Our Physicians

Our radiologists are all board-certified by the American Board of Radiology, which ensures that they have completed rigorous education and training standards. Many of our physicians are certified and fellowship trained in specialty areas, including breast imaging, cardiovascular imaging, computed tomography (CT), interventional radiology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), musculoskeletal, neuroradiology, neurointerventional, nuclear medicine and pediatric radiology. With more than 45 highly skilled and experienced radiologists and 10 Physician Assistants on staff, MRA offers patients and referring physicians in our region the best in medical imaging.

Nicole Abinanti, MD

On staff since 2005
Director of Women's Imaging
Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Internship: Beth Israel Medical Center
Residency: NYU School of Medicine Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Women's Imaging

David A. Altman, MD

On staff since 2009
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Internship: Baptist Hospital Health System, Birmingham, AL
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Emory University School of Medicine

Robert M. Barr, MD, FACR

On staff since 1995
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Internship: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Residency: University of California, San Francisco Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco Neuroradiology

John W. Black, MD

On staff since 1996
Medical School: Georgetown University
Internship: University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Residency: Georgetown University Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Stanford University Imaging, Imaging (Vascular/Interventional, MRI, CT, U/S)

Emmanuel J. Botzolakis, MD, Ph. D

On staff since 2017
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Internship: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Neuroradiology, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Pediatric Neuroradiology

Martin A. Burns, MD

On staff since 1992
Director of Interventional Radiology
Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Internship: Medical Center of Central Georgia
Residency: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Vascular/Interventional Radiology

Paul R. Capito, MD

On staff since 2015
Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Medical System Hospital
Fellowship: University of Colorado Health Services Center, Vascular Interventional Radiology

Kevin W. Carroll, MD

On staff since 2006
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Internship: Washington VAMC/Georgetown University
Residency: David Grant USAF Medical Center Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center Musculoskeletal Radiology

Fakhra S. Chaudhry, MD

On staff since 2009
Medical School: New Jersey Medical School
Internship: Albert Einstein Medical Center
Residency: Rhode Island Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Abdominal Imaging

Andrew Crane, MD

On staff since 2017
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Internship: The Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Residency: University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Fellowship: The Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell, Houston, TX, Breast Imaging and Intervention.

Fred M. Dula, Jr, MD

On staff since 2015
Medical School: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Internship: Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, NC (now Carolinas Medical Center)
Residency: University of Florida, School of Medicine

Richard W. Dunlop, MD

On staff since 2009
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Internship: Waterbury Hospital
Residency: Boston City Hospital/Boston University School of Medicine

Sinisa Haberle, MD

On staff since 2016
Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Internship: Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Residency: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Interventional Radiology

Brian H. Hamilton, MD

On staff since 1997
Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Residency: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Angiography/Interventional Radiology/Cross-Sectional Imaging

Victor W. Ho, MD

On staff since 1993
Director of Musculoskeletal Radiology
Medical School: Duke University Medical Center
Internship: St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco
Residency: University of California, San Francisco Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco Musculoskeletal Radiology

Bennett R. Hollenberg, MD

On staff since 1987
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Internship: Methodist Hospital of Indiana
Residency: Duke University Medical Center Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center Imaging (Vascular/Interventional, MRI, CT, U/S)

Erik K. Insko, MS, MD, PhD

On staff since 2003
Director of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging and Body MRI
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Internship: Albert Einstein Medical Center
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Body MRI

James C. Johnson, MD

On staff since 2015
Medical School: Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Fellowship: Allegheny General Hospital of the Medical College of PA (Neuroradiology)

Gregory J. Joseph, MD

On staff since 1999
Director of Neurointerventional Services
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Internship: Baylor College of Medicine and Affiliated Hospitals
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine Vascular/Interventional Radiology, Neuroradiology, Interventional Neuroradiology

Heather Kaneda, DO

On staff since 2015
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Internship: Delaware County Memorial Hospital/ Crozer Keystone Health System
Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Fellowship: Emory University Hospital, Breast Imaging

Andrew J. Kapustin, MD

On staff since 2005
Chief Radiologist, Mecklenburg Radiology Associates
Director of CT
Medical School: Harvard University
Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Residency: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania Cardiovascular Imaging and Body MRI

Francis J. Kosarek, MD

On staff since 1998
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey General Surgery
and Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center Musculoskeletal Radiology

