Negligent Birmingham Radiological Group Launches VISA Vascular Interventional Spinoff

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Update on the unprofessional business practices of Birmingham, Alabama-based Birmingham Radiological Group. They claim 40+ doctors on their payroll. In September, 2025 BRG launched their Vascular & Interventional Specialists of America (VISA) spinoff venture. The location address given is  3570 Grandview Parkway Suite 100 Birmingham Alabama. It is very close to the Grand View Medical Center Hospital off Highway 280.   Interestingly, an MRI diagnostic facility (American Health Imaging / AHI), I also had negative dealings with (there, radiologist Angus Baird MD failed to acknowledge broken skull bone and a several inches diameter mass that showed up in the same area as broken bone on the underside of my skull in CT images) is located in the exact same building! American Health Imaging worked with BRG in some capacity in the past although the specifics are not clear. BRG CEO Doyle Stewart told me in a 2022 recorded telephone call they didn't work with AHI any longer although as of 2025 a webpage is still live on the BRG site showing their MD's listed as working with the outfit.   In December, 2024 American Health Imaging, Inc. (“AHI”) and its former founder and CEO, Scott Arant, entered into an understanding with the U.S. Federal government & The State Of Georgia to pay a settlement of  $5,250,000 to resolve kickback allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by providing physicians with meals, tickets to sporting events, and other gifts to induce those physicians to refer diagnostic scans to AHI’s independent diagnostic testing facilities; and (2) entering into above fair market value personal services agreements with referring physicians to induce those physicians to refer scans to AHI.  Birmingham, Alabama is no stranger to medical scandal, having played host to the Healthsouth debacle nearly 20 years ago but a far greater one is gathering strength, it involves patients being dumped, not receiving service (even-after paying), medical fraud, purposeful misdiagonosis and non-accountabilty after the fact. Radiology is a major chokepoint in local corruption. I share my experience as a patient dealing with 50+ doctor organization: Birmingham Radiological Group. Their response to my Better Business Bureau complaint should be required reading for any patient who deals with their doctors and any MD or business partner who interested in working with them.  Birmingham Radiological Group (Alabama) appointed Shannon Sykes (who holds no medical qualifications or certifications) through which to issue a rebuttal to my Better Business Bureau (BBB) complaint as a consumer. The group's title appears on the top of a bill for one of these medical scans in 2019. 3 member doctors of this group (Julian Patrick Druhan MD, Angus Baird MD and Donald Shane Kelly MD), radiologists, misdiagnosed medical image scans (X-Rays, CT Scans & MRI scans I had done between 2018-2019 at Saint Vincent's East Hospital (Ascension) & American Health Imaging). I went into the emer

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00:00All right, as always, you can go to YouTube channel My Medical Nightmare and see 40 plus

00:07hours video on everything that happened to me.

00:10All right, update on the business practices of Alabama-based Birmingham Radiological Group.

00:16They claim to have 45 radiologists on the payroll and are composed of doctors that examine

00:22MRI, x-rays, and CT imagery.

00:26Many doctors and medical practices in the Birmingham area rely on their services, and

00:32you may be surprised if you went to see a doctor and had an MRI, CT, or x-ray in the

00:38Birmingham area.

00:39A BRG, Birmingham Radiological Group doctor, may have examined your images, and you may

00:45not be aware of it until later.

00:47I was a customer and patient of Birmingham Radiological Group in 2018 and 2019.

00:53I had three of their doctors look at MRI, CT, and x-ray of a major injury that I had in

01:01my head.

01:01I almost died from this.

01:03These doctors wrote in their reports that I had no injury present.

01:07I knew otherwise.

01:08Went and got the pictures.

01:10I'll put the pictures up here yet again.

01:13And what is clearly visible at this time, when I was being told these falsehoods, was that

01:19around six inches in diameter of infection appears inside my head.

01:25I'd actually broken my skull in the basilar area in the region of the occipital condyle

01:30and condular canal.

01:31My issues are unresolved outstanding as it relates to Birmingham Radiological Group doctors,

01:38Angus Baird, MD, Julian Patrick Druhan, MD, and Donald Shane Kelly, MD.

01:44In my own case, they were doing work for American Health Imaging and St. Vincent's Hospital, then

01:52owned by Ascension.

01:53Recently, this has been rebranded and acquired by UAB, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

02:00Later in the video, I'll go into detail more about what happened to me.

02:04Bad doctors resort to all sorts of surreptitious tactics to conceal their identity once they are

02:12exposed or run afoul of local laws or become black sheep in the community, etc.

02:18And you can see examples of all these in my videos.

02:22Then you have the spinoff venture.

02:23This brings us to today's video topic.

02:27And unbeknownst to many in the Birmingham, Alabama area, back in September 2025, Birmingham

02:36Radiological Group launched their spinoff titled Visa Vascular.

02:41And this Twitter post dated September 12th announces the opening of the Vascular and Interventional

02:50Specialists of America in Birmingham.

