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The former Gracious Home space on the corner of 67th and Broadway, which has sat vacant since the beloved home goods store closed in 2016, finally has a new occupant. And it isn’t a store.
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NYU Langone Health opened a 28,000-square-foot imaging center at 1980 Broadway on Monday, October 12. The facility, called NYU Langone Radiology—Upper West Side, handles a broad range of medical needs, including breast, neurological, cardiovascular, and cancer care, according to an announcement from NYU Langone.“This new location advances our mission to deliver the best imaging care in the world to patients right in their own neighborhood,” said Dr. Oren Cahlon, NYU Langone Health’s chief clinical officer. “By bringing together cutting-edge technology with a team of leading radiologists under one roof on the Upper West Side, we can detect disease earlier, plan treatments more precisely, and improve lives.”
The center’s equipment includes an integrated PET/MR machine, which combines a PET scan and an MRI and is used to help identify dementia, neurodegenerative diseases, and certain cancers. It also offers advanced cardiac CT scans that examine the heart and blood vessels without invasive procedures, as well as 3D mammography paired with artificial intelligence tools that support early detection of breast cancer.
According to the location’s website, the site also has two high-powered MRI machines with shorter tubes designed to be more comfortable for patients, and it can scan people who have MRI-compatible pacemakers. Bone density scans, standard CT scans, and other imaging services are available too, and NYU Langone says some of what’s offered there has been hard to access elsewhere.
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All scans are read by radiologists who specialize in the relevant area of the body, and most exams are read within 24 hours, the hospital system says.“Our goal is to provide patients with the highest level of diagnostic expertise and technology,” said Dr. Michael P. Recht, chair of the Department of Radiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. “Earlier and more accurate diagnosis helps guide timely, personalized treatment decisions and ultimately improve patient outcomes.”
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