Founded in 2010, the mission of the IR Translational Research Lab is to pursue cutting-edge translational research in Interventional Radiology aimed at developing novel minimally invasive treatments for important disease states such as liver cancer, portal hypertension, lymphatic disorders, obesity, and peripheral arterial disease. By exploring underlying mechanisms and refining tools and techniques on the bench and in animal models, our goal is to translate these innovative therapies into routine clinical use in patients. Funding sources have included the National Institutes of Health, the Radiological Society of North America, and the Society of Interventional Radiology.
Current Investigators:
- Charles Y. Kim MD – Lab director (Duke faculty, interventional radiology)
- James Ronald MD, PhD Lab co-director (Duke faculty, interventional radiology)
- Brendan Cline MD, Lab co-director (Duke faculty, interventional radiology)
- Siddhant Thukral MD (Duke interventional radiology resident)
- Nicholas Perkons, MD, PhD (Duke interventional radiology resident)
Former Investigators:
- Xiangwen Xia MD (International scholar / senior researcher / interventional radiologist, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology)
- Charles Puza (Duke medical student, now a dermatologist in private practice)
- Qi Wang MD, PhD (International scholar / senior researcher / interventional radiologist, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology)
- Jessica Stewart MD (Duke IR resident/fellow) – now on faculty in interventional radiology at UCLA
- Michael Hodavance MD (Duke IR resident/fellow) – now in private practice at Medical Imaging of Lehigh Valley
- Jaron Hagen (Duke undergraduate student)
- Lizbeth Leapo (Duke undergraduate student, now resident in psychiatry and Duke)
- Svetlana Talalaeva (Duke nursing)
- Kristie Kim (Duke undergraduate student)
- Michael Shen (Duke undergraduate) (lab manager)
- Shivam Dave (Duke undergraduate, now resident in pediatrics at UCSF)
- Bea Thomas (Duke undergraduate)
- Willa Chen (Duke undergraduate student) (lab manager) – now resident in pediatrics at Stanford
- Devon Dipalma (Duke undergrad) – now MD/PhD student at Duke
- Eric Vikingstad MD (Duke resident/fellow) – now a staff interventional radiologist at Riverside Radiology and Interventional Associates
- Diana Christenson (Duke undergrad) – now resident in Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine
- Ravi Kankotia (Duke undergrad) – now gastroenterologist at Hoag Hospital
- Ben Paxton MD (Duke resident/fellow) – now a staff interventional radiologist at Prescott Medical Imaging
- Matthew Lungren MD (Duke resident/fellow, founding member) – now on faculty in interventional radiology at Stanford University and Chief Data Science officer of Microsoft
