FerriScan : Non-invasive measurement of liver iron concentration

Even if it starts in Punjab it would be great,coz we can travel to islamabad or anywhere else in Punjab.

Zaini.

Hello all...

It's nice to come back to some good news! DJ, is there anything I could do to assist you in your talks/plans to setup FerriScan in Pakistan? Let me know if you need FerriScan information or a proposal from our company to facilitate your local discussions.

thanks mam for ur concern . i surely need ur help .send me all the info regarding feriscan on djockey83@gmail.com

Hi DJ,

I have sent the FerriScan information to the email add you have provided. Please let me know if you haven't received it. Thanks.

Hi, Sylvia.

I live in Long Island, New York.  Can you tell me where the closest FerriScan is to me, and how I can go about getting it done?

Hey Danielle,

I was finally able to contact the person at Boston Childrens Hosptial who sets up appointments for the Ferriscan.  Her name is Jennifer Braunstein.  She is wonderful!!!  Helped me to get all the approvals I needed to get the appointment and health insurance approvals.  I will be going up there on Feb. 4th.  I will let you know how it goes for me.

Joan

Weill Medical College of Cornell University    416 East 55th Street    New York    New York    +1 212 746 6801

Thank you, Joan.  I'd love to hear how it goes! 

Andy, they have it right here in New York at Cornell?  That's awesome! I need to get it done soon. Thank you! 

Hello everyone, I apologise for the late replies. I was away on holidays and just got back to work today hearing good news from Joan getting a FerriScan appointment in Boston!

Danielle, the center at Cornell was previously setup for a clinical trial. After the trial, they didn't want to continue with the service. A upside to this is, we are currently setting up FerriScan at State University New York (SUNY) and we are in the agreement stage (just pending them to return the signed agreement). You could try to get an appointment there when FerriScan is available.

Joan,

We go to Boston Childrens Hosptial for my daughter's Thal care. Jen Braunstein is the R/N who is vey helpful and approachable. My daughter had the MRI last year at Boston Children's. They did anethesia....we were very scraed but everything went fine. the Drs and nurses at the MRI center is also very helpful. All the best to you.....

Hello,

Joan, how did your FerriScan go at Boston? Please share your experience with us. Also, have you received the results from Dr Braunstein? Hope to hear from you soon.

Bostonian_04, I hope FerriScan had helped you and the doctors manage your daughter's therapy better. The reason why anaesthetic was used was to prevent too much movement in the MRI scanner. I believe your daughter is young and we all know young children can't stay still for long. Too much movement may compromise the quality of the data images which may affect the result of the analysis.

New FerriScan Centres

Hello all,

Please note that there are a couple of new FerriScan centres setup recently.

1) Westmead Hospital
    Crn Hawkesbury & Darcy Roads
    Westmead, NSW 2145
    Australia

2) SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
    750 East Adams Street
    Syracuse, NY 13210-1834
    USA

Please contact your local treating clinicians if you are interested to have a FerriScan. A referral letter is required prior to you have a FerriScan at the MRI centres.

Thank you.

Sylvia

New FerriScan center in Michigan

Hello to all

Please be informed that there is a new FerriScan center setup recently.

Spectrum Health Radiology Services
100 Michigan St NE MC046
Grand Rapids
Michigan 49503
USA

Kindly note that FerriScan is a referral service. Please discuss with your treating clinician if you are interested to have a FerriScan.

Thank you.

Sylvia

Sylvia,

Thank you for keeping in touch with us.

Regards.

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone is keeping well and safe. I thought I would send all of you a quick update on what's happening in the world of FerriScan.

As winter approaches in Perth, Westen Australia, the heat is up on the FerriScan development that we are undertaking currently. We have commenced on with the FerriScan Rapide study in view to reduce the MRI scanning time. The standard FerriScan takes approximately 25-30min. The FerriScan Rapide once validated will take approximately 10-15 mins, reducing the scan time by 50%!

Once this service is launched, patients no longer needs to spend a long time in the MRI scanner. This also helps to reduce the MRI scanning cost charged by the hospital/imaging center.

Resonance Health is also looking into offering a cardiac T2* analysis service. We have received feedbacks from the clinical communities that a cardiac T2* measurement is essential even though patients are well-monitored. We are reviewing the relevant regulatory issues and we hope that we could offer a new regulatory approved, quality service to the clinical communities soon.

Our Chief Scientific Officer, Prof Tim St Pierre who is also one of the founders of FerriScan was invited to present at the International Thalassemia Day conference (6-7 May) in Cairo, Egypt. Prof St Pierre even had the honour to be interviewed by Nile News and Egyptian Satellite Channel. He was thrilled to be on Egyptian national television!!!

To all our Egyptian friends out there, if you have seen the interview on TV and you know where it is available online, please send me the link as all of us in the office would like to view it too.

At the same time, we would like to hear from you. If you have had a FerriScan before, we would like to hear your experience. Please feel free to share your comments. We can only improve from the feedback you give us. If you do not wish to share your personal experience in the open, feel free to drop me an email at sylviag@ferriscan.com

Stay tune for more updates from Down Under.  

Cheers
Sylvia