Privacy Notice

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

If you have any questions about this Notice of Privacy Practices (“Notice”), please contact our Compliance Officer (804)288-8327, or at 1508 Willow Lawn Dr. Ste 117 Richmond, VA 23230.

Section A: Who Will Follow This Notice?

This Notice describes how Commonwealth Radiology, P.C. (hereafter referred to as “Provider”) will handle your medical information.

Any workforce member authorized to create medical information referred to as protected health information (PHI) that may be used for purposes such as treatment, payment and healthcare operations. These workforce members may include:

All employees, staff and other Provider personnel
Any entity providing services under Provider’s direction and control will follow the terms of this notice. In addition, these entities, sites and locations may share medical information with each other for treatment, payment or healthcare operations as described in this notice

Section B: Our Pledge Regarding Medical Information

We understand that medical information about you and your health is personal. We are committed to protecting medical information about you. We create a record of the care and services you receive at the Provider. We need this record to provide you with quality care and to comply with certain legal requirements. This Notice applies to all the records of your care and records related to payment for that care, generated or maintained by the Provider, whether made by Provider personnel or your personal doctor.

This Notice will tell you about the ways in which we may use and disclose medical information about you. We also will describe your rights and certain obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of medical information.

We are required by law to:

Make sure that medical information that identifies you is kept private
Give you this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to medical information about you
Follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect

Section C: How We May Use and Disclose Medical Information About You

The following categories describe different ways that we use and disclose medical information. For each category of uses or disclosures we will explain what we mean and try to give some examples. Not every use or disclosure in a category will be listed. However, all the ways we are permitted to use and disclose information will fall within one of the categories.

Treatment. We may use medical information about you to provide you with medical treatment or services. We may disclose medical information about you to doctors, nurses, technicians, healthcare students, or other Provider personnel who are involved in taking care of you at the Provider. For example, a doctor treating you for a broken leg may need to know if you have diabetes because diabetes may slow the healing process. In addition, the doctor may need to tell the dietitian if you have diabetes so that we can arrange for appropriate meals. Different departments of the Provider also may share medical information about you in order to coordinate the different services you need, such as prescriptions, lab work, x-rays and clergy. We also may disclose medical information about you to people outside the Provider involved in your medical care upon discharge from Provider, such as family members or other healthcare professionals.
Payment. We might use and disclose medical information about you so that the treatment and services you receive at the Provider can be billed properly, whether payment is collected from you, an insurance company, or a third party. For example, we might need to give your health plan information about a surgery you underwent at Provider so your health plan will reimburse you or us for the cost of the procedure. We also may tell your health plan about a treatment you are going to receive to obtain prior approval or to determine whether your plan will cover the treatment.
Healthcare Operations. We may use and disclose medical information about you for Provider operations, and they are necessary to make sure that all our patients receive quality care. For example, we may use medical information to review our treatments and services and to evaluate the performance of our staff in caring for you. We also might combine medical information about many of the Provider’s patients to decide what additional services the Provider should offer, what services are not needed, and whether certain new treatments are effective. We also might disclose information to doctors, nurses, technicians, healthcare students, and other Provider personnel for review and learning purposes. We also may combine the medical information we have with medical information from other providers to compare how we are doing and see where we can make improvements in our care and service. We might remove information that identifies you from this set of medical information so others can use it to study healthcare and healthcare delivery without learning a patient’s identity.
Appointment Reminders. We may use and disclose medical information to contact you as a reminder that you have an appointment for treatment or medical care at the Provider.
Treatment Alternatives. We may use and disclose medical information to tell you about or recommend possible treatment options or alternatives that may be of interest to you.
Health & Related Benefits and Services. We may use and disclose medical information to tell you about health and related benefits or services that could be of interest to you.
Fundraising Activities. If we intend to use your medical information for fund-raising purposes, we will inform you of such intent and let you know that you have the right to opt out of receiving fundraising communications. We might use such information to contact you in an effort to raise money for the Provider and its operations. We may disclose information to a foundation related to the Provider so that the foundation may contact you about raising money for the Provider. We would only release contact information, such as your name, address, phone number and the dates you received treatment or services at the Provider. If you do not want the Provider to contact you for fundraising efforts, you must notify us in writing, and you will be given the opportunity to opt-out of these communications.
Authorizations Required. We will not use your PHI for any purposes not specifically allowed by federal or state laws or regulations without your written authorization. Specifically, the following types of uses and disclosures of your medical information require an authorization: 1) disclosure of psychotherapy notes; 2) disclosures for marketing purposes; and 3) disclosures that constitute a sale of PHI. Other uses and disclosures not described in the NPP will not be made unless an individual provides an authorization and that authorization may be revoked prospectively at any time by written revocation.
Emergencies. We may use or disclose your medical information if you need emergency treatment or if we are required by law to treat you but are unable to obtain your consent.
Communication Barriers. We may use and disclose your health information if we are unable to obtain your consent because of substantial communication barriers and we believe you would want us to treat you if we could communicate with you.
Provider Directory. We may include certain limited information about you in Provider’s directory while you are a patient here. This information may include your name, location, general condition (e.g., fair, stable, etc.) and religious affiliation. The directory information, except for your religious affiliation, also may be released to people who ask for you by name. Your religious affiliation may be given to a member of the clergy, such as a priest or rabbi, even if they do not ask for you by name. This is so your family, friends and clergy can visit and generally know how you are doing.
Individuals Involved in Your Care or Payment for Your Care. We may release medical information about you to a friend or family member who is involved in your medical care and we also may give information to someone who helps pay for your care, unless you object and ask us not to provide this information to specific individuals, in writing. In addition, we may disclose medical information about you to an entity assisting in a disaster relief effort so that your family can be notified about your condition, status, and location.
Research. Under certain circumstances, we may use and disclose medical information about you for research purposes. For example, a research project could involve comparing the health and recovery of all patients who received one medication to those who received another, for the same condition. All research projects, however, are subject to a special approval process. This process evaluates a proposed research project and its use of medical information, trying to balance the research needs with patients’ need for privacy of their medical information. All research projects are subject to an approval process involving an Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB evaluates proposed research projects and their use of PHI, balancing research needs and a patients’ right to privacy. We may disclose PHI about you to people preparing to conduct a research project in order to help identify patients with specific medical needs. PHI disclosed during this process never leaves our control. We might ask for specific permission from you if the researcher will have access to your name, address or other information that reveals who you are, or will be involved in your care at the Provider.
As Required by Law. We will disclose medical information about you when required to do so by federal, state, or local law.
To Avert a Serious Threat to Health or Safety. We may use and disclose your medical information when necessary to prevent a serious threat to the health and safety of the public or another person.
E-mail Use. E-mail will only be used for communications in accordance with this organization’s current policies and practices and with your permission. The use of secured, encrypted e-mail is encouraged.

