Interventional Radiology – Independent

• In the first year, PGY5 residents spend 10 months in Interventional Radiology; 1 month in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit,  1 month in Hepatology/Oncology; and 1 month in Vascular Medicine/Surgery
  
• In the second year, PGY6 residents spend 13 months in Interventional Radiology

• IR  call on average = 1 in 5 call (home call with service cell/pager).
• First and second year IR residents take “buddy” call with junior residents
• Interventional radiology has its own dedicated call team 

The hospital utilizes:

• State of the art angiography suites.
• Cone-beam capability (XperCT, XperGuide) and all 4 rooms are lose-dose Clarity® equipment.
• 10-bed patient holding/recovery area
• IR clinic room in main hospital
• Advanced technology patient scheduling that is remotely accessible.
• 2 technologists and 1 RN per room
• IR admitting service
• Separate Biopsy service with dedicated interventional CT scanner and 3 Ultrasound procedure rooms.
• 4 Physician assistants, 1 Nurse Practitioner
• Dedicated team of PICC nurses five days a week

IR sees/performs

• > 6,000 procedural patient encounters/year
• > 3,000 procedures/year on separate interventional ultrasound and biopsy service
• >  900 liver-directed embolization procedures/year 
  
  

Services provided include:

• Full array of Interventional Oncology procedures
• Women’s health (UAE, Pelvic congestion syndrome)
• TIPS/B-RTO/Transjugular liver biopsy
• Venous insufficiency/Complex Venous Intervention and Recanalization
• IVC filter placement and retrieval
• Lymphatic intervention (thoracic duct embolization)
• Endoleak repair
• Placement and management of Biliary/GU/Abscess drainage catheters
• Enteral feeding access.
• Venous access
• Dialysis access maintenance
• Percutaneous AV fistula creation