MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — (June 18, 2018) — vRad (Virtual Radiologic), a MEDNAX, Inc. company and the nation’s leading teleradiology practice and telemedicine company, announced today that Imad B. Nijim has been appointed as chief information officer (CIO). Nijim is a senior leader with extensive experience in healthcare information systems, clinical applications and enterprise image management solutions. He will oversee the integration and interoperability of the radiology IT teams for vRad as well as MEDNAX Radiology Solutions, a recognized leader in radiology, innovator in healthcare informatics and pioneer in telemedicine.

“Imad is a creative operational leader with significant understanding and expertise obtained from his many roles in imaging informatics. He is the perfect individual to bring together and align efforts between our radiology IT teams across all of the MEDNAX affiliate practices and vRad,” said Shannon Werb, President and Chief Operating Officer of vRad. “He has the background and skillset that will allow MEDNAX and vRad to provide industry-leading technology, analytics and informatics solutions for radiology.”

Nijim is a healthcare informatics executive with 18+ years of expertise in radiology and cardiology imaging and other clinical applications. He has developed and deployed innovative solutions in oncology planning and verification systems, ECG management, cardiology and cardiovascular imaging and reporting, radiology diagnostic viewing and reporting, and enterprise data archiving and management. Prior to MEDNAX, Nijim was Chief Operating Officer at Flywheel, a data management and analysis platform for neuroimaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) researchers. He previously held positions at Acuo Technologies and Lexmark Enterprise Software, where he focused on software implementation, systems integration, project management and data services for hospitals and health systems.


About vRad
vRad (Virtual Radiologic) is the leading national teleradiology services and telemedicine company with 500+ U.S. board-certified and eligible physicians, over 70% of whom are subspecialty trained. Its clinical expertise and evidence-based insight help clients make decisions about the health of their patients and their imaging services. vRad is a MEDNAX company, a national health solutions partner specializing in neonatal and other pediatric services, anesthesia, radiology, pediatric cardiology and other physician and management services. vRad interprets and processes patient imaging studies on the world’s largest and most advanced picture archiving and communication system (PACS) for over 2,100 client hospitals, health systems and radiology groups in all 50 states. The company has 18 issued patents for innovation in telemedicine workflow and is a recognized leader in imaging analytics and deep learning-assisted diagnostics. vRad is also a past winner of Frost & Sullivan’s Visionary Innovation Award for Medical Imaging Analytics (North America). For more information, please visit www.vrad.com. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.


ABOUT MEDNAX
MEDNAX, Inc. is a national health solutions partner based in Sunrise, Fla. comprised of the nation’s leading providers of physician services. Physicians and advanced practitioners practicing as part of MEDNAX are reshaping the delivery of care within their specialties and subspecialties, using evidence-based tools, continuous quality initiatives, clinical research and telemedicine to enhance patient outcomes and provide high-quality, cost-effective care. The Company was founded in 1979, and today, through its affiliated professional corporations, MEDNAX provides services through a network of approximately 4,100 physicians in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. In addition to its national physician network, MEDNAX provides services to healthcare facilities and physicians in over 40 states through two complementary businesses, consisting of a management services company and a consulting services company. Additional information is available at www.mednax.com.

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