Michael S Stecker MD
Interventional Radiologist | Vascular & Interventional Radiology
75 Francis St Radiology Brighamt W Boston MA, 02115Rating
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About
Dr. Michael Stecker is an interventional radiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Stecker specializes in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. Interventional radiologists use X-Rays, MRIs and other advanced imaging to put catheters in the body in order to treat the source of the disease internally. Many conditions that once required surgery can now have less risk, less pain and fewer invasions when treated by an interventional radiologist.
Education and Training
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1994
Stony Brook University School of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR- Vascular and Interventional Radiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Outcome of polyester cuff retention following traction removal of tunneled central venous catheters.
- Suprarenal intraarterial infusion of alloxan and streptozotocin during balloon occlusion of the juxtarenal abdominal aorta: a simple technique for inducing diabetes mellitus in canines with reduced mortality.
- Percutaneous imaging-guided access for the treatment of calculi in continent urinary reservoirs.
- Randomized comparison of split tip versus step tip high-flow hemodialysis catheters.
- Physician assistants in interventional radiology practice.
- Embolization of large gastric varices using vena cava filter and coils.
- Root cause analysis.
- Transpopliteal removal of an OptEase inferior vena cava filter after treatment of symptomatic filter thrombosis.
- IR safety rounds: forgotten dialysis catheter caps.
- Patient radiation management and preprocedure planning and consent.
- Long-term safety and effectiveness of the "OptEase" vena cava filter.
- Uterine artery embolization in the treatment of postpartum uterine hemorrhage.
- Quality improvement guidelines for recording patient radiation dose in the medical record for fluoroscopically guided procedures.
- Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens in IR--risks, prevention, and recommendations: a joint guideline of the Society of Interventional Radiology and Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.
- Ebola and Other Highly Contagious Diseases: Strategies by the Society of Interventional Radiology for Interventional Radiology.
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