Interventional Radiology News
April 24, 2025
UW Radiology team members receive awards at SIR conference
A group of UW Radiology affiliates recently returned from an eventful Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting in Nashville. The “vibrant, inclusive community” celebrated SIR’s 50th anniversary and several UW Radiology affiliates received high honors at the meeting. Dr. Hugh McGregor was a co-author on a manuscript entitled “Measurement of the Tumor-to-Normal Ratio…
February 19, 2025
Dr. Adlai Grayson presented research on diversity recruitment at two conferences
By Dr. Adlai Grayson, Interventional Radiology Resident The Charles A. Rohrmann, Jr., MD, Endowment for Radiology Resident Educational Excellence fund has been pivotal in my development during 2024. Toward the end of spring, I received support to attend the AAR Annual Meeting, where I participated in a leadership program, contributed to organizing an event, and…
February 13, 2025
Dr. Thomas Pérez discovers “limitless opportunities” at the RSNA Annual Meeting
By Dr. Thomas Pérez, Interventional Radiology Resident I have immense gratitude for the Charles A. Rohrmann Endowment for Radiology Resident Educational Excellence for enabling my participation in the 2024 Radiological Society of North America annual meeting (RSNA) in Chicago, Illinois. Support from the fund allowed me to attend my first radiology conference while presenting my…
February 4, 2025
Residents Zhonghao Cui and Anisha Banda attend CIRSE
By Zhonghao Cui, MD, Interventional Radiology Resident Interventional Radiology resident Anisha Banda, MD, MS, and I presented our project “Outcomes and Complications of Tunneled Pleural and Peritoneal Catheters – A Retrospective Review” at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) 2024. This grant-funded experience allowed us to attend CIRSE 2024, which is the…
January 29, 2025
Dr. Lindsay Eysenbach presented at the Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology
By Dr. Lindsay Eysenbach, Interventional Radiology Resident With the support of the Charles A. Rohrmann, Jr., MD, Endowment for Radiology Resident Educational Excellence, I attended the Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology (SPIR) meeting in Toronto, CA this October. I presented two abstracts, “Risk Factors for symptomatic venous malformation recurrence following glue embolization” and “Balloon-assisted embolization of…
January 9, 2024
Dr. Matthew Kogut named Program Director for Interventional Radiology Residency Programs
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
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
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
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.