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Karim Valji, MD

Interventional Radiology

Professor
Director, FHCC IR

Expertise

Adrenal vein sampling for primary aldosteronism
Pulmonary arteriography and embolization
Dialysis access interventions
Portal hypertension and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation
Genitourinary interventions

IR Contact Information

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

Biography

Karim Valji, MD is a UW professor of radiology and former Chief of Interventional Radiology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Curently, Dr. Valji is the Director of IR at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC) in Seattle.

He received an AB degree from Harvard College and MD degree from Harvard Medical School. He trained in diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology at the University of California, San Diego before joining the faculty of that institution in 1990. In 2007, he moved to the University of Washington. Dr. Valji has authored more than 80 scientific papers and given close to 300 invited lectures in the US and around the world. He is particularly recognized for his work on thrombolysis and dialysis access interventions. His current clinical interest is venous sampling for endocrine disorders, particularly for patients with hypertension and hyperaldosteronism.

He was editor-in chief of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology from 2001 – 2005. He is the author of three books (including The Practice of Interventional Radiology) that have become standard texts in the field. Dr. Valji has been included on the Best Doctors in America list for most of the last two decades. His outside interests include travel, working out, theater (pre-and-post-COVID) and reading works about human cultures and history.

Awards and Honors

2020 Charles T. Dotter Annual Lecture, March 29, 2020
Society of Interventional Radiology Gold Medal, March 18, 2018

Recent Publications (via Semantic Scholar)