Michael Turner, MD, FACC, cardiologist, with Cardiovascular Specialists of SWLA will begin seeing patients weekly at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital's new Diagnostic Center in Sulphur. Dr. Turner, board certified in Cardiac CT, will serve as a collaborating Cardiologist with the center and will see patients at the center each Wednesday afternoon. Cardiac CT, or Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, is a non-invasive procedure that provides physicians with 3-D images of the heart, allowing them to more accurately predict the presence or absence, and the severity, of heart disease.

With the addition of Dr. Turner, the Diagnostic Center will be the only other establishment in Sulphur, aside from the hospital, to offer outpatient Cardiac CT Scans. "Dr. Turner's addition to our Diagnostic Center symbolizes our hospital's commitment to bringing additional physician expertise to the residents of service area. The skill and experience that Dr. Turner brings to the Diagnostic Center complements the state of the art technology that our center currently offers to area residents,” stated Bill Hankins, CEO of West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital.

Cardiac Calcium Score screening, a screening to detect calcium in the walls of the arteries, will also be performed at the center. The test, a tool used in detecting an individual's ten year risk of a heart attack, does not require a referral from a physician as patient's can self-refer.

The Diagnostic Center of West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital is located at 250 South Beglis Parkway, Suite 2, in Sulphur. Office hours for the new center are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. For more information, please call the Diagnostic Center at (337) 310-8834 or visit www.wcch.com.