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Radiologix, Inc. Appoints Richard J. Sabolik, Chief Financial Officer and Michael L. Silhol, General Counsel Additions Strengthen Management Team and Provide Experience and Depth DALLAS, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radiologix, Inc. , 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'sHealth 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 LawyersAssociation 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 theSecurities 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991026/RLGXLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Radiologix, Inc. CONTACT: Paul R. Streiber of Radiologix, Inc., Investor Relations, +1-214-303-2702, Web site: http://www.radiologix.com/

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