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January 9, 2024

Dr. Matthew Kogut named Program Director for Interventional Radiology Residency Programs

A purple and yellow graphic featuring a headshot of Dr. Matthew Kogut. The text reads: New Program Director named for Interventional Radiology Residency Programs; Dr. Matthew Kogut; Congratulations.

The UW Department of Radiology is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Matthew Kogut, M.D., has been appointed Program Director for Interventional Radiology Residency Programs this fall. Dr. Kogut is also the director of the VA Puget Sound Interventional Radiology program.  In this role, Dr. Kogut will oversee all programmatic functions pertaining to both Integrated…


December 18, 2023

Dr. Feng Zhang receives grant funding from the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

A purple and yellow graphic including a headshot of Dr. Feng Zhang with text that reads: NIH grant recipient, UW Radiology Research Scientist Feng Zhang, Ph.D., has received a National Institutes of Health R01 grant from the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering!

UW Radiology Research Scientist and Engineer Three Feng Zhang, Ph.D., who works at the Image-Guided Bio-Molecular Intervention Laboratory headed by Professor Xiaoming Yang, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., has received one $1.6 million, four-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant in funding support from the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). The title of…


October 30, 2023

Dr. Hugh McGregor Named Section Chief 

A purple and gold graphic that includes a photo of Dr. Hugh McGregor. The text reads: Congratulations Dr. Hugh McGregor, named Section Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

The University of Washington (UW) Department of Radiology is pleased to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Dr. Hugh McGregor to the position of Section Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology within the UW School of Medicine. Dr. McGregor was previously the interim section chief for this section and began his permanent role earlier this…


July 31, 2023

Radiology Doctors Volunteer for Global Health Experience in Tanzania

A slide that reads: IR global health why. A collage of photos depicts medical staff in a variety of environments: conducting procedures, hugging, reviewing information, holding equipment, etc.

Earlier this year, Blaine Menon, MD, and Kara Fitzgerald, MD, Interventional Radiology (IR) Integrated Residents, had the unique opportunity to travel to Tanzania with Road2IR. Blaine participated in the department’s Global Health elective, and Kara joined him for a week as a volunteer. UW Radiology IR attending doctors Jeff Chick and Matthew Abad-Santos also volunteered…


March 16, 2023

Hugh McGregor, M.D., receives Distinguished Laboratory Investigation Certificate from JVIR

Hugh McGregor, M.D., recently received a Distinguished Laboratory Investigation certificate from the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR). The award was receiver for his research paper, “Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation to Occlude the Thoracic Duct: Preclinical Studies in Swine for a Potential Alternative to Embolization.” Dr. McGregor, an associate professor of interventional radiology, was honored…


February 1, 2023

Evan Johnson, M.D., receives UW Medicine Cares Award

Evan Johnson, M.D., an assistant professor of interventional radiology, was recently awarded the Fall 2022 UW Medicine Cares Award at UW Medical Center. The award program was established in 2013 to formally recognize and celebrate the accomplishments and excellence of those in the UW Medicine community who consistently exemplify the UW Medicine Service Culture Guidelines…


January 23, 2023

Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick, M.D., interviewed by Vascular Disease Management

Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick, M.D., MPH, Associate Section Chief of Interventional Radiology, was recently interviewed by Vascular Disease Management, a peer-reviewed online journal for vascular disease specialists. The interview was about his use of the Protrieve sheath from Inari Medical during complex deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy cases. When asked…


January 31, 2022

Christopher Ingraham, M.D., featured on BackTable VI podcast

Christopher Ingraham, M.D., was recently interviewed on the BackTable VI podcast, a podcast for interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and other interventional and endovascular specialists. Dr. Ingraham, an associate professor in the Interventional Radiology section, talked to BackTable about solid organ and pelvic trauma. The episode is available to listen to on any podcast…


August 5, 2020

Dr. Karim Valji Selected for the 2020 Charles T. Dotter Annual Lecturer

Dr. Karim Valji has been selected to give the 2020 Charles T. Dotter Annual Lecture by the Society of Interventional Radiology.  Read more here.  Note: due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Valji will give the lecture in March 2021.


March 26, 2019

Virtual Reality in IR presented at SIR

Wayne Monsky’s work on Virtual Reality in IR was presented at the 2019 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) conference in Austin, TX.  https://www.sirweb.org/advocacy-and-outreach/media/news-release-archive/sir-2019-virtualreality-032619/


Christopher Ingraham and Sharon Kwan: Winners of the JVIR Editor’s Award for Distinguished Clinical Series

At this year’s SIR conference in Austin, TX Chris Ingraham and Sharon Kwan were presented with the JVIR Editor’s Award for Distinguished Clinical Studies. Chris Ingraham won for Value of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Percutaneous Gastrostomy: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial and Sharon Kwan won for Cost-Effectiveness of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt versus Large-Volume Paracentesis in Refractory…


March 13, 2019

Dr. Xiaoming Yang Awarded Multi-Million Dollar NIH Research Grant

Dr. Xiaoming Yang has received a 5 year research grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institute of Health for $2.5 million. This is his 6th research grant from the NIH, totaling $15 million. His new grant, “Development of a 3D multi-modal perfusion-thermal electrode system” will explore new methods…


