Cook

Advanced Medical Imaging has named Dr. Michael L. Cook, M.D as medical director, and Jan West, RT, as marketing director for the firm’s new Silverdale facility which opened on April 2.

Dr. Cook is AMI’s most senior member, having been with the firm since 1990. He received his medical degree at the University of Iowa in 1984 and completed his radiology residency at Loma Linda University in 1989, after serving as chief resident for the academic year 1988-1989. He became a board-certified radiologist in 1989.

Dr. Cook, who is also president of the Harrison Foundation for the year 2001, and a member of the East Bremerton Rotary, was instrumental in bringing the first high-field 1.5 Tesla MRI into Kitsap County. This magnet is still in use, has since been upgraded with new software, and is located behind Harrison Hospital.

West

West received her Associate of Science Degree in Radiologic Technology at Loma Linda University in 1976 and began working for AMI in January, 1977, as an x-ray and mammography technologist. After taking some time off in the 1980s to start her family, she returned to AMI and was named technical and personnel director in 1995. Since that time, she has been involved with all aspects of the business.

Dr. Cook’s group will now be offering the county’s first true Open MRI (it is C-shaped — totally open on three sides) in the new imaging center in Silverdale. While the magnet at Harrison in Bremerton is the highest strength magnet in the county, AMI offers the referring doctors and patients a choice in which type of MRI system will best suit their needs.