Suri, RajeevSchool of Medicine |
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As a Vascular Interventional Radiologist and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, it has been a honor to be a part of the Department of Radiology at UTHSCSA. During my tenure here, I have continued my research and clinical interests in interventional oncology and peripheral arterial disease, and have published, lectured and presented at several national and international conferences. I have eagerly promoted resident/medical student education throughout as the Radiology Residency Director and IR Fellowship Program Director. Working closely with the Department, University and Hospital leadership, the best reward for my efforts has and will always be the continued well-being of our patients. |
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| 1/2019 - Present | Chief of Staff, President Medical Dental Staff | University Hospital, San Antonio, TX |
| 3/2016 - Present | Medical Director, Radiology | University Health System, Radiology, San Antonio, TX |
| 3/2016 - Present | Vice Chair Clinical Operations, Radiology | University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, Radiology, San Antonio, TX |
| 9/2015 - Present | Professor with Tenure | University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, Radiology, San Antonio, TX |
| 7/2004 - Present | Vascular Interventional Radiology Faculty | UTHSCSA and University Hospital, Radiology, San Antonio, TX |
| Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
| 2004 | Clinical Fellowship | Vascular and Interventional Radiology | UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine Los Angeles , CA |
| 2003 | Residency | Diagnostic Radiology (Chief Resident 2002-2003) | Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles , CA |
| 2000 | Internship | Transitional Year | Hospital of St. Raphael, Yale University New Haven , CT |
| 1999 | Clinical Fellowship | Musculoskeletal Radiology Research Fellowship | Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston , MA |
| 1996 | Residency | Diagnostic Radiology | Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh , India |
| 1991 | MD | Medical Sciences | Christian Medical College, Panjab University India |
Education/Curriculum Development for Residents- 1. Establishing teaching portfolios for radiology residency program 2. Updating teaching curricula for our recurring 2 year Diagnostic Radiology curriculum for the residency program 3. Continue to refine our unique partnership with SAUSHEC for didactic teaching via Video-teleconferencing 4. Establishing a Quality Assurance teaching curriculum for trainees in preparation for its role in lifelong requirements for Maintenance of Certification. |
Endovascular arterial interventions- I am a fellowship trained Interventional Radiologist and have an active interest in peripheral endovascular interventions, especially with distal embolic protection devices. My training and experience in this field has poised me uniquely to be an emerging expert in the field. My accomplishments in this field are - 1. Site Co- Principal investigator in the NIH funded CORAL trial - for assessment of Renal stenting with distal embolic protection versus medical treatment. 2. Author of some of the initial presentations and publications in the field of peripheral arterial interventions with distal embolic protection |
Image guided Interventional Oncologic management- I established the minimal invasive endovascular program for treatment of liver cancers at the University Hospital and Veterans Affairs Hospital San Antonio, where none existed before. Multiple presentations by me at national and international meetings and locally invited lectures are evidence of my emerging expertise in this field. Areas of expertise include 1. Chemoembolization and radioembolization for liver malignancies 2. Percutaneous image guided minimal invasive ablations for liver, renal and lung lesions |
Quality and Safety- As Vice Chair of Quality and Safety at UTHSCSA Radiology (2012-15) and current Chair of the University Hospital Quality Risk Management committee, I have been actively involved in reviewing and improving quality standards in healthcare. |
| Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
| 2/2010 - Present | Radiology Resident Noon Lecture Series - Speaker: Iodinated Contrast Media | UTHSCSA, Radiology Residency Program | 40 students |
| Location: Department of Radiology 6th floor Conference Room; Preparation Hrs: 2, Student Contact Hrs: 1 (every year). Lecture entitled "Iodinated Contrast Media and Reactions: What a Radiologist needs to know` presented to UTHSCSA radiology residents and fellows as an essential requirement for their general competencies. Lectures given on - 02/09/10; 11/16/10; 03/24/11; 12/06/11; 05/20/2013; ; 01/13/15 | |||
