About us
Geisinger's Interventional Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology (IR/DR) – Integrated Radiology Residency provides the completion of training for the IR/DR certificate. Training may be one year with the Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology (ESIR) certificate supplied by a previous program or two years with a DR training certificate.
The following is an example of some procedures available in this very busy service:
- Full range of diagnostic angiography
- Peripheral vascular balloon angioplasty
- Peripheral vascular stent placement
- Stenting procedures
- Hepatic angiography
- Thrombolytic therapy
- TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt)
- Drainage procedures
- Dialysis and venous access procedures
- Imaging guided biopsies including transjugular biopsies
- Chemoembolization
- CO2 Angiography
- Pulmonary embolectomy
- Vascular embolization
- Varicose vein treatment
- Fibroid treatment