Stockdale Radiology Local Screening. Local Care
Since opening in December of 2013, Stockdale Radiology, a fullservice imaging center, continues to combine innovative medical imaging services with quality care. Founded by Dr. David Suadi, DO, and Dr. Gabriel Gelves, DO, Stockdale Radiology offers a host of cutting-edge technologies in a comforting, spa-like environment. The center’s board certified, fellowship trained radiologists, which also include Drs. Richard Nguyen, MD; Edward Iuliano, DO; and Interventional Radiology specialist Roben Ahdoot, MD, have over three decades of combined experience and specialize in breast imaging, musculoskeletal imaging, and neuroradiology. Stockdale Radiology also encompasses its own Women’s Center, an ACR accredited Mammography Center. Local women have the option of choosing the Microdose Mammogram which offers a 40 percent reduction in dose compared to a regular digital mammogram, superior image quality, warm curved compression plates, and shorter scan times. The 64-slice CT features Idose radiation reduction ensuring the smallest dose of radiation is given to achieve the exam. The center also has a state-of-the-art Hologic Biopsy System including the
Talented and dedicated staff at Stockdale Radiology newest model hologic table, which allows the doctor to see any biopsy location. Providing a comfortable memory foam padding system to reduce patient stress. Ultimately, Stockdale Radiology’s state-of-the-art facility and best-in-class equipment allow the team of knowledgeable and talented staff to maintain a high degree of accuracy in their imaging services and provide efficient care with expertise and compassion to the Bakersfield community.
4000 Empire Drive, Suite 100 • (661) 631-8000
www.StockdaleRad.com
Kern Neurosurgical Institute “Where Competence Meets Compassion.”
For neurosurgeon Dr. Jan Eckermann, medicine was a way for him to help people in the most critical moments of their lives. “But it was relatively late in medical school [Loma Linda University School of Medicine] that I developed an interest in neurosurgery,” Dr. Eckermann explained. “It’s a field in which there is still so much unknown about the brain and what we can do to remedy the disorders that affect the brain and spine.” After he completed medical school in 2004, Dr. Eckermann attended Cornell for his internship before completing a residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center in 2010. A year-long fellowship in neuro-oncology at Stanford followed. While there, Dr. Eckermann had an opportunity to moonlight at Kern Medical Center in the neurosurgery department. “I would fly down on weekends and make a little extra money,” he explained. “And then the town grew on me and KMC recruited me in 2011.” He became the chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at KMC. And just last year, Dr. Eckermann founded the Kern Neurosurgical Institute, which provides surgical services to patients suffering from neurological disorders, including brain and spinal tumors.
Dr. Jan M. Eckermann And in addition to his surgical expertise, Dr. Eckermann uses humor to help his patients. “It’s not about treating any situation lightly—these are serious conditions—but integrating some humor into my interactions with my patients to help break some of the tension,” he added, noting that outside of work, he loves performing stand-up comedy and spending time with his wife and children. “I’m not the classic surgeon; I’m not the stiff, academic type. I love relating to my patients and making their lives better.”
1524 27th Street, Suite 301 • (661) 843-7880 | 1700 Mt. Vernon Avenue
www.KernNeuro.org
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