Providence Imaging Center Adds Space And Services
December 9, 2004

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – Providence Imaging Center (PIC) just completed a $7.6 million expansion and renovation project: $3.6 million for tenant improvements and $4 million for equipment. More than 8,000 square feet was added, as well as dedicated parking spaces adjacent to the “A” tower, in front of PIC. A public open house celebrating completion of the project will take place Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, from 5:15 – 7 p.m. at the Imaging Center, located at 3340 Providence Drive in Anchorage. Tours of PIC will be offered.

“We expanded to meet growing patient demand,” said Laura McDonough, PIC’s executive director. “This project provided a much-needed facelift, as well as increasing space and services.” 

Specifically, the PIC expansion includes the following additions:

• One additional mammography room, for a total of four mammography rooms plus a stereotactic biopsy room

•  Two ultrasound rooms, for a total of four general ultrasound rooms and a new room that specializes in vascular ultrasound

• A CT room with a 16-slice CT -- this is a new piece of equipment and PIC service

•  A PET-CT room with a state-of-the-art, 16-slice PET-CT (note that PIC began PET-CT services in September 2003, but it was in a mobile unit) 

•  A women's lounge adjacent to many women's imaging services (bone densitometry, mammography, ultrasound)

•  Twenty-three dedicated parking spaces adjacent to the front of PIC

•  Two consult rooms – one in the women's center and, the other near MRI – as well as several patient bathrooms and dressing rooms

The lobby was renovated, adding more seating. On the second floor, administrative offices, a new scheduling area, an employee break room, employee locker areas and a bathroom were added. Film storage in the File Room also increased.  

Walls, floors and furnishings feature bright contemporary shades of blue and green with a variety of light and dark wood accents. Light panels incorporate a variety of northern vegetation leaf patterns. Three local photographers’ works adorn the walls, including Ron Nichols, an ultra-runner and Alaskan adventurer; Dr. Richard Neubauer, a local physician; and Marlene Beynon, a Providence Alaska Medical Center employee

“Our goal was to reflect Alaska’s outdoors by providing a bright, yet tranquil, environment for patients, clinicians and staff,” said McDonough.

PIC’s imaging services include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography with computed tomograhy (PET-CT), computed tomography (CT), mammography, mobile mammography, ultrasound, bone densitometry, and general x-ray. PIC is accredited by the American College of Radiology in ultrasound, breast ultrasound, mammography and stereotactic biopsy. 

Providence Imaging Center is an independent diagnostic testing facility located on the east end of the Providence Alaska Medical Center Campus. Nine board-certified radiologists, highly skilled technologists and professional clerical staff are dedicated to providing high quality medical images and interpretations in a comfortable, caring and convenient environment. 

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