December 19, 2018

Seattle Met Names Three UW Interventional Radiologists Top Doctors


Seattle Magazine Names Dr. Karim Valji one of Seattle’s Top Doctors


March 1, 2018

Dr. Karim Valji Awarded Society of Interventional Radiology Gold Medal

Dr. Karim Valji has been awarded the 2018 Society of Interventional Radiology Gold Medal Award. The Gold Medal, the Society of Interventional Radiology’s highest honor, is awarded not only for extraordinary service to SIR but to those who have ensured the future of interventional radiology by advancing the quality of medicine and patient care.  The Gold Medal presentation…


November 2, 2017

International Academic Exchanges

1)President of Zhongshan University 5th Hospital and his delegate visited UW IR basic research labs and delivered lectures.   (Left) Prof. Shan Hong (left 4), the president of Zhongshan University 5th Hospital, Guangdong, China, and his delegate visited UW IR basic research labs, and delivered lectures (Right). 2) The Chairman of Radiology, Zhongshan University 1th Hospital…


Presentation Series by UW IR

(1)The UW IR team, consisting of Drs. Xiaoming Yang, Wayne Monsky, and Christopher Ingraham, presented at the Chinese Society of Radiology’s Annual Meeting, Shanghai, China, October 2017. (Top row) Drs. Yang, Monsky, and Ingraham at the UW IR Series, Chinese Society of Radiology 2017. (Lower Left) Group photo with the conference organizers, IR Professors Zhongmin…


Recent IR Basic Research Team Awards

Dr. Xiaoming Yang Awarded Chinese Society of Radiology 2017 Gold Medal — Honorary Member Dr. Xiaoming Yang Awarded the Chinese Society of Interventional Radiology 2017 Outstanding Physician – Scientist Award Minjiang Chen, MS received the 2017 RSNA Trainee Research Prize, which is now the fifteenth RSNA awarded to Dr. Yang’s research team. Qiaoyou Weng, MS…


Qiaoyou Weng, MS received Student Travel Stipend Award of World Molecular Imaging Congress 2017

  Visiting Scientist Qiaoyou Weng, MS received Student Travel Stipend Award of World Molecular Imaging Congress 2017


Dr. Xiaoming Yang Awarded the Chinese Society of Interventional Radiology 2017 Outstanding Physician – Scientist Award

Dr. Xiaoming Yang has been awarded the Chinese Society of Interventional Radiology 2017 Outstanding Physician – Scientist Award


Minjiang Chen Received 2017 RSNA Trainee Research Prize

Minjiang Chen, MS received the 2017 RSNA Trainee Research Prize, which is now the fifteenth RSNA awarded to Dr. Yang’s research team. In 1994, the RSNA Program Committee, chaired by William M. Thompson, MD, began a program to recognize the contribution of residents to the RSNA Annual Meeting: the Research Trainee Prize. The Research Trainee…


Dr. Xiaoming Yang Awarded Chinese Society of Radiology 2017 Gold Medal — Honorary Member

Dr. Xiaoming Yang, MD, PhD, FSIR has been awarded the Chinese Society of Radiology 2017 Gold Medal — Honorary Member


July 11, 2017

Dr. Christopher Ingraham Awarded WWAMI Pro Recognition

Dr. Christopher Ingraham has been recognized by a UW School of Medicine medical student as going above and beyond in fostering this core professional value in his work: Excellence! This WWAMI Pro Recognition honors professionalism in our learning environment. WWAMI is a cooperative program with the University of Washington School of Medicine and the states of Washington, Wyoming,…


July 5, 2017

Dr. Ingraham Speaks with Pacific Science Center about Interventional Radiology

Dr. Christopher Ingraham, Assistant Professor of Radiology, recently spoke with the Pacific Science Center about Interventional Radiology.  You can read the full article here: Surgery Without Stitches: Interventional Radiology.


March 20, 2017

Dr. Sharon Kwan Selected to be SIR Fellow

Dr. Sharon Kwan has been inducted as a fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology.   This honor, achieved by fewer than 10 percent of SIR members, is bestowed to those who have demonstrated excellence in research, published works, teaching or leadership within the field of interventional radiology and who have made significant contributions to the…


February 10, 2017

Interventional Radiology at Seattle Children’s Hospital: A Mother’s Intuition Leads to Picture-Perfect Treatment of Eye Cancer

Some pictures are worth much more than a thousand words. Like the picture Amanda De Vos took of her daughter Julia, which helped to identify retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that was stopped in its tracks with an innovative treatment at Seattle Children’s.


October 26, 2016

Interview highlights UW Interventional Radiologist’s article on the future of IR

UW Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Sharon Kwan, was interviewed by the American Roentgen Ray Society on her article, “The Top Three Health Care Developments Impacting the Practice of Interventional Radiology in the Next Decade” 


April 5, 2016

UW Interventional Radiologists Use Superglue to Help Girl Walk Without Pain

UW Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Giridhar Shivaram, was interviewed by ABC News about an experimental treatment using superglue.