Interventional radiology involves a variety of procedures including regional cancer therapy and endovascular stent grafting.  We have a close dynamic collaboration with the surgical and oncology departments and run a multidisciplinary and solo IR clinic.  The section recently renovated its interventional suites and facility with two new angiography suites and a dedicated neurointerventional biplane room.  State of the art MRI units are available for MRA and MRCP and the interventional radiology section has a dedicated helical CT/Fluoro unit.  The IR section is ACGME-approved for three fellowship positions per year.  

The Interventional Radiology section of the Radiology Department consists of four faculty members and two fellows, along with six technologists, 17 nurses and one nurse practitioner.  Dr. Orhan Ozkan is the Director of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.  He is involved in several innovative research projects and has recruited various other IR faculty members to collaborate on these projects.  The IR section recently established programs for uterine fibroid embolization for the treatment of uterine fibroids and various venous procedures (sclerotherapy, laser vein ablation, and ambulatory phlebectomy).  Patients are the first priority and the IR section performs approximately 3,500 procedures every year.  Teaching is an important part of the section’s mission.  Medical students, fellows and residents benefit from didactic lectures and hands-on procedural instruction.