Certified Interventional Neuroradiologist and Body Interventional Radiologist by profession with separate certifications for these disciplines, formally trained with full clinical fellowships in Canada and France between 2011-2016. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Interventional Neuroradiology): -------------------- Common procedures include, but not limited to: -----Cerebral Angiography as gold standard study evaluation of cerebrovascular diseases -----Brain Aneurysms (minimally invasive coiling procedures, stent-assisted approach, flow diversion, etc.) -----Brain AVMs (nonsurgical embolization) -----Dural AV Fistulas of Brain and Spinal Cord (angiogram and embolization) -----Eye Problems from carotico-cavernous sinus fistulas (CCF embolization) -----Stroke (mechanical thrombectomy for major occlusive stroke) -----Stenting procedures for symptomatic intracranial stenosis -----Carotid Angioplasty + Stenting (from symptomatic neck vessel narrowing) -----Head and Neck Tumor Embolization including facial vascular malformations, sclerotherapy, epistaxis embolotherapy -----Spine (Back Pain) management (epidural steroid injections, blocks, rhizotomy, etc.) -----Pre-operative intracranial tumor embolization (meningiomas, paragangliomas, hemangioblastomas, etc.) --------------------------- (Body Interventional Radiology): ------------------- Common procedures include, but not limited to: ------ -----Multi-organ biopsies (lung, liver, kidney, etc. using core sampling and FNAB) -----Nonsurgical fluid drainage procedures (pleural effusions, ascites, internal abscesses, cyst collections) -----Biliary procedures (PTBD, stenting, cholecystostomies, etc) -----Nephrostomies (urine diversion) -----Abdominal bleeding management (ulcer-related, GI tumors, post-operative bleeding, penetrating trauma, colonic diverticula, hemorrhoids, etc.), mesenteric ischemia endovascular management -----Abdominal aneurysms -----Hematuria (blood in urine) management (renal AV fistula, AVM, angiomyolipomas, post nephrostomy/biopsy or surgery bleeding) -----Portal venous hypertension management (variceal bleeding embolization, BRTO, CARTO) -----Peripheral catheter-directed angiograms with interventions -----Limb ischemia management in diabetic foot (balloonplasty, stenting, embolectomies) for arterial occlusive disease, DVTs -----Leg vein varicose endovenous ablation strategies -----Central Venous Interventions: SVC Syndrome, declotting procedures, Balloonplasty +/- Stenting -----Pulmonary angiograms, embolectomies, etc. -----Bronchial Arteriograms with embolization for hemoptysis (coughing of blood) -----Nonsurgical tumor or cancer treatment: Ablations using microwave and RFAs for cancer of liver, kidney, lungs, thyroid, bones, soft tissues, etc. -----Celiac ganglion blocks for retroperitoneal cancer pains -----Chemoembolization (TACE) for liver tumors, bland embolization for tumor liver tumor rupture/bleeding -----Reproductive: Uterine Fibroid (myoma) embolization, Prostatic artery embolization, Varicocele embolization, pelvic congestion syndrome -----Vascular access: Ports, dialysis access, central tunneled and non-tunneled lines -----IVC filters (insertion and retrieval) -----Dialysis patient with AV graft salvage strategies (fistulogram +/- fistuloplasty, +/- central vein declotting and stent revascularization) -----Sclerotherapy: low flow peripheral vascular malformation, liver cysts, etc.