Samaritan opens new community imaging center

Posted on: June 28, 2021

Convenient location in Health & Wellness Plaza offering a full range of imaging services

Watertown, NY – Samaritan Medical Center is pleased to announce the opening of a new Community Imaging Center within its Health & Wellness Plaza location at 1575 Washington St.

The new office, which officially opened on June 28, 2021, provides comprehensive community imaging services with MRI, PET and CT scans, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography, stereotaxic breast biopsies and more. This is the latest development in Samaritan’s continued commitment to consolidate and align services, streamline patient access, and improve continuity of care.

Currently, SMC manages over 100,000 radiology and imaging procedures per year.

“We are delighted to open this new imaging center here at the Health and Wellness Plaza location,” said Thomas H. Carman, President and CEO of Samaritan. “This is truly an outpatient community place where people can come to receive advanced imaging services without having to enter the hospital. It will make things much easier for our patients. “

The opening of the imaging center is the culmination of an agreement finalized in February between Samaritan and the now-closed Northern Radiology Imaging (NRI), in which Samaritan purchased all of NRI’s equipment and hired some of the firm’s staff. Medical staff were not affected by the acquisition, with radiologists at Northern Radiology continuing to provide image interpretation services for Samaritan at all of its locations, as they have done for years in their private practice, Northern Radiology Associates.

Samaritan continues to offer imaging services including MRI, CT, ultrasound, x-ray and more at its main hospital, as well as x-ray and ultrasound services at various community sites. These sites provide access to walk-in and appointment-only imaging and laboratory services.

Any patient with radiology / imaging needs should call our central planning office at 315-779-5200 to make an appointment. Remember that a doctor’s prescription is required to make an appointment. See all of our imaging locations on samaritanhealth.com/imaging.