UCLA IR Residents

Congratulations to @SidpadiaIR on earning the #JVIR "People’s Choice Award" at this year’s @SIRspecialists Annual Meeting!
“GAE for Treatment of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: 2-Year Outcomes from a Prospective IDE Trial” was recognized as one of the most downloaded and widely read papers in JVIR — a testament to the impact of this work.

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@LucasRCmd
@HiroSparks
@AdamPlotnik
@ScottGenshaft
@JVIRmedia

#SIR2026 is packed with #UCLA Bruin talent. We’re proud to celebrate the outstanding contributions of our faculty, trainees, and mentors.
@medravi @pryce227 @JessieStewartMD @AdamPlotnik @JChiang795 @StevenSRaman_MD @EdLeeUCLAIR @FrankHaoMD @msran124 @Jonas__Kruse @GriffMcNamara @lynden_lee @shawn2d2 @justinleemdphd

Saturday, 4/11
8:00 AM–1:00 PM — Dr. Ravi Srinivasa: Deep Dive into Advanced Percutaneous Endoscopy
10:05 AM — Dr. Jessie Stewart: Emergencies in the Angiosuite
4:00 PM — Dr. Griffin McNamara (PGY-3): IR Basics for Medical Students

Sunday, 4/12
2:05 PM — Dr. Jessie Stewart: Interventional Approaches to Pelvic Pain in Women
4:03 PM — Tamim Kawakibi, mentored by Dr. Justin McWilliams: Linking LUTS to Sexual Function After PAE, Quantifying the IPSS-SHIM Relationship
4:12 PM — Dr. Steven Raman: Automated Prostate Segmentation for MR-Guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation

Monday, 4/13
9:06 AM — Dr. Jessie Stewart: Strategies for Hemorrhoid Artery Embolization
12:10 PM — Dr. Justin Lee (PGY-2), mentored by Drs. Edward Lee and Frank Hao: Combined Intraoperative MWA with Ultrasound Guidance for Metastatic NET
12:10 PM — Dr. Jason Chiang: Porcine-Based Platform for Image-Guided Delivery of Natural Killer Cells
3:00–4:30 PM — Dr. Justin McWilliams moderates sessions on Men’s Health
3:00–4:30 PM — Dr. Jessie Stewart moderates sessions on General Interventional Oncology
3:00 PM — Dr. Yongwan Shin, mentored by Dr. Jason Chiang: Molecular Profiling of HCC Using Antibody-Conjugated Microbubbles via Light-Activated Site-Specific Chemistry
3:09 PM — Tu Nguyen, mentored by Dr. Jason Chiang: Targeting Galectin-1 to Overcome Resistance to MWA
4:12 PM — Dr. Shanmukha Srinivas (PGY-4), mentored by Dr. Justin McWilliams: Qualitative Grading of the Prostate Artery on CTA and PAE Outcomes
4:21 PM — Dr. Jennifer Lee and Dr. Jason Chiang: Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on Survival in HCC Following MWA
4:45 PM — Dr. Adam Plotnik moderates sessions on Men’s and Women’s Health
5:15 PM — Dr. Jonas Kruse (PGY-3), mentored by Dr. Mona Ranade: What Do IRs Need to Know About ECMO?
5:33 PM — Fatoumata Barry, mentored by Dr. Jessie Stewart: Pelvic Pain Primer for IRs

Tuesday, 4/14
1:15 PM — Dr. Ravi Srinivasa: Beyond Basic Cholangioscopy

Wednesday, 4/15
11:33 AM — Eshan Walia, mentored by Dr. Abtin and Dr. Genshaft: Predictors of Recurrence Following Thermal Ablation of NSCLC
12:36 PM — Dr. Lynden Lee (PGY-4): Outpatient Percutaneous Ablation of Large Thyroid Nodules

@uclaVIR ingenuity on full display: first pediatric percutaneous splenorenal shunt.

Performed in a child with left segmental liver transplant, complete portal vein thrombosis, and recurrent variceal hemorrhage. @EdLeeUCLAIR

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In @american_heart's Circulation, @uclavir Dr.@JonnyMoriarty & collaborators report primary outcomes from STORM-PE, a RCT of mechanical thrombectomy vs anticoagulation alone for intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism. Results favor thrombectomy at 48 hours. (Jan 2026)

Dr. Moriarty is also a principal investigator on PERSEVERE trial, an ongoing RCT evaluating large-bore mechanical thrombectomy versus standard of care in acute high-risk pulmonary embolism. Its rationale and design were recently featured in American Heart Journal (Apr 2026). We look forward to the results with great anticipation!

STORM-PE: NCT05684796 @PenVascular @penumbrainc pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41183181/

PERSEVERE: NCT06588634 @InariMedical pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41453591/

The best lung cancer care is multidisciplinary! Fantastic recent @_backtable podcast episodes featuring #uclaVIR's @DrGenshaft and @DrSuh, reflecting the collaborative approach that defines UCLA’s weekly thoracic tumor board.

And congratulations to @DrSuh, invited by the Clinical Practice Standards Committee of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (@AATSHQ) to coauthor a multidisciplinary expert review of treatments for high risk patients with stage I NSCLC. semthorcardiovascsurg.com/article/S1043-…

Check out the BackTable episodes below:
Episode 589: Lung Cancer Tumor Boards: A Multidisciplinary Approach
backtable.com/shows/vi/podca…

Episode 597: Ablative Treatments and Radiotherapy
backtable.com/shows/vi/podca…

Episode 603: Biopsy/Ablation Decision Making backtable.com/shows/vi/podca…