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We’re in a new joint

IBJI Wilmette has moved and we would love for you to come celebrate our new facility. Our new location is more convenient for you as we have improved technology and additional services.

We’re hosting an open house this Thursday, January 10^th at 6:00pm in our new location, and are pleased to now offer on-site MRI services along with a full complement of physicians and expanded Physical and Occupational Therapy services.     

Most Advanced MRI Technology in North Shore

We’re excited, and you should be too, as our new Wilmette location has the most advanced MRI technology available in the North Shore of Chicagoland. Our new MRI system has the unique combination of cutting-edge technology and maximum comfort making it the best of both worlds and truly a "Convergence of Quality and Convenience", you can expect:

1. Accurate and complete orthopedic care
2. High resolution image quality;
3. Specialized patient care and flexible scheduling.

Get to the Open House Early

Make sure you arrive early as the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce will be doing a ribbon-cutting at the front doors of the office at 5:30pm. Subsequently, the Open House will take place on both floors of the office, in our MRI Suite on the first floor, and in the Physician Clinic and Rehab Suite on the second floor, from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.

In the MRI Suite, two of our Radiologists will be present as a resource and if you have questions about our new powerful MRI technology, a Hitachi representative, Craig Takaoka, will be present to answer any of your questions regarding the technical capabilities of the MRI Scanner.

Detailed event information: 

Join us at our Open House and visit our Physician Clinic, Rehab, and MRI Offices.

Date: Thursday, January 10^th
Time: 6pm - 8pm( ribbon cutting at 5:30pm)
Location: 521 Green Bay Road, Wilmette

See You There

Please come and join us at IBJI Wilmette and share this part of our history with us and the physicians you’ve known and always trusted to provide exceptional care for you and your family. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served and the open house will be heaps of fun. We can’t wait to see you Thursday evening.

How MRI Works

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine is a sophisticated medical imaging and diagnostic device. They create a low-level magnetic field which causes a specific reaction inside the atoms of the body. The atoms inside each type of tissue in the body react in different ways. The computer hooked up to the scanner senses these different reactions and then turns what it senses into a visual representation of internal functioning of the patient’s body.  In the past all MRI machines not only worked the same, but also looked the same. Today, though, there are three different types of MRI scanners available to patients.

Traditional Closed MRI

A closed MRI machine is a large tube that a patient lays in. This style of scanner almost always produces images that are of very high quality. Patient comfort in these machines is sometimes a problem. The small tube that a patient must lay in can cause a patient who is claustrophobic to panic. The MRI machine requires the patient to lie very still; someone who is moving around can make scanning almost impossible. The small opening size of some closed MRI machines means that overweight patients simply cannot be scanned.