Toshiba Celebrates Grand Opening of the Toshiba Education Center.State-of-the-Art Facility Provides Cutting-Edge Training for Customers across the U.S. TUSTIN, Calif. -- As part of its ongoing commitment to customer training, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. today announced the grand opening of the Toshiba Education Center. The center, a $6 million, 4,840-square-foot expansion to the Toshiba Training Academy, provides a full complement of state-of-the-art classrooms and labs equipped with Toshiba's advanced CT, MR and Vascular products, including the Aquilion[TM], Vantage and Infinix[TM] systems. "Toshiba's commitment to customer care starts at the beginning of every customer relationship. We immediately make sure that all technologists fully understand our products' unique features," said Anita Bowler, manager of Customer Education at the Toshiba Learning Center. "Ensuring that technologists and physicians are as educated as possible on our systems ultimately results in improved patient care." Today, all customer training takes place at the Toshiba Education Center, as well as at institutions across the U.S., while Toshiba Service training continues at the Training Academy. Toshiba's technologist training is conducted in three phases. Phase One consists of an intensive four-day course at the Toshiba Learning Center. Attendees benefit from clinically qualified instructors and limited class size to ensure individual and in-depth training. Phase Two and Three of the program are conducted onsite at the customer's facility to ensure that classroom knowledge translates into the best patient care possible. Additionally, Level II physician certification courses are available in cardiac CT through Toshiba's education partners, including Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, formerly known as Francis Scott Key Medical Center and Baltimore City Hospital, is a hospital and medical office center in East Baltimore. It is located along Eastern Avenue near Bayview Boulevard. in Baltimore, University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine in Irvine, Calif., University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. & Shands in Gainsville, Fla. and CVCTA Education in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Toshiba will be showcasing its education and training offerings at this year's Radiological Society of North America's (RSNA RSNA Radiological Society of North America, Inc. RSNA Robust Security Network Association ) annual meeting in Chicago, Nov. 26-Dec. 1, 2006. To learn more about Toshiba, please visit www.medical.toshiba.com. About Toshiba With headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, an independent group company of Toshiba Corporation (company) Toshiba Corporation - A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, , is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. and information systems. Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems. Toshiba has approximately 161,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $54 billion. |
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