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Olney Central College Radiography student Karlie Berberich captured first place in the Illinois State Society of Radiologic Technologists’ e-poster contest.
“I was so surprised when they called my name,” Berberich said. “When they said it was someone from OCC, I was wondering who it was. I had no idea it would be me.”
Berberich’s entry was selected from more than 30 submissions by radiography students from across the state who were attending last month’s ISSRT conference in Bloomington. Participants focused on different pathologies that radiologists can detect in an image.
For her project, Berberich, of Mt. Carmel, presented a case study involving subcutaneous emphysema, a rare condition in which air becomes trapped under the skin.
“It can occur for several reasons including infection and surgery,” Berberich said. “In my case study, a broken rib had punctured a lung and air was leaking into the skin.”
Berberich’s submission included a photo from her case study, which she compared to a normal chest X-ray. She was awarded $100 and a medal for her first-place finish.
Berberich graduated earlier this month and has been hired as a radiology technologist at Wabash General Hospital in Mt. Carmel.
