St. Peter’s Boys announces first radiologic technology program for high schools here

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In a collaborative effort between St. Peter’s Boys High School and Staten Island-based medical imaging experts, Anthony Mungo and Thomas Petrone launched Staten Island’s first Radiologic Technology Program offered through the John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences.

The new, innovative program will offer St. Peter’s students the opportunity to take classes while still in high school and launch a career in radiography, while also providing options to continue toward bachelor and master degrees.

Anatomy and physiology will be offered at St. Peter’s for high school seniors as a three-credit college level course for the 2021-2022 academic year, and an additional six courses will be offered as independent study online courses for freshman through senior year students.

As a result of this partnership with John Patrick University, the courses are offered at discounted rates to students and are transferable to most colleges and universities.

The program adds an additional 13 college credits to the 23 previously offered by St. Peter’s advanced placement and college extension programs, for a total offering of 36 credits.

A classroom will be outfitted as an imaging room with a radiography table so that students can get hands-on experience. The imaging suite has been donated by Bill Haussmann, CEO of Prestige Medical Imaging.

As an added value of the partnership, these courses will also be made available to St. Peter’s alumni, faculty, staff, and parents of current students.

“This program is one of many unique academic programs St. Peter’s will be adding to the curriculum in the next few years” said Michael Cosentino, principal of St. Peter’s Boys High School. “In partnership with John Patrick University, we are excited to offer our young men who have an interest in the medical field this tremendous opportunity - an opportunity that was made possible by alumnus and board member Vincent Innocente, Anthony Mungo, and Thomas Petrone. We are extremely grateful for all they have done to make this possible for St. Peter’s.”

Mungo, a radiologic technologist, is a lifelong resident of Staten Island, founder of Advanced Imaging Review, co-founder of the radiologic technology program, and Director of Radiology at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J,.

Petrone is CEO and chief medical physicist of Staten Island-based Petrone Associates, experts in the application of radiation in medicine.

“Careers in radiography have become much more diverse as the field of radiology has grown and evolved from the initial discovery of x-rays in 1895,” Mungo said. “Today there are more complex and sophisticated scanning methods like computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and mammography that have allowed radiologic technologists to expand their careers and grow professionally.”

He explains it’s been his lifelong dream to develop a program that can provide a pathway for high school students and working adults to help plan for a future career in radiography.

“The partnership with St. Peter’s will allow students to complete up to 20% of the program while in high school. As the proud parent of an incoming freshman who has always shown interest in sports imaging, St. Peter’s Boys was the easy choice for our family!”

Radiologic technologists make up the third-largest group of health care professionals —surpassed in number only by physicians and nurses.

For additional program information, contact St. Peter’s Boys High School at 718-447-1676. To learn more about John Patrick University, visit www.jpu.edu, or phone 574-232-2408 to speak with an admissions specialist.

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