02:53You go to their about page and it reads, Visa is the Alabama interventional radiology arm of

03:00Birmingham Radiological Group.

03:02It reads, Visa physicians specialize in treating diseases and other health conditions less invasively

03:08without open surgery, general anesthesia, hospital stay, or lengthy recovery.

03:13Our physicians utilize medical imaging to expertly guide procedures using tiny catheters and miniature

03:21instruments from within the body's vascular system.

03:25And interesting, the location of this new outfit is given as 3570 Grandview Parkway Suite 100,

03:33Birmingham, Alabama, 35243.

03:36It's off Highway 280, across the road and down a ways from the Grandview Medical Center Hospital.

03:44Another MRI, Medical Diagnostic Imaging Center, American Health Imaging, AHI,

03:51which I had a negative experience with, who works and partners with the Birmingham Radiological Group doctors,

03:58also operates in this building.

04:02And interestingly enough, a few years ago, I made a phone call to Birmingham Radiological Group CEO,

04:10Doyle Stewart.

04:11I'll include the call at the end of this video.

04:15And here he tells me that he could not help me with my problems involving their doctor,

04:22Angus Baird, M.D., who misread a $500 cash MRI had done in the American Health Imaging Facility in downtown Birmingham near UAB in 2019.

04:35Although Stewart said they don't work with those doctors anymore, a webpage still exists as of October 2025

04:45on the Birmingham Radiological Group website, which lists several doctors who are mentioned as doing work for American Health Imaging in Birmingham, Alabama.

04:58And in December 2024, American Health Imaging and CEO Scott W. Arendt entered into an agreement with the U.S. federal government and the state of Georgia

05:12to pay a settlement of over $5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act

05:19by providing physicians with meals, tickets to sporting events, and other gifts to induce those physicians to refer diagnostic scans

05:29to AHI's independent diagnostic testing facilities.

05:34So these were kickbacks.

05:36I was a patient at Ascension St. Vincent's East Hospital in 2019,

05:41and I found myself a victim of a string of unexplainable misdiagnoses as well as patient dumping.

05:52When I took these issues to the doctors, I found that the radiological organizations for which the radiology specialists work

06:05are a major corruption choke point in what I've just explained.

06:12Ascension and the radiological groups would not place me in contact with the doctors directly,

06:18which they should have, to clear up these issues.

06:22In my case, I broke the underside of my skull.

06:25I had four scans done, x-ray, CT, and MRI.

06:30The scans were looked at by three state of Alabama licensed medical doctors for Birmingham Radiological Group.

06:40The pictures were taken.

06:41The doctors looked at the images, issued their reports.

06:45They wrote down with their signature affixed.

06:49The note injuries appeared.

06:51The diagnosis did not sit right with me, because every time I would move my head just a little bit,

06:59there would be incredible pain and crunching bone.

07:04I went and got my medical records and those pictures.

07:07I'll put them in this video again.

07:10What you can see in these images is I had broken the underside of my skull,

07:14misdiagnosed from the outset, close to a year later, infection set up around the main wound that was unacknowledged.

07:24Almost died from this injury.

07:25There are other patients out there, like myself, who are in the process of fighting Ascension.

07:33And I just want to take this opportunity to post again my complaint to the Better Business Bureau.

07:41So this exchange is documented through a third party.

07:46It's not hearsay.

07:47Birmingham Radiological Group, look what they wrote in response to my concerns.

07:54The woman they had issued this response, Shannon Sykes, also possesses no medical credentials or qualifications in the state of Alabama.

08:05And she did not name a so-licensed individual to back up her statement.

08:13And this is very concerning and telling.

08:16Again, they've got 50 doctors on the payroll.

08:19Somebody has a question about an erroneous report that shows a very serious head trauma-based injuries that somebody could easily die from.

08:28And read carefully their response.

08:31And this response alone, this should cost Birmingham Radiological Group their operating license.

08:40And the individual doctors involved should also be punished.

08:44That's my belief.

08:46Thank you for calling Birmingham Radiological Group.

08:50Birmingham Radiological Group, may I direct your call?

08:53Yes, sir.

08:55I'm trying to have an MRI sequence reread.

08:59I had an injury show up in an MRI that one of your doctors looked at.

09:04I need to have this looked at again, please.

09:08Okay, what facility or hospital did you have your MRI done?

09:12Okay, this would be American Health Imaging.

09:16And the doctor's name was Angus Baird, MD.

09:19Okay, well, let me connect you with our office manager.

09:26May I help you?

09:27Yes, ma'am.

09:27Who am I speaking to?

09:30Thank you, Bergen.

09:31Okay, thank you very much.

09:33Yes, ma'am.

09:34I was a patient of one of your doctors.

09:37I'm trying to have an MRI sequence reread.

09:41An injury appeared in this MRI.

09:44And I need to have the doctor take a look at it again, please.

09:47Okay, and what's your account number?

09:51This MRI that I'm calling about today, this was done at American Health Imaging.

