The driving force behind the EPIC Imaging family of centers is Dr. Gerald L. Warnock, its founder and medical director. Over the years he has been a pioneer in bringing state-of-the art imaging technology to our community and a leader in quality patient care.

The busy centers we know today had rather humble beginnings. In 1964, following his military service, Dr. Warnock purchased East Portland X-Ray Clinic, a small four year old radiology office with two x-ray machines. He gained distinction tackling difficult specialties in radiology and within eight years moved to bigger offices and expanded into mammography. East Portland Imaging Center was born.

In 1982, a revolutionary new technology was introduced in radiology, Computed Tomography (CT). CT offered a whole new way of looking at medical imaging and promised to have a profound impact on the early diagnosis of disease. Despite the new machine’s hefty price tag, Dr. Warnock acquired the first non-hospital based CT scanner in the state. Two years later, when Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) emerged as a powerful diagnostic tool for soft tissue imaging, Dr. Warnock didn’t hesitate. He installed one of the first MRI scanners in the Pacific Northwest and operated it for nearly a year before any of the local hospitals purchased scanners.

Today we continue to lead the way in outpatient imaging by holding true to our founding principal: combine the most advanced diagnostic imaging technology available with the best in patient care and service. We now feature every major imaging technology available including the revolutionary new digital mammography equipment and the equally dramatic molecular imaging machine known as PET.

East Portland Imaging Center has grown to become EPIC Imaging, a family of outpatient imaging facilities consisting of EPIC Imaging|East, P.C., EPIC Imaging|West, Inc., The Portland PET Center and EPIC Imaging|ENT. As we move forward, we will continue to strive to bring our patients and referring physicians the best technology has to offer.

1959:
•	Dr. Louis Frische, M.D. establishes East Portland X-Ray Clinic
1964:
•	Dr. Gerald Warnock, M.D. purchases the clinic
1982:
•	Acquisition of the first non-hospital based CT scanner in Oregon
1983:
•	EPIC becomes one of the first non-hospital based nuclear medicine facilities to be licensed by the Oregon Health Division
1984:
•	Acquisition of one of the first MRI scanners in the Northwest
1991:
•	The center adds a second MRI unit
1994:
•	EPIC becomes the first facility in the Portland metropolitan community to receive certification for mammography by the American College of Radiology
•	The center acquires one of the first Spiral CT scanners in the region
1995:
•	Certification received for mammography from the Food & Drug Administration
1996:
•	Acquisition of new high field MRI unit
1998:
•	Acquisition of the first Superconductive Open MRI in Oregon
•	EPIC receives certification for stereotactic mammography biopsy by the American College of Radiology
1999:
•	EPIC acquires the next generation MRI Scanner, the Siemens Symphony, Open Architecture High Field Short Bore
•	Acquisition of the first dedicated PET scanner in Oregon and founding of The Portland PET Center.
•	East Portland Imaging Center officially becomes EPIC Imaging
2000:
•	EPIC Imaging|West opens in Beaverton
•	EPIC Imaging|ENT, the head and neck imaging division of EPIC, is founded
•	EPIC acquires CT Quad Detection system for rapid Spiral CT Scanning
•	Acquisition of the first digital mammography units in Oregon
2001:
•	Acquisition of the first High Field Open MRI in the region
2002:
•	Acquisition of the 3.0 Tesla magnet
2003:
•	Acquisition of 16 detector CT
•	First facility in Portland to install a PET/CT scanner
•	First facility in the region to acquire the Suros ATEC, MRI guided breast biopsy system
2004:
•	EPIC Imaging|Cardiac division founded to provide advanced, non-invasive cardiac imaging
•	Acquisition of Siemens Avanto for advanced Cardiac MRI and non-invasive vascular imaging
2005:
•	Acquisition of one of the first 64 detector CT scanners in the area with important new coronary angiography capabilities
•	Selected by Toshiba as beta test site for its Ultrasound software and hardware including Aplio 80’s and Xario.