Dr. Stephen Vartanian Featured on BackTable VI: a Podcast for Practicing Physicians
Dr. Stephen “Andy” Vartanian recently joined Dr. Ally Baheti on her podcast for practicing physicians to discuss bringing Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) into the office-based laboratory (OBL) setting. In this episode, Dr. Vartanian shares his unique career path as an independent interventional radiologist and medical director of PrecisionIR, as well as his extensive experience with PAE.
The discussion explores his approach to the procedure, best practices, and the importance of patient workup and collaboration with urologists. Dr. Vartanian also shares insights on balancing cost efficiency, quality care, and procedure volume in the OBL environment, while addressing the operational and financial challenges of running an independent practice. The episode further touches on expanding outpatient treatments such as Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) and Genicular Artery Embolization (GAE), along with the challenges of patient acquisition for these therapies.
Listen to Dr. Vartanian Discuss Outpatient PAE Tips and Tricks Here.
