Elliot Varney

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@JuliusChapiro @Yale_IR @RichDuszak I miss everyone down South especially within @UMMCRads, but new mentors like @JuliusChapiro and @Yale_IR colleagues continue to push me and have made the transition great!

This is what “elite” looks like. Ladies and gentlemen, the @Yale_IR Residents. Absolutely top notch.

Olivia Patch on the rupture risk of intracranial vascular malformations during pregnancy. There is an increased risk of AVMs during pregnancy but not in aneurysms or cavernomas. #SNIS2025 @SNISInfo @esmintsociety @cvsection @fcalbuquerque51 @dr_mchen @DanniDiestro @MattAmansMD @ducruetaf @MattFusco_MD @DrAltschul @cruzcerebri @niko_mou @aliyasiddiqui04

Hearty congratulations to Dr Candy Howard, recipient of the senior faculty career excellence Dr LouAnn Woodward award. Honored to work with her every day!

Congratulations to @CandaceClaudio, this year’s winner of #GWIMS Dr. LouAnn Woodward award, recognizing excellence in service, teaching, and most of all, mentorship of women in medicine and science. We are so proud!

Genicular artery embolization (GAE) is an emerging adjunct/alternative (minimally invasive) procedure to treat OA pain, performed by Interventional Radiologists. We offer it at @UMMCIR. @UMMCRads @UMMCnews

Glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer, is one of the most formidable challenges in oncology—but microsphere therapy may offer a promising new therapy. Learn more about the early data from the FRONTIER trial, designed by Samdeep Mouli, MD, FSIR; Roger Stupp, MD; and Riad Salem, MD, MBA, FSIR. irq.sirweb.org/sirtoday/2025-…

@NURadiology @SIRspecialists @SamMouli @RyanKelloggMD

IR Quarterly features interim results of the Frontier trial studying yttrium-90 (Y-90) for glioblastoma. Sam Mouli is the principal investigator. This microsphere therapy may lead to new IR treatment options for glioblastoma. irq.sirweb.org/sirtoday/2025-… @SIRspecialists @SamMouli

Congratulations to our February Faculty Lecturer of the month to one of our newest faculty members, Dr. Juliana Sitta @sitta_juliana ! She started in January and is already winning teaching awards 🥰.

BIG congratulations to teacher extraordinaire Dr. Alyson Stacks, our associate residency PD, on acceptance into the VERY competitive @ARRS_Radiology clinician educator program this year!

A big UMMC welcome to Dr. Sean O’Brian, our newest intervention radiologist who brings years of experience and expertise to our thriving @UMMC_IR division!

Congratulations Dr @AubreySmyly on SPARC @ARRS_Radiology Future physician scientist & academic radiologist @UMMCRads You make us proud @UMMCnews

Super excited to learn that our incredible research PhD pathway resident Dr. @AubreySmyly was accepted into the competitive 2025 @ARRS_Radiology "sparking and promoting academic radiology careers" (SPARC) professional development program! arrs.org/ARRSLIVE/ARRSL…

@CandaceClaudio @UMMCRads @UMMCnews @UMMCRadiology @ummcresearch @AubreySmyly @RichDuszak Expect nothing less! You deserve it. Thank you for everything you have done and continue to do for me and everyone else you continue to mentor along the way @CandaceClaudio

Honored to receive OAVCR Excellence Award for Research Thank you MCCTR & mentors, Drs. Wilson and Correa.  Thanks to Drs. Summers & Granger to realize the vision of the combo residency PhD program & Drs. Murphy & Bidwell for continued support.  Thanks @UMMCRads

📢 It’s that wonderful time of year to thank our 🩻 radiology technologists for their exceptional front line patient care they provide for @UMMCnews! 🙏We’ll be pampering them all week, and we hope all of you will join us in thanking them for their hard work. #RadTechWeek2024

Case#1: Large right lobe HCC treated with split (boost) dose y90 (Therasphere) for optimal tumor coverage - this tumor stood no chance! #DiscoverIR @UMMCRads @SIRRFS

Listen and learn from body imaging expert @CandaceClaudio MD PhD FACR! ⏰ 9 pm EDT/ 8pm CDT on September 14. 🔗 See below! @RichDuszak @CSTaylor @mdoherty67 @NildaMariaW @VarneyET @AubreySmyly

Excited for our @UMMCRads DR Residency Virtual Open house ⏰ tomorrow! I aim to be as transparent and inclusive as possible in our recruiting season, so here is a sneak preview with some program highlights to answer #FAQ for the #futureradres as we kick off the #Match2025 season!