Our cross-sectional interventional radiology team combines expert skill with compassionate, patient-centered care. Using real-time image guidance, we place needles, catheters, and specialized devices to perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with precision.

Our approach emphasizes:

• Minimally invasive care that often replaces the need for surgery
• Smaller incisions and faster recovery times
• Advanced imaging technology (ultrasound, CT, MRI) for precise targeting
• Collaboration and consultation with referring physicians across and beyond U-M Health
• Extensive experience, performing over 3,800 image-guided procedures annually
• Highly trained radiologists and physician assistants dedicated to patient comfort and safety

• Aspiration of fluid collections
• Botulinum toxin injection (for spastic paralysis or excessive salivation)
• Core needle biopsy
• Cryoablation
• Drainage catheter placement
• Fine needle aspiration
• Paracentesis
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Thoracentesis

• Thrombin injection (to treat pseudoaneurysms)