STAND-UP MRI NOW OPEN IN BRANDON

BRANDON, FLORIDA, February 3, 2003 – Manuel S. Rose, M.D. announced today that Rose Radiology Centers has opened its third Florida location in Brandon. Rose Radiology – Brandon is located at 1220 Oakfield Drive and is home to the only “STAND-UP”/multi-positional MRI in Hillsborough County.

Dr. Rose said, “We are extremely excited about providing Brandon and Hillsborough County with access to this phenomenal technology. This STAND-UP OPEN MRI allows physicians to secure images of patients in the position they experience their pain, whether that be standing, sitting, flexion, rotation, lateral or recumbent positions. Our site in Palm Harbor has already documented numerous cases of pathology that has only been detected with this new technology.”

“Brandon was chosen because of its central location within Hillsborough County. Because many of our patients on the “STAND-UP MRI” in Palm Harbor were coming from Hillsborough County and the Brandon area, we felt the Hillsborough County community and the demographics of the area could support and needed this new technology. The Oakfield Drive site is our response to the community’s needs.