MSK Radiologists
Radiologists
Shane A. Wear, MD
Dr. Wear was born and raised in Birmingham, AL. He attended Rhodes College in Memphis, TN where received a B.A. in Biology and Psychology in 1997. After teaching for one year at The International School of St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, Shane attended the University of Alabama School of Medicine where he received his M.D. in 2002. While there, he served as Class President for four years, and President of the Student Body his final year. After completing a year of Transitional Medicine at Baptist Health Systems in Birmingham, he returned to University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for his residency in Diagnostic Radiology, where he served as Chief Resident in 2006. Dr. Wear completed our fellowship in 2008 and joined Vulcan Imaging Associates upon completion of his training. Dr. Wear also serves as a Clinical Instructor at UAB. Dr. Wear gives annual lectures to CRNA students at the Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing (Samford University) and to medical students and residents at UAB. Dr. Wear has served as a volunteer radiologist at Tenwek Hospital outside Bomet, Kenya, and has spent time in Haiti providing ultrasound training to physicians there. He serves on the board of Hope Imaging, a non-profit organization that provides onsite ultrasound training globally.
D. Dean Thornton, MD, FACR
Dr. Thornton is originally from Virginia where he received a B.S. in Psychology from the College of William and Mary. He attended the University of Virginia School of Medicine where he received his M.D. in 1995. He went on to residency training in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). While at UAB, Dr. Thornton served as Chief Resident in 1998. His fellowship training in Musculoskeletal Radiology was undertaken at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis. Following fellowship, he returned to UAB as an Assistant Professor of Radiology in the Musculoskeletal and Emergency Radiology sections. In 2003, he left UAB to join a private practice at the former HealthSouth hospital in Birmingham. Dr. Thornton still serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology at UAB. He has also co-authored several textbook chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. In 2005, Dr. Thornton joined what is now Vulcan Imaging Associates where he currently practices General and Musculoskeletal Radiology. Dr. Thornton currently serves as the AOI Fellowship Director.
Trevor A. Lundstrom, MD
Dr. Lundstrom grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received both Biology B.S. and Master of Clinical Gerontology Degrees from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He then returned to Nebraska where he received his M.D. at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1999. He completed his Transitional Internship Year at Baptist Health Systems in 2000. He went on to complete his Diagnostic Radiology residency as well as a fellowship in Musculoskeletal Radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Following his fellowship, he joined Vulcan Imaging Associates in 2005. Dr. Lundstrom also serves as a Clinical Instructor at UAB.
Jonathan W. Walter, MD
Dr. Walter hails from Michigan and attended the University of Michigan for both undergrad and medical school. He moved to Alabama to complete radiology residency at UAB, later completing his MSK fellowship in the inaugural combined UAB/St. Vincent’s fellowship program. Dr. Walter served as an assistant professor at UAB and led the MSK fellowship as well as directed radiology medical student education. During his tenure, he lectured extensively in the medical school and beyond, contributed to several publications, wrote a textbook chapter, and was honored with multiple consecutive teaching awards. Dr. Walter’s career path eventually led him to Vulcan Imaging Associates where he was fortunate to combine his love of teaching with his keen interest and abilities with business development, operations, and management.
Barrett Cary, MD
Dr. Cary grew up in Montgomery, Alabama. He received his B.S. in Mathematics at Birmingham-Southern College in 2003 and earned his M.D. from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2007. He completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. Dr. Cary completed his combined MSK fellowship at UAB and Alabama Orthopedic Imaging in 2013. Following his combined UAB/VIA fellowship, he joined Vulcan Imaging Associates in 2012.
Barton Booth, MD
Dr. Booth is originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama where he received a B.S. in Accounting in 2011 graduating summa cum laude with honors. He earned his M.D. from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2016. He went on to complete his internship with Brookwood Baptist Health and afterwards his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at UAB in 2021. Subsequently, he completed his musculoskeletal (MSK) fellowship with Alabama Orthopedic Imaging. In July 2023, Dr. Booth joined Vulcan Imaging Associates where he practices general and musculoskeletal radiology.
