WILLIAM T. KUO, MD, FSIR, FCCP
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
- Member, Bio-X
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Interventional Radiology 300 Pasteur Dr H3652 MC 5642 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-0728 Fax (650) 725-0533Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Vascular & Interventional Radiology
- Complex IVC Filter Retrieval
- Acute PE
- Acute and Chronic DVT
- Diagnostic Radiology
Administrative Appointments
- Director-Stanford IVC Filter Clinic, Division of Vascular & Interventional Radiology - Stanford University Medical Center (2010 - present)
- Director-Interventional Radiology Fellowship Program, Department of Radiology - Stanford University Medical Center (2008 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Featured Manuscript, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (2013)
- U.S. News Top Doctors, U.S. News & World Report (2013)
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. (2013)
- Compassionate Doctor Award, PatientsChoice.org (2012)
- Top 10 Doctor Award, Vitals.com (2012)
- Patients' Choice Award, PatientsChoice.org (2012)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (2006) |
| Residency: | University of Rochester NY (2005) |
| Internship: | Virginia Mason Medical Center WA (2001) |
| Medical Education: | Wake Forest University-School of Medicine NC (2000) |
| College: | Duke University, BS in Biology with Honors, NC (1996) |
| Board Certification: | Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology (2005) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and International Work
- Bike 4 Breath, Bay Area
Internet Links
Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
1) LASER-ASSISTED AND COMPLEX IVC FILTER RETRIEVAL
2) CATHETER-DIRECTED THERAPY FOR ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
3) INTERNATIONAL PE REGISTRY
4) IVC FILTER REGISTRY
5) ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF CAVAL AND DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS
Clinical Trials
- Recruiting A Prospective, Single-arm, Multi-center Trial of EkoSonic® Endovascular System and Activase for Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism (PE).
- Recruiting Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal With Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis
- Recruiting A Phase 2b Study of Modified Vaccinia Virus to Treat Patients Advanced Liver Cancer Who Failed Sorafenib
- Not Recruiting Impact of C-arm CT in Decreased Renal Function Undergoing TACE for Tx of Hepato-Cellular Carcinoma
- Not Recruiting ExAblate (Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery) Treatment of Metastatic Bone Tumors for the Palliation of Pain
Publications
- Complex retrieval of fractured, embedded, and penetrating inferior vena cava filters: a prospective study with histologic and electron microscopic analysis. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2013; (5): 622-630.e1
- Optimizing catheter-directed thrombolysis for acute deep vein thrombosis: validating the open vein hypothesis. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2013; (1): 24-6
- Complex retrieval of embedded IVC filters: alternative techniques and histologic tissue analysis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2012; (3): 588-97
- Endovascular therapy for acute pulmonary embolism. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012; (2): 167-79.e4; quiz 179
- Photothermal ablation with the excimer laser sheath technique for embedded inferior vena cava filter removal: initial results from a prospective study. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2011; (6): 813-23
- Optimizing endovascular therapy for acute PE: primum non nocere. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2010; (11): 1776-1777
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