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FEATURESCardiovascular Disease — America’s Number One Killer

Lungview: Tracking Outcomes, Improving Patient Care

Winter 2019

IN THE NEWS Columbia Basin Imaging is Now Inland Imaging

Inland Imaging Welcomes CBI Radiologists

IN THE NEWS Introducing RAPID — the New Standard for Stroke Imaging

Inside ViewMore Americans die of heart disease than all types of cancer combined.

58 million Americans have one or more forms of cardiovascular disease, making coronary artery disease the number one killer of men and women in the United States. Yet, preventative exams that can assess and identify risk for cardiovascular disease are often overlooked.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE KILLER. SO HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE AT RISK?

February is American Heart Month and Inland Imaging has decided to offer a special promotion for a screening exam that aids in the early detection of heart disease: a CT coronary calcium scoring exam for $150—during the entire month of February. Exams must be scheduled no later February 28, 2019, but may be performed later.

A CT coronary calcium scoring exam is a 15-minute screening study, which measures

the presence, location and extent of calcified plaque in the coronary arteries. It is a quick, non-invasive exam that assesses an individual’s risk for heart attack in the near term.

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Physician NewsImaging News

Dwane Brittain, MD, Body / Breast Imaging

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma, OK

RESIDENCIES: Family Practice, Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, FL; Diagnostic Radiology, Navel Medical Center, San Diego, CA

COLUMBIA BASIN IMAGING IS NOW INLAND IMAGINGINLAND IMAGING WELCOMES CBI DOCTORS TO OUR SUBSPECIALIST RADIOLOGIST TEAM.CBI Radiology recently joined forces with Inland Imaging, expanding radiology services within the region and adding to our professional radiology group that currently provides services across Washington State and Western Montana. The new organization forms one of the largest professional radiology groups in the Western U.S. and is dedicated to providing the fast, accurate and timely answers that patients and their physicians need to guide their care — both today and in the years ahead.

Tim Gormley, MD, Body / Breast Imaging

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

RESIDENCY: Diagnostic Radiology, National Capital NNMC Consortium, Bethesda, MD

FELLOWSHIP: Body Imaging, National Capital NNMC Consortium, Bethesda, MD

John Gowdy, DO Breast / Musculoskeletal /Neuroradiology

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

INTERNSHIP: Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH

RESIDENCY: Diagnostic Radiology, Aultman/Mercy, Canton, OH

FELLOWSHIP: MRI Fellowship, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Pushpender Gupta, MD Body / Musculoskeletal Imaging

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

RESIDENCIES: University College of Medical Sciences, India, Postgraduate Medicine Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

FELLOWSHIP: Abdominal, MSK, Nuclear Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winton, NC

Amit Ashok Habbu, MD, MPH Body Imaging

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Maharashtra Health Sciences, Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, India

RESIDENCIES: Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Rochester GH, Affiliate of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

FELLOWSHIP: Abdominal Imaging University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Chet Hunter, DO Breast / Musculoskeletal /Neuroradiology

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

RESIDENCY: Diagnostic Radiology, Henry Ford Health System, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

FELLOWSHIP: Musculoskeletal Imaging, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

Shawn Jones, MD Body / Nuclear Imaging

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

RESIDENCY:

Diagnostic Radiology, St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, Pontiac, MI

FELLOWSHIP: Nuclear Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

Sean Koskinen, MD Body / Breast Imaging

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

INTERNSHIP: Internal Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

RESIDENCY: Diagnostic Radiology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

Edward luliano, DO Neuroradiology

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Rowan University, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ

RESIDENCY: Radiology, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY

FELLOWSHIP: Neuroradiology, George-town University Hospital, Washington, DC

Richard Nguyen, MD Neuroradiology

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

RESIDENCY: Diagnostic Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

FELLOWSHIP: Neuroradiology, Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

Isaac Reeve, MD Musculoskeletal Imaging

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

RESIDENCY: Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

FELLOWSHIP: Musculoskeletal Imaging, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA

Matthew Mesick, MD Interventional Radiology/Vascular Imaging

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University School of Washington, Seattle, WA

RESIDENCY: Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO,

FELLOWSHIP: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Howard Sill, MD, PhD Interventional Radiology/Vascular Imaging

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Pittsburgh, PA

RESIDENCY: Family Practice Residency, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Medical College, Knoxville, TN, Diagnostic Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

FELLOWSHIP: Vascular Medicine, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV, Interventional Radiology, Indianapolis University, IN

LUNGVIEW: TRACKING OUTCOMES – IMPROVING CAREInland Imaging’s low dose CT lung cancer screening program is designed to follow patients with a long history of smoking or other lung cancer risk factors over time to catch potential lung cancer early, when it’s easier to treat.

Recently, Inland Imaging launched LungView — a comprehensive tracking and reporting system dedicated to the management of our Lung Cancer Screening program.

The LungView screening information system is backed by twenty-five years experience in breast imaging tracking and reporting, and a collaboration with major cancer centers and leading radiologists. LungView automatically captures information such as recommendations for followup so our team can work with the patient’s provider to stay ahead of changes in their lungs.

The LungView patient experience helps Inland Imaging stay in touch with our patients over time to keep them engaged, informed and involved throughout the continuum of their care.

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INLAND IMAGING INTRODUCES RAPID: THE NEW STANDARD FOR ADVANCED STROKE IMAGING

Inland Imaging is joining Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and more than 575 stroke centers in 22 countries around the world by implementing the RAPID software platform to support diagnostic imaging and assessment for stroke patients.

RAPID technology assists physicians in the analysis of brain images using auto-mated tools currently used in assessing more than 85,000 stroke cases per year.

The software provides an intuitive and easily interpretable real-time view of the

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a year, just about all of us have been touched by someone with heart disease,” said Angela Steinbach CT manager at Inland Imaging. “We want to bring attention to this issue locally and make sure patients know there is a way to assess risk and identify indications of heart disease earlier rather than later.”

Calcified plaque results when there is a build-up of fat and other substances under the inner layer of the artery. This material can harden which signals the presence of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), a disease of the vessel wall. People with this disease have an increased risk for heart attacks. Because calcium is a marker of CAD, the amount of calcium detected on a cardiac CT scan can be a helpful predictive tool. Your doctor can use the calcium score results to evaluate the risk for future coronary artery disease.

“We are really looking to encourage prevention not just detection of disease,” said Kathleen Wilson, Inland Imaging chief operations officer. “We want to help our community in their overall wellness plan.”

To schedule an exam, patients must have an order from a referring physician, must not have any current symptoms of heart disease and must have one significant risk factor including: male 40-70 years or female 45-75 years, family history of cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, history of smoking, sedentary lifestyle, and high stress levels.

Talk with your doctor to see if this exam might be right for you.

brain, so physicians can more quickly and precisely determine a patient’s condition, allowing providers to recommend the best possible treatment options.

With the implementation of RAPID’s proven software tools Inland Imaging’s specialized neuroradiologists can identify stroke in patients more easily and accurately than ever before. RAPID will also be launched at Providence Holy Family Hospital later this year.

A CT coronary calcium scoring exam measures the presence, location and extent of calcified plaque in the coronary arteries.