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Holy Name Medical Center Event Draws Vascular Specialists from Across the Country

Interventional Institute hosts live-case vascular education seminar teaching latest techniques for treating PAD and CLI

June 13, 2014

The Interventional Institute at Holy Name Medical Center collaborated with Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI), a developer of innovative solutions for treating peripheral and coronary vascular disease -- to provide a live-case vascular education course to physicians from around the United States on June 6. During the closed-circuit broadcast,  vascular specialists from various medical centers learned state-of-the-art techniques for treating patients with complex peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and critical limb ischemia (CLI).  PAD and CLI represent serious and increasingly prevalent public health issues due to the aging population, rising rates of diabetes, and higher incidence of renal disease in the US population.  The Interventional Institute, led by Drs. John Rundback and Kevin Herman, has national expertise and recognition as a leading program for PAD and CLI care.





Interventional radiology (IR) is a rapidly growing area of medicine. Under the direction of John Rundback, MD, an international leader in the field, revolutionary imaging techniques are being used to "see" inside the body while guiding narrow tubes (catheters) and other very small instruments through the blood vessels and other pathways to the site of an abnormality. IR enables patients to receive treatment for a variety of medical disorders without surgery. To learn more about Holy Name Medical Center's Interventional Institute visit, http://wwww.holyname.org/interventional.