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Interventional Radiology

Interventional Radiology is responsible for all the image-guided procedures in the Radiology and Imaging Sciences within the Clinical Center. Interventional radiology services are crucial to fundamental care and treatment of patients throughout the Clinical Center and the rest of NIH.

The NIH has state-of-the-art IR procedural technology based on close involvement with the Center for Interventional oncology including three angiography tables, a procedural CT, top line ultrasound machines, robotics, fusion technology, and much more.

The image-guided therapy section has a minimally invasive, image-guided oncology initiative that includes basic bench, in vivo, engineering, and clinical research, combining multimodality electromagnetic tracking and on-line navigation tools to improve accuracy and outcome. Other areas of clinical activity in image-guided therapy include heat activated targeted drug delivery, image-guided ablation with microwave, cryoablation, vascular based cancer treatments, endocrine sampling procedures, pulsed electrical field or HIFU, percutaneous injection gene therapy, serial biopsy, thrombolytic therapy.

Interventional Radiology Staff:

NIH IR NP

Clinical trials: For more information on consultations or protocol development at NIH in Interventional Oncology, contact:
Dr. Brad Wood

Medical Students: Medical Students interested in rotating at NIH Clinical Center IR should contact Dr. Kassin and Dr. Ukeh and apply via the Clinical Electives Program for a one-month rotation. The rotation focuses on teaching foundational procedural skills, didactics, participation in the six tumor boards IR supports including our own IR run tumor board, and introducing concepts on the role IR plays in supporting cutting edge clinical research across a wide breath of medical research.

Current Trainees: Current IR resident and PGY 6 level trainees interested in a career in translational research and would like to learn about doing an Interventional Oncology Fellowship at NIH Clinical Center can reach out to Dr. Wood and CC Dr. Kassin on the email.