Professor Vice Chair, Quality and Safety Director, Division of Interventional Radiology

Department: Radiology

Phone: (804) 828-0534

Fax: (804) 628-1132

Email: malcolm.sydnor@vcuhealth.org

Address/Location:
Main Hospital, Room 3-440

SPECIALTIES

• Varicose vein ablation
• Kyphoplasty
• Trauma intervention

AREAS OF INTEREST

Minimally invasive, image-guided procedures, including:

• Treatment of varicose veins with endovenous ablation and ambulatory phlebectomy
• Treatment of spider veins with sclerotherapy
• Treatment of compression fractures and cancer in the spine with kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty
• Treatment of painful abdominal and pelvic cancers with nerve blocks
• Treatment of trauma patients with embolotherapy
• Treatment of occluded arteries with balloons, stents and other devices

RESEARCH

• Carotid stent trials
• Islet cell transplantation trials

RESEARCH PROJECTS/GRANTS

Presented in Washington, D.C. at the Society of Interventional Radiology conference in March 2008:

• Splenic artery embolization in the trauma patient: radiation dose and outcome of proximal versus distal embolization
• Unique applications of the balloon expandable covered stent in a wide variety of vascular territories
• Unique applications of bone augmentation for painful metastatic foci to the axial skeleton

Ongoing IRB-approved study:

• Late complications after bilateral pelvic artery embolization in the blunt trauma patient

EDUCATION

• M.D. – Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• Residency – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
• Fellowship – University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• American Board of Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
• Certificate of Added Qualification – Vascular and Interventional Radiology

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