Joanne Kemberling:  

I am from North Hollywood and now live in Santa Rosa. California. The schools I attended include Grant High School, Madison Junior High School, Monlux Elementary School. I later attended Los Angeles City College (Nucelar Medicine Technology), UCLA (Ultrasonography). I am now retired. After high school I wasn’t completely sure what career path I would follow but I exited school 6 months early to earn some money. While waiting for some career inspiration, I went to work at the phone company. In 1971 I went backpacking in Europe for 3 months. I was ready to come home and gladly knew what I was going to persue, career wise. I chose healthcare . I interviewed for a spot at Cedar’s of Lebanon Hospital (the 2 hospitals hadn’t merged as yet) radiology program. I was accepted and so began my healthcare journey . I met my husband there which was the sweetest man ever. The history of that hospital was so amazing. After 2 years I continued into a Nuclear Medicine program at Saint Joseph medical center in Burbank, where I was born. I really loved everything about Nuclear medicine. I would never have guessed that I’d be fascinated with physics but I couldn’t get enough of it. Then Ultrsonography came along and nobody knew what department it should belong to so we (Nuclear med department) grabbed it. Ultrasound was my favorite modality. Robert and I marri...Expand for more