Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida, is a comprehensive medical facility providing advanced programs in education and research that support the highest quality patient care. Campus activity is conducted in the Mayo Clinic Hospital and the interconnected Davis, Mayo and Cannaday buildings.

The ambulatory facilities provide clinical services ranging from primary to specialty care and advanced procedures. Mayo Clinic Hospital provides comprehensive inpatient services, including surgical and medical intensive care units, specialized solid organ transplant units, and advanced cardiac and neurosurgery facilities.

As a student, you’re assigned to clinicals in the Department of Radiology. You’re also assigned to clinical rotations in radiology departments at Mayo Clinic Primary Care at Jacksonville Beach, Gate Parkway, and St. Augustine. Throughout the duration of the program, you attend courses specific to radiography on the Florida campus.

 

The Radiography Program is coordinated and taught by the clinical, scientific, and technical staffs of Mayo Clinic. Faculty members are chosen for their commitment to teaching, as well as their clinical practice and research. Many have published and lectured extensively and are highly regarded in their fields.

You have direct access to these individuals throughout your training, giving you the opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners in radiography and radiology.

Shaun B. Harrell, M.Ed., R.T. (R)
Radiography Program Director
Instructor of Radiology

Shaun Harrell is the Radiography Program Director and establishes the program policies and procedures. Mr. Harrell is responsible for curriculum planning, academic instruction, supervision, scheduling, and evaluation of students. He works with program staff to assure students acquire the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills needed to function as highly skilled radiographers upon graduation from the program. His teaching duties include many of the science courses throughout the program.

Prior to Mayo Clinic, Mr. Harrell worked as a professional radiographer in both the hospital and clinical settings. He also worked with the radiography program at Florida State College at Jacksonville, and as a public school teacher with Duval County Public Schools.

Mr. Harrell is a passionate, innovative, and committed radiography educator and a proficient professional radiographer. He has facilitated learning with radiography students in the classroom, online, in simulation laboratories, and during clinical rotations.

Mr. Harrell received his Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Florida and is an alum of the radiography program at Florida State College at Jacksonville.

Joiel Woods, MPH, CPH, R.T. (R)
Radiography Program Clinical Coordinator
Instructor of Radiology

Joiel Woods is the Radiography Program Clinical Coordinator. Ms. Woods organizes, directs, and evaluates the effectiveness of academic and clinical aspects of the Radiography Program. Joiel establishes clinical policies and procedures, and is responsible for curriculum planning, academic instruction, supervision, scheduling, and evaluation of students.

Prior to accepting this role, Ms. Woods was the clinical coordinator and radiology instructor at St. John’s River State College. Through this role, she facilitated the development of online and ground-based classes to improve student success. Ms. Woods was responsible for program coordination, safety regulations, financial budgeting, and culture survey assessment for the clinical sites in which students rotated.

Ms. Woods has built trusting partnerships with numerous hospital managers throughout the state of Florida. Her passion for radiology education is displayed through outreach events for potential students, she has participated in career fairs, and community advisory board committees.

Ms. Woods received her Master of Public Health degree from The University of South Florida in 2020.

Glenn M. Sturchio, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physiology

Dr. Glenn Sturchio is the Director of Health Physics for the Mayo Clinic enterprise and the Radiation Safety Officer for Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville supporting the use of radiation sources in the clinical, research, and education areas. In addition, he is an assistant professor at Mayo College of Medicine and Science. His teaching duties include a course in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and a course in the School of Health Sciences.

Prior to Mayo Clinic, he worked in the radiation safety programs at Merck Research Laboratories (Rahway, NJ), AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ), and the University of California (Davis, CA).

Dr. Sturchio is active in both the Health Physics Society and the American Academy of Health Physics, having held committee positions in both organizations. Currently, he is a director on the American Board of Health Physics. He is also a council member on the National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurement, as well as serving on their PAC-2 Committee on Operational Radiation Safety.

Dr. Sturchio received his Ph.D. from the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota and is certified in the comprehensive practice of health physics by the American Board of Health Physics.

Kathy Pastor, R.T. (R)(QM)
Instructor of Radiology

Kathy Pastor is the supervisor of the medical physicist assistants at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Ms. Pastor has extensive knowledge of radiology and has been the instructor of the Quality Management course since 2003.

After graduating from St. Mary’s School of Radiology in 1982, she went to work for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and transferred into Computed Tomography (CT) two years later. In 1988, she transferred to Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where she worked in MRI for 10 years before taking over her current supervisor role.

Christopher Gandia, R.T.(R)(C.T.)

Christopher Gandia is a registered technologist in computed tomography and a protocol specialist for the department in Computed Tomography. He is in charge of building special protocols requested by radiologists and maintaining routine protocols on the C.T. scanners to ensure images are acquired according to the radiologist's preferences and upkeep accreditation for Mayo Clinic. Mr. Gandia is coming on board to teach the Computed Tomography course in the Radiology program starting in 2023.

Mr. Gandia started his medical career in the U.S. Navy in 2003 with experiences in trauma, intensive care, infant/pediatric, and bariatric care. He transitioned to learning radiology and graduated from U.F. Health Jacksonville in 2013 in diagnostic x-ray and advanced his career in computed tomography in the same year. 

Course schedule: January through May (16 weeks)

Hours:

• Academic classes: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, daytime hours
• Clinical class: Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Number	Course	Credits
RAD 1101	Introduction to Radiography and Patient Care	2
RAD 1701	Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy I	3
RAD 1702	Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy I - Lab I	1
RAD 1401	Radiologic Sciences I	3
RAD 1601	Clinical I (12 weeks)	3

 

Course schedule: May through August (16 weeks)

Hours:

• Academic classes: Monday and Wednesday, daytime hours
• Clinical class: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Number	Course	Credits
RAD 1203	Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy II	3
RAD 1704	Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy II - Lab	1
RAD 1602	Clinical II	6

 

Course schedule: August through December (16 weeks)

Hours:

• Academic classes: Monday and Wednesday, daytime hours
• Clinical class: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Number	Course	Credits
RAD 1402	Radiologic Sciences II	3
RAD 2705	Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy III	3
RAD 2706	Radiographic Positioning and Anatomy III - Lab 1	1
RAD 2603	Clinical III	6

 

Course schedule: January through May (16 weeks)

Hours:

• Academic classes: Tuesday and Thursday, daytime hours
• Clinical class: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Clinical class: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 2:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. (two rotations)
• Clinical class: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. (one rotation)
• Clinical class: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (two rotations)

Number	Course	Credits
RAD 2403	Radiologic Sciences III	3
RAD 2404	QC, Radiobiology, and Radiation Protection	2
RAD 2501	Computed Tomography and Sectional Imaging	1
RAD 2604	Clinical IV	6

 

Course schedule: May through August (16 weeks)

Hours:

• Academic classes: Tuesday, daytime hours
• Clinical class: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Number	Course	Credits
RAD 2502	Introduction to Advanced Modalities	1
RAD 2503	Radiography Capstone	2
RAD 2605	Clinical V	8