UPMC Interventional Scheduling Radiology Appointments can be scheduled Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. through the central scheduling Serving Patients Close to Home numbers listed on the previous page. We have 24-hour emergency coverage at all facilities. For more information or to make referrals, contact us at: UPMC Interventional Radiology 532 South Aiken Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Telephone: 412-623-2083 Fax: 412-623-0011 To make an appointment, or for more information, call 1-800-533-UPMC (8762) or visit us at UPMC.com . UPMC is an equal opportunity employer. UPMC policy prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, genetics, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected group status. Further, UPMC will continue to support and promote equal employment opportunity, human dignity, and racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity. This policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in UPMC programs and activities. This commitment is made by UPMC in accordance with federal, state, and/or local laws and regulations. UPP401450 LGH/SN 10/11 © 2011 UPMC What is interventional Procedures we offer radiology? Vascular: angiogram, balloon angioplasty/stent, DVT, PVD treatment, venous insufficiency, IVC filter placement/retrieval, neurodiagnostics, embolization, adrenal vein sampling Interventional radiologists are board-certified Hematology/Oncology: chemoembolization, physicians who specialize in minimally port placement, pheresis cath placements, Hickman invasive, targeted treatments. They offer the placement, PICC line placement, radiofrequency ablations, TIPS, biliary intervention (PTC) most in-depth knowledge of the least invasive Dialysis: AV fistulagram/declot, vein mapping, treatments available coupled with diagnostic temporary dialysis catheter placement and clinical experience across all specialties. Renal: nephrostomy tube placement, ureteral They use x-rays, MRI, and other imaging to stenting, renal artery angioplasty and stenting, advance a catheter in the body, usually in an renal RFA for tumor ablation artery, to nonsurgically treat the source of the Gynecology/Urology: uterine fibroid embolization, disease. As the inventors of angioplasty and varicocele embolization the catheter-delivered stent, which were first Orthopaedics: kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, bone/soft used in the legs to treat peripheral arterial tissue tumor embolization disease, interventional radiologists pioneered minimally invasive modern medicine. Additional procedures • CT and Ultrasound-guided tissue biopsies Today, many conditions that once required of all organ systems surgery can be treated non-surgically by • Full range of image-guided pain interventional radiologists. Interventional management procedures radiology treatments typically offer less risk, less pain, and less recovery time compared Our locations to open surgery. UPMC Presbyterian/ UPMC McKeesport UPMC Montefiore 412-664-2273 412-647-9729 Magee-Womens Hospital UPMC Shadyside of UPMC 412-623-4800 412-641-4500 UPMC Passavant Children’s Hospital of 412-367-6444 Pittsburgh of UPMC UPMC St. Margaret 412-692-5500 866-331-9800 UPMC Mercy 412-232-7921.
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