MEET OUR PHYSICIANS
Ultrasound Specialists is an advanced medical imaging facility
with physicians on call 24/7/365
ULTRASOUND SPECIALISITS has teamed up with Nighthawk Radiology to provide our patients and their medical providers with the finest quality diagnostic interpretations available anywhere. We offer you and your physician high quality ultrasound imaging and interpretations for full protocol, physician ordered studies and other various diagnostic and preventative screening tests in a very comfortable environment.
All images are interpreted by our ABR board-certified radiologists, and reports are sent to the referring medical providers quickly. We are local and centrally located in Salt Lake city so are insured quick and easy access to the benefits of our screenings.
Below is a list of the 32 physicians licensed in the State of Utah and approved and credentialed to provide teleradiology service for ULTRASOUND SPECIALISTS on behalf of NightHawk Radiology Services:
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Nighthawk Radiology Services
NightHawk Radiology Services, headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is leading the transformation of the practice of radiology by providing high-quality, cost-effective services to radiology groups and hospitals throughout the United States. NightHawk provides the most complete suite of solutions, including professional services, business services, and its advanced, proprietary clinical workflow technology, all designed to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of patient care and the lives of physicians who provide it.
NightHawk's team of U.S. board-certified, state-licensed, and hospital-privileged physicians located in the United States, Australia, and Switzerland, provides services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for approximately 1,560 sites or 27% of all hospitals in the United States.
NightHawk is accredited by the Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies nearly 15,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the U.S.
Suzanne Aquino, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii
• Residency: Chief Resident, Harbor University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
• Fellowship: UCSF School of Medicine - Thoracic Imaging
John Arias, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of South Alabama College of Medicine
• Residency: University of Utah School of Medicine
• Fellowship: University of Utah School of Medicine - Nuclear Medicine
Dean Batten, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Duke University
• Residency: Chief Resident, University of Pennsylvania
John Boardman, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Wisconsin
• Residency: Chief Resident, University of Wisconsin, St. Luke’s Medical Center
• Fellowship: University of Iowa - Body Imaging
Travis Boaz, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: George Washington University School of Medicine
• Residency: University Hospitals of Cleveland
• Fellowship: USC/Keck School of Medicine - Neuroradiology
James Brull, D.O.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Residency: Chief Resident, University of Missouri
Lillian Cavin, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of South Carolina
• Residency: University of Arkansas
• Fellowship: University of Arkansas - GI Radiology
Michael Cooney, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: New York University
• Residency: Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard
• Fellowship: Long Beach Memorial - MRI
Lauren Deur, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Residency: New York University
• Fellowship: New York University – Breast Imaging
Susan Dinges, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: State University of New York, Upstate
• Residency: University of Maryland
Jon Engbretson, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: State University of New York, Brooklyn
• Residency: New York University
• Fellowship: New York University - Musculoskeletal
Timothy Fisher, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of California, San Diego
• Residency: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Laurie Gutstein, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Northwestern University
• Residency: Chief Resident, Northwestern University
• Fellowship: University of Washington - Body Imaging
Richard Hasson, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Tulane Medical School
• Residency: Chief Resident, University Hospitals of Cleveland
• Fellowship: Long Beach Memorial MRI Center - MRI
Peter Holt, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Duke University
• Residency: University of Virginia
•Fellowship: Chief Fellow, Children’s Hospital - Pediatric Radiology
Charlotte Hovey, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Rush University Medical College
• Residency: Rush Presbyterian, St. Luke's Medical Center
Thomas Jones, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Tennessee
• Residency: Chief Resident, Vanderbilt University
• Fellowship: Vanderbilt University - Ultrasound and Radiology
Liat Kaplan, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Weill Cornell Medical College
• Residency: Chief Resident-Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian
• Fellowship: Cornell-Hospital for Special Surgery - Musculoskeletal Imaging
Frederick Kraus, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Case Western Reserve University
• Residency: University of Minnesota
Stacy McFaul, D.O.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of North Texas Health Sciences Center
• Residency: Tulsa Regional Medical Center
Christopher Miller, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio
• Residency: University of Texas Southwestern
• Fellowship: University of Utah - Nuclear Radiology
Donald Nicell, MBChB
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Cape Town
• Residency: University of Tennessee-Memphis College of Medicine
• Fellowship: University of Tennessee-Memphis College of Medicine
James Norconk, Jr., M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Miami
• Residency: U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego
• Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center - MRI
Thomas Pettinger, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Texas, Southwestern
• Residency: University of California, Davis
Leonard Poirier, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of California Los Angeles - David Geffen School of Medicine
• Residency: University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
• Fellowship: University of Utah School of Medicine - Angiography and Interventional Radiology
Thomas Rachner, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
• Residency: University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
• Fellowship: UCLA Medical Center - Diagnostic Cardiovascular Radiology
Jorge Ramirez, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Puerto Rico
• Residency: Chief Resident, Louisiana State University
• Fellowship: Duke University - Thoracic Imaging
Guy Ross, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Cape Town
• Residency: Chief Resident, Cornell
• Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - MRI
Douglas Rusnack, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Residency: Chief Resident, New York University
• Fellowship: New York University - Body MRI
Bradley Snyder, M.D. (Dr. Snyder is our Chief Oversight Physician)
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: Washington University School of Medicine
• Residency: Brown University
• Fellowship: Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard University - Thoracic Radiology
Douglas Woolard, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
• Residency: University of Maryland Medical System
Matthew Yates, M.D.
• Board: American Board of Radiology
• School: University of Texas Medical Branch
• Residency: University of Louisville School of Medicine
• Fellowship: Rhode Island Hospital (Brown University) - Neuro/Body Imaging
