CU Medicine Interventional Radiology is a medical subspecialty of radiology using minimally-invasive image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat diseases in almost every organ system. Interventional Radiologists diagnose and treat patients using the latest minimally invasive techniques in order to minimize risk to the patient, improve health outcomes, have less pain and less recovery time in comparison to open surgery. The range of diseases and organs amenable to image-guided procedures are extensive and constantly expanding, and include, but are not limited to, diseases and elements of the vascular, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, genitourinary, pulmonary, musculoskeletal, and the central nervous system. IR physicians provide patient ev