09:57Okay, I don't handle American Health Imaging.

10:00I'm sorry, you have the wrong number.

10:02How do I get in touch with Angus Baird, MD?

10:05Because his phone number leads to you guys.

10:09Yeah, he is one of our doctors, but you'll have to contact him through AHI.

10:17Cunningham Radiological Group, may I direct your call?

10:22Yes, sir.

10:23I just called a few minutes ago, trying to get in touch with a doctor who misread an MRI scan.

10:32Okay, and you spoke with our office manager?

10:35I believe so.

10:37Okay.

10:39Okay, and?

10:39Uh, yeah, I need to talk to, uh, uh, the manager, please.

10:46Okay, I'll see if she's available one moment.

10:48I'm sorry, she stands out of her office.

10:51I can, uh, take a message.

10:53For calling you?

10:54Okay, uh, could you put me in touch with somebody else at your group, uh, in authority?

11:00Um.

11:02You gotta think about that for a sec.

11:05Yes, sir.

11:06Yes, sir.

11:07That's an unusual question.

11:08How about a doctor?

11:10Uh, you have many doctors that work?

11:11No, there's no doctors.

11:12There's no doctors on our premises.

11:14We are a billing office only.

11:16Okay, uh, yeah, I need to speak to somebody in authority, because I've got some issues.

11:21Okay, well, just a moment.

11:25Hello?

11:25Yes, sir.

11:27Yeah.

11:28How can I help you?

11:29Well, first of all, who am I talking to?

11:31My name is Doyle Stewart.

11:33Okay, what's your position, and who do you work for?

11:36I'm the CEO, and I work for Birmingham Radiological Group.

11:44Okay.

11:45Yes, sir.

11:45I have some questions that I need to ask to you.

11:48Okay.

11:49All right, uh, I had an MRI scan done in 2019.

11:55I got a doctor's signature here, uh, Angus Baird, MD.

11:59Okay.

12:00And I got, uh, I got some MRI pictures, uh, that show, uh, very serious head trauma.

12:06I have a broken skull.

12:07And, uh, I got a radiologist report here that says I have no injuries in these images.

12:15And so we got a big, uh, problem here, because I have an injury that I almost died from.

12:20And, um, I need to have this situation, uh, corrected.

12:24I need to have the MRI scan, uh, re-read, please, and my injury acknowledged.

12:29Where was the, where was the scan done at?

12:33Okay, this scan was done at American Health Imaging.

12:37This is like downtown Birmingham.

12:38I've got all my records in our reports if you'd like to see them, sir.

12:42No, I don't need to.

12:44Um, AHI, we no longer do any work for AHI.

12:49Uh, is that, is that your excuse?

12:51Uh, cause that, the, the scan...

12:53No, that, that's my answer.

12:54We're not, we don't provide the services to AHI anymore.

12:58So we will, we do not have any of the scans.

13:02The scans are at AHI.

13:05They, they could do what you're requesting.

13:09Okay, I have a copy...

13:10But you need, you'll have to contact AHI.

13:13I have a copy of my records, uh, and the doctor works for you.

13:17You can put me in touch with the doctor and we can clear this up in a few minutes.

13:21Well, no, I can't because the, the, the scans belong to AHI.

13:27See, see what I'm saying?

13:29We just read for AHI.

13:31So there's nothing he can do.

13:33Yeah, I caught...

13:34If you want the scan re-read, then AHI's going to have to have the scan re-read.

13:39Okay, I just called AHI and they told me, um, that they couldn't do anything to help me.

13:44Uh, that they don't deal with those doctors anymore.

13:46I wonder why.

13:48That's, that...

13:49That's you guys.

13:51That's correct.

13:52We don't do their, their work anymore.

13:54Well, we had a contract different, so we just don't do it anymore.

13:59All right, I need to get this issue cleared up.

14:02And I'll be happy to come and clear this up in person, uh, if I can't talk to somebody

14:06to find out about this.

14:08No, I mean, there's no need in that because the only way to clear it up, if you want a second,

14:12another read on those scans...

14:15Yeah, your doctor, he misread my scans, sir.

14:18Well, I mean, I don't know that or not, but...

14:22I had some, uh, scans done, uh, through Ascension St. Vincent's.

14:26Do you still work with them?

14:29Ascension St. Vincent's, which one?

14:31Yeah, but I had a 42219 CT scan done at St. Vincent's East, uh, by this doctor was, uh,

14:39Julian Patrick Druhan, MD.

14:42And in this CT, uh, sequence here, uh, I have broken, uh, bone that shows up in the

14:47basilar area of my skull.

14:49I was given a report by the doctor didn't acknowledge these injuries.

14:52Can I have those scans reread?

14:57Well, that, that is different, um...

15:00You got to come up with another excuse, don't you?

15:03No, I do not.

15:05Now, and if you're going to continue to act this way, I'm going to, we're going to discontinue

15:08this conversation.

15:10That's your decision, sir.

15:11That's your decision, sir.

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