Section D: Special Situations

Organ and Tissue Donation. If you are an organ donor, we may release medical information to organizations that handle organ, eye, and tissue procurement as necessary to facilitate donation and transplantation.
Military and Veterans. If you are a member of the armed forces, we may release medical information about you as required by military command authorities. We also might release medical information about foreign military personnel to the appropriate foreign military authority.
Workers’ Compensation. We may release medical information about you for workers’ compensation or similar programs.
Public Health Risks. We may disclose medical information about you for public health activities. These activities generally include the following:
- To prevent or control disease, injury or disability
- To report births and deaths
- To report child abuse or neglect
- To report reactions to medications or problems with products
- To notify people of recalls of products they may be using
- To notify a person who may have been exposed to a disease or may be at risk for contracting or spreading a disease or condition
- To notify the appropriate government authority if we believe a patient has been the victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. We will only make this disclosure if you agree or when required or authorized by law.
Health Oversight Activities. We may disclose medical information to a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law. These oversight activities include, for example, audits, investigations, inspections, and licensure. These activities are necessary for the government to monitor the health care system, government programs, and compliance with civil rights laws.
Lawsuits and Disputes. If you are involved in a lawsuit or a dispute, we may disclose medical information about you in response to a court or administrative order. We may also disclose medical information about you in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information requested.
Law Enforcement. We may release medical information if asked to do so by a law enforcement official:
- In response to a court order, subpoena, warrant, summons or similar process
- To identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person
- About the victim of a crime if, under certain limited circumstances, we are unable to obtain the person’s agreement
- About a death we believe may be the result of criminal conduct
- About criminal conduct at Provider
- In emergency circumstances, to report a crime; the location of the crime or victims; or the identity, description or location of the person who committed the crime
Coroners, Medical Examiners and Funeral Directors. We may release medical information to a coroner or medical examiner. This may be necessary, for example, to identify a deceased person or determine the cause of death. We also may release medical information about Provider patients to funeral directors as necessary to carry out their duties.
National Security and Intelligence Activities. We may release medical information about you to authorized federal officials for intelligence, counterintelligence, and other national security activities authorized by law.
Protective Services for the President and Others. We may disclose medical information about you to authorized federal officials so they may provide protection to the President, foreign heads of state, or other authorized persons to conduct special investigations.
If you are an inmate of a correctional institution or under the custody of a law enforcement official, we may release medical information about you to the correctional institution or law enforcement official. This release would be necessary for the correctional institution to provide you with healthcare, to protect your health and safety or the health and safety of others, as well as for the safety of the institution itself.

