ATLANTA, April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — West Physics, the leading national provider of medical and health physics consulting and testing services, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Medical Physics Services, Inc. (MPS) of Daphne, Alabama. MPS has provided diagnostic medical physics testing and consulting services in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi since 1990.

The acquisition, which is effective today, expands West Physics’ client base in the Southeastern United States while at the same time permitting the founder and owner of MPS, Dr. Michael D. Williams, to retire after many decades of providing quality medical physics services to his surrounding community. “We are very honored that Mike placed his trust in West Physics to assume the important task of providing top-quality medical physics services to his longstanding customers,” states Dr. Geoffrey West, President and Chief Medical Physicist of West Physics. “We are also very happy that Mike is able to enter retirement more comfortably as a result of this transaction and in a manner that respects his many years of service and the relationships that he built during his tenure.”

“West Physics has been a great partner throughout the acquisition process,” noted Dr. Williams. “For someone like me who has never sold a business, the process has the potential to be complex and scary, but West Physics has been honest, transparent and understanding all along. They took the time to understand my business and my customers’ needs, and they are clearly very serious about delivering excellent customer service. All of this gives me peace of mind that my clients will be in very good hands for many years to come.”

As part of the acquisition, West Physics will continue providing all of the existing services that MPS has provided to their customer base, which includes mammography, radiography and fluoroscopy testing, as well as nuclear medicine regulatory auditing; additionally, West Physics will make available numerous other physics services that MPS did not offer, such as MRI, CT and NM/PET accreditation support, dose reduction consulting, and MRI safety auditing.

About West Physics:

West Physics, based in Atlanta, Georgia, provides quality assurance testing for advanced imaging equipment (MRI, CT, NM/PET, ultrasound, etc.), as well as other diagnostic imaging physics services to hospitals and imaging centers throughout the U.S and beyond. West Physics employs a highly experienced team of medical and nuclear physicists to assist its clients with a wide variety of challenges in their diagnostic imaging businesses, including independently testing highly complex imaging equipment to ensure patient safety and image quality, assisting facilities with achieving prestigious accreditations from the American College of Radiology and the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission, helping facilities design lead shielding for x-ray installations, and providing other forms of regulatory and technical consulting. West Physics was founded in 2002 and now serves over 1,200 customers in 49 U.S. states and several foreign countries. Additional information about West Physics and its services can be found at www.westphysics.com.

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