Vital Thermal Imaging is Proud to Partner with the World Leader in Thermography Interpretation
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Board Certified Interpretation
In 1983, the first accredited college-approved thermographic course was presented by executive board members of the International Academy of Clinical Thermology. It was during this time that the main four organizations: the International Academy of Clinical Thermology (IACT), the International Thermographic Society (ITS), the American Academy of Thermology (AAT), and the American Academy of Medical Infrared Imaging were involved in research, education, and establishing guidelines. From these four main organizations, incorporating some of the most prestigious universities and hospitals, came the bulk of all the research ever performed on thermography. By 1988, the IACT had become the largest organization with over 500 members worldwide.
Why Choose Us
We are proud that the educational lineage of all of our thermologists has been handed down directly from these pioneering doctors. We are especially grateful that all of our thermologists can trace their breast thermology training directly to one of the greatest experts in the field, William Hobbins, MD, FACS. In addition to this education, our thermologists adhere to the International Academy of Clinical Thermology’s Quality Assurance Guidelines for Breast and Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography. These guidelines include the use of the internationally accepted standardized TH (Thermobiological) grading system for the interpretation of breast thermograms.
As doctors who also practice in active out-patient care centers, we understand the unique needs of a health care office offering this imaging technology. It is one thing to provide the proper technical aspects of image acquisition, but quite another when it comes to presenting the results to a patient. As clinicians who understand these needs, we put together a team of 20 women of all ages to assist us in creating reports that “speak” to the patient. The resulting reports, and accompanying report guides, are one of the unique aspects of our service. Each office that uses our reporting also receives something very special. We have been told that this is exactly what every office needs to not only provide for their own management, but to be able to reach out to the community they serve. Our information packet covers this in detail.
Working for decades with offices worldwide has resulted in a service that is unlike any other. Each thermogram report comes with an information guide that explains in detail every aspect of the patient’s report. And in the event that the patient needs to speak with the thermologist, they are always available to answer all their questions. Our interpretation service offers 3 levels of reporting. The first is our standard service that provides a written report to your office on a regular schedule. The second level provides a STAT report that your office receives in 24-48 hours. Depending on the submission time and your location, 90% of these reports are returned as a same-day service. Lastly, we provide for live in-office reporting. In this case we provide your patient with a personal interpretation of their images in your office immediately after their images are taken.
As part of our services we also provide each office, imaging center, or hospital with a HIPAA compliant “patient portal” and “clinical dashboard”. The portal provides your patients with a peaceful and secure atmosphere in which they can leisurely complete their intake data before arriving for their appointment. The dashboard gives you and your office staff the ability to streamline many of the tedious procedures you are currently following including the automated archiving of intake forms. The dashboard keeps all intake data on a digital platform throughout the process including uploading to our secure site. This provides your clinic with a significant decrease in overhead while accelerating the intake and imaging process.
Meet Our Thermologists
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Dr. William Amalu, DC, DABCT, DIACT, FIACT
In 1990, Dr. Amalu embarked upon an interesting journey. At the time he was making drastic changes in the way he evaluated and treated patients. His primary goal was to improve the care he was delivering. He knew that in order to provide better treatment he needed to identify the cause of the patient’s problem first. What was needed was a sensitive test that had the ability to help find the underlying cause. After evaluating many different technologies, he incorporated medical infrared imaging (MIR). Dr. Amalu also realized that in order to provide MIR of the breast he needed to further his knowledge in the area of Breast Thermography. He spent the next three years under the personal mentoring of the greatest living Breast Thermologist – William Hobbins, MD, FACS.
On October 6, 1999, Dr. Amalu lost his step-sister Robin to a 5 year battle with breast cancer. At the age of 47, she left two young daughters and the love of her life. She had faithfully listened to her doctor and had both physical breast exams and mammograms as recommended. Her mammograms did not detect her tumors, first in one breast and then later in the other. The lumps were easily felt and not detected on the images. What if thermal imaging had been readily available to Robin?
Robin’s passing clarified what needed to be done. Dr. Amalu realized that he needed to expand upon his own imaging center and add a new focus – education. Through education more offices and imaging centers would be able to provide this lifesaving technology worldwide. Dr. Amalu pursued this idea, approached the recognized medical infrared imaging associations, and was eventually made an Executive Board Member of the International Academy of Clinical Thermology (IACT), the International Thermographic Society, and the medical director of the International Association of Certified Thermographers. Dr. Amalu was also asked to join the IACT and the American Academy of Thermology’s committees’ for the development of thermography guidelines. His participation as a co-author has resulted in internationally recognized quality assurance guidelines under which thermal imaging and interpretation should be performed. Dr. Amalu is also a recognized researcher and contributing textbook author on the clinical uses of MIR imaging (see below). And as a post-graduate instructor for the IACT, Dr. Amalu has been providing education courses for technicians and doctors worldwide.
Dr. Amalu has made this a mission in his life. He has been providing MIR interpretation for offices and imaging centers worldwide for over 25 years.
Dr. Valerie Quijano, DC
Dr. Valerie Quijano, DC, BCCT is the founder of InVogue Health Consultants, LLC in Kamuela Hawai’i. Dr. Quijano has a full time healthcare practice that incorporates thermal imaging into patient care.
Dr. Quijano and Dr. Amalu have been friends and professional colleagues for over 25 years. Dr. Quijano and Dr. Amalu underwent their post-graduate training together and earned their initial Board Certification from the American Board of Clinical Thermography. Dr. Quijano has been an independent Board Certified Thermologist for over 20 years.