Section E: Your Rights Regarding Medical Information About You

You have the following rights regarding medical information we maintain about you:

Right to Access, Inspect, and Copy. You have the right to access, inspect, and copy the medical information that may be used to make decisions about your care, with a few exceptions. Usually, this includes medical and billing records, but may not include psychotherapy notes.
If we maintain your information electronically you may request a copy of your records via a mutually agreed upon electronic format. If we fail to agree upon an electronic format for delivery of electronic copies, we will provide you with a paper copy for your records. If you request a copy of the information in either paper or electronic format, we may charge a fee for the costs of copying, mailing or other supplies associated with your request.
We may deny your request to inspect and copy medical information in certain very limited circumstances. If you are denied access to medical information, in some cases, you may request that the denial be reviewed. Another licensed health care professional chosen by Provider will review your request and the denial. The person conducting the review will not be the person who denied your request. We will comply with the outcome of the review.
Right to Amend. If you feel that medical information, we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may request that we amend the information. You have the right to request an amendment for as long as the information is kept by or for the Provider. In addition, you must provide a reason that supports your request.
We may deny your request for an amendment if it is not in writing or does not include a reason to support the request or for other reasons. Typical reasons for denial of an amendment request include if you ask us to amend information that:
- Was not created by us, unless the person or entity that created the information is no longer available to make the amendment
- Is not part of the medical information kept by or for Provider
- Is not part of the information which you would be permitted to inspect and copy
Right to an Accounting of Disclosures. You have the right to request an “Accounting of Disclosures.”. This is a list of the disclosures we made of medical information about you. Your request must state a time period which may not be longer than six years. Your request should indicate in what form you want the list (for example, on paper or electronically, if available). The first list you request within a 12-month period will be complimentary. For additional lists, we may charge you for the costs of providing the list. We will notify you of the cost involved and you may choose to withdraw or modify your request at that time before any costs are incurred.
Right to Request Restrictions. You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on the medical information we use or disclose about you for payment or healthcare operations. We require that any requests for use or disclosure of medical information be made in writing. In some cases we are not required to agree to these types of requests, however, if we do agree to them we will abide by these restrictions. We will always notify you of our decisions regarding restriction requests in writing. We will not comply with any requests to restrict use or access of your medical information for treatment purposes. You have the right to request, in writing, a limit on the medical information we disclose about you to someone who is involved in your care or the payment for your care, such as a family member or friend. For example, you could ask that we not use or disclose information about a surgery you had to your spouse. In your request, you must tell us what information you want to limit, whether you want to limit our use, disclosure or both, and to whom you want the limits to apply. You have the right to request a restriction on the use and disclosure of your medical information about a service or item to your health plan. This right only applies to request for restrictions to a health plan and cannot be denied. The service or item requested for restriction from the health plan must be paid in full and out of pocket by you before the restriction will be applied. We are not required to accept your request for this type of restriction until you have completely paid your bill (zero balance) for the item or service. It is your responsibility to notify other healthcare providers of these types of restrictions. We are not required to do so.
Right to Receive Notice of a Breach. We are required to notify you by first class mail or by e-mail (if we offered and you have indicated a preference to receive information by e-mail), of any breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information as soon as possible, but in any event, no later than 60 days following the discovery of the breach. “Unsecured Protected Health Information” is information that is not secured via a methodology identified by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that renders the protected health information unusable, unreadable, and indecipherable to unauthorized users. The notice is required to include the following information:
- A brief description of the breach, including the date of the breach and the date of its discovery, if known
- A description of the type of Unsecured Protected Health Information involved in the breach
- Steps you should take to protect yourself from potential harm resulting from the breach
- A brief description of actions we are taking to investigate the breach, mitigate losses, and protect against further breaches
- Contact information, including a toll-free telephone number, e-mail address, website, or postal address where you can ask questions or obtain additional information.

In the event the breach involves 10 or more patients whose contact information is out of date, we will post a notice on the home page of our website or in a major print or broadcast media. If the breach involves more than 500 patients in the state or jurisdiction, we will send notices to prominent media outlets. If the breach involves more than 500 patients, we are required to immediately notify the Secretary. We also are required to submit an annual report to the Secretary detailing a list of breaches that involve more than 500 patients during the year and maintain a written log of breaches involving less than 500 patients.

Right to Request Confidential Communications. You have the right to request that we communicate with you about medical matters in a certain way or at a certain location. For example, you can ask that we only contact you at work or hard copy or e-mail. We will not ask you the reason for your request but will accommodate all reasonable requests. Your request must specify how or where you wish to be contacted. Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice. You have the right to a paper copy of this Notice. You may ask us to give you a copy of this Notice at any time. Even if you have agreed to receive this Notice electronically, you are still entitled to a paper copy. You may obtain a copy of this Notice at our website. To exercise the above rights, please contact Compliance Officer (804)288-8327, or at 1508 Willow Lawn Dr. Ste 117 Richmond, VA 23230 to obtain a copy of the relevant form you will need to complete to make your request.

