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Radiologix, Inc. Appoints Richard J. Sabolik, Chief Financial Officer and Michael L. Silhol, General Counsel

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Based in Dallas, Texas, Radiologix is a leading radiology services company that develops, consolidates and manages radiology service networks. These networks consist primarily of free-standing radiology centers and locations at which the company provides radiology services that have been outsourced by hospitals. The company's objective is to develop and operate networks of radiology facilities to provide a full spectrum of radiology services and extensive geographic coverage in existing market areas and in selected new markets. (PRNewsFoto) [JL]
DALLAS, TX USA
    Additions Strengthen Management Team and Provide Experience and Depth

    DALLAS, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radiologix, Inc. (Amex: RGX), a
leading national provider of diagnostic imaging services, today announced the
appointments of Richard J. Sabolik, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, and Michael L. Silhol, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary.

    Richard J. Sabolik
    Mr. Sabolik joins Radiologix as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer after acting as a financial consultant to Radiologix for the past two
months.  Mr. Sabolik fills the position opened last October when Sami S.
Abbasi was elevated to Chief Operating Officer of Radiologix.
    Mr. Sabolik was a regional health care audit and consulting partner for 20
years with KPMG where he worked with companies ranging in size from less than
$100 million to more than $13 billion in revenue.  He served for more than 15
years on the Health Care Line of Business Leadership Team, which developed and
implemented strategy for the firm's national health care line of business.
    During Mr. Sabolik's tenure with KPMG he served as:

     * National Partner-in-Charge of KPMG's Health Care Consulting services in
       the areas of World Class Finance and World Class Human Resources,
     * Partner-in-Charge of KPMG's Health Care Consulting Practice in the
       Southwest region, and
     * Partner-in-Charge of KPMG's Health Care Audit practices in a
       seven-state Southwest region while living in Houston and Dallas, and a
       five-state Midwest region while living in Kansas City.

    Mr. Sabolik is familiar with the diverse challenges and needs of
organizations at various stages of growth as he has provided advice and
guidance to executives and boards of directors and trustees throughout the
country.
    Mr. Sabolik is a CPA and serves on the board of directors for Concentra,
Inc., a $1 billion healthcare company, with both provider and payor
operations, operating in 34 states.  Mr. Sabolik serves as the chairman of the
audit and compliance committee of the board of directors for Concentra.
    He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association
of Corporate Directors' North Texas Chapter and a member of the board of
directors for CEO Netweavers, Inc., a networking group focused on connecting
CEOs across the Dallas / Ft. Worth Metroplex.

    Michael L. Silhol
    Mr. Silhol joins Radiologix as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary.  Mr. Silhol comes to Radiologix from Triad Hospitals, Inc., where
he was Vice President of Legal Operations, responsible for the legal issues
confronting Triad's acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers,
physician practices and joint ventures.   He also managed legal issues
involving Triad's spin-off from Columbia/HCA in 1999 and Triad's merger in
2001 with Quorum Health Group, Inc.  He has developed strategic legal
responses to the challenges of physician integration efforts, including
proposed joint ventures with physicians of diagnostic imaging centers.
    Prior to Triad, Mr. Silhol was with Columbia/HCA where he was Vice
President of Physician Operations for the Louisiana Division, responsible for
the acquisition and operations of physician practices in that state. Before
that he was in Columbia/HCA's legal operations department providing legal
assistance to hospitals in the states of Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
    Mr. Silhol was an associate at Waller, Lansden Dortch & Davis in Nashville
and at Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee.  Prior to this, Mr. Silhol served in the
U. S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps at Ft. Hood, Texas.
    Mr. Silhol is a member of the Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin state bars
and is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Health Law.  He
has lectured previously for the American Health Lawyers Association, the
American Bar Association and several other healthcare trade and industry
groups.  He has also been published in various legal publications including
the Tennessee Bar Journal, the American Health Lawyers Law Digest and Health
Lawyers News.  Mr. Silhol is the Vice-Chair of the In-House Counsel Practice
Group of the American Health Lawyers Association and has served on the Board
of Governors of the Federation of American Hospitals.
    Mr. Silhol received a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School and
a B.A. from Vanderbilt University.

    "We are very pleased to announce the appointments of Rick and Michael.
Both bring outstanding experience and will provide depth and leadership to our
team," said Stephen D. Linehan, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Radiologix.  "With our qualified and capable management team in place, we
firmly believe that we will be able to accomplish the objectives we have set
for Radiologix."

    About Radiologix
    Radiologix (http://www.radiologix.com) is a leading national provider of
diagnostic imaging services, owning and operating multi-modality diagnostic
imaging centers that use advanced imaging technologies such as positron
emission tomography ("PET"), magnetic resonance imaging ("MRI"), computed
tomography ("CT") and nuclear medicine, as well as x-ray, general radiography,
mammography, ultrasound and fluoroscopy.  The diagnostic images created and
the radiology reports based on these images, enable more accurate diagnosis
and more efficient management of illness for ordering physicians.  Radiologix
owns or operates 107 diagnostic imaging centers located in 15 states as of
December 31, 2003.

    Safe Harbor Statement
    This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to
future financial results or business expectations and are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such
statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events; they
do not relate strictly to historical or current facts.  Any forward-looking
statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made.  The
information in this press release is as of March 15, 2004.  Radiologix
undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements
to reflect new events or circumstances or future developments.
    We have tried, whenever possible, to identify such statements by using
words such as "anticipated," "estimates," "expect," "project," "intend,"
"plan," "believe," "will" and similar expressions in connection with any
discussion of future operations or financial performances.  These statements
are subject to risks and uncertainties that exist in the Company's operations
and business environment.  Business plans may change as circumstances warrant
and actual results may differ materially from any forward-looking statements,
which reflect the management's opinion only as of the date hereof.  Such risks
and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those associated with the
Company's acquisition and expansion strategy; integration of the Company's
affiliated physician practices and newly acquired imaging centers; the
Company's ability to achieve operating efficiencies and engage in successful
new development efforts; interruption of operations in certain regions due to
severe weather or other extraordinary events; recruitment and retention of
technologists by Radiologix and radiologists by the contracted radiology
groups; regulatory changes; the enforceability of its Service Agreements and
related documents; reimbursement trends; governmental policies; and general
economic and business conditions.  Such risks and uncertainties, as well as
additional risk factors which could affect the forward-looking statements made
in this press release, are included in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2003, and its periodic reports on Forms 10-Q
and 8-K (if any).
    We cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statements will be realized,
although we believe we have been prudent in our plans and assumptions.
Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties and
potentially inaccurate assumptions.  Should known or unknown risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate,
actual results could vary materially from past results and those anticipated,
estimated or projected.  Investors should bear this in mind as they consider
forward-looking statements.


SOURCE Radiologix, Inc.




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