Dr. Sreekumar Madassery, MD

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Get to know Interventional Radiologist  Dr. Sreekumar Madassery, who serves patients in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Madassery is a board certified interventional radiologist as well as the Director of Peripheral Vascular Interventions, CLI Program and the IVC Filter Clinic at Rush University Medical Center. Moreover, he is the Director of The Advanced Vascular & Interventional Radiology Fellowship and Assistant Professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Areas of clinical expertise cover critical limb ischemia revascularization, limb preservation management, dialysis access maintenance, complex IVC filter retrievals, interventional oncology, and venous reconstructions. 

“It’s not the simple tube placement or drainage that it used to be. Now we’re doing very complex stuff, and it’s really good to have that interaction with the patients to develop trust and a bond, so they feel secure and safe. With vascular and interventional radiology, the simplest way of putting it is that we use imaging to offer very minimally invasive treatments to treat ailments such as cancer and arterial disease with very small incisions, so we can get you back on the road to a quick recovery.”, says Dr. Madassery about his work as an interventional radiologist. 

After earning his medical degree from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science in 2009, Dr. Madassery completed a transitional internship (2009-2010) and a diagnostic radiology residency (2010-2013) at Rush University Medical Center, where he remained for a Vascular & Interventional Radiology fellowship (2013-2014).

Dr. Madassery is board-certified in diagnostic radiology with a certificate of added qualification in vascular and interventional radiology by the American Board of Radiology. Established in 1934, the American Board of Radiology is a not-for-profit physician-led organization with headquarters in Tucson, Arizona. It oversees the certification and ongoing professional development of specialists in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, radiation oncology and medical physics.

Radiology is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases within the body. Interventional radiology is concerned with various minimally-invasive procedures using medical imaging guidance, such as x-ray fluoroscopy, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, or ultrasound.

Dr. Madassery has authored and co-authored numerous articles and has given many educational presentations around the country and globally. He is on the Standards and Practices Committee within the Society of Interventional Radiology as well as ECS Governing Council. 

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