The Vascular and Interventional Radiology Residency program at the USF Health is an ACGME accredited program for two one-year independent positions per year. Candidates must have completed an ESIR program.

The IR program is primarily based out of Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL, located on Davis Islands blocks from downtown Tampa. The hospital is a 1041 bed Level 1 trauma center with 43 surgical suites and 7 interventional suites. The heart, liver and kidney transplant programs are each in the top 10 busiest programs in the nation. Two of the IR suites are bi-plane rooms and all 7 have Cone-Beam CT capabilities. CT-guided procedures are performed on either a dedicated procedural CT or the 64-slice CT located in the department. The noninvasive vascular lab is ICAVL certified in 5 categories under the direction of the IR team. Our practice at TGH is a hybrid, private practice/academic group, offering residents the benefits of both. We are part of a larger radiology practice which includes 20 outpatient imaging centers as well as diagnostic services at TGH.   The hospital has a well-developed vascular access team which performs all the PICC lines for the hospital.

At TGH, the full gamut of IR is practiced with particularly high volumes of liver intervention (TIPS, BRTO, TACE, Y90-TARE, TIPS-PVR), complex venous interventions (Angiovac thrombectomy, iliocaval reconstruction, Complex IVC Filter retrieval including forceps and excimer laser), women’s health interventions (UAE/UFE, pelvic congestion embolizations, fallopian tube recanalizations), PAE, arteriovenous malformation embolization and sclerosis, EVAR/TEVAR, and endoleak embolizations. 

At Moffitt Cancer Center, the 3rd largest NCI designated free standing Cancer Center by outpatient volume, all aspects of interventional oncologic procedures are performed. There are 11 interventional radiologists functioning solely in IR with the support of 9 advanced practice professionals. Procedures include extensive liver directed therapies including Y90, TACE, bland embolization, and percutaneous hepatic perfusion, embolotherapy and sclerosis of AVMs, thrombolysis, angioplasty, stenting, vascular access device placement and removal,  IVC filter placement and removal, biliary and GU interventions, percutaneous G and G-J tube placement, vertebral augmentation, lymphangiogram and thoracic duct embolization. We also perform high volume image guided tumor ablations including microwave, RFA, and IRE, as well as image guided needle biopsies.

The IR residency training is focused on procedural skills as well as clinical evaluation and inpatient care. We are a busy, cooperative consultation service with an excellent relationship with the other specialties at TGH. Most of the consults are performed by our IR ARNP/PA team. We have an outpatient clinic 4 half days each week to evaluate new consults as well as provide follow-up post procedure care with a new IR clinic APP for additional support. We perform procedures across every segment of IR.

Residents are expected to attend and present patient cases at the weekly Hepatobiliary conference focused on the treatment of hepatic neoplasm and transplant patients. GI tumor board attendance is encouraged. Weekly didactic lectures are given by the IR attendings.  Monthly M&M conferences are held to evaluate patient outcomes.  Monthly Journal Clubs are sponsored to discuss recent and landmark IR literature.

Sincerely,

Glenn Hoots, MD
Associate Professor, Interventional Radiology