Mission-Driven Team
Our Mission
Saving Lives With Early Disease Detection
We believe technology will unlock the power of personalized medicine by combining individual diagnostic insights into an ensemble view of your health.
Why Choose Scionti Prostate Center?
The Scionti Prostate Center provides your personalized pathway to prostate cancer care.
Over the past 20 years Dr. Stephen Scionti has developed the largest and most experienced practice for prostate cancer treatment using minimally invasive thermal ablation technologies such as HIFU, TULSA-Pro, Cryoablation and Prostate Laser Ablation. He has achieved global recognition for his experience, skill and groundbreaking clinical contributions in the field of image-guided prostate cancer ablation.
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Pioneers of men’s health.
Our team takes a personalized approach to care, guiding patients throughout each phase of genetic testing, screening, diagnosis, and therapies. HALO Precision Diagnostic’s clinical ensemble is changing the way healthcare happens, offering a full view into each patient’s profile and providing physicians with key insights designed to better diagnose, understand, treat, and prevent disease.
Over the past 20 years Dr. Stephen Scionti has developed the largest and most experienced practice for prostate cancer treatment using minimally invasive thermal ablation technologies such as HIFU, TULSA-Pro, Cryoablation and Prostate Laser Ablation.
He has achieved global recognition for his experience, skill and groundbreaking clinical contributions in the field of image-guided prostate cancer ablation. He is also an internationally recognized authority in innovative prostate cancer diagnostics. Beyond his practice, Dr. Scionti actively researches and lectures on the outcomes and technology associated with minimally invasive prostate HIFU therapy ablation.
Dr. Scionti formerly served as Clinical Associate Professor of Urology and Director of Prostate Cancer Ablation Surgery at the Joel E. Smilow Comprehensive Prostate Cancer located at the New York University School of Medicine and Langone Medical Center. Prior to his NYU appointment, he was medical director and founder of the Hilton Head, SC International Center for Men’s Health.
Dr. John F. Feller is a founding partner of Desert Medical Imaging and currently the Chief Medical Officer for HALO Diagnostics. He is board-certified as a Diagnostic Radiologist with sub-specialties in Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Imaging, Body MRI, and holds a Level II Cardiac CT certification. Dr. Feller is also a partner in China’s first American-owned multi-disciplinary outpatient healthcare facility, and serves as director of radiology.
After completing a Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Feller graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ohio State University School of Medicine, then an internship, residency, and fellowship training at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Serving as a United States Air Force (USAF) officer, Dr. Feller was the Chief of MRI at the David Grant USAF Medical Center for four years, while maintaining an academic affiliation with Stanford as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiology, an affiliation that lasted 15 years. Currently, Dr. Feller is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University’s Department of Radiology.
Dr. Feller has co-authored many peer-reviewed journal articles, and served as editor for the textbook Shoulder Magnetic Resonance Imaging. He has been invited to over 300 lectures on the subjects of orthopedic imaging, prostate cancer imaging, and body MR imaging.
Through partnerships with manufacturers of medical imaging technology, Dr. Feller has worked to develop new hardware and software for specific advanced imaging applications. Because of these partnerships, HALO Diagnostics (formerly Desert Medical Imaging) has cutting-edge technology available at any give time. Most recently, Dr. Feller started and leads an MRI-based prostate cancer detection and focal therapy program at HALO Diagnostics that has provided care to over 3000 men and he serves on the Founding Board of Directors of the Focal Therapy Society.
Dr. Feller was recently named one of the Top Doctors of 2020 by Palm Springs Life!
Ara Karamanian, M.D., is board certified as a vascular and interventional radiologist and a diagnostic radiologist. He specializes in prostate MRI and MRI-guided laser treatment for prostate cancer and enlarged prostate (BPH). These procedures offer treatment with fewer side effects than traditional approaches.
Dr. Karamanian’s interest in high-end technologies began early in life. From childhood, he deconstructed and rebuilt devices to understand how they worked. That led him to study biomedical engineering at Duke University prior to medical school. At Duke, he performed research in 3D ultrasound imaging as an undergraduate research fellow.
While in medical school, Dr. Karamanian originally considered orthopedic surgery and co-authored a paper on spine biomechanics. Following medical school, his biomedical engineering background led him to interventional radiology, a field that leverages the power of sophisticated medical imaging equipment to perform minimally invasive procedures.
A devoted father himself, Dr. Karamanian was inspired by his own physician father to enter medicine and use his talents in math and science to make a difference in people’s lives.
As a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology, the American College of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, and the American Roentgen Ray Society, Dr. Karamanian closely follows the latest developments in prostate imaging and prostate cancer.
He was co-author of the peer-reviewed paper, “MRI Guided Prostate Interventions,” published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. [1] He also received an award at the GEST 2016 conference for his research with MRI-guided focal laser ablation.
When he isn’t seeing patients or performing minimally invasive procedures, Dr. Karamanian, who edits Manushag Armenian Children’s Magazine, keeps current with global politics and culture. However, he spends most of his time with his family. As an avid soccer fan who supports both the Houston Dynamo and Houston Dash teams, he enjoys playing the game with his children, teaching them healthy habits and good values.
