Training Highlights

The VIR Division performs over 15,000 cases at the University Hospital, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, and the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. We consistently ranked as one of the top Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Radiology Integrated Residencies and Departments in the country.

While on IR, trainees are actively involved as primary operators, inpatient consultation, and outpatient clinics. 

Aortic and Arterial Disease
  • Free standing multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Center (CVC) with IR suites
  • Complex interventions such as SAFARI for CLI in VA and CVC
  • Complex aortic interventions including TEVAR and aortic fenestration for dissection
  • Access and participation in non-invasive vascular lab (500 examinations required as a prerequisite for RPVI)
Venous Disease
  • Complex venous disease and reconstruction
  • Acute DVT thrombectomy and thrombolysis
  • Acute PE thrombectomy and thrombolysis, PERT Interventional Team
  • Complex IVC filter retrieval
  • IVC filter placement
  • Superficial vein clinic and outpatient procedures with IR and Vascular Surgery
Interventional Oncology
  • Multidisciplinary conferences and clinics
  • Liver Oncology (TACE, Y90, ablation)
  • Renal, lung, and bone ablations
Lymphatics
  • Large volume lymphatic interventions
  • Lymphatic treatments related to iatrogenic complications
  • Lymphatic treatments related to congenital malformations
Liver Disease and Portal Hypertension
  • Portal hypertension clinic and conference
  • Complex portal venous interventions (TIPS, BRTO, BATO, recanalization)
  • Biliary endoscopy (stone removal and biopsy)
Pediatric Interventions
  • Free standing Children and Women’s Hospital with IR suite
  • Multidisciplinary vascular malformation conference and clinic
  • Pediatric renal and biliary interventions
  • Pediatric portal hypertension clinics
  • Pediatric arterial disease and vascular anomalies
  • Pediatric vascular access
Visceral Interventions
  • Percutaneous transesophageal enteric tube placement
  • Large volume gastric and small bowel tube placement
  • Large volume renal and biliary tube placement
  • Percutnaeous nephrolithotripsy with Urology

I chose Michigan because there are few other places where you’ll receive the same breadth and depth of training. Between the thousand-bed University, dedicated Pediatric, and associated Veteran Affairs Hospitals we diagnose and treat the entire gamut of IR-related conditions on a weekly basis. Once I saw that a TACE, port placement, then aortic fenestration was just a usual day for a trainee I was sold!

Byron DuBois, MD | Resident, Interventional Radiology-Integrated, Class of 2023

I chose to train at the University of Michigan because of its excellent surgery and diagnostic radiology training as well as its unparalleled IR service line, which performs a wide variety of arterial, venous, IO, hepatic, and renal interventions.

Kyle Wilson, MD, PhD | Resident, Interventional Radiology-Integrated, Class of 2023