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Vulcan Imaging Associates has been announced as a sponsor for the Golf Fore Life Invitational 2024 to be held at Greystone Golf & Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama October 8th, 2024. I urge the organizers of this event to do some due diligence on Vulcan Imaging and their MD's and please reconsider allowing them to sponsor your event. Vulcan Imaging is not a reputable or professional business. The internet is host to many reviews by patients and customer of their doctors, who have outstanding unresolved service claims as well as those who have unfairly received bills and collections claims. Brunch & Registration starts at 10:30 AM, the event kickoff is 12pm.

I was a patient of Vulcan Imaging MD Michael Brant Ruff who missed 6 inches of infection in my head / neck and evidence of a broken skull injury I almost died from in 2019. I include my April, 2022 call with Vulcan's Kim Mooney. She presides over 37 radiologists doctors in their group. I was told by Mooney that they "100% Stand By" a report of their radiologist who missed serious injuries in the MRI. She did not elaborate on who "they" were however. Mooney does not possess a medical license. I was also told they do not consult with patients and there was nothing their company could do in regards to my request to have a 2019 MRI scan reread, in which their doctor Michael Brant Ruff, stated I had no injuries and in which evidence of around 6 inches head trauma and infection can be observed. They would not put me in contact with the doctor or attempt to correct the error of their doctor.

Mooney gave me the phone number to reach the company CEO Eric Blackman (strangely she would not transfer me to him or his voicemail despite working in the same office with him).

More on my attempt to call (University Of Tennessee honors graduate) Neuroradiology specialist Dr. Michael Brant Ruff MD (Vulcan Imaging):
I'm a patient attempting to have a misdiagnosed MRI reread (Broken Skull). The truth of my issue is I had broken the underside of my skull, over about a year the wound became infected and infested with some type of parasite. I received a $600 bill from (Ascension) St. Vincent's Ambulatory Healthcare Network LLC in 2019 for this scan, I was told no injuries appeared here. Subsequent to this, between 2018-2019 I had several X-Rays and CT scans through Saint Vincent's East Hospital Birmingham AL., in which I was told no injury appeared. When I obtained my medical records of these scans, however, broken bone appears clearly in the underside of my skull in the exact area where I had (and still have) pain. How 4 different radiologists working for St. Vincent's could have missed this injury is concerning. I believe I may have been a victim of patient dumping (EMTALA violation) because I was a self pay patient and had no insurance or stated source of income.

