Sites Providing REMS Echolight Scans in USA

Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) Echolight is a new, radiation-free technology for assessing bone density and quality at the lumbar spine and femoral neck. US headquarters are located at 509 Madison Ave, RM 1510, New York, New York 10022. Below are the sites offering the scans in the USA. Echolight has a map of REMS centers in the USA. https://www.echolightmedical.com/en/find-your-rems-center-in-usa/

Arizona

OsteoStrong Arcadia, AZ, 3301 E Indian School Rd, Suite 101, Phoenix, AZ 85018

OsteoStrong McCormick Ranch, 8120 Hayden Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85258

OsteoStrong Mesa, AZ, 9903 E Baseline Rd, Suite 101, Mesa, AZ 85209

OsteoStrong Sedona, AZ, Safeway Plaza, 2370 W Rte 89A, Suite 4, Sedona, AZ 86336

https://www.precisionboneimaging.com/book-now

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=32710610

URPrecious 3D Breast Ultrasound, 9300 E Raintree Dr, Suite 130, Scottsdale, AZ,  85260

Phone 602-878-7501, Radiologist: Meghna Krishnan MD

https://www.3dbreastultrasound.com/rems-echo-light.html

California

Anatara Medicine, 1700 California Street, Suite 520, San Francisco, CA 94109, phone 415-360-6355, Dr. Ahvie Herskowitz

Hydrate Wellness, contact David Perez, 613 Westlake Street, Suite 125B, Encinitas, CA 92024, phone 858-2424 (Encinitas is in San Diego county.)

Orange County Precision Medicine, Newport Beach CA, 366 San Miguel Dr, #312 , Newport Beach, CA 92660, phone 949/779-6910

OsteoScan USA and Dr. Andy Bush

Dr. Andy Bush is pleased to announce his partnership with OsteoScan USA, based in California. He will be conducting REMS scans in the Marin County/Bay Area monthly, starting June 28, 2025. 

OsteoScan, Mill Valley, CA, (415) 858-8713, info@osteoscanusa.com 

https://www.osteoscanusa.com/schedule-appointment

           

OsteoStrong Brea, CA

OsteoStrong Brentwood Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA

OsteoStrong Mar Vista, Los Angeles, CA

OsteoStrong, Los Gatos, CA, contact Natasha Galkina, 786 Blossom Hill Road, Suite B, Los Gatos, CA 95032, phone 408-596-9504

OsteoStrong Palm Desert, CA

OsteoStrong Palos Verdes, 550 Deep Valley Drive #355, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274, phone 310-541-0111, email ken@osteostrongpv.com; REMS Echolight by Superior Bone Scanning

OsteoStrong Porterville, CA, 1570 W Olive Ave, Porterville, CA 93257, phone 559-782-1570

OsteoStrong Sacramento, CA

OsteoStrong San Diego, CA

OsteoStrong San Jose, CA

OsteoStrong Santa Barbara, CA

OsteoStrong South Pasadena, CA  

OsteoStrong Studio City, CA

OsteoStrong Pasadena, CA 

OsteoStrong Torrance, Los Angeles, CA

https://www.precisionboneimaging.com/book-now

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=32710610

Colorado

OsteoStrong Boulder, CO, 5420 Arapahoe Ave., Unit b, Boulder, CO 80303

OsteoStrong Greeley, CO, 3506 W. 10th St., Greeley, CO 80634

OsteoStrong Lowry, CO, 200 Quebec St. Building, 800-113, Denver, CO 80230, Phone: 720-446-8292 https://centers.osteostrong.me/osteostrong-lowry-denver-colorado/

The Healing Gardens, 315 Canyon Ave., Suite 1, Fort Collins, CO 80521

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=32710610

Florida

• USF Health and Tampa General Medical Group, Diabetes and Endocrinology, has three locations. The TGH Brandon Healthplex lists REMS.

TGH Brandon Healthplex

Clinics
Endocrinology Day Hospital
DXA
REMS

10740 Palm River Rd
Tampa, FL 33619
4th Floor

Appt: (813) 821-8011

https://health.usf.edu/care/diabetes-endocrinology/locations

 

Screen My Bones

3341 Tamiami Trail North

Naples, FL 34103

305-998-6008

https://screenmybones.us/

Dr. Krystyna Shepetiuk travels around the State of Florida with her Echolight and performs scans in various locations, including Osteostrong facilities. She may be visting Osteostrong in Lake Mary, Florida some time this summer (2024). 

