RadNet acquires Delaware neuroradiology imaging center for $4.5M

RadNet, a provider of diagnostic imaging services through a network of outpatient imaging centers, has acquired the NeuroSciences Imaging Center in Newark, Del.

The center, which performs MRI, CT, bone density, x-ray, fluoroscopy and other procedures, is located in a specialized medical complex, the multi-discipline facility, Neuroscience and Surgery Institute of Delaware, according to the Los Angeles-based RadNet.

In conjunction with the NeuroSciences Imaging Center transaction, Alexander Mark, MD, has joined Papastavros as Medical Director for the NeuroSciences center, and will provide professional radiology services to the imaging facility. Mark has been the director of neuroradiology at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. for the last 20 years and an associate professor of radiology and neurosurgery at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., according to the company.

RadNet said that the purchase price was $4.5 million in cash.

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