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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 all right so just a friendly reminder this upcoming
00:13tuesday october 8 2024 vulcan imaging associates will be sponsoring the golf for life invitational
00:22at graystone golf and country club in birmingham alabama i know a lot of people out there patients
00:29and customers have had problems and issues dealing with vulcan imaging here's your chance to go out
00:36and meet the representatives in person and possibly bring your issues front and center
00:41while they're up there hanging out with the rich folks on highway 280 it looks like the registration
00:47and brunch starts at 10 30 a.m there's a putting contest at 11 50 and the start is at 12 p.m all
00:55right negligent birmingham alabama radiology group vulcan imaging associates has been announced as
01:04an official sponsor of the golf for life invitational event at graystone golf and country club located at
01:154100 graystone drive birmingham alabama 35242 this will occur on tuesday october 8 2024
01:23this is being put on by save a life and work plus i wanted to make this video to share my own
01:31experience dealing with vulcan imaging associates and i urge save a life to reconsider allowing this
01:41group to sponsor their upcoming event please do some due diligence on vulcan imaging associates
01:48look around the internet at some of the reviews on these people still trying to get answers one of
01:55our doctors analyzed a skin i had done several years ago he wrote in his report i had no injuries present
02:02i in fact had a broken skull injury i almost died from try to take this issue to vulcan that would not
02:10help me in any way reverse the error of their highly experienced neuroradiology doctor i was stuck with
02:20a 700 bill they do not return phone calls my own issues are still outstanding and unresolved i'll play
02:29this recorded telephone call with vulcan imaging associates representative kim mooney all right so today
02:35we're trying to follow up on the michael brant ruff mri that i had done in 2019 i was referred to this scan
02:43by north side medical associates nurse james frankie crum this is now complete health uh owned by pharaoh's capital
02:53this is located off a happy hall road trustville alabama headquarters in pell city
03:00michael brant ruff is a doctor who read the mri
03:06for st vincent's ambulatory healthcare network llc that's ascension
03:13if you're following my documentation uh you'll note here uh that in birmingham alabama uh we got a real
03:22big problem uh with uh responsibility accountability and uh radiology
03:28and this week i talked to the two main radiology companies in birmingham alabama
03:36and i recently spoke with doyle stewart ceo of birmingham radiological group
03:44according to their website they have 38 radiologists who work with them
03:49and uh here in this call you'll hear me speaking with
03:52kim mooney she is the administrative coordinator at vulcan imaging associates
03:59and uh she states that they have 37 radiologists who work with them
04:05so if you got uh radiology issues you go in to a medical practice or hospital doctor
04:14you have an x-ray mri ct scan uh these are the types of doctors uh and these may be the actual doctors
04:22who will be looking at your scan in the birmingham area
04:27and uh yeah according to my findings here uh not very uh reassuring uh if your scan is misread
04:35you discover this and you try to seek a redress on these misdiagnosis issues
04:44uh not encouraging uh my experience here
04:48you have reached vulcan imaging
04:52vulcan imaging this is him
04:53yes ma'am i called last week i was trying to get in touch
04:57one of your radiologists dr michael brant ruff
05:01i had an mri scan uh that was looked at by this doctor
05:06in 2019 uh got a report with his signature on it
05:11saying i don't have injuries uh however in the mri images themselves
05:17i have evidence of a very uh serious uh head trauma based injury
05:22and yeah i was told last week uh that you guys would try to
05:26have this doctor get in touch with me so it's been about a week
05:30and i just wanted to see uh what the status of that was
05:32okay so um i did uh look into this and
05:37based on um i mean there's not anything else we can do
05:43so there's not anything that that dr ruff can do to assist you with that
05:47since the reports are even read
05:48so there's not anything we can do
05:51well i beg to differ uh this was a 700 mri scan
05:55this doctor uh was paid to have this scan looked at
05:58and he uh did not note the injuries
06:00so he is at fault
06:02and so is uh vulcan imaging
06:04we stand by that report 100 percent
06:08okay well the report is an error 100 percent ma'am
06:11can i speak to somebody in management
06:13uh yes sir i am that practice administrator
06:18okay can i speak to the head of the company
06:21um let's see
06:25who's above you
06:26um the chairman of the board
06:29okay well i need to speak to somebody in authority
06:32because uh you're an error with your statement ma'am
06:34not professional
06:36i am so far you feel that way but
06:40well it's not how it's not how i feel it's the facts ma'am
06:44well now what you if that's act if you're what you're stating
06:48i would i mean we would respond you know
06:51maybe if you consulted an attorney
06:53well i mean if i can't if i can't speak to somebody
06:57on the telephone about this
06:59i'd be happy to come clear it up in person
07:01you're more than welcome to come up here
07:05um and talk to whoever you need to talk to
07:08um uh
07:10because this is a serious issue
07:13i i understand that from your perspective
07:17yeah your your excuses aren't going to cut it either ma'am
07:20it's not it's not excuse sir
07:23i i really don't know how to help
07:25um
07:25what you should do is okay
07:27you're in business all right
07:28well you have a doctor who went to school for 10 years
07:31they're millionaires okay
07:32they're reading uh radiology reports for hospitals
07:36and other doctors okay
07:37what you need to do is
07:39you need to have them do their job correctly
07:41and if they miss major injuries
07:43in patients that they almost died from such as myself
07:47you need to simply uh make an attempt to correct this error
07:50now i could get in touch with dr michael brant ruff
07:53i could supply my records
07:55he could look at these images again
07:57we can clear this up in a few minutes
07:58could i please talk to him
07:59no sir you're
08:02i can't reach out to dr ruff
08:04um
08:04we
08:05we don't consult with patients
08:07um
08:07that's a
08:07that's a very sorry excuse ma'am
08:10i'm so sorry
08:12that's our policy
08:13um
08:13let's see
08:14what can i do to help you
08:16let's see
08:17um
08:18let's see
08:19uh
08:21eric blackman
08:22is my ceo
08:24well i mean
08:26why are you mentioning his name
08:27why don't you just connect me to him
08:28he's not in the office
08:31well that's pretty convenient huh
08:33well it's the truth
08:36um
08:37i don't believe you
08:38i'm so sorry
08:40about that
08:41yeah me too
08:42uh
08:43let's see
08:45what i can do is
08:46i can give you
08:47let's see
08:50his
08:51direct number is
08:53how many radiologists work for your company ma'am
08:56um
08:58i have
08:59uh
09:0037
09:01so you have 37
09:03um
09:03why don't you take this scan
09:05call somebody right now
09:06and have them look at this scan
09:07and correct this issue for me
09:08but
09:09that is not how
09:11radiology works
09:13we can
09:13yeah you're not professional
09:14we've already established that
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