Department of Radiologic Sciences

 Faculty

 

K. Thornton Photo

Kyle R. Thornton

Department of Radiologic Sciences- Chairman
Diagnostic Medical Imaging Program 

 

 

Kyle R. Thornton:  PhD candidate, RT(R), CRT

Education:
Post Graduate: Touro University International, Educational Leadership
(Current)
Graduate: Touro University International, Educational Leadership (2006)
Baccalaureate: San Francisco State University, Political Science (1995)
Associate of Arts: Long Beach City College, Foreign Language (1991)
Certificate: Los Angeles City College, Radiologic Technology (1984)

Mr. Thornton has been teaching at CCSF since 1997.

Having come from a long family line of teachers, Mr. Thornton feels that teaching is "in my genetic code. As a technologist working in the Radiology Department at UCSF since 1991, I have tried to make a difference in the lives of the patients with whom I come in contact. I am pleased to have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of students with whom I come in contact and help them realize their goals. I especially take pride in assisting those students who may be the first member of their family to graduate from college. Just as my education was my ticket to bigger and better things, so it is for others. I appreciate the support I receive from CCSF as I attempt to make a difference in the lives of others."

He has been involved in the campus-wide mentor program, as well as the SCANS project and will be taking part in the college self study during the Fall 2004 semester.

Mr. Thornton has served in various capacities of the Board of Directors for the California Society of Radiologic Technologists, and continues to serve on the Scholarship Review Committee of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists -that organization awards annual scholarships to radiology students across the country.

His favorite sports include snow and water-skiing, snorkeling in Hawaii and the Caribbean, and competitive ballroom dancing.

 

 

 Diane Garcia  

  Radiologic Sciences Department
  Diagnostic Medical Imaging Program

  A.S.  City College of San Francisco
  B.S.  Touro University International

Diane R. Garcia, BS, CRT, RT (R)(CT)

Diane Garcia is the Clinical Coordinator of the City College of San Francisco Diagnostic Medical Imaging Program since 1997.  She has been a registered technologist since 1979, having also graduated from City College of San Francisco, has a BS in Healthcare Administration, and is currently completing her Master’s degree in Health Education.

Over the years, Ms. Garcia has gained extensive and diverse clinical experience, having worked in various hospitals as a general radiographer, CT technologist, and a clinical applications specialist for CT scanners.  She has served as an expert witness for legal cases involving radiographers and is well versed in operative, traumatic, and pediatric radiography along with computed tomography.  Currently, besides with her duties at CCSF, she continues to work part-time as a radiographer at Marin General Hospital in Marin County, CA.

Diane is the immediate past president of the Radiologic Technology Educators of California (RTEC); Director at Large for the California Society of Radiologic Technologists (CSRT); a member of the Statewide Health Occupations Advisory Committee (SWHOAC); and was recently appointed to the Radiologic Technology Certification Committee (RTCC) a part of the Radiation Health Branch in Sacramento.                         

Diane is married with three grown daughters.  Her eldest daughter and son-in-law had a son in July 06 making Diane a grandmother for the first time.

 

 

L. Yim Photo

Leslie Yim

Radiologic Sciences Department
Program Director, Radiation Oncology Technology

A.A.   City College of San Francisco
B.A.   San Francisco State University

 

Les Yim was born and raised in San Francisco, graduated from the CCSF Radiography Program in 1975, and began teaching here in 1982. He served as Radiologic Technology Department Chair for 17 years, overseeing both the Diagnostic Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology Programs. He is a member of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, California Society of Radiologic Technologists, and past-President of the Radiology Educators of California.

Mr. Yim is also a professional musician. He has played drums since grammar school and is a long-time member of "Expo," a popular band that has performed regularly in the Bay Area for 30 years.

 

    

Kathy Hurley

Radiologic Sciences Department
Diagnostic Medical Imaging Program

A.S.  City College of San Francisco 

B.A. San Francisco State University

M.A. San Francisco State University                    

 


 Kathy Hurley M.A., CRT, RDMS

Kathy Hurley has taught at City College of San Francisco, since 1988. She is a native San Franciscan and a graduate of the CCSF Radiography program. She continued her education at San Francisco State University where she earned a B.A. Health Science and a M.A. Education.

Kathy's teaching responsibilities include both lecture/lab courses, as well as working closely with the program's Clinical Coordinator. In addition, she continues to be actively involved in the clinical setting, having gained a wide range of experience after working in several imaging modalities. She is also a registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. Along with being an instructor she holds a position as a sonographer at St. Mary's Medical Center.


     "Education is not the filling of the pail, but the lighting of the fire."


                                                            William Butler Yeats
    

 

 Paul Arsalane

  Radiologic Sciences Department
  Diagnostic Medical Imaging Program

 

Mr. Arsalane....

 

 

  Marilyn Rose

   Radiologic Sciences Department
   Diagnostic Medical Imaging Program

   A.S.  Foothill Community College
   B.A. Sonoma State College in Psychology & Biology  

   Graduate CCSF Radiologic Sciences Dept.
    Graduate Ultrasound Program Foothill Community College

 

Marilyn Rose   BA, CRT, RT(R), RDMS

I was born in Walnut Creek and raised in the East Baby. I began my extended schooling at a community college in Pittsburg (LMC).  I was involved in math and science.  I played softball for the Math club, and was a tutor in biology, math and psychology.  I went on to Sonoma State where I double majored in Biology and Psychology.   I was employed as a bank teller, so upon graduation I moved back home with my parents to find a better job.  I began working for a temp agency that employed people in science.  I started my biotechnology career as a glassware washer.  I soon moved up to media kitchen, research aid, and finally health and safety coordinator.  Having a desk job was not my calling.  I became bored and yearned for a career that was more involved with people.  I found the City College Radiation Oncology program on the internet and gave Les a call.  I came out to City College and met with him and felt very gratified that I had found a direction that was more to my liking.  I was accepted for the January term so I finished up my time at the lab in December.  However, not before I began dating one of the medicinal chemists’s whose glassware I used to wash!  Upon beginning my first semester at City College I became acquainted with Diane, and she soon convinced me to change directions and go into DMI.  I thought long and hard about it, and decided to switch and return one day and finish the radiation oncology program.  I really got excited about learning DMI and felt I had finally found the career I was met to have. By the way, I fit in marrying my chemist, Jack during the second semester of the DMI program!  Then, in my internship, I rotated though ultrasound for three weeks.  I was so fascinated with what sound could do and see.  It was like shining a flashlight into the body and angling it in all directions.  There was more pathology, and more time with each patient.  So, I applied to the US program at Foothill and began the same summer I graduated from DMI in 2003.  I completed the US program in 2004 and began work at one of my clinical sites, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.  Last year I was called back to City College to return to the DMI program as an instructor.  I still love talking about bones, and what it means to have high standards in patient care.  We will see, one day I may return as a student again….

 

  Thomas F. Hall

   Radiologic Sciences Department
   Diagnostic Medical Imaging Program

   A.A. City College of San Francisco
   B.A. University of Calif. Berkeley

   Graduate UCSF Radiologic Technology Program

  
 

Born and raised in San Francisco.  Attended CCSF 1967 to 1969 as an engineering major, then transferred to UC Berkeley and received a Bachelors degree in Psychology in 1971.  From 1974 to 1976 trained in the UCSF radiology technology  program.   Worked at the Ambulatory Care Center at UCSF Medical Center from 1976 to 2007.  Part-time faculty at CCSF since 1991. (for futher details...)