Zachary Berry, MBA, RT(R)(MR), MRSO(MRSC)

Zachary Berry is an MRI technologist turned imaging business leader with a record that spans MR safety research, global outreach and AI adoption. While working as an MRI technologist and safety officer at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, he led a quality initiative that produced a modified preoperative timeout for MRI. He was first author on the 2015 paper describing the work in Radiologic Technology, and the paper has been cited in national best-practice guidance for MR technologists.

Zachary spent nine years at Philips Healthcare, moving from clinical education specialist to district modality leader for MRI. He co-developed a commercial MR safety audit program and won the 2024 Pinnacle Award as the top MRI performer in North America, finishing at 216% of plan with more than $29 million in orders. At AIRS Medical, he reports quadrupling revenue and tripling the sales pipeline to more than $10 million.

Zachary was an inaugural RAD-AID ASRT Foundation outreach fellow and served as volunteer program manager for Nepal, helping lead an earthquake response team in 2015. He has served on committees of the Society for MR Radiographers and Technologists and taught as adjunct faculty at Saint Joseph’s University as well as Penn State.