Sujal Nanavati, MD
Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

sujal.nanavati@ucsf.edu 628-206-4084

Sujal Nanavati, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Interventional Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco. He supervises both scheduled and on-call interventional radiology procedures, conducts clinical rounds, provides consultation, oversees triage and admission, protocol and interprets CT and MR imaging studies and diagnostic x-rays.

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He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, in 1996, and he completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology from Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, followed by a fellowship in Interventional Radiology at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2002.

Dr. Nanavati serves as Officer of the Trauma QA Committee in the Department of Radiology at the San Francisco General Hospital. He also serves on the Dialysis Access Management Board at SFGH, and he is a Liver Tumor Board Representative in the Interventional Radiology Section at SFVAMC. As Officer of the Trauma QA committee, Dr. Nanavati works with a multi-specialty team to insure that they maintain the highest level of care for trauma patients. As a member of the Interventional Radiology Liver and Tumor Board, Dr. Nanavati and his colleagues work together to define the most effective and appropriate treatment recommendations for patients with hepatic neoplasms.

Dr. Nanavati is an active member of the American College of Radiology, the Society of Interventional Radiology, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the Radiological Society of North America, and the California Radiological Society.

Expertise: Interventional Radiology

Specialty: Dialysis access management and interventional trauma

Professional Interests: Interventional radiology, arterial revascularization, interventional oncology, uterine fibroid embolization, DVT thrombolysis, dialysis access management, therapeutic embolization for varicocele/pelvic congestion syndrome, interventional trauma radiology, TIPS, non-vascular interventional radiology, clinical and technical instruction of interventional radiology

Education and Training:

  • Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
  • Internship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York - General Surgery
  • Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York - Diagnostic Radiology
  • Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Interventional Radiology
  • American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
  • Pennsylvania Graduate Medical Trainee
  • Pennsylvania Medical Physician and Surgeon
  • California Physician and Surgeon
  • American Board of Radiology - Certificate of Added Qualification, Vascular and Interventional Radiology (active)
  • California X-Ray Supervisor and Operator
  • DEA

Awards

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  • Robert Lull Award for Outstanding Hospital Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine, ZSFG, 2016
  • The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2009

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019

Interests

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  • instruction of interventional radiology
  • DVT thrombolysis
  • therapeutic embolization for varicocele/pelvic congestion syndrome
  • non-vascular interventional radiology
  • TIPS
  • dialysis access management
  • interventional trauma radiology
  • Interventional radiology
  • uterine fibroid embolization
  • interventional oncology
  • arterial revascularization

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Publications (16)

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