Interventional Radiology

The latest advances in imaging technology and medical devices make it possible to diagnose and treat a variety of conditions through a puncture as small as a pinhole. These conditions previously required full open surgery and lengthy hospital stays.

With this technology, we can provide a range of services, including:
_____• Liver, kidney, and lung cancer treatment and management
_____• Image-guided biopsies for diagnosis, clinical trials, and molecular profiling
_____• Venous access – port placement, dialysis catheters, dialysis graft and fistula management
_____• Uterine Artery Embolization for Uterine Fibroids
_____• BPH (enlarged prostate) treatment________
_____• Peripheral arterial disease treatment
_____• DVT and PE treatments
_____• Portal hypertension treatments like TIPS and BRTO
_____• IVC filter placements and complex removals

Interventional radiology techniques

UCI Health interventional Radiologists are leaders in this minimally invasive, image-guided therapeutic revolution.

With miniaturized tools and tiny catheters, they deliver precisely targeted treatment virtually anywhere inside the body — without the need for open surgery. They are skilled in techniques that enable them to:
_____• Destroy malignant tumors with extreme heat or cold, without harming healthy tissue
_____• Block the blood supply to harmful growths such as uterine fibroids, eliminating the need for hysterectomies in many women
_____• Shrink an enlarged prostate (BPH) so men can avoid urologic surgery
_____• Open blocked blood vessels in peripheral vascular disease
_____• Biopsy tissue in areas that once required exploratory surgery
_____• Drain blockages in the liver, gallbladder, kidney and other organs

Benefits for patients

For patients, this can mean less pain and scarring, as well as a recovery measured in hours or days instead of weeks.

Our interventional radiology team members work collaboratively with all our UCI Health specialists, including oncology surgeons, spine and vascular surgeons, urologists, gynecologists and cancer specialists to ensure that our patients receive the best possible care.

Why choose Interventional Radiology at UCI

Our UCI Health interventional radiologists are leaders in the use of the most advanced and minimally invasive diagnostic and treatment techniques.

The expertise and quality of care that our team provides is unmatched in Orange County and elsewhere in the Southern California region for several reasons:
_____• Our interventional radiologists practice their specialty 100 percent of the time at our state-of-the-art UC Irvine Medical Center, which has consistently been ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for more than a decade.
_____• Working at an academic medical center means that we routinely diagnose and treat critically ill patients with complex conditions, giving our board-certified, fellowship-trained physicians the breadth of experience to know what our patients need.
_____• Our team of interventional radiologists team includes regionally, nationally and internationally known faculty, including a past president of the Society of Interventional Radiology.

Our Physicians

Our UCI Health interventional radiologists are pioneers in the use of image-guided techniques to deliver life-saving treatment through the tiniest of incisions.

Our board-certified, fellowship-trained interventional radiologists include:

• Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD
• Rebecca Bennett, MD
• Peyman Borghei, MD
• Christina Boyd, MD
• Kevin Burns, MD
• Dayantha M. Fernando, MD
• James Katrivesis, MD
• Darice Liu, MD
• Simon Long, MD
• Harold Park, MD
• Duane J. Vajgrt, MD

For more information or to schedule a consultation, please call us at 714-456-RADS (714-456-7237).

You can also request an appointment online here.

For physicians at other hospitals, please call our transfer center at 714-456-2222 if you need to transfer an inpatient who requires an IR procedure.