Section F: Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this Notice. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed Notice effective for medical information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post a copy of the current Notice in our organization as well as on our website. In addition, each time you register, are admitted, or receive inpatient or outpatient services from a Provider, we will offer you a copy of the most current Notice.

Section G: Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with Provider or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services; http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/index.html

To file a complaint with the Provider, contact the individual listed on the first page of this Notice. All complaints must be submitted in writing. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.

Section H: Other Uses of Medical Information

Other uses and disclosures of medical information not covered by this Notice or the laws that apply to you will be made only with your written permission. If you provide us permission to use or disclose medical information about you, you may revoke that permission, in writing, at any time. If you revoke your permission, we will no longer use or disclose medical information about you for the reasons covered by your written authorization. You understand that we are unable to take back any disclosures we have already made with your permission, and that we are required to retain our records of the care that we provided to you.

Section I: Organized Healthcare Arrangement (OHCA)

The Provider, the independent contractor members of its ,medical staff (including your physician), and other healthcare providers affiliated with the provider have agreed, as permitted by law, to share your health information among themselves for purposes of treatment, payment, or healthcare operations, enabling us to better address your healthcare needs. Providers participating in an Organized Healthcare Arrangement may share the same NPP.

Revised Date: April 20, 2013. Compliant with HIPAA Omnibus Privacy Rules

Original Effective Date: April 14, 2003

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Dr. Karen Killeen

Co-chair of Radiology at St Mary’s Hospital
Secretary of St Mary’s Hospital Medical Staff

graduated from the Medical College of Virginia. She completed her diagnostic radiology residency there, where she served as Chief Resident. She completed a fellowship in trauma radiology at the University of Maryland Medical System. Dr. Killeen is the President of Commonwealth Radiology. She is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and is also the Medical Director of both Nuclear Medicine and PET imaging at the Bon Secours Richmond facilities and at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital PET/CT Center at Reynold’s Crossing. Her special interests include emergency and trauma radiology, nuclear medicine, PET/CT, and body imaging.

Dr. Richard Szucs

Fellow of the American College of Radiology
Fellow of the Society of Abdominal Imaging
Chairman of Radiology at St. Mary’s Hospital

graduated from the Jefferson Medical College and completed a rotating internship at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and a diagnostic radiology residency at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Szucs is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and a fellow of the American College of Radiology and the Society of Abdominal Radiology. He remained on the faculty at VCU as Assistant Professor of Radiology in the abdominal imaging section and director of genitourinary radiology for 10 years before joining Commonwealth Radiology in 2000. He has an appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor of radiology at VCU. He served for a number of years as the book review editor of Radiology. He is a past President of the Richmond Radiological Society, the Virginia chapter of the ACR and the Richmond Academy of Medicine. He is presently the Vice-President of Commonwealth Radiology and past President of the Medical Executive Committee where he continues to serve on the executive committee of the medical staff as well as numerous other hospital committees. His special interests include gastrointestinal radiology and abdominal imaging and he is a member of the Society of Abdominal Radiology and the Society of Body CT and MRI. Dr. Szucs is a Richard is a Councilor and is the Chairman of the Legislative and Public Relations Committee for the Virginia chapter of the American College of Radiology. Dr. Szucs is also the President Elect for the Medical Society of Virginia.

Dr. Alex Sleeker

Medical Director for Bon Secours Midlothian Imaging Center, Bon Secours West End MRI, and Bon Secours Short Pump Imaging Center

graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine and finished a transitional internship at Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He completed both a diagnostic radiology residency and magnetic resonance imaging fellowship at Northwestern University. Dr. Sleeker is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has been with Commonwealth Radiology since 2008. He is a past president and president elect of the Richmond Radiological Society. His special interests include MRI, musculoskeletal imaging, musculoskeletal ultrasound, joint injections, body imaging, and spine imaging.

Dr. Todd Baird

Medical Director for Bon Secours Imaging Center at Reynolds Crossing

completed his surgical internship, diagnostic radiology residency and fellowship in cross-sectional imaging at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. He served as a clinical instructor at Brown before joining Commonwealth Radiology in January 2006. His special interests include abdominal diagnostic imaging as well as ultrasound and CT guided interventional procedures.

Dr. Jessica Berliner

graduated from Jefferson Medical College with the distinction of Alpha Omega Alpha and The J.Woodrow Savacool Prize in Medical Ethics. Completed a diagnostic radiology residency at Temple University Hospital and an interventional radiology fellowship at the University of Virginia. Dr. Berliner is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. Her special interests include mammography, breast ultrasound, breast interventional procedures, DXA (certification), CT and ultrasound guided procedures, and nuclear medicine, including PET/CT.

