KirubaharaRVaheesanMD

Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology; Director, Interventional Radiology Residency Program; Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, SSM Saint Louis University Hospital; Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital; Professor of Radiology Saint Louis University (SLU)

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Office
SSM Saint Louis University Hospital
3691 Rutger St
Saint Louis, MO 63110
Phone+1 314-977-5782

Fax+1 314-977-1486

Summary

Dr. Kirubahara Vaheesan is an Interventional radiologist in Saint Louis, MO and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, and SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis. He received his medical degree from Tirunelveli Medical College and has been in practice 28 years. He has done fellowship in Interventional Radiology at Jackson Memorial Hospital and Fellowship in Neuro-radiology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, NY. He specializes in Vascular & Interventional radiology and is experienced in TACE, Ablation and Yttrium 90 treatment to liver cancers, Ablation for Kidney cancers, Vascular Malformation in kids and adults, Ostoid osteoma ablation, Pulmonary Embolism treatment, DVT treatment, BRTO, TIPS and DIPS procedure and Peripheral artery disease.

Education & Training

University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemFellowship, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2006 - 2007
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellFellowship, Neuroradiology, 1999 - 2001
Tirunelveli Med CollClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2007 - 2026
IL State Medical License 2023 - 2026
MO State Medical License 2012 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2011 - 2025
American Board of Radiology Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Trials

Bariatric Embolization of Arteries for the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Start of enrollment: 2024 Jun 01
Not yet recruiting
Not Applicable
Bariatric Embolization of Arteries in Obese Patients With HCC to Allow Salvage Liver Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2017 Oct 18
Suspended
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

7 citations
Incidence and risk factors for sustained hepatic function toxicity 6 months after radioembolization: analysis of the radiation-emitting sir-spheres in non-resectable l...
Daniel B. Brown, Henry J. Krebs, J. Brower, Ryan O'Hara, Eric A. Wang
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. 2021-04-01
13 citations
Multicenter Evaluation of Survival and Toxicities of Hepatocellular Carcinoma following Radioembolization: Analysis of the RESiN Registry
Shelby Frantz, Lea Matsuoka, K. Vaheesan, Michael Petroziello, Jafar Golzarian
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2021-04-01
5 citations
Superior hypogastric nerve block (SHNB) for pain control after uterine fibroid embolization (UFE): technique and troubleshooting.
Keith Pereira, L. Morel-Ovalle, Mehdi Taghipour, A. Sherwani, Roshni Parikh
CVIR Endovascular. 2020-09-27

Press Mentions

SLUCare Physician Group May 23, 2017By: Julia M. JohnsonMay 23rd, 2017
Team Treatment: SLUCare Physician Group April 11, 2017By: Julia M. JohnsonApril 11th, 2017
Parks Professor Andrew Hall Awarded Grant from Siemens Medical Solutions in Collaboration with Interventional Radiologist at SLU’s School of MedicineMarch 18th, 2016