The Specialty Radiology Team

Our extended radiology team is comprised of professionals with combined subspecialty musculoskeletal, neurologic, and cardiac expertise. Specialty radiologists are available to support all of your imaging needs. Examinations are evaluated from the perspective of the treating physician, and are treated as consults. Reports are provided with unequivocal, concise findings. Referring physicians are encouraged to call our radiology staff with any questions about patient reports, as well as inquiries regarding potential diagnostic studies for their patients.

Larry McNamee MD

Section Head
Cancer Imaging
PET-CT, neuroPET, MR, CT

Dr. Larry McNamee serves as Medical Director for Specialty Teleradiology. Dr. McNamee has extensive experience in oncologic PET interpretations, as well as MRI and CT. Dr. McNamee completed his Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Prior to completing his Radiology program, Dr. McNamee completed formal training in Hematology and Oncology, and was on Associate Staff at The Cleveland Clinic. He has given frequent lectures on the merits of PET scanning. His expert radiology skills, combined with a clinical background in medical oncology, provide an important asset to your practice.

Alex Boutselis MD

Section Head
PET-CT
PET-CT, MRI, CT

Dr. Boutselis is a superb and uniquely qualified radiologist with extensive oncologic PET, CT, and Diagnostic Radiology experience.  He received his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and completed graduate studies in Advanced Training in Positron Emission Tomography at Duke University. 

Dr. Boutselis’ previous work experience includes providing interpretation services for PET/CT,  MRI, and CT, at several large Acute Care Hospitals in Lafayette, Indiana.   He also previously served as Co-Founder and General Director for InnerVision Advanced Medical Imaging Center, a full-service imaging center with special emphasis on PET/CT imaging. 

Jonathan Metzler 

Section Head
Musculoskeletal Imaging
MRI, CT with emphasis on small joint evaluation

Dr. Metzler is an excellent Musculoskeletal Specialist with valuable PET and Diagnostic Radiology experience as well.  He completed his radiology residency at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and completed a Vascular Radiology Fellowship at Baylor University as well as a Musculoskeletal MRI fellowship at The University of Connecticut affiliate St. Francis Hospital.  His musculoskeletal MRI fellowship has led to extensive musculoskeletal experience working with Orthopods and Orthopedic Surgeons.  His previous experience as partner and Senior Radiologist for Lubbock Diagnostic Radiology has been a tremendous asset.  Dr. Metzler has given many lectures on Musculoskeletal MRI findings and MRI in Sports Medicine.

Lakshmi Kode Sammarco, M.D.

Section Head
Neuroradiology
MRI, CT, special competence MSK

Dr. Lakshmi Kode Sammarco is a Board Certified Neuroradiologist and Diagnostic Radiologist. Dr. Sammarco graduated from The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1988, and completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology in 1993 from Case Western Reserve University-MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio in 1993. She also completed a two-year accredited fellowship in Diagnostic Neuroradiology, at the UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California in 1995. She is board certified in Radiology and has her Certificate of Added Qualifications in Neuroradiology. Although she continues to be a Senior Member of the American Society of Neuroradiology, she is well-versed in all aspects of MRI imaging, CT, CTA including being cardiac CTA certified, NM including cardiac, US, PET, general diagnostic radiology, and some interventional radiology.

Recently, Dr. Sammarco has been the Director of Neuroradiology and Director of MRI Services for a group in Dayton, Ohio with responsibility for 9 MRI scanners in 3 hospitals and 5 imaging centers. She has extensive consulting experience in the planning and development of outpatient imaging centers from site-planning and equipment selection to creating and implementing protocols and patient-specific techniques. Dr. Sammarco has also played a crucial role in marketing, referring physician relations and quality assurance/peer review programs as well as directly supervising ACR accreditation of all the equipment at all the sites where she has participated. Also during her tenure with the group, Dr. Sammarco was a senior partner and involved in all aspects of practice management.

Past experience includes being faculty and staff neuroradiologist at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the University of Maryland Medical System & Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Steven Brooks Jones, MD 

Section Head
Body Imaging
MRI, CT, Subspecialty MSK, Neuroradiology

Dr. Steve Jones specializes in neuroradiology and musculoskeletal imaging. Dr. Jones received his medical degree from the Tulane University School of Medicine in 1989. He completed his Radiology Residency at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California in 1992, and completed his fellowship in Neuro & MSK at the Indiana University School of Medicine in 2008. He co-founded Innervision Advanced Medical Imaging Center in Lafayette, Indiana, and was a primary MRI specialist at that center. Previously, prior to Radiology residency, Dr. Jones served as a Naval Medical Officer assigned to the First Marine Division for Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and aboard the USS Peleliu. Prior to leaving service in the Navy and moving back to the Midwest, he practiced at the US Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan.