What is Interventional Radiology?

I am a board-certified Interventional Radiologist, which means I perform image-guided minimally invasive surgical procedures. These procedures are done by passing a specialized needle or tube into a tiny hole in the skin, and from there I use radiographic, ultrasound, or CT-scan guidance to steer my instruments through blood vessels or bodily tissues into the organ that I wish to treat.  Almost every procedure can be done with IV sedation medication alone, so the patient does not need general anesthesia.  Most patients usually can return home the same day with only a small bandage on, and they can often can go back to their normal activities after only a couple of days of recovery at home.

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What Can I Help You With?

I perform procedures in every part of the body.  But I designed this website to teach patients about some remarkable minimally invasive procedures that are available to treat problems in their urinary and reproductive organ systems - problems that can severely impact quality of life or even life expectancy.  These procedures work successfully and safely, while allowing patients to avoid more invasive surgery.  You can listen to what one of my patients has to say about his experience with Interventional Radiology:

Some of the procedures I perform:

• Prostatic Artery Embolization for men with enlarged prostate glands causing problems with urination or blood in the urine (click ​here to learn more).
• MRI-Guided Prostate Biopsy for patients who may have prostate cancer, to have a precisely targeted biopsy with lower risk for infection (click ​here to learn more).
• MRI-Guided Prostate Cancer Ablation for patients seeking less invasive treatment for lower grade cancer that hasn't spread outside of the prostate gland (click ​​here for more information).
• Varicocele Embolization for males who have enlarged dilated veins in their scrotum (click here for more information).​
• Kidney Tumor Ablation for patients who wish to avoid more invasive surgical removal.

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Other Services I Provide...

• Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Placement and Removal.​
• Uterine Fibroid Embolization for women who have bulky, painful, or bleeding fibroids but wish to avoid surgical removal or hysterectomy (click here for more).
• Cancer Treatments:  Biopsy, Ablation, Chemoembolization, Radioembolization.
• Transjugular Intrahepatic Portocaval Shunt (TIPS) and related procedures.
• Dozens of other minimally invasive procedures in every body part, head to toe.