IntegraMed America, Inc. (NASDAQ: INMD), the nation’s leading manager of
specialty outpatient healthcare facilities in the emerging,
technology-focused medical niches of fertility and vein care, today
announced plans to open a new vein clinic in Columbia, Maryland in mid
2010. The clinic, the company’s 35th vein clinic, will add
interventional radiology (IR) treatments to the full range of vein
treatments provided at existing IntegraMed vein clinics, enabling
patients to undergo a host of additional procedures. The new center will
be led by Dr. Scott Buckner, a board-certified Interventional
Radiologist.
Jay Higham, President and Chief Executive Officer of IntegraMed,
commented, “We are excited with the prospect of bringing interventional
radiology capabilities to our vein care business so that we can target a
broader array of vein related conditions or disease throughout the body.
We have completed extensive research on the IR market opportunity and
find it to be an attractive addition to our vein care practice. There
are also potential synergies with our fertility practices and consumer
services affiliates, as IR is utilized in procedures such as uterine
fibroid embolization, gonadal embolization and fallopian tube
recannalization. Importantly, we think our patients will benefit from
the center’s expanded capabilities, technology and top level patient
care.”