Dr. Robert Beskin

Medical Director of MRI at St Mary’s Hospital
MRI Director for Bon Secours Imaging Center at Reynolds Crossing

graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine and completed a surgical internship at the Medical University of South Carolina, diagnostic radiology residency at the Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation and a neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Virginia. Dr. Beskin is board certified by the American Board of Radiology, has earned a Certificate of Additional Qualification in neuroradiology and is a senior member of the American Society of Neuroradiology. His special interests include MRI, interventional neuroradiology, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, and spine interventions.

Dr. John Cameron

graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, TX. He completed his internship in surgery at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX and his diagnostic radiology residency at the Jackson Memorial Medical Center University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Cameron completed his fellowship in body imaging at Wake Forest Baptist University Medical Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. His special interests include abdominal and pelvic MRI and breast radiology.

Dr. Charlotte A. Cockrell

graduated from the Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine). She remained at MCV-VCU for her internship in internal medicine, diagnostic radiology residency, and MRI fellowship. Her fellowship year included additional training in musculoskeletal imaging and procedures, neuroradiology, abdominal imaging, and cardiothoracic imaging. Dr. Cockrell is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. She has a special interest in abdominal imaging. Dr. Cockrell is the President of the Richmond Radiological Society for the 2017-2018 term.

Dr. Timothy Cole

Medical Director for Bon Secours Imaging Center at Innsbrook

graduated from Thomas Jefferson University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA. He completed his radiology residency at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, and his fellowship in pulmonary and cardiac radiology at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. His special interests include chest radiology and acute care radiology.

Dr. Douglas Cook

graduated from the Medical College of Virginia and completed an internal medicine internship at the University of Maryland. He completed both a diagnostic radiology residency and body imaging fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Cook is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. His special interests include nuclear medicine including PET imaging, MRI, and body imaging. Dr. Cook is the Radiation Safety Officer for the Richmond Bon Secours facilities.

Dr. David Disler

Fellow of the American College of Radiology

Graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1988. He completed his internal medicine internship at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, and his radiology residency and musculoskeletal fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Disler is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and is a fellow of the American College of Radiology. He is a member of the International Skeletal Society and the Society of Skeletal Radiology. He is the author of many articles in the field of bone and joint imaging, and has written two books on the subject . Dr. Disler was formerly deputy editor of Radiology, and currently reviews for several journals. A former board examiner and member of the ABR Board Examination Committee, his interests include imaging of articular cartilage, musculoskeletal tumor imaging, and musculoskeletal interventions including radiofrequency ablation.

Dr. Mark Dixon

Medical Director at Bon Secours Imaging at Westchester
Medical Director at St. Mary’s Women’s Imaging Center
Co-director for Breast Imaging, Commonwealth Radiology

graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia. He returned to the University of Virginia, where he completed a Diagnostic Radiology residency, serving as a chief resident. He went on to complete a fellowship in Breast Imaging at the University of Virginia and joined Commonwealth Radiology in July, 2009. Dr. Dixon is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. His special interests include mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MR, and breast interventional procedures.

Dr. Jean Dufour

graduated from the University Libre De Bruxel les School of Medicine and completed a diagnostic radiology residency at Wayne State University and a neuroradiology fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Dufour is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has earned a Certificate of Additional Qualification in neuroradiology. He is the Chairman of the Credentials Committee at Memorial Regional Medical Center and served as the Chairman of Radiology at Memorial Regional Medical Center from 1998-2001. He is a past president of the Richmond Radiological Society. He has an appointment as clinical professor of radiology at Medical College of Virginia. His special interests include neuroradiology, CT guided procedures, and MRI.

Dr. Maurice Finnegan

graduated from the Medical College of Virginia and went on to complete a surgical internship at Charity Hospital in Louisiana, a diagnostic radiology residency at the Medical College of Virginia and a vascular and interventional fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Finnegan is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has earned Certificates of Additional Qualification in both neuroradiology and vascular interventional radiology. He served as Chairman of the St. Mary’s Hospital Institutional Review Board from 1997 to 1998. His special interests include vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, radiofrequency ablation, and pain management.

Dr. Robert Goldschmidt

Fellow of the American College of Radiology

graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School and went on to complete an internship in pediatrics, diagnostic radiology residency and ultrasound and CT fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia. He served as Chief Resident while in residency. Dr. Goldschmidt is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has earned a Certificate of Additional Qualification in pediatric radiology. He is the immediate past president of Commonwealth Radiology, P.C. and is a past Chairman of Radiology at St Mary’s Hospital. His special interests include pediatric radiology and MRI.

