Interventional Radiology

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Keywords

Interventional radiology, angiography, embolisation, angioplasty, stent

Research overview

Interventional radiology is a medical specialty that performs minimally invasive and endovascular surgery. They deploy imaging techniques such as CT, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy instead of making large incisions. They are able to perform procedures inside blood vessels, within bile ducts, and directly into some organs, using imaging for perfect precision. These operations are the next iteration of traditional surgery, reducing invasiveness further from keyhole into now pinhole procedures. They offer cost-effective alternatives to traditional open surgery, whilst usually having shorter recovery times.

The Interventional Radiology group within Monash Department of Surgery perform a wide range of research, including:

  • Prospective first-in-human device trials
  • Prospective randomised controlled trials and cohort studies as a multisite investigator
  • Prospective, investigator-initiated randomised controlled trials and cohort studies
  • Retrospective cohort and case-controlled studies
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
  • Development of clinical practice guidelines

These research projects cover a wide range of different medical conditions, however the focus of these are:

  • Novel endovascular treatments for peripheral arterial disease such as stents and drug coated angioplasty technology
  • Arterial and venous angioplasty
  • Embolisation, including hypervascular tumours and arrest of haemorrhage after trauma
  • Novel embolic agents
  • Thermal ablation of benign and malignant tumours
  • Cancer treatments
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Costing analyses
  • Registry management

Our people

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Perioperative medicine podcast series: Interventional Radiology

Prof Warren Clements and A/Prof Jim Koukounaras discuss the rapidly expanding role of interventional radiologists in patient care and expertise they bring to the perioperative team.

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Selected projects / collaborations

Our achievements at a national or international level

Grants

  • RANZCR research grant 2016 - Occupational radiation exposure to the lens of the eye in interventional radiology (Goh, Clements)
  • RANZCR research grant 2018 - Long term splenic immune function post-splenic embolization (Clements, Kavnoudias)
  • RANZCR research grant 2015 - A randomized and controlled study comparing patient controlled and Radiologist controlled intra-procedural conscious sedation, using midazolam and fentanyl, for patients undergoing insertion of a central venous line (Clements, Kavnoudias)

Conference prizes

  • SGCR WIRES 2024, best oral presentation (Lukies)
  • Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia, best research presentation 2024, 2022, 2019, 2016, 2015 (Goh, Clements, Koukounaras)
  • European Congress of Radiology ‘Walk of Fame’ 2019 (Goh, Clements, Koukounaras)
  • iMed Best Emergency Radiology Scientific Exhibit Prize, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Annual Scientific Meeting, 2018 (Goh, Clements)
  • Best poster presentation, European Society of Emergency Radiology (ESER) 2016 (Goh)

Journal/societal awards

  • Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2024 Editor’s Award for Top Reviewer (Clements)
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology. Award for outstanding service to the journal 2024 (Clements)
  • APSCVIR 2024, Young IR prize (Lukies)
  • Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2023 Distinguished Reviewer Award (Clements)
  • CVIR Endovascular. 2023 Young investigator award (Clements) 
  • CVIR Endovascular. 2023. Top 10 articles for the year 2023 (Clements, Koukounaras)
  • Most cited articles in 2023, Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (Goh, Clements, Koukounaras)
  • Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2023 – people’s choice award (Goh, Kavnoudias)
  • Global Embolization Symposium and Technologies 2022 – Best of GEST Poster 1st prize (Goh, Kavnoudias)
  • Global Embolization Symposium and Technologies 2021 – Best of GEST presentation 1st prize (Goh, Lukies, Phan)
  • Wiley award for top downloaded articles 2021-2022, Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (Clements)
  • Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences. Award for 2021 “Best original medical imaging article”
  • CVIR endovascular. Award for outstanding service to the journal 2020 (Clements)
  • Wiley award for Top downloaded article 2019-2020, Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (Goh, Clements, Koukounaras)

Peer-reviewed Journal appointments

  • Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (Pub: Wiley)
    • Deputy Editor (Clements)
    • Associate Editor (Goh)
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (Pub: Springer)
    • Regional Editor (Goh)
    • Editorial board member (Clements)
  • CVIR Endovascular (Pub: Springer Open)
    • Regional Editor (Clements)
  • Interventional Radiology (Pub: The Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology)
    • Senior Editor (Goh)

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