectiveness Data

Certification Requirements

This Mammography Certificate course satisfies the following requirements:

40 credit units as required by the California Department of Public Health - Radiologic Health Branch (CA DPH-RHB);
16 hours of structured education required by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology (ARRT);
8 hours of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and 8 hours of Digital Mammography Training are required by the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).

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Application for Fall 2025

Apply now! The application for the Mammography Certificate course is now open. The deadline is Friday, August 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. PST.

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Faculty Spotlight: Rachelle Casinto

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Our Mammography Certificate instructor is Rachelle C. Casinto, R.T. (R)(F)(M), CRT(R)(M). Ms. Casinto started her education in Radiologic Technology in the Philippines, where she completed an Associate's Degree in Radiologic Technology and passed the board exam for X-ray Technology. She moved to the United States in 2000 and continued her studies to become a board-certified Radiologic Technologist in 2003. Rachelle graduated with an AS in Radiologic Technology at Los Angeles City College. That same year, Ms. Casinto achieved her certification in Mammography and started working full-time at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in September 2003. From 2003 up to now, she has been a dedicated Mammography Technologist. She enjoys teaching the students that rotate in the clinic about breast positioning, breast anatomy, pathologies, and X-ray theory.

She hopes that after the class, the student will have a full understanding of why “you must care about what you do, NOT because what you do is a must...”