Orthopaedic
Joints, sports injuries, and post-surgical follow up, including arthrogram studies.
Charter Radiology is an independent outpatient imaging practice serving central Maryland from three locations. Subspecialty-trained radiologists, advanced equipment, and an appointment that treats you like a person rather than a slot.
A general radiologist reads everything. A subspecialist reads one thing all day and knows what normal looks like in it. Charter is built around the second model.
Joints, sports injuries, and post-surgical follow up, including arthrogram studies.
Head, neck, spine, and the central and peripheral nervous system.
Breast MRI, pelvic imaging, and defecography studies.
Prostate MRI, PET/CT PSMA, and dual energy CT for kidney stones.
Calcium score, coronary CTA, and the Cleerly cardiac analysis.
Low-dose CT screening and a dedicated pulmonary nodule clinic.
CT angiography, MR enterography, and MR elastography of the liver.
Routine radiographs plus scoliosis series, with walk-in availability.
Charter invests in scanners that answer the question the first time, so fewer patients get sent somewhere else for a second study.
Higher field strength for finer detail, in a wider bore that makes the exam tolerable for patients who struggle with closed machines.
Fast acquisition with thin slices, including dual energy work for kidney stones and CT angiography.
Metabolic and anatomic imaging in one session, including PSMA studies for prostate cancer staging.
Screening protocols that keep radiation exposure down for patients who will be scanned on a repeating schedule.
Measures liver stiffness to detect and stage fibrosis without a needle, which spares many patients a biopsy.
Bone density scanning and diagnostic ultrasound, available alongside the heavier modalities rather than at a separate site.
What patients actually remember is how long they waited, whether anyone explained the exam, and how quickly someone told them what it meant.
For breast MRI, Charter's stated practice is to review results with the patient before she leaves the office. Nobody should spend a weekend refreshing a portal.
Prostate MRI is used to locate suspicious tissue so a biopsy can be aimed at it, rather than sampling the gland at random and hoping.
Early mornings, late evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays by appointment, so an exam does not have to cost a day of work or school.
Reports are the start of the handoff, not the end of it. Referring physicians can reach the radiologist who read the study.
Diagnostic radiographs without an appointment, which for most patients means being seen and finished inside a short visit.
Charter is not a hospital outpatient department. Decisions about equipment, scheduling, and time per patient are made in house.
Radiology done right.
The founding idea of Dr. Daisy Uppal
Contrast studies run on their own window at each site, since they need a nurse on the floor. Those hours are listed separately below.
10700 Charter Drive, Suite 110
Columbia, MD 21044
Contrast: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon to Thu, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, all day Saturday.
5005 Signal Bell Lane, Suite 102
Clarksville, MD 21029
Contrast: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon to Thu, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
116 Westminster Pike, Suite 104
Reisterstown, MD 21136
Contrast: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon to Thu, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.
Scheduling, records, and billing questions all go to the same team. Not every exam needs the same preparation, so it helps to ask before the day of.
Please note. Information on this page is general and is not medical advice, a diagnosis, or a treatment recommendation. Imaging services are provided on a physician referral where one is required, exam availability varies by location, and preparation instructions differ by study. If you are having a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.