Dr. Amos Q. Habib

graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, Charleston, SC and went on to complete an Internal Medicine internship at University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, a Diagnostic Radiology residency at Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY where he was Chief Resident, and an Interventional Fellowship at the Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC. Dr. Habib is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology by the American Board of Radiology. His special interest is interventional radiology, including uterine fibroid embolization, biliary interventions, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, and oncologic interventions such as radiofrequency ablation, chemo-embolization, and port-a-cath placement.

Dr. Turner Lewis

CoChairman for Radiology at St. Francis Medical Center

completed his diagnostic radiology residency at the Medical College of Virginia where he served as the chief resident. He then completed his fellowship in diagnostic neuroradiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has achieved a Certificate of Additional Qualification in neuroradiology. His special interests are neuroradiology, MRI, and interventional radiology.

Dr. Namit Mahajan

CoChair of Radiology at St. Mary’s Hospital

is a native of Chicago, IL. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency at Loyola University in Chicago. Subsequently, he attended Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital where he completed his vascular and interventional radiology fellowship. He is board certified in interventional radiology. His many professional interests include uterine fibroid embolization, prostate artery embolization for benign prostatic hyperplasia, treatment of liver and kidney tumors (Yttrium-90, cryoablation), male and female varicocele embolization, IVC filter removal, biliary and portal vein interventions, and pain management/kyphoplasty. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and is an avid sports fan. He is Commonwealth Radiology’s medical director for interventional radiology.

Dr. Daniel Musick

graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his internship at St. Vincent Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN and his diagnostic radiology residency at Northwestern University where he was chief resident. Dr. Musick completed a fellowship in pediatric radiology at the Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, IL. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. Dr. Musick serves at the Medical Director for Pediatric Imaging for Bon Secours Richmond facilities. His special interests include pediatric imaging and women’s imaging including mammography and breast ultrasound. He is a member of the American College of Radiology and the Society for Pediatric Radiology.

Dr. Bobbette Newsome

graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School and went on to complete a transitional internship at the Medical College of Virginia. She completed both a diagnostic radiology residency and ultrasound/CT cross-sectional fellowship at Temple University Hospital. Dr. Newsome is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. Her main interests include cross-sectional imaging and women’s imaging.

Dr. Brian Pacious

Co-chair of Radiology at Memorial Regional Medical Center

graduated from Georgetown University Medical School, completed a transitional internship at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, California and a diagnostic radiology residency at St Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco, California. Dr. Pacious is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has earned a Certificate of Additional Qualification in pediatric radiology. He is a member of the Society of Pediatric Radiology and a Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT). His special interests include pediatric radiology and nuclear medicine.

Dr. Vaden Padgett

graduated from the University of Virginia, School of Medicine with the distinction of Alpha Omega Alpha, and stayed to complete his surgery internship and diagnostic radiology residency. Dr. Padgett served as chief resident at the University of Virginia. He completed a fellowship in bone and joint imaging at University of Virginia and joined Commonwealth Radiology in July, 2005. He is a councilor of the American College of Radiology and serves on the board of the Virginia chapter of the ACR. Dr. Padgett is the Medical Director of Information Technology for CR and the Medical Director of Musculoskeletal Radiology for Bon Secours Richmond facilities. He is an Alternate Councilor for the Virginia chapter of the American College of Radiology.

Dr. Austin Peat

graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and finished a transitional surgery internship at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. He completed both a Diagnostic Radiology residency and a Musculoskeletal Imaging fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Dr. Peat is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. His special interests include MRI, musculoskeletal imaging, and body imaging.

Dr. Susan Kroner

Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR)

Chair of Radiology, Richmond Community Hospital
Medical Director, Laburnum Diagnostic Imaging Center

graduated from the Boston University School of Medicine and went on to complete a transitional internship at Metrowest Medical Center. She started her diagnostic radiology residency at Hartford Hospital and finished at Eastern Virginia Medical School. She completed a fellowship in bone and joint imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Kroner is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and is a fellow in the American College of Radiology. During her fellowship, Dr. Kroner coauthored a musculoskeletal imaging book. She was a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and assistant clinical professor of radiology at Brown University prior to joining Commonwealth Radiology. Dr. Kroner served as the President for the Medical Staff at Richmond Community Hospital during 2018 and 2019, and continues to serve on the Medical Executive Committee and the Credential’s committee. She is a past president of the Richmond Radiological Society. She has been a certified densitometrist with the International Society of Clinical Densitometry since 1998. Her special interests include MRI, orthopedic radiology including musculoskeletal ultrasound, bone densitometry, and women’s imaging.

