New Medical Imaging Director Joins

Rome Memorial Hospital

ROME – January 2003 -With more than 25 years of experience, Josh Porte has been named director of Rome Memorial Hospital’s Medical Imaging Department.

Porte is responsible for the day-to-day operations, staff management and administrative duties associated with running the 60-person department smoothly.

Medical imaging is a valuable diagnostic tool which can identify disease and injury within the human body and encompasses more than just general x-rays, Porte said.  Today’s medical imaging also uses sound waves, nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance to get a good view of what’s going on inside.

The hospital provides diagnostic x-rays, CT scans, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, bone densitometry and mammography on the first floor of the hospital, 1500 N. James St.  General diagnostic x-rays are also available at its satellite facilities:  Chestnut Commons, 107 E. Chestnut St.; 1801 Black River Blvd.; 1819 Black River Blvd.; 13407 State Route 12, Boonville; and 200 Spencer Ave., Sylvan Beach.  The hospital’s 1617 North James St. location provides mammography and general x-rays.

Prior to joining the hospital, Porte was the director of radiology at the Community Memorial Healthcenter in South Hill, Va.  He previously served as the director of radiology at the Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic and was a chief radiologic technologist at Buffalo General Hospital.  A former Marine, he earned a degree from the Genesee Hospital School of Radiologic Technology, Rochester, and a bachelor of science degree in organizational management from the Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester.

“Rome Memorial Hospital’s medical imaging technologists are highly motivated and technically very good.  It is my job to empower them,” Porte said, describing his management style as democratic.  “Micromanaging is one of the most destructive things to department morale.  The democratic process is much more work, but it is much better.”

Porte’s goal is to continue to advance the Medical Imaging Department by attracting additional quality staff to the team and evaluating new technology for the hospital. “When you combine people committed to excellence and advanced technology, you get the best results for our patients,” Porte said.