Treasure Coast Bone Scans, 703 17th St, Vero Beach, Florida 32960; phone 772-404-1488, or call OsteoStrong 772-758-8884

https://tcbonescans.com/

Midwest Bone Health Screening

Seasonal screening in St. Petersburg, Florida every January

(785) 550-4970

midwestbonehealth@gmail.com

https://www.midwestbone.com/

Hawaii

Osteostrong Hawaiikai, Jeff and Jolee Hehn, 6700 Kalanianaʻole Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96825

Idaho

OsteoStrong Boise, 600 N Steelhead Way, Suite 164, Boise, ID, (208) 331-4072

 Illinois

• SMaRT Institute - The Sports Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics 

Dr Metthew E. Vogt 

12 Salt Creek Ln #300, Hinsdale, IL 60521

+1 630-922-5071

https://www.thesmartinst.com/home.html

• OsteoStrong of Greater Chicago, Inc 

Marc Malizia 

126 Skokie Blvd, Wilmette Illinois 60091

001 224-487-8833/ 224-408-2383

wilmette@osteostrong.me

Kansas

OsteoStrong-KC, 6950 W 105th St, Overland Park, KS 66212 (on-site location)Mobile Service for Lawrence, Kansas City, and surrounding areas(785) 550-4970midwestbonehealth@gmail.comhttps://www.midwestbone.com/

Maryland

OsteoCoach Center for Strong Bones, 10210 S Dolfield Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117, phone 410-204-2904, Ray Hinish, Pharm.D.; Heidy Garcia, CPT 

https://appointments.osteocoach.com/booking?service=4

Rheumatology Associates of Delmarva, 505 Dutchmans Lane, Suite A3, Easton, MD 21601, phone 410-819-6545, Drs. Ed McLaughlin and Curtis Foy

Massachusetts

Harbor Health Group, Dr Suzanne Gosselin, DO, 25 Duncan St., Gloucester, MA 01930

OsteoStrong in the Berkshires, Great Barrington, Ellen Shanahan, 344 Stockbridge Rd, Great Barrington, MA 01230

Minnesota

OsteoStrong Eden Prairie, 8354 Crystal View Rd, Suite 100, Eden Prairie, MN 55344

651-583-5001

https://osteostrongmn.com/

https://truebonedensity.com/

Missouri

Body Analytics, 4290 Telegraph Rd, St. Louis, MO 63129, phone 314-471-5373

https://bodyanalytics.fit/portfolio/echolight-rems/

New Jersey

OsteoStrong New Jersey, Two Fine Fellas LLC, David Klayman, 244 Livingston St, Northvale, NJ 07647 

XBody Health, Wellness and Spa, 87 Berdan Ave, Suite 3, Wayne, NJ 07470, 973/692-9780

New York

Dr. Bush will be at Dr. Klimenko's New York City office on January 17, 2025, to perform REMS testing. Elena Klimenko, MD, Functional Medicine, 280 Madison Ave #905, New York, NY 10016, phone: (212) 696-4325, info@drelenaklimenko.com. 

North Carolina

• Dr Andy Bush (Orthopedic Surgeon) 

Central Carolina Orthopaedic Associates 

Sanford, NC 

919-774-1355 (ask for James) 

BoneForte

959 East St. Suite C

Pittsboro, NC 27312

https://www.boneforte.com/our-services

       StrengthX 

Dr Mike Lewen (Chiropractor, Exercise Science) 

411 W State Street 

Black Mountain - Asheville NC 

828-505-7200

info@strengthx.me

Oklahoma

OsteoStrong Oklahoma City, 13300 N. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73142, contact Mary Martin

Oregon

OsteoStrong Central Oregon, Bend, OR, Anne-Marie Amos (owner), phone 541-241-7067

OsteoStrong Happy Valley, 112111 SE 82nd Ave., Suite K, Happy Valley, OR 97086, phone 503-575-9845, email appointments@osteostronghappyvalleyor.com (Happy Valley is a suburban city in the Portland, OR metropolitan area.)

https://osteostrongpdx.com/free/

Pennsylvania

• Qualis Os
  

  www.qualisos.com

  Locations are in Bucks County, PA

  All REMS scans and educational consultations for Qualis Os are with Dr. Zambito. 

  
  

  TEXAS

  
  

  AOCBV (Arthritis & Osteoporosis Clinic of Brazos Valley) 

  Dr Ricardo Pocurull, College Station, TX 

  979-696-8000

  https://www.aocbv.com/

  
  

  Covenant Wellness 

Jackie DeVilliers, RN, BSN 

4014 22nd Place, Building 67, Suite 9 

Lubbock, TX 79410

(806) 725-6543

jdevilliers@covhs.org

OsteoStrong Houston River Oaks

2027 S Shepherd Drive, Unit B, Houston, TX 77019

713-388-6764

https://www.osteostrongriveroaks.com/

Thermography Center of Dallas 

Dr Michael Einsohn 

5529 Spring Valley Road 

75254 Dallas, TX 

+1 972-999-1765

thermography@thermographycenter.com

https://www.thermographycenter.com/

Valley Diabetes & Endocrinology Comprehensive Center

4113 Crosspoint Blvd, Suite 11, Edinburg, TX 78539

956-603-1555

https://vdecc.com/

Echolight Scans Are Not Affected by Bone Strontium Content!