Dr. Christian Shield

Co-director for Breast Imaging, Commonwealth Radiology

graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University as the first combined degree recipient with a Medical Doctor/Master of Health Administration. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine and trained for 2 years in Radiation Oncology at VCU. He then transferred to Wake Forest University in North Carolina where he completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology and remained to complete a fellowship in Breast Imaging. He is Board certified by the American Board of Radiology. His special interests include breast imaging including mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MR and breast interventional procedures.

Dr. Lori Smithson

graduated from the Medical College of Virginia and remained there to complete both her diagnostic radiology residency and fellowship in neuroradiology. Dr. Smithson is board certified by the American Board of Radiology, has earned a Certificate of Additional Qualification in neuroradiology, and is a senior member of the American Society of Neuroradiology. She is a past president of the Richmond Radiological Society. Her special interests include neuroimaging and body imaging.

Dr. Chris Somerville

Dr. Somerville graduated from the Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine). He stayed at MCV-VCU for an internship in internal medicine and received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award. He completed radiology residency at the West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh, PA, where he served as chief resident. Following this, Dr. Somerville completed a fellowship in abdominal imaging and intervention at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. Dr. Somerville serves as our Director of Ultrasound at all Commonwealth Radiology facilities. His special interests include chest and abdominal imaging.

Dr. Mark Vaughn

Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR)

Co-Chairman of Radiology at St. Francis Medical Center

graduated from the Medical College of Virginia, with the distinction of Alpha Omega Alpha. He remained at MCV to complete an internship in internal medicine and residency in diagnostic radiology. Dr. Vaughn is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. He is the past President of the Richmond Radiological Society. Dr. Vaughn serves as Commonwealth Radiology’s Director of Quality Assurance. He has served as many years as an Alternate Councilor for the Virginia chapter of the American College of Radiology. His special interests include body imaging, interventional radiology, and breast imaging, including breast MRI.

Dr. Gregg Weinberg

graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, completed an internal medicine internship at Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, a diagnostic radiology residency at Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke’s Medical Center and a vascular and interventional fellowship at the University of California at San Diego. Dr. Weinberg is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and earned a Certificate of Additional Qualification in vascular and interventional radiology. His special interest is interventional radiology, including uterine fibroid embolization, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, and oncologic interventions such as radiofrequency ablation, chemo-embolization, and port-a-cath placement.

Dr. Janette Worthington

graduated from the Medical College of Virginia and stayed to complete an internship in internal medicine at the Medical College of Virginia. She then traveled to the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology where she completed a diagnostic radiology residency and abdominal imaging fellowship. She is board certified by the American Board of Radiology has maintained a Certificate of Additional Qualification (via MOC) in pediatric radiology. She developed the breast MRI program at St Mary’s Hospital and has served on the hospital’s Credentials Committee. She is an active member in the Society of Pediatric Radiology. Her special interests include pediatric radiology and women’s imaging, including breast MRI.

Dr. Sarah LaFond

graduated from the George Washington University Medical Center with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. During medical school she completed a one year research fellowship at the National Institute of Health for which she received a Cancer Research Training Award. She then completed her internship, diagnostic radiology residency and breast imaging fellowship at the University of Virginia Medical Center. She is board certified by the American Board of Radiology.

Dr. Suraj Kabadi

graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and from the University of Florida College of Medicine. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency and fellowship in Diagnostic Neuroradiology at the University of Virginia. During Residency, he served as a VC-ACR Board Member for two years and received both the UVA Radiology Research Resident of the Year and the Spencer B. Gay Service Award for Clinical Excellence in 2017. Dr. Kabadi is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has achieved a Subspecialty Certificate in Neuroradiology. He has coauthored several articles in Radiology journals. Within his clinical focus is neuroradiology, his special interests are CT and ultrasound guided head and neck interventions and percutaneous abdominal interventions. He has served as an Alternate Councilor for Virginia at the American College of Radiology. He is the Medical Director for Neuroradiology at the Bon Secours Richmond facilities.

Dr. Jawad Hussain

Co-chair of Radiology, Memorial Regional Medical Center

graduated from Boston University with a BA in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and from the Georgetown University School of Medicine with a Doctor of Medicine and a Master of Science. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, where he served as the Chief Moonlighting Resident. He completed his fellowship in Vascular & Interventional Radiology at the University of Michigan. During Residency, he served as a State Delegate to the AMA Annual Meetings for several years, and a Representative to the Committee on Legislation, Alternate Trustee, and Governing Council Member for the Massachusetts Medical Society. He also served on the Hospital Quality Improvement Council at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He has coauthored several articles in Radiology journals. His clinical focus is Interventional Radiology and special interests are Interventional Oncology, portal hypertension, peripheral arterial disease, male and female genitourinary interventions (uterine fibroid & prostatic artery embolization). Dr. Hussain has been appointed to serve on the Credentials Committee for Memorial Medical Center.

