Dr. Ahsun Riaz
Interventional Radiologