1959

• W. Ransom Kelley, M.D. finishes residency and starts practicing at Southside District Hospital located at 21 South Hibbert in Mesa, AZ.
• Associated Radiology Limited (ARL) is formed.

1960s

• 1962 – Robert Green, M.D. joins practice.
• 1964 – Mesa Lutheran Hospital opens.
• 1965 – Richard Van Buskirk, M.D. joins practice.
• 1965 – ARL is incorporated.
• 1968 – First outpatient office (North Office) opens at 450 W. 5th Place. This office later moved across the street from Mesa Lutheran Hospital.

1970s

• 1973 – Southside District Hospital closes and is replaced by Desert Samaritan (now called Banner Desert)
• 1974 – Dr. Cohen joins group bringing his imaging center, the “South Office” adjacent to Desert Samaritan.
• Drs. Traicoff, Coppa, Silvey, Geyser, Wickman, Fleischman, and McCall join the practice.

1980s

• 1984 – Valley Lutheran Hospital (now Banner Baywood) opens.
• 1986 – Imaging Centers become East Valley Diagnostic Imaging (EVDI).
• 1986 – South Office adds CT, Nuclear Medicine, mammography and ultrasound.
• 1989 – East Mesa Imaging Center opens adjacent to Valley Lutheran Hospital.
• Drs. Kornreich, Junck, and others join practice.
• Dean Marks, CPA and Dawn Demmer, CPA hired as practice managers.

1990s

• 1992 – EVDI converts from corporation to Limited Liability Company.
• 1999 – Lutheran and Samaritan hospital systems merge to form Banner Health.
• EVDI opens several new imaging center offices in the late 90s and early 2000s

2000s

• Banner Heart Hospital opens on the Baywood Campus
• Banner Cardon Children’s Hospital opens on the Banner Desert Campus
• 2007 – Banner Mesa (formerly Mesa Lutheran) closes
• December 2005 – Deficit Reduction Act imposes severe reductions in technical reimbursement of outpatient imaging centers, shifting our strategy toward hospital based radiology services.
• Original women’s center closes and moves into our old “South Office” on Banner Desert campus.

2010s

• Ironwood Cancer and Research Center becomes an exclusive, fast-growing client.
• 2014 – ARL merges with SMIL and Valley to form Southwest Diagnostic Imaging (SDI), making it the a leading private radiology practice in the nation.
• 2014 – Banner Gateway after-hours coverage is added.
• 2017 – EVDI acquires Country Club office from a competitor leaving the market.
• 2017 – Banner Ironwood and Goldfield are added.
• 2017 – Banner Casa Grande is added
• December 2017 – SDI joins Radiology Partners (RP), a leading radiology practice.
• 2019 – EVDI and Valley Radiology Imaging Centers acquired by Banner Imaging.