Genitourinary Embolization: Tips & Tricks

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Location: Music City Center, 201 AB

CE: 1.25

Content Level: 200 (intermediate)

Coordinator(s)

David Field, MD, FSIR (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, United States
John Do, MD

Interventional Radiologist
Los Angeles General Medical Center, United States

Through case examples, participants will learn real-world tips and tricks for genitourinary embolization in the setting of benign, malignant, and traumatic hemorrhage as well as an adjunct to ablation. In addition, this session will cover ureteral embolization/occlusion for the purposes of urinary diversion.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to appropriately manage patients with GU hemorrhage.
Upon completion, participants will be able to appropriately choose catheters and wires for use in the coil and/or particle embolization of GU hemorrhage.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe a reliable technique for plug occlusion of the ureter.

Presentations:

1:15 PM – 1:27 PM CT

Hematuria
Speaker: Marc Sapoval, MD, PhD – Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou
1:27 PM – 1:39 PM CT

Bladder Embolization and Ureteral Occlusion
Speaker: David Field, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
1:39 PM – 1:51 PM CT

GU Trauma
Speaker: John Do, MD – Los Angeles General Medical Center
1:51 PM – 2:03 PM CT

Renal Mass and Whole-Kidney Embolization
Speaker: Christopher R. Ingraham, MD (he/him/his) – University of California San Diego
2:03 PM – 2:15 PM CT

Angiomyolipoma Embolization
Speaker: Elizabeth Anne Hosselkus, MD – Alaska Native Medical Center/Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Q&A