Hugh McGregor, MD

Interventional Radiology

Associate Professor
Section Chief

IR Contact Information

Scheduling Phone: 206-598-6209
Scheduling Fax: 206-598-3581

Biography

Dr. McGregor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Washington and the Division Chief of the Interventional Radiology section.  Dr. McGregor received his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at the University of California, San Francisco.  While a resident, Dr. McGregor received trainee research prizes at the annual Radiology Society of North America (RSNA) meetings (2015 and 2016) for his research focused on gallbladder cryoablation, minimally invasive treatment for gallbladder disease, and radiogenomics in dialysis arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs). 

Following his residency, Dr. McGregor completed a fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at UCSF, during which he received research funding from the RSNA to continue his work in AVFs and won the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) foundation’s fellow research award.  He was previously an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Arizona, where he served as the Associate Director of the Interventional Radiology Residency Program. 

Dr. McGregor’s clinical interests include prostate artery embolization (a minimally invasive treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia [BPH]), interventional oncology (including percutaneous liver, kidney, bone, and lung ablations and Y90 radioembolization), lymphatic interventions, treatment of pulmonary embolism, management of inferior vena cava filters, and gallbladder cryoablation.  His research interests include gallbladder cryoablation, a minimally invasive procedure to definitively treat gallbladder disease, endovascular endothelial cell sampling and genetic analysis in dialysis arteriovenous fistulas, prostate artery embolization, and trans-arterial interventions for hepatocellular carcinoma and liver metastases.    

Dr. McGregor is a member of the Radiological Society of North America and the Society of Interventional Radiology. He performed the first gallbladder ablation at UW and the first kidney radioembolization procedure.  

Education

Fellowship, Vascular & Interventional Radiology, University of California in San Franciso (UCSF) – 2017
Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, University of California in San Franciso (UCSF) – 2016
Internship, Surgery, University of Hawaii in Honolulu – 2012
MD, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI, Dublin) – 2011

Recent Publications (via Semantic Scholar)

Ablative Radioembolization of a Synchronous Renal Cell Carcinoma and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
H. McGregor, G. Laidlaw, G. Johnson - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Prior ablation and progression of disease correlate with higher tumor-to-normal liver ^99mTc-MAA uptake ratio in hepatocellular carcinoma
Mikin V Patel, D. McNiel, C. Brunson, et al. - Published 2022 - ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY

Radiofrequency Hyperthermia Enhances Locally Delivered Oncolytic Immuno-Virotherapy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Qiang Li, Yiming Zhou, Feng Zhang, et al. - Published 2022 - CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Abstract No. 226 Cryoablation for chronic calculous cholecystitis (C4): a prospective study in 10 patients
H. McGregor, G. Woodhead, M. Patel, et al. - Published 2022 - JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Abstract No. 43 Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation to occlude the thoracic duct: preclinical studies in swine for a potential alternative to embolization
H. McGregor, L. Weise, C. Brunson, et al. - Published 2022 - JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation to Occlude the Thoracic Duct: Preclinical Studies in Swine for a Potential Alternative to Embolization.
H. McGregor, L. Weise, C. Brunson, et al. - Published 2022 - JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Systematic Literature Review of Lymphatic Imaging-Guided Procedural Management of Noonan Syndrome.
Taylor P. Cox, C. J. Vance, S. Daley, et al. - Published 2022 - JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY: VENOUS AND LYMPHATIC DISORDERS

Gallbladder Cryoablation: Clinical and Technical Considerations
H. McGregor - Published 2022 - DIGESTIVE DISEASE INTERVENTIONS

Imaging of lymphatic dysplasia in Noonan syndrome: Case studies and historical atlas.
T. Cox, C. Vance, S. Daley, et al. - Published 2021 - LYMPHOLOGY

The Reply.
D. McNiel, C. Hennemeyer, G. Woodhead, et al. - Published 2021 - THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE