Janelle Majors
Janelle Majors is an experienced Radiological Technologist dedicated to advancing patient care through precision imaging and compassionate practice. Currently serving as Lead Interventional Radiology Technologist at UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she plays a key role in supporting minimally invasive procedures and ensuring high standards of safety, accuracy, and patient-centered care. With expertise across multiple imaging modalities, including computed tomography (CT), she contributes to a collaborative clinical environment within a university hospital and teaching institution.
Janelle began her career in radiology after earning her Bachelor’s degree in Radiologic Technology from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in 2008. Her education provided extensive clinical and academic training in diagnostic imaging, anatomy and physiology, pathology correlation, radiation safety, quality assurance, and healthcare compliance. Over the years, she expanded her expertise with certification and licensure in CT, allowing her to work across general radiology and advanced imaging environments. Her dedication to excellence and teamwork was recognized when she was named Employee of the Year—an especially meaningful honor within a teaching hospital where recognition often centers on faculty and physicians.
Guided by strong faith and personal experience as a patient during a major health scare in her early twenties, Janelle brings deep empathy and understanding to her work. She strives to bridge the gap between the medical team and patients by advocating for clear communication, comfort, and trust during complex procedures. Outside of her professional life, Janelle finds fulfillment in motherhood and enjoys traveling with her family, recently visiting Costa Rica—an experience that fulfilled a long-held dream. Through both her clinical expertise and compassionate approach, she continues to empower healthcare delivery and make a meaningful difference in the lives of the patients she serves.
• CT Licensed
• The University of New Mexico School of Medicine - B.S.R.T.
• Employee of the Year
What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success and give all glory to God, that He gave me a heart and passion to want to serve His people. I think I bring a different or deeper level of understanding because I myself have been on the other side of the table in my early 20s with a huge health scare, and that in itself lets me see into the lens of what the patient needs and what they want. So I think I help bridge that gap between the medical team and the patient experience.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I ever received was to authentically show up still as myself. I think I work to show an element of my faith, which is a big reason that I entered into medicine. I bring that piece of empathy and compassion that sometimes can be lacking when you've done it for so many years. As long as I remain true to who I am, if I don't agree with something that's going to keep a patient safe, then I'm definitely willing to advocate for my patients.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would tell them to try not to be in competition with anyone outside of themselves. You're not competing with men, you're not necessarily competing with other women. Just carve your own space, and use yourself as the barometer for thriving and excelling. I guess it's about getting away from the labeling and the comparisons that happen, not just in the workplace - it's kind of everywhere now.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Interventional radiology is very high stress. You have to have a lot of attention to detail, and we deal with chronically ill patients, so some of us - I would say I'm one of them - take a little bit of each person home with me. So I would say learning to have better self-care to be able to manage and show up full each and every day is kind of the challenge that we face in the industry. As for opportunities, radiology lends to a lot of flexibility if you want to seek other modalities - you can further your education and go into MRI, or nuclear medicine, or ultrasound. So you're really not pigeonholed into one aspect of imaging. And I take pride in knowing that while a lot of the glamorous comments come to the nurses and the docs, we're all part of a team. Working in the imaging side of things, we're just as important because we're kind of the eyes into the diagnoses.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Integrity is most important to me. I think you have to have that, especially now, in medicine.
Locations
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center
Albuquerque, NM 87111