| 1/2008 - Present | Gen Diagnostic Radiology Elective, Advanced Topic | The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| Student contact hours are listed per week for their 4 week block. 10 fourth year medical students rotate through Radiology for 4 weeks as an elective in General Radiology. Their final day case presentations are evaluated by three-four course faculty including me. | |||
| 11/2006 - Present | IR Fellowship Morning Conference series - Mentor and Speaker | University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio | 15 students |
| As the Course Director (2006-2007), Co-Course Director (2007-2014) and teaching faculty (2006-present), I have presented and supervised conferences at the Morning Interventional Radiology Didactic and Case Based conferences, and have maintained teaching for the Interventional Radiology Fellowship program. This conference series is attended by Interventional Radiology fellows, and rotating radiology residents/medical students. These half hour conferences occur Wednesday through Friday from August to June of the academic year, including case conferences (Wednesdays), Lectures (Thursdays) and Journal clubs/Mortality and Morbidity conferences (Fridays). | |||
| 5/2005 - Present | Resident Board Reviews: Interventional Radiology | UTHSCSA | 10 students |
| Location: Department of Radiology Conference Room UHS; Preparation Hrs: 5, Student Contact Hrs: 3. I am responsible for collecting, organizing and presenting Radiology Board appropriate cases, as ?unknowns? to senior Radiology residents preparing for the American Board of Radiology Oral Examination. This formal review of cases occurs during 1-2 two hour sessions during the last 4 months of their senior year (4 hour sessions annually for the last 7 years). The teaching program in Interventional Radiology coupled with Board reviews has had a successful > 90% pass rate for first time examinees in the Interventional Radiology section of the American Board of Radiology Oral Exam. Dates: 05/12/14; 04/23/14; 09/10/2013; 06/11/2013; 05/24/2013; 03/20/2013; 03/04/2013; 04/09/2012; 02/27/2012; 05/19/11; 02/16/11; 03/04/10; 05/19/09; 03/16/09; 05/19/08; 05/05/08; 04/24/07; 04/10/07; 05/23/06; 05/15/06; 05/11/05 | |||
| 4/2005 - Present | Interventional Radiology Lecture (UTHSCSA/SAUSHEC) series | University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio | 30 students |
| Preparation Hrs: 3, Student Contact Hrs: 1; The preparation hours and student contact hours listed are per conference. Interventional Radiology Didactic series is an integral component of the multi-institutional Video Teleconferencing Lecture consortium for Radiology residents and fellows at UTHSCSA, Wilford Hall Medical Center and Brooks Army Medical Center. I have been the Interventional Radiology course director from 2006 and have been teaching faculty in this course since 2004. | |||
| 7/2004 - Present | Rotation Student Supervision | UTHSCSA | |
| 7/2004 - Present | Rotation Student Supervision | UTHSCSA | |
Abstract |
| Lopera JE, Garza-Berlanga A, Kroma G, SURI R. BRTO for bleeding gastric varices: Review of complications and how to avoid them; 2016 Feb. (Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (Supplement); vol. 3Supp). |
| Zafar AM, SURI R, Landin R, Mayorga R. A quantitative assessment of pre-procedure patient-flow in interventional radiology; 2015 Feb. (Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (Supplement); vol. 26, no. 2Supl). |
| Haq A, Heeter Z, Lopera JE, SURI R, Garza-Berlanga A, Kroma G. Mesocaval Shunt creation by Interventional Radiology: Percutaneous and endovascular approaches in an illustrated case-based review; 2015 Feb. (Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (Supplement); vol. 26, no. 2). |
| Lopera JE, Kroma G, Garza-Berlanga A, SURI R, Wholey M. Use of cone beam CT for complex biliary interventions; 2015 Feb. (Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (Supplement); vol. 26, no. 2). |
| Chamarthy M, SURI R, Kroma G, Garza-Berlanga A, Lopera JE. Correlation of treatment response pathological response in explanted livers DEB-TACE and interstitial ablation treatments for HCC; 2015 Feb. (Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (Supplement); vol. 26, no. 2). |
| Haq A, SURI R. Interventional Radiology from a Medical Student`s Perspective: An Opportunity to Impact the Future; 2015 Feb. (Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (Supplement); vol. 26, no. 2Supl). |
| Zafar AM, SURI R, Lopera J. Employing workflow analysis to reduce wait-times for IR patients; 2014 Mar. (Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (Supplement); vol. 25, no. 3Supl). |
| Gear C, Khazim K, SURI R, Fanti P, Bansal S. Oncogenic Osteomalacia: Fibroblast Growth Factor-7 (FGF7), not Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 (FGF23), Being the Player This Time; 2012 Jan. (J Invest Medicine; vol. 60, no. 1). |