Clint R. Waggoner, MD
Dr. Waggoner hails from Fayetteville, GA. He completed his BS in Biology, Summa Cum Laude, at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. While attending the University of Alabama Dr. Waggoner played football for the Crimson Tide 1995 – 1998; in 1998 was a starting defensive end. Dr. Waggoner received his M.D. in 2003 and went on to complete residency training in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) in 2008. His completed fellowship training in Musculoskeletal Radiology at the Alabama Orthopedic Fellowship Birmingham, Alabama in 2009. In January 2021, Dr. Waggoner joined VIA where he currently practices Musculoskeletal Radiology.
W. Banks Petrey, MD
Dr. Petrey is originally from Alexander City, Alabama. He attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN where he received a B.A. in Biology cum laude in 2000. He earned his M.D. from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2004. Following completing a Transitional Internship and Residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Brookwood Baptist Health (BBH) in Birmingham in 2009, Dr. Petrey’s fellowship training in Musculoskeletal Radiology was undertaken at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. Subsequently, he returned to Birmingham where he served as a core faculty member for the BBH Diagnostic Radiology program in the MSK and general sections until joining Vulcan Imaging Associates and the AOI faculty in 2022. Dr. Petrey is a member of the Keats Society and is also an active officer/delegate with the Alabama Academy of Radiology and American College of Radiology.
Neuro Radiologists
Arthur D. Sandy, MD, FACR
Dr. Sandy earned his BA in biology in his home town at the University of California, San Diego where he graduated summa cum laude. Dr. Sandy is an alumnus of University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Dallas where he earned his MD degree in 1982. Having completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan he subsequently returned to San Diego and joined the staff at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center where he completed a two year neuroradiology fellowship. In 1993, after spending three years as a general radiologist in a hospital based practice in San Diego, he and his family moved to Birmingham to join Radiology Associates of Birmingham, now doing business as Vulcan Imaging Associates.
Dr. Sandy has been active in organized Radiology having served as a counselor for the ACR and as the President of the Alabama Academy of Radiology. Dr. Sandy is a fellow of the American College of Radiology and a recipient of the ACR Silver Medal Award for service to the AAR and ACR and for work performed promoting patient safety and helping to define the role of the Radiology Assistant in Alabama. Dr. Sandy is a senior member of the American Society of Neuroradiology and numerous other professional organizations. He holds board certification in Diagnostic Radiology with added qualifications in Neuroradiology.
M. Brant Ruff, MD
Dr. Ruff was born and raised in Memphis, TN and graduated from the University of Memphis with a B.S. in Chemistry, manga cum laude. He completed medical school at the University of Tennessee, Memphis in 1995. After finishing his surgical internship at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, LA, he completed his radiology residency at Tulane Medical Center in 2000. He continued his training with a fellowship in Neuroradiology at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis, MO where he also served jointly as clinical instructor for one year. After completion, he began private practice in Birmingham and joined Vulcan Imaging Associates in 2005.
Harry Rosenthal, MD
Dr. Rosenthal was born in Alexandria, LA and graduated from the Louisiana Tech University with a Major in Biomedical Engineering. He completed medical school at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA in 1996. He completed his radiology residency at Tulane University Medical Center in 2000, serving as Chief Resident 1998-2000. He continued his training with a fellowship in Neuroradiology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York in 2001. After completion, he began private practice in Birmingham and joined Vulcan Imaging Associates in July 2001.
Allen Oser, MD
Dr. Oser was raised on Long Island, NY. He attended Brown University in Providence, RI where he received an ScB. in Biology in 1982. He attended Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. where he received his M.D. in 1988. After completing a transitional year internship at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, MA, he went on to a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University Medical School from 1989-1993, where he served as co-chief resident. Dr. Oser went on to his neuroradiology fellowship at MIR from 1993-1995. He joined the staff at UAB in 1995, then came to Vulcan Imaging Associates in 1997.