A Mission Built Around Preventive Health
Our Purpose
Early Detection Changes Lives
Heart disease and cancer are the top two causes of death in America and around the world. These silent killers are taking millions of lives every year because they show no symptoms until it’s too late.
Our mission at Life Guard Imaging is to scan our patients annually through a long-term preventative program.
Our low-radiation, high-resolution CT scanner creates 3D images of a patient’s internal organs, aiding in the detection of these deadly diseases before their first symptoms are felt. Early detection saves lives.
For example, breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in America, yet it has the highest survival rate. Why? Early detection through annual mammograms.
Meet the Life Guard Imaging Team
Stephanie Martin, B.S., R.T. (R)(CT)(ARRT)
Director of Imaging
Stephanie Martin, B.S., R.T. (R)(CT)(ARRT), has been working in radiology/CT since 2011. She currently holds licenses in 3 states and is registered with the American Registry of Radiologic Technology in both radiography and computed tomography. She has worked in various clinical settings, ranging from a critical access hospital to a trauma center and from outpatient imaging to a cancer research facility.
Stephanie has lived in the Tampa Bay area for almost 3 years with her faithful dog, Jasper. She was born and raised in southern Indiana, where she attended radiography school and finished her degree. When you don’t find her here at the office, she enjoys going to concerts, sporting events, and the beach. She also loves to go back home and spend time with her friends and family, especially her nephews.
Stephanie has seen firsthand, throughout her career, the effects that early detection and preventative care can have on her patients’ lives. She is thrilled to be a part of the Life Guard Imaging team!
Thomas Atlas, M.D.
Radiologist
Thomas Atlas, M.D., is a practicing radiologist for Life Guard Imaging. His private practice includes extensive work with lung cancer screening, full body screening, virtual colonoscopy, and calcium scores. He received his medical degree from the University of Southern California and board certification in diagnostic radiology from Baylor College in Houston. In addition to reading studies, he actively works to standardize and streamline reporting based on the most current guidelines.
He serves as director of the Sacramento Ultrasound Institute, a school for technologists, and as a member of HeartLung.AI, an innovative company using deep learning to automate cardiac and lung cancer screening.
Dr. Atlas is very excited to be working with Life Guard Imaging to help save lives through early detection and preventative screening.
Phyllis Kapellen, M.D.
Medical Director
Phyllis Kapellen, MD, completed both her undergraduate and medical school degrees at the University of Arizona in Tucson. After medical school, she left Tucson to pursue her diagnostic radiology training, completing her internship and radiology residency at St. Luke’s Medical Center within the Aurora Healthcare system in Milwaukee, WI.
After achieving board certification with the American Board of Radiology, the call to duty brought her to Dayton, OH, for four years of active duty service as a practicing radiologist in the USAF during Desert Storm, achieving the rank of major at the time of her honorable discharge.
The desire for further subspecialty training in musculoskeletal radiology brought her to Edmond, OK, for one year at Edmond Medical Center. She then began her private teleradiology practice, consulting with numerous imaging centers, including work with lung cancer screening and full body screening. Dr. Kapellen serves as medical director for our Tampa facility. Her extensive knowledge and experience are major assets to Life Guard Imaging.
We’re Here to Help
We bring true awareness to annual health and wellness initiatives. We take the guesswork out of healthcare by providing three-dimensional images for the internal organs of the torso. The data produced by our scans provide information that can’t be captured through basic blood cultures. It aids in detecting abnormalities that could be developing into potentially harmful health issues.
Your first scan is used as a baseline for all future scans. If anything changes, your healthcare professionals can plan a course of action to treat the illness.