Our Interventional Radiology services at UI Health Care has grown exponentially over the past three years. This growth includes expanded outpatient clinic services, expansion of services with the acquisition of the Downtown Campus, and faculty recruitment. The below information is a high-level snapshot of the interventional services at UI Health Care.

Chart designating growth in IR

IR Imaging and Procedures Performed (2024)

Invasive Procedures and/or Evaluations

  • 82 Ablations/Cryoablations
  • 1474 Biopsies
  • 1340 Catheter Placement and/or Evaluation (includes drainage, biliary, permanent, temporary, tunneled, suprapubic, etc.)
  • 328 Central Line Placement
  • 161 Chest Tube Placement
  • 288 Embolizations
  • 68 IVC Filter Placement and/or Removal
  • 150 Lysis Checks
  • 185 Misc. Interventional Procedures
  • 232 Misc. Neurointerventional Procedures
  • 858 Nephrostomy/Nephroureteral Tube Placement and/or Evaluation
  • 1252 Paracentesis/Thoracentesis
  • 200 Percutaneous GI Tract Tube Placement
  • 709 Port Placement and/or Removal
  • 55 Spheres/Theraspheres
  • 200 Stroke Thrombolysis
  • 59 TIPS/TIPS Revision
  • 88 U/S Guided Chemotherapy Administration
  • 6 Vetebroplasty/Kyphoplasty

Non-Invasive Imaging

  • 3233 CTA/MRA Abdomen/Pelvis
  • 362 CTA/MRA Extremities
  • 3233 CTA/MRA Chest
  • 6493 Carotid/Cerebral Imaging
  • 125 Dialysis Graft/Fistula Evaluation
  • 210 Angiogram with Possible Intervention
  • 41 Extremity Angiogram with Possible Intervention
  • 33 Extremity Venogram with Possible Intervention