Ethan McCarty, CRA, MBA

Ethan is an imaging leader who has climbed from the CT scanner to the executive suite without losing sight of the patients at the end of every study. Hired as a CT technologist fresh out of school at Southern Ohio Medical Center, Ethan quickly advanced to lead, manager and ultimately administrative director of medical imaging, the youngest director the organization had ever hired. Along the way he earned an MBA and became a certified radiology administrator.

As director, Ethan led a successful effort to secure an Appalachian Regional Commission grant of roughly $250,000. This brought 3D mammography to West Union, Ohio, in rural Adams County, where no mammography had been available. While he was there, the site averaged about 30 mammograms a month and identified roughly 12 to 36 cancers per year, sparing residents a trip out of the county for breast imaging.

Ethan also led a pediatric CT protocol overhaul that moved the hospital from Leapfrog’s lowest rating to its highest for both head and abdomen/pelvis scans in a single survey year.

When Infinity’s workload outgrew a single operations chief, Ethan was the only candidate who came to mind. In his first 18 months he has streamlined systems operations, driven revenue enhancement and national recruitment, and launched a call center that frees radiologists from constant interruptions.

Ethan serves on AHRA’s Annual Meeting Design Team and Products and Services Committee and sits on the Adams County Medical Foundation board.