Approved Formal Education Programs
The approved programs listed below may be used toward the eligibility requirements of the CTR examination. Approved programs are maintained and regularly reviewed by NCRA's Formal Education Committee. Updated September 2003.

To gain approval of your formal education program, please download and submit the formal education application.

Formal Education Application (78 KB)

The following colleges and universities offer Certificate courses:

Burlington County College
Van Nguyen, RHIA, Academic Program Director
Health Information Technology
Cancer Registry Program
County Route 530
Pemberton, NJ 08068
Email: vnguyen@bcc.edu
(609) 894-9311, Ext. 7339

Lehman College
Miriam Cooney, MPS, RRA, Director Cancer Registry Program
Office of Continuing Education
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, NY 10468-1589
(718) 960-8825
FAX: 516/593-7266

Molloy College
Kerry Wallace, MBA, CTR, Program Coordinator
Division of Continuing Education
1000 Hempstead Ave.
P. O. Box 5002
Rockville Centre, NY 11571-5002
(516) 678-5000 Ext. 6206

Northeastern University
Annalee Collins, MEd., RHIA
360 Huntington Ave.
266 Ryder Hall
Boston, MA 02115
Email: a.collins@neu.edu
(617) 373-2525

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA)
Natasha Blakeney, Program Manager
Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Development
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003
Email: nablakeney@nvcc.edu
(703) 323-4109
(703) 323-3399 (fax)

Orange County Community College
Institute for Business, Industry and Government (IBIG)
Joan Howard, IBIG Coordinator
115 South Street
Middletown, NY, 10940
Email: ibig@sunyorange.edu
(845) 341-4380
Fax (845) 341-4921

San Jacinto College North
James Steen, RHIA
5800 Uvalde Rd.
Houston, TX 77049
Email: jsteen@north.sjcd.cc.tx.us
(281) 459-7608

Santa Barbara City College
Cancer Information Management (CIM) Online Program
Sue Watkins, RHIA, CTR, Program Coordinator
721 Cliff Drive
Santa Barbara, California 93109-2394
Email: watkins@sbcc.net

SUNY Downstate
Mary C. Bowman, RHIT
Director, Cancer Registry Certificate Program (CRC)
395 Lenox Road
Brooklyn, NY 11203
718-270-7750

The following universities offer an integrated Health Information Management and Cancer Registry program:

University of Pittsburgh
Approved through September 13, 2003.
Pat Grofic
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Department of Health Information Management
6051 Forbes Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 647-1190
FAX: 412/647-1199

Western Suffolk BOCES
Debra Tenenbaum, Principal of Career and Technical
Education
17 Westminster Ave.
Dix Hills, NY 11746
Email: dtenenba@wsboces.org
(631) 667-6000 ext. 320
FAX: (631) 667-1519

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