Dr. Sherry Nealon, MD

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Get to know Radiologist Dr. S. Sherry Nealon, who serves patients in Sacramento, California.

Specializing in diagnostic radiology, Dr. Nealon provides general radiological services at Mercy Imaging Centers in Sacramento, California.

A service of Dignity Health Medical Foundation, Mercy Imaging Centers provides its services through a group of radiologists, each of whom are highly trained, specialized professionals. In addition to caring for all patients referred to a Mercy Imaging Center, this group of doctors also provides service to the Mercy hospitals throughout the Sacramento region and Woodland. Their mission is to extend compassion and personalized care to patients during their diagnostic imaging and procedure experience.

Throughout her academic career, Dr. Nealon earned her medical degree from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. She then went on to complete her internship at Naval Medical Center, followed by her residency at the University of California, Irvine.

The doctor is board-certified in diagnostic radiology by the American Board of Radiology, which is a not-for-profit physician-led organization that oversees the certification and ongoing professional development of specialists in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics. 

Radiology is a medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases within the human body. Radiologists are medical doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases using medical imaging procedures, such as exams and tests, X-rays, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, mammography, positron emission tomography, and ultrasound.

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