Dr. Bert Piggott

Chair of Radiology, Rappahannock General Hospital

graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA degree in Zoology and he earned his M.D. degree from The U.N.C. School of Medicine. He then completed his diagnostic radiology residency at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. Dr. Piggott is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. Upon completion of his residency, he soon became a partner and subsequently served as Senior Partner and President at Halifax X-ray Associates in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. He practiced for 29 consecutive years at Halifax X-ray Associates. In addition to serving on his hospital’s Medical Executive Committee and as the Radiation Safety Officer, Dr. Piggott has served on many hospital committees including Credentials, Patient Care, Safety, Quality Council, and Patient Education. His special interests include body imaging and neuroimaging.

Dr. Rakesh Agarwal

Dr Rakesh Agarwal completed both his diagnostic radiology residency and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has worked as a Staff radiologist at the McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital for the past 10 years. During that time, he served as the Director of MRI Safety and helped develop the cardiac MRI program. He currently serves as director of MRI safety for Commonwealth Radiology and director of Computed Tomography (CT). His special areas of interest include cardiac MRI, coronary CTA, prostate imaging, Body MRI and non-vascular percutaneous interventions.

Dr. Nathan Ogden

graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine with a Doctor of Medicine. He completed an internship in General Surgery at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, and his Diagnostic Radiology residency at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he attended Virginia Commonwealth University where he completed his Vascular and Interventional Radiology fellowship. He is board eligible in Interventional Radiology. He has co-authored Radiology journal and textbook publications. His many professional interests include oncology, hepatobiliary intervention and hemodialysis graft/fistula intervention.

Dr. Samarth Gola

graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine internship at MedStar Union Memorial / Good Samaritan Hospital. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, where he was Chief Resident. He completed his musculoskeletal imaging fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. His special areas of interest include musculoskeletal MRI, joint and soft tissue interventions, and spine and peripheral nerve imaging.

Dr. Avinash Pillutla

graduated from the University of Virginia with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and MS in Systems and Information Engineering. He then went on to Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine to complete a Doctorate in Medicine. Next, he pursued medical training at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System to become dual board-certified in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. As a resident he first-authored a manuscript publication, engaged in book contributions, presented at educational conferences, participated in multiple lecture presentations, and co-authored in multiple scientific exhibits. He served as the Radiological Society of North America representative for his residency program, and actively participated in the resident and fellow section of the Society of Interventional Radiology. During the course of training he attained the distinction of Alpha Omega Alpha, served as Chief Radiology Resident, and was selected for the M. Pinson Neal Jr. MD Outstanding Resident Award by the Department of Radiology. He loves practicing all facets of Vascular and Interventional Radiology including Interventional Oncology, Hepatobiliary and Portal Interventions, Genitourinary Interventions, and a variety of Arterial and Venous Interventions.

Dr. Kenny Uy

graduated from Duke University in 1996 and then received his MD from Virginia Commonwealth University. He followed this with a medicine internship at Bethesda Naval Hospital before serving in the military from 2003-2007. He then returned to train in diagnostic radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. Since he completed his training in 2011, he has worked at the McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital. His special interests are general diagnostic radiology including women’s imaging, procedures and emergency medicine.

Dr. Olutayo Olubiyi

EDUCATION

Obafemi Awolowo University College of Health Sciences, Ile Ife, Nigeria; M.B,Ch.B (MD) 2008
Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston; MPH 2013
Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby PA; Diagnostic Radiology Residency (2017-2021)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC. Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellowship (2021-2022)
The fellowship includes interpreting all imaging modalities for the evaluation of the brain, spine, head and neck, brachial plexus using CT, MRI,
angiography, ultrasound, fluoroscopy-guided lumbar punctures/myelography, and advanced
neuroimaging methods such as functional MRI, MR spectroscopy, CT, and MR perfusion imaging.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Radiology (ABR) Certification-Board Eligible

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Neuroradiologists (Member in-training, 2019 – present)
American Roentgen Ray Society (Member, 2017 – present)
American College of Radiology (Member, 2017 – present)
American Medical Association (Member, 2015 – present)

Interests : He enjoys spending time with his wife and three children especially watching his children play team Soccer.

Dr. Kunal Patel

Interventional and diagnostic radiologist

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science, Biology, Magna Cum Laude (December 2010) University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Doctor of Medicine (May 2016) Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
General Surgery – Preliminary Internship (July 2016 – June 2017) Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL
Integrated Interventional Radiology Residency (July 2017 – June 2022) Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA

HOBBIES/INTERESTS

Running, hiking, mountain biking, tennis, travelling
Fluent in English, Gujarati, and Hindi

Specialists in Diagnostic, Interventional, and Nuclear Radiology

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