The primary mission of Westchester Medical Center is to serve as the regional healthcare referral center providing high-quality advanced health services to the residents of the Hudson Valley and the surrounding area. In support of this mission, Westchester Medical Center also serves as an academic medical center committed to education and research
What is Interventional Radiology (IR)? Westchester Medical Center Interventional Radiology (IR) is a subspecialty Vascular Interventional Radiology of Radiology. Interventional Radiologists 100 Woods Road diagnose and treat a vast array of conditions Valhalla, NY 10595 by performing minimally invasive procedures visually guided by X-rays, Computed Phone: (914) 493-7560 Tomography (CT) or Ultrasound. Fax: (914) 493-7561
Who are Interventional Radiologists?
Interventional Radiologists at WMC are Interventional radiologists who have special education, training, certification, and experience in performing minimally invasive interventional Radiology (IR) procedures under X-ray, Ultrasound, or CT guidance. Your Interventional Radiologist at WMC will work closely with your physician to be sure you receive the best possible care.
11-0346 1.12 How do IR procedures work? What to expect during an IR Dr. Grigory Rozenblit is the Director of Vascular and Interventional Interventional Radiologists use imaging, like X-rays, procedure at WMC? Radiology (VIR) at Westchester to see inside a patient’s body, pinpoint where the Medical Center, Professor of Patients are required to have current lab tests, as per problem is and map out how to get there without a Radiology and Surgery at New IR specifications. After patient arrival in the IR Unit, an surgical operation. These highly skilled physicians York Medical College and Fellow Interventional Radiologist or a Physician Assistant will use a very small nick in the skin to guide catheters or of the Society of Interventional come to speak with the patient, discuss the procedure, other instruments through the vascular system, urinary Radiology. Dr. Rozenblit holds answer any questions the patient may have and obtain tract, or gastrointestinal tract, in a minimally invasive American Board of Radiology the patient’s permission for the procedure. The patient manner to treat disease directly at the source, or to certification in Diagnostic Radiology will then be prepped for the exam and taken to the IR take tissue samples for analysis. and Certification of Added Qualification in Vascular suite for the procedure. Following the procedure, the and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Rozenblit is one of patient will return to the nursing area for recovery. The the most highly skilled and experienced interventional What are the advantages of IR time for recovery varies based on the procedure. The radiologists in the Hudson Valley with nearly 40 procedures? patient is then discharged from IR Unit. years of experience in all facets of VIR. His interests . include porto-systemic shunting, the utilization of While no treatment is risk free, the risks of IR minimally invasive techniques for trans-arterial chemo- procedures can be far lower than the risks of open What IR services are offered embolization and percutaneous tumor ablation, surgery. The specific advantages are: biliary and genitourinary interventions. • No large incisions; usually performed through a at WMC? small nick the size of the lead tip of a pencil. Dr. Shekher Maddineni is an • Since there is no open surgery, there are no large The following are some of the procedures routinely Attending Interventional Radiologist scars following the procedures. performed by VIR: at Westchester Medical Center and • Minimally invasive procedures have a lower risk of Assistant Professor of Radiology complications than open surgical procedures. • Uterine fibroid embolization, a non-operative at New York Medical College. He treatment of women with fibroids. • Many procedures can be performed on an outpatient received his training in Vascular basis or via short hospital stay. • Varicocele embolization, a non-operative treatment and Inteventional Radiology at of varicocele. • Patients rarely require general anesthesia; typically Montefiore Medical Center, Albert sedation and pain medication are given to make the • Treatment of tumors, by chemoembolization (injection Einstein School of Medicine and patient comfortable during the IR procedure. of therapeutic agents directly into the blood vessel holds American Board of Radiology supplying the tumor) and by percutaneous ablation • Recovery time is often significantly reduced. Certification in Diagnostic Radiology and Certification (such as destroying the tumor with microwave probe). of Added Qualification in Vascular and Interventional • Complete hemodialysis access service, with Radiology. Dr. Maddineni’s interests include uterine How is the IR service unique at declotting and repairing grafts, and veins, in order artery embolization, chemo-embolization, microwave WMC? to prolong the functional life of accesses. tumor ablation, dialysis access and varicose vein • Placement and maintenance of short- and long-term treatment. catheters and ports into the venous system for injection WMC has the largest and the most advanced IR of medications, intravascular nutrition and hemodialysis. radiology service in the Hudson Valley. Our IR service Dr. Samuel McCabe is an is staffed by a team of highly qualified, dedicated • Liver biopsy, percutaneous and via the jugular Interventional Radiologist at vein to decrease the risk of bleeding in patients with nurses and technologists that provide outstanding Westchester Medical Center and poor clotting. care to our patients before, during and immediately Assistant Professor of Radiology after procedures. Experienced Radiology Physician • Percutaneous needle biopsies of the neck, thyroid, at New York Medical College. He chest, lungs, abdominal organs, bones and soft tissues. Assistants provide clinical support to our Interventional received his training in Vascular Radiologists. Our newly renovated IR suite features • Vena Cava Filter placement (to prevent traveling and Interventional Radiology at the state-of-the-art equipment and procedure rooms, and of life-threatening blood clots to the lungs–pulmonary Mount Sinai School of Medicine and embolism) and retrieval of the device when it is a 6 bed holding area, all combined in a patient-friendly holds American Board of Radiology no longer needed. environment. Our IR team is available 24 hours-a- Certification in Diagnostic Radiology. day, 365 days-a-year to provide the most advanced • Porto-systemic shunting (TIPS), for treatment of Dr. McCabe’s interests include hepatobiliary and patients with complications (e.g., ascites or variceal interventional services including emergent Trauma genitourinary interventions, interventional oncology, bleeding) of chronic liver disease. support for the Hudson Valley. portal hypertension, and peripheral vascular disease.