General Practitioners

• Family Practice

Gynecologists

• Labor and Delivery
  Women patients, as a result of the inherent trauma of childbirth to their pelvic floor anatomy, will commonly suffer the consequences of PFD later in life. The symptoms of PFD are cystic prolapsed ("falling urinary bladder") and its chronic cystitis symptoms of urinary frequency, burning on urination, fever, and if unaddressed, chronic kidney inflammation (pyelonephritis). The patient must be upright to see it. It commonly returns to its normal position when the patient is recumbent and therefore is not diagnosed by the patient's physician who examines her in the recumbent position. It affects 10 million women. The UPRIGHT® MRI readily visualizes the fallen bladder when these patients are upright, so that the surgeon has full image visualization of the anatomy that has to be repaired.

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  After earning his M.D. degree at New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY (1985-1989), Dr. Winter completed his internship at Westchester County Medical Center (Department of Internal Medicine), also in Valhalla (1989-1990).
• Interstitial Cystitis

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care

Radiologist

• MRI
  Stand-Up MRI of East Elmhurst, P.C. accepts most insurance plans. See the complete list below. If your insurance company is not there, please call our office to see if there is some way we might be able to help you.
• Radiology
  Following his internship at the Metropolitan Medical Center in New York City (1976-1977), Dr. Diamond completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at Cornell Medical Center in New York City (1977-1980).
• Interventional Radiology
  Dr. Diamond continued his training with a fellowship in neuro and musculoskeletal medical imaging and interventional radiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California (1980-1981)

Surgeons

• General Surgery
  Following his internship in general surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York (1984-85), Dr. Augenstein completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, a division of Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York, NY (1985-89).
• Sciatica
  In a study of 25 patients with low back pain and sciatica referred to the Upright MRI for lumbar spine MRIs following at least one prior “normal” recumbent MRI within 6 months of referral: “13 patients (52%) demonstrated abnormalities in one or more of the seated postures that were not evident in the supine exam... Each of the thirteen patients has undergone appropriate surgery and six months postsurgery they remain symptom free.”
• Whiplash
  There are a growing number of patients who are sustaining dislocations of the cervical spine from automobile collision whiplash injuries of the head and neck. The UPRIGHT® MRI is needed to assess the extent to which the brain has been dislocated [descent of the tonsils of the cerebellum] into the opening in the bottom of the skull (foramen magnum). This critical assessment of the extent of brain herniation into the opening at the base of the skull (cerebellar tonsil ectopia, or CTE) can only be determined with the patient in the upright position so that the surgical repair of this herniation and the patient's "drop attacks" can be eliminated.
• Joint Replacement
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Neurosurgery
  Upright imaging revealed increased downward herniation of the cerebellar tonsils (arrow). Subsequent neurosurgery (a posterior fossa decompression) eliminated the patient's sudden drop attacks.
• Hip Replacement
• Knee Replacement

Physical Therapists

• Physical Therapy
  “This study evaluated the use of the novel of... kinematic MRI in [513] patients with chronic lower back pain. Greater disc bulging under postural loading occurs with advancing degenerative disc disease. Prone extension is a posture commonly used in physical therapy. Based on our study, grade I discs displayed the expected response to dynamic positions. However, more degenerative discs behave less predictably, and extension may result in significant disc bulging. These results question the popular therapeutic techniques.”
• Neck Pain
• Back Pain

Podiatrists

• General Podiatry
  Dr. Decker specializes in orthopedic and spine imaging and intervention. Dr. Decker has special interest in cartilage imaging and total joint replacement imaging. Dr. Decker also has subspecialty in foot and ankle imaging and is the director of several podiatry residency training programs.