We strontium users know that BMD results by DXA scan will be artificially high, especially after years of using strontium salts. Here is good news! Echolight REMS technology is NOT AFFECTED by STRONTIUM. It uses ultrasound instead of ionizing radiation. Echolight is a modern ultrasound device capable of measuring bone at the hip and the spine using Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS).

BMD measured by ultrasound is not affected by the strontium content of bone. An in vitro study concluded that aBMD measured by DXA was prone to overestimation in the presence of strontium, but acoustic parameters measured by quantitative ultrasound (QUS) are independent of strontium concentration.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29080282/

Another advantage of Echolight scans is that they assess the bone internal micro-architecture.  So, physicians obtain results of bone quantity and quality. 

Yet another advantage of REMS over DXA is that REMS appears to be able to overcome common artifacts such as structural alterations caused by OA (osteoarthritis) at the lumbar spine, which affect the BMD values obtained by DXA

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10217295/#:~:text=Radiofrequency%20Echographic%20Multi%20Spectrometry%20(REMS,technique%20present%20in%20the%20literaturePMC10217295

Echolight has received 510(k) clearance to sell its EchoS Systems in the USA! Companies must submit a Premarket Notification, also called a PMN or 510(k), to the FDA so that it can review the product and clear it. Once the FDA declares that a new medical device is substantially equivalent to a predicate, it is cleared and can be marketed and sold in the USA. 

Echolight has opened a headquarters in NYC. The scans are not available everywhere. You will have to shop around. One early adopter is Dr. Andrew Bush, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon with a practice that performs Echolight scans in Sanford, North Carolina.

https://www.centralcarolinaortho.com/Blog/374362/EXPLORING-ECHOLIGHT-A-NOVEL-WAY-TO-MONITOR-OSTEOPOROSIS

COPA Healthcare LLC, Dania, FL sells the EchoS/Echolight and Marodyne LiV. The website includes a video that shows the EchoS equipment and how the scan is done. The website makes it easy to leave a message in case you have questions.

https://copahealth.us/echolight/

Strontium and Heart Health

I started taking strontium citrate on January 21, 2008. I had had a bad experience with Fosamax once weekly. When I say bad, I mean very bad. I was dizzy and had vertigo to the point I could barely walk a few steps to the bathroom and could not do floor exercises because the minute my head hit the floor, I felt I was falling off a cliff. I was worried about my osteoporosis diagnosis and was desperate to find something that would work for me without causing more harm than good. I began doing internet searches, but there was little information about strontium of any kind. After I had been on SC for a short time, I came across Sara DeHart's first case study, which had been posted on July 7, 2008. That study gave me much hope for SC. I decided to monitor my progress and post my results on my own blog. 

I also began following any news or articles I found about strontium, including strontium ranelate, because there were extensive clinical trials of SR. I posted articles about the SOTI and TROPOS clinical trials. 

It was not until 2013 that news about SR and increased risk of heart problems began appearing. In April 2013, the use of Protelos/Osseor (strontium ranelate) was restricted to those with severe osteoporosis at high risk of fracture. In 2014, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended further restrictions. SR was to be prescribed only to patients with severe osteoporosis and unable to tolerate other medications. All patients were to be evaluated for heart risks before prescribing or continuing to prescribe SR. In 2017, Servier, the manufacturer of SR, pulled the product from the EU because it was not making enough money. 

I see myself as a reporter. I write about all the news--both good and bad. In 2013, I had already been on SC for five years. I felt great. I had had no side effects and no fractures. The only reports about SC were Sara DeHart's three case studies and the COMB study (2012)--all great news! So, for me, the information about SR and heart issues was interesting but only mildly disturbing. I may have inadvertently scared some people, who may have stopped taking SC solely on the basis of bad news about SR. 

On October 22, 2015, Health Canada published its "Summary Safety Review--Strontium--Risk of Heart and Circulatory Side Effects." Health Canada's review did not find information available on cardiovascular risk with the strontium ranelate form at doses less than 680 mg strontium per day, or with other non-ranelate forms of strontium at any dose. While uncertainties remain, Health Canada is taking a precautionary approach and recommending updates to the labels of products containing strontium, including informing consumers not to use these products if they have pre-existing heart or circulatory problems, such as heart attack, stroke or blood clot.

I have not had a heart attack, stroke, or blood clot, although I have close relatives who have had all three (not all three for the same person). I have mixed hyperlipidemia, for which I take a statin drug. I have occasional heart palpitations, but my recent EKG was normal, and I control the palpitations with CBD oil. I will continue to take SC and to report on my health and on any news about any form of strontium.