New Imaging Director will Serve Houston Area
Location
SPRING, Texas, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sage Veterinary
Imaging (SVI) has welcomed Connor
O'Brien, DVM, to its new Spring imaging center where he will serve as
imaging director. The Sage Veterinary Imaging location in
Spring opened in early May to
serve veterinarians and their patients in the Houston area.
Dr. O'Brien attended McGill
University and Ross University School of Veterinary
Medicine, where he earned his DVM, He completed his clinical year
at Purdue University and a rotating
internship at the VCA Veterinary Emergency Service and Veterinary
Specialty Center in Madison, Wis.
He was a practicing veterinarian focused on sonography at
Veterinary Heart Sounds in New
Jersey before joining SVI.
During his clinical year and internship, Dr. O'Brien developed
his interest and training in imaging. He gained advanced
training from Dr. Jaime Sage of SVI
through an intensive fellowship program. Dr. Sage is a leader in
veterinary imaging and frequent lecturer at conferences worldwide.
SVI offers one of approximately 38 residency programs certified by
the American College of Veterinary Radiology (ACVR).
In his new role, Dr. O'Brien will oversee patient care at the
SVI Spring location, serving as a resource for referring
veterinarians in need of human-quality imaging. "We aim to
provide the best diagnostic imaging available to obtain the correct
diagnosis for pets in the Houston
area."
Dr. O'Brien believes the imaging services offered at the
Spring location give veterinarians
the broadest and most advanced diagnostic imaging available in the
veterinary field. "SVI offers state-of-the-art technology
that is optimal in veterinary medicine in 2024 and beyond."
About Sage Veterinary Imaging
Diagnostic services at
the three SVI centers include:
- 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI uses a
powerful magnetic field, radio waves and a computer to produce
detailed pictures of organs, soft tissues, and other internal body
structures. MRI has been used for more than 30 years in veterinary
medicine to diagnose or assess brain tumors, slipped discs, spinal
cancer, inner ear infections, liver shunts, ACL tears, lameness,
and various joint injuries. The 3T MRI offers twice the accuracy in
half the time.
- 128-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner; A CT scan is
a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a combination
of X-rays and computer technology to produce images
of the inside of the body including bones, muscles, fat, organs and
blood vessels. The 128-slice CT scanner offers more detectors than
a 16 or 64 slice CT, larger volume coverage and shorter scan
times.
- High-resolution console ultrasound. Ultrasound
enables the veterinary team to visualize disease processes more
clearly and perform biopsies more accurately. Ultrasound is
commonly used to diagnose conditions such as liver disease, kidney
disease, pancreatitis, intestinal foreign-body obstruction, and
abdominal cancer.
- Echocardiography with full workups. An electrocardiogram
(ECG/EKG) records the electrical signals in the heart and can
quickly detect heart problems and monitor the heart's health.
- Image-guided biopsies. An image-guided biopsy allows the
veterinarian to biopsy suspicious areas that can't readily be seen
or felt through the skin. Using an imaging technique such as
ultrasound, the veterinarian can guide the biopsy needle into the
best position to obtain a sample of suspicious cells.
- Nuclear medicine. Veterinary nuclear medicine uses
very small, tracer amounts of radioactive molecules to diagnose
diseases involving bone, soft tissues and vessels. This can be
effective when diagnosing bone lesions, soft tissue tumors and
sites of infection. Additionally, SVI offers specialized
radio-therapies for treatment of feline hypertension and canine
osteoarthritis.
SVI currently has two imaging centers in Texas – the Spring location near Houston, and Round
Rock (serving the Austin
area); the third location is in Sandy,
Utah, serving the Salt Lake
City area.
About Dr. Jaime Sage, DVM, MS,
DACVR
Dr. Sage is a leader in veterinary imaging worldwide. She
recently completed a term as president of the CT/MRI Society of the
American College of Veterinary Radiology. She has issued more than
30,000 MRI reports over the past 17 years and lectures frequently
at meetings and conferences worldwide.
Dr. Sage received her veterinary training at Texas A&M. After completing a radiology
residency, she received further training as an MRI specialist with
Patrick Gavin, PhD, DACVR/RO, one of
the early pioneers of veterinary MRI.
More Information
Information about Sage Veterinary
Imaging and its services can be found at www.sageveterinary.com.
High res images are available by emailing
spolk@redfolderconsulting.com.
Sharon Polk, 913-221-5834;
spolk@redfolderconsulting.com
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