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S2E1 – The Original Fatal MRI Accident
The O.G. fatal MRI accident – that reshaped MRI safety best practices around the world – happened in 2001 at Westchester Medical Center in New York. This second series from Invisible Force takes you back to that accident, recreating the accident that wound up killing six-year-old Michael Colombini. While many… Listen ⇢
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S1E12 – Au Revoir
In July, 2025, Keith McAllister died in an MRI accident at Nassau Open MRI that was both anticipatable and preventable. What has the State of New York done in the intervening year to make MRI safer in their state? This episode tries to answer that question, and gives you a… Listen ⇢
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S1E11 – Protect Yourself
All of these agencies and organizations promise to ensure quality & safety of medical care… do they actually do this for MRI safety? And if they don’t, what can we do to help make sure that the people we love are getting MRI exams at places that take our safety… Listen ⇢
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S1E10 – MRI Safety Expert Witnesses
OK, it was a horrible MRI accident, but does that mean that there’s no accountability? In this episode our hosts break down the errors they’ve seen, as well as offering their takes on what they believe both civil and criminal liabilities might be. In this episode our hosts, John Posh… Listen ⇢
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S1E9 – Once more… From the beginning.
After months of wild-goose chases, obfuscation, and gaslighting, our hosts are feeling more confident in the details of our fatal MRI accident story that they’ve been able to dig up. This episode features a retelling of the events of the death of Keith McAllister at Nassau Open MRI, informed by… Listen ⇢
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S1E8 – Nassau Open MRI
In October of 2025, Nassau Open MRI out on Long Island, NY, formally closed up shop. Earlier they had deactivated their website, now they were officially closing their doors. They also weren’t talking to us. We had pretty much given up hope of getting anything from them until a remarkable employee… Listen ⇢
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S1E7 – Supporting Cast of Litigants
After Mr. McAllister got drawn into the MRI scanner, the situation went from ‘bad’ to ‘worse’ when the quench button purportedly failed to turn off the MRI’s magnetic field. This episode delves into the quench button and its function… who made it… who installed it… who maintained it… and what… Listen ⇢
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S1E6 – McAllister Estate
This episode focuses-in on the accounts of the actions of Mr. Keith McAllister, as well as the actions of family in the immediate aftermath of the fatal MRI accident that took Mr. McAllister’s life. This includes the family hiring two law firms, and the results of the Nassau County Police… Listen ⇢
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S1E5 – MRI Safety Regulation
As the Long Island neighbors said, “that should never happen,” and, “someone should be responsible.” So who had responsibilities to make sure that Nassau Open MRI was being run safely, and protecting the public from fatal MRI accidents? Between the feds, the State of New York, and Nassau County, *somebody*… Listen ⇢
Meet the podcast hosts, John Posh & Tobias Gilk.
With over 60-years of MRI & MRI safety between them (boy, that makes them sound old), John Posh and Tobias “Toby” Gilk have the history, connections, and perspective to bring MRI incident investigations to you in an understandable way.
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Season 1 Underwriter
We’re grateful to have CAIREreporting.org as the underwriter.
CAIRE stands for Comprehensive Adverse Incident Reporting & Evaluation, and is an independent accident / incident / near-miss evaluating service specializing in MRI events. With both public reporting and private-enterprise based systems, there’s a CAIRE solution for everyone.