Desmoid, Sarcoma & Soft Tissue Tumors: When Does Ablation Win? Speaker Varshana Gurusamy MD Sunday, November 15 2:15–2:25 PM Room Atlantic I/II/III Close faculty details Faculty Varshana Gurusamy MD Assistant Professor University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Varshana Gurusamy is an Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology Residency Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She focuses on treatment of venous disease, musculoskeletal and pancreatic ablation.
Faculty Varshana Gurusamy MD Assistant Professor University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Varshana Gurusamy is an Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology Residency Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She focuses on treatment of venous disease, musculoskeletal and pancreatic ablation.
MSK Case Review Case Discussant Varshana Gurusamy MD Jason Levy MD, FSIR J. David Prologo MD, FSIR, ABOM-D Alan Alper Sag MD, FSIR Brian Schiro MD Sean Tutton MD FSIR, FCIRSE Case Presenter Gina Landinez MD Sunday, November 15 3:05–3:30 PM Room Atlantic I/II/III Close faculty details Faculty Varshana Gurusamy MD Assistant Professor University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Varshana Gurusamy is an Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology Residency Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She focuses on treatment of venous disease, musculoskeletal and pancreatic ablation. Close faculty details Faculty Jason Levy MD, FSIR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY Northside Hospital Atlanta Dr. Jason Levy, MD, is a board-certified Interventional Radiologist at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. He received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine and completed both his diagnostic radiology residency and interventional radiology fellowship at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. Dr. Levy’s clinical and research expertise centers on Interventional Oncology, with a particular focus on musculoskeletal ablative therapies and liver-directed therapies. He served as the lead author of the OPUS One trial — the largest prospective musculoskeletal ablation study ever conducted. An internationally recognized speaker, he has lectured extensively on interventional oncology worldwide. He is an active member and Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). Close faculty details Faculty J. David Prologo MD, FSIR, ABOM-D Associate Professor Emory University School of Medicine Dr. Prologo is an interventional radiologist whose research has focused on the application of image guided techniques to the delivery of stem cell therapies, the treatment of cancer pain, and for obesity management. He is a nationally recognized expert in ablative therapies and has pioneered several new procedures in the subspecialty including the cryoablation of nerves. Close faculty details Faculty Alan Alper Sag MD, FSIR Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Alan Sag, MD, FSIR is a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist at the University of Miami with special expertise in embolization and ablation, as well as musculoskeletal, pain, and thyroid interventions Close faculty details Faculty Brian Schiro MD Interventional Radiologist Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Brian Schiro, MD, RPVI, FSIR is a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist with Baptist Heart and Vascular Care at the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami, FL. Dr. Schiro completed his fellowship training with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in 2010 following his diagnostic radiology residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2004. Dr. Schiro now serves as the Program Director for the Independent Interventional Radiology Residency with Miami Vascular and is also the medical director for the medical sonography program at Nova Southeastern University. He is the medical director of the System-Wide Quality Assurance Committee for the Noninvasive Vascular Lab at Baptist Hospital Health South Florida. He also serves on the IAC Vascular Testing Board of Directors as a representative of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). He has authored numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and his research interests include noninvasive imaging and diagnosis as well as aortic and peripheral vascular interventions. Close faculty details Faculty Sean Tutton MD FSIR, FCIRSE Professor of Radiology and Orthopedics UCSD Health Dr. Sean M Tutton is a Professor of Radiology and Orthopedics at UCSD Health. Dr. Tutton received his degree from Rutgers University, New Jersey School Medical School in 1991 and completed his internship, residency and fellowship at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University in Chicago IL. He joined UCSD in 2021. He also received additional board certification in Hospice and Palliative Care in 2012. His clinical focus has been caring for cancer and non-cancer patients with pain and advancing the art of interventional radiology through clinical research. His principal areas of interest include treatment of musculoskeletal tumors with embolization, ablation, and stabilization of pathologic fractures. He helped develop a minimally invasive treatment of patients suffering from painful cancer related pelvic fractures utilizing a combination of ablation, screw, and cement fixation which interventionalists are now utilizing at multiple centers around the world. Close faculty details Course Director Gina Landinez MD Assistant Professor Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami Cancer Institute Dr Landinez is an Interventional Radiologist with a keen interest in palliative and musculoeskeletal interventions.
Faculty Varshana Gurusamy MD Assistant Professor University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Varshana Gurusamy is an Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology Residency Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She focuses on treatment of venous disease, musculoskeletal and pancreatic ablation.
Faculty Jason Levy MD, FSIR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY Northside Hospital Atlanta Dr. Jason Levy, MD, is a board-certified Interventional Radiologist at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. He received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine and completed both his diagnostic radiology residency and interventional radiology fellowship at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. Dr. Levy’s clinical and research expertise centers on Interventional Oncology, with a particular focus on musculoskeletal ablative therapies and liver-directed therapies. He served as the lead author of the OPUS One trial — the largest prospective musculoskeletal ablation study ever conducted. An internationally recognized speaker, he has lectured extensively on interventional oncology worldwide. He is an active member and Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).
Faculty J. David Prologo MD, FSIR, ABOM-D Associate Professor Emory University School of Medicine Dr. Prologo is an interventional radiologist whose research has focused on the application of image guided techniques to the delivery of stem cell therapies, the treatment of cancer pain, and for obesity management. He is a nationally recognized expert in ablative therapies and has pioneered several new procedures in the subspecialty including the cryoablation of nerves.
Faculty Alan Alper Sag MD, FSIR Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Alan Sag, MD, FSIR is a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist at the University of Miami with special expertise in embolization and ablation, as well as musculoskeletal, pain, and thyroid interventions
Faculty Brian Schiro MD Interventional Radiologist Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Brian Schiro, MD, RPVI, FSIR is a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist with Baptist Heart and Vascular Care at the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami, FL. Dr. Schiro completed his fellowship training with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in 2010 following his diagnostic radiology residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2004. Dr. Schiro now serves as the Program Director for the Independent Interventional Radiology Residency with Miami Vascular and is also the medical director for the medical sonography program at Nova Southeastern University. He is the medical director of the System-Wide Quality Assurance Committee for the Noninvasive Vascular Lab at Baptist Hospital Health South Florida. He also serves on the IAC Vascular Testing Board of Directors as a representative of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). He has authored numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and his research interests include noninvasive imaging and diagnosis as well as aortic and peripheral vascular interventions.
Faculty Sean Tutton MD FSIR, FCIRSE Professor of Radiology and Orthopedics UCSD Health Dr. Sean M Tutton is a Professor of Radiology and Orthopedics at UCSD Health. Dr. Tutton received his degree from Rutgers University, New Jersey School Medical School in 1991 and completed his internship, residency and fellowship at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University in Chicago IL. He joined UCSD in 2021. He also received additional board certification in Hospice and Palliative Care in 2012. His clinical focus has been caring for cancer and non-cancer patients with pain and advancing the art of interventional radiology through clinical research. His principal areas of interest include treatment of musculoskeletal tumors with embolization, ablation, and stabilization of pathologic fractures. He helped develop a minimally invasive treatment of patients suffering from painful cancer related pelvic fractures utilizing a combination of ablation, screw, and cement fixation which interventionalists are now utilizing at multiple centers around the world.
Course Director Gina Landinez MD Assistant Professor Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami Cancer Institute Dr Landinez is an Interventional Radiologist with a keen interest in palliative and musculoeskeletal interventions.
The Cancer Patient in Crisis: DVT, PE & Hypercoagulability Speaker Varshana Gurusamy MD Sunday, November 15 5:05–5:10 PM Room Atlantic I/II/III Close faculty details Faculty Varshana Gurusamy MD Assistant Professor University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Varshana Gurusamy is an Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology Residency Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She focuses on treatment of venous disease, musculoskeletal and pancreatic ablation.
Faculty Varshana Gurusamy MD Assistant Professor University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Varshana Gurusamy is an Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology Residency Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She focuses on treatment of venous disease, musculoskeletal and pancreatic ablation.
Rapid Fire Morbidity and Mortality: Case 1 Speaker Asad Baig MD Sunday, November 15 5:30–5:35 PM Room Atlantic I/II/III Close faculty details Faculty Asad Baig MD Radiologist Columbia University
Rapid Fire Morbidity and Mortality: Case 2 Speaker Merve Ozen MD Sunday, November 15 5:35–5:40 PM Room Atlantic I/II/III Close faculty details Faculty Merve Ozen MD Associate Professor of Radiology Mayo Clinic Arizona Dr. Merve Ozen is a board-certified diagnostic and interventional radiologist and Associate Professor of Radiology at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on advanced interventional techniques and anatomical insights and is a frequent presenter at national and international meetings, including the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). Her clinical expertise centers on interventional oncology—particularly tumor ablation and embolization. Dr. Ozen’s academic contributions span invited lectures, panel moderation, and program coordination, with a strong commitment to trainee education and early-career mentorship. She is also recognized for pioneering innovative educational initiatives that bridge clinical practice and professional development.
Faculty Merve Ozen MD Associate Professor of Radiology Mayo Clinic Arizona Dr. Merve Ozen is a board-certified diagnostic and interventional radiologist and Associate Professor of Radiology at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on advanced interventional techniques and anatomical insights and is a frequent presenter at national and international meetings, including the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). Her clinical expertise centers on interventional oncology—particularly tumor ablation and embolization. Dr. Ozen’s academic contributions span invited lectures, panel moderation, and program coordination, with a strong commitment to trainee education and early-career mentorship. She is also recognized for pioneering innovative educational initiatives that bridge clinical practice and professional development.
Rapid Fire Morbidity and Mortality: Case 3 Speaker Yolanda Bryce MD Sunday, November 15 5:40–5:45 PM Room Atlantic I/II/III Close faculty details Faculty Yolanda Bryce MD Assistant Attending Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Yolanda Bryce, MD, RPVI completed her Medical School training at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2009, followed by a Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2014, a subspecialty training in Breast Imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in 2015, and a Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute in 2016. She joined the faculty at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in August 2016 where she pioneers minimally invasive cryoablation technique to treat locoregional disease in patients that are poor surgical candidates or refuse surgery and works in a multidisciplinary team to expand treatment options for patients with metastatic breast cancer through interventional oncology. She also specializes in vascular disease in oncologic patients, boarded through the American Board of Vascular Medicine and holding a Registered Physician Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) certification. In 2018, she became the founding director of MSKCC’s Noninvasive Vascular Imaging Center and started the institution’s PAD program improving mobility and quality of life of some of the most vulnerable patients – those with both cancer and life-limiting PAD. Her PAD screening trial examines the prevalence and disparities of PAD in at-risk cancer patients.
Faculty Yolanda Bryce MD Assistant Attending Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Yolanda Bryce, MD, RPVI completed her Medical School training at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2009, followed by a Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2014, a subspecialty training in Breast Imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in 2015, and a Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute in 2016. She joined the faculty at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in August 2016 where she pioneers minimally invasive cryoablation technique to treat locoregional disease in patients that are poor surgical candidates or refuse surgery and works in a multidisciplinary team to expand treatment options for patients with metastatic breast cancer through interventional oncology. She also specializes in vascular disease in oncologic patients, boarded through the American Board of Vascular Medicine and holding a Registered Physician Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) certification. In 2018, she became the founding director of MSKCC’s Noninvasive Vascular Imaging Center and started the institution’s PAD program improving mobility and quality of life of some of the most vulnerable patients – those with both cancer and life-limiting PAD. Her PAD screening trial examines the prevalence and disparities of PAD in at-risk cancer patients.
Rapid Fire Morbidity and Mortality: Case 4 Speaker Alexander Villalobos MD Sunday, November 15 5:45–5:50 PM Room Atlantic I/II/III Close faculty details Faculty Alexander Villalobos MD Emory University School of Medicine