Michael D. Lenker, MD

On staff since 1997
Director of Emergency Radiology
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Internship: St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center Diagnostic Radiology

Cuong Nguyen, MD

On staff since 2015
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Internship: Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Neuroradiology & Interventional Neuroradiology

John R. Nixon, MD

On staff since 1987
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas
Internship: Mayo Clinc, Rochester, MN, Internal Medicine
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Neurology
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Neuroradiolgy

Jaime B. Noonan, MD

On staff since 2008
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Internship: Carilion Health Systems, Roanoke, VA
Residency: Harvard School of Medicine/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

James P. O'Brien, MD, MBA

On staff since 2009
President, Mecklenburg Radiology Associates
Director of Thoracic Radiology
Medical School: University of South Florida, Combined MD/MBA Program
Internship: University of South Florida Affiliated Hospitals
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: NYU Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Imaging

Ashesh S. Parikh, MD

On staff since 2009
Medical School: Northwestern University Medical School
Internship: University of California, San Francisco, General Surgery
Residency: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Interventional Radiology

Jay W. Patti, MD

On staff since 2008 | Board Certified Clinical Informaticist (ABPM)
Chairman of Radiology, Presbyterian Hospital
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Internship: Georgetown University at WHC Internal Medicine
Residency: Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital Radiology
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital-Integrated Fellowship, Abdominal Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Musculoskeletal Imaging

Joseph Payne, MD

On staff since 2018
Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Internship: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Residency: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Robert P. Quarles, MD

On staff since 1994
Director of Nuclear Medicine
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Florida College of Medicine Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center Nuclear Medicine

Shawn P. Quillin, MD

On staff since 1998
Past Chairman of Radiology, Presbyterian Hospital
Past Chief Radiologist, Mecklenburg Radiology Associates
Chief, Pediatric Radiology and Ultrasonography
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine
Residency: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Abdominal Imaging, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis University Pediatric Imaging

Jeffrey J. Ralston, DO

On staff since 2015
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV
Internship: St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Dept. of Diagnostic

Sammy Razik, MD

On staff since 2008
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Internship: Long Island Jewish Hospital
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Jacobi

Pinakpani Roy, MD

On staff since 2017
Medical School: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Residency: UNC Chapel Hill
Fellowship: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Abdominal Imaging, with focus in Cardiovascular

Daniel R. Scanga, MD

On staff since 2005
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Internship: Duke University Department of Internal Medicine
Residency: Vanderbilt University Department of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Nuclear Medicine

David M. Scovill, MD

On staff since 1996
Medical School: University of Southern California School of Medicine
Internship: St. Mary's Medical Center
Residency: University of California, San Francisco Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: San Francisco General Hospital Cross Sectional Imaging

Andrew J. Smith, MD

On staff since 2018
Medical School: Tulane University of Medicine, LA, New Orleans
Internship: University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Residency: University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA
Fellowship: University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, Abdominal Imaging/Intervention

Jeffrey D. Stanczak, MD

On staff since 2015
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Internship: Georgetown University Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
Residency: Georgetown University Medical Center (Radiology)
Fellowship: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics (Musculoskeletal Radiology)

Rhonda R. Stewart, MD

On staff since 2013
Medical School: Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
Internship: St. Joseph Hospital, Houston, TX
Residency: University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Institute, Houston, TX
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center, Body Imaging

Paul J. Tobben, MD

On staff since 1991
Director of Neuroradiology
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Internship: University of Pittsburgh – Montefiore Hospital
Residency: Pittsburgh School of Medicine Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Neuroradiology

Donald E. Toothman, MD, MBA

On staff since 1988
Former President, Mecklenburg Radiology Associates
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Internship: North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Residency: University of California, San Francisco Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco Interventional Radiology

Yanki Tumer, MD

On staff since 2018
Medical School: Rush University Medical School, Chicago, IL
Internship: University of Chicago-Northshore, Evanston, IL
Residency: Northwestern University of Chicago, IL
Fellowship: Northwestern University of Chicago, IL, Breast Imaging

Daniel S. Uri, MD

On staff since 1996
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Internship: Pacific Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Radiology Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship

Thomas A. Zban, MD

On staff since 2001
Medical School: Marshall University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Virginia, Charlottesville Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: University of Virginia Musculoskeletal Imaging