Book Chapter |
| Abello AL, Palmer WE, SURI R . Magnetic Resonance Imaging differentiation of benign versus malignant vertebral collapse. In: Castillo M (Book Editor). Spinal Imaging Critical Topics for Clinical Practice (2nd Edition). Philadelphia: Jaypee Brothers, Inc; 2016. p. 57-71. |
Electronic/Web Publication |
| SURI R, Calland JF, Conrad F, Angle F. Reducing Trauma Response times for IR: A multidisciplinary team approach 2016 Jan. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiusWxY0hto&feature=youtu.be SIR-RFS Webinar Improving IR Response Times and Management During Trauma Cases. |
| Pluguez-Turull C, Ojili V, Patel A, Katkar AS, White H, SURI R. Iatrogenic complications after abdomino-pelvic interventions 2015 Jan. Available from: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.abdominalradiology.org/resource/resmgr/Education_WebPosters2015/7.Pluguez-Turull.pdf Published on the Society of Abdominal Radiology website as one of the best posters from the 2015 SAR Annual meeting. |
| Deitte L, DeStinger K, Grajo J, Heitkamp D, Lammers L, Patel R, Shetty A, SURI R, Warren L. APDR/A3CR2/APCR Core Exam survey 2014 Jan. Available from: https://www.aur.org/uploadedFiles/Alliances/A3CR2/Resources_for_Chief_Residents/CORE_Exam_Survey-Results_Presentation.pdf . |
Journal Article |
| Walker J, Haq A, SURI R. Nonoperative Management of Splenic Trauma: An Update Digestive Disease Interventions 2018 Jun;2:172-178. |
| Rivero JR, De La Cerda J, Wang H, Farrell AM, Liss MA, SURI R, Rodriguez R, Kaushik D. Partial Nephrectomy versus Cryoablation or Radiofrequency Ablation for Clinical Stage 1 Renal Masses: Systematic Review and meta-analysis of more than 3900 patients Journal of Vascular Interventional Radiology 2018 Jan;29(1):18-29. |
| Ghumman SS, Weinerman J, Khan A, Cheema M, Garcia M, Levin D, SURI R, Prasad A. Contrast Induced-Acute Kidney Injury Following Peripheral Angiography with Carbon Dioxide versus Iodinated Contrast Media: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Current Literature Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2017 Sep;90(3):437-448. |
| Lopera J, Hegg R, Bready E, Kroma G, Garza-Berlanga A, SURI R. Complex biliary interventions: Percutaneous small bowel access confirmation with Cone beam CT and retrograde biliary obstruction recanalization Gastrointestinal Intervention 2017 Jul;6(2):140-144. |
| Zafar AM, SURI R, Nguyen TK, Petrash CC, Fazal Z. Understanding pre-procedure patient-flow in interventional radiology Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2016 Aug;27(8):1189-1194. |
| Bansal S, Khalid, Khazim, Suri R, Martin, DA, Werner SL, Fanti P. Tumor induced osteomalacia: associated with elevated circulating levels of fibroblast growth factor-7 in addition to fibroblast growth factor-23 Clinical Nephrology 2016 Jan;85(1):57-62. |
| Katabathina V, Zafar M, SURI R. Clinical presentations, imaging and management of acute cholecystitis Techniques in Vascular Interventional Radiology 2015 Dec;18(4):256-265. |
| Lopera JE, Katabathina V, Bosworth B, Garg D, Kroma G, GARZA-BERLANGA A, Suri R, Wholey M. Segmental Liver Ischemia/Infarction After Elective Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation: Clinical Outcomes in 10 patients Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2015 Jun;26(6):835-841. |
| Lopera JE, Speeg KV, Young C, Garg D, Michalek J, Chen Y, KROMA G, Suri R, Garza-Berlanga A. Effect of Liver Volume in Morbidity and Mortality After Elective Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Gastrointestinal Intervention 2014 Dec;3(2):93-97. |
| Lopera JE, Shapiro M, Sanchez D, Maya C, Kroma G, Garza-Berlanga A, SURI R. Superior vena cava (SVC) filters placed over central lines - analysis of line trapping and difficulties with line retrieval: an in-vitro experimental study Acta Radiol 2014 Jul;55(6):732-736. |
| Lopera J, SURI R, Kroma GM, Garza-Berlanga A, Thomas J. Role of interventional procedures in obstetrics/gynecology Radiologic Clinics of North America 2013 Nov;51(6):1049-1066. |
| Sundarakumar DK, Smith CM, Lopera JE, Kogut M, SURI R. Endovascular interventions for traumatic portal venous hemorrhage complicated by portal hypertension World Journal of Radiology 2013 Oct;5(10):381-385. |
| Statler JD, Miller DL, Dixon RG, Kuo MD, Duncan JR, Gross K, Saad WE, Silberzweig JE, Stecker MS, SURI R, Thornton RH, Bartal G et al. Society of Interventional Radiology position statement: Prevention of unintentionally retained foreign bodies during Interventional Radiology procedures Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2011 Nov;22(11):1561-1562. |
| Lopera JE, Suri R, KROMA G, Gadani S, Dolmatch B. Traumatic Occlusion and Dissection of the Main Renal Artery: Endovascular Treatment Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2011 Nov;22(11):1570-1574. |