WILLIAM T. KUO, MD, FSIR, FCCP
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
- Member, Bio-X
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Clinical Offices
Interventional Radiology 300 Pasteur Dr H3652 MC 5642 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-0728 Fax (650) 725-0533Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Vascular & Interventional Radiology
- Complex IVC Filter Retrieval
- Acute PE
- Acute and Chronic DVT
- Diagnostic Radiology
Administrative Appointments
- Director-Stanford IVC Filter Clinic, Division of Vascular & Interventional Radiology - Stanford University Medical Center (2010 - present)
- Fellowship Director-Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology - Stanford University Medical Center (2008 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Dr. Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award, Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation (2011)
- Featured Manuscript, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (2011)
- Elected to Fellowship, Society of Interventional Radiology (2011)
- Outstanding Faculty Award, Society of Interventional Radiology (2010)
- Featured Manuscript-SIR National Press Release, Society of Interventional Radiology (2009)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (2006) |
| Residency: | University of Rochester NY (2005) |
| Internship: | Virginia Mason Medical Center WA (2001) |
| Medical Education: | Wake Forest University-School of Medicine NC (2000) |
| College:: | Duke University, NC (1996) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and International Work
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Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
1) CATHETER-DIRECTED THERAPY FOR ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
2) RETRIEVABLE IVC FILTERS
3) ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF CAVAL AND DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS
4) EMBOLOTHERAPY FOR TUMORS
Clinical Trials
- IVC Filter Registry Recruiting
- Pulmonary Embolism Response to Fragmentation, Embolectomy, & Catheter Thrombolysis: PERFECT Recruiting
- Early TIPS for Ascites Recruiting
- ExAblate (Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery) Treatment of Metastatic Bone Tumors for the Palliation of Pain Recruiting
- Interventional Thrombus Removal Recruiting
Publications
- Endovascular therapy for acute pulmonary embolism. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012; (2): 167-179.e4
- Complex Retrieval of Embedded IVC Filters: Alternative Techniques and Histologic Tissue Analysis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2011
- Photothermal ablation with the excimer laser sheath technique for embedded inferior vena cava filter removal: initial results from a prospective study. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2011; (6): 813-23
- Optimizing endovascular therapy for acute PE: primum non nocere. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2010; (11): 1776-1777
- The excimer laser sheath technique for embedded inferior vena cava filter removal. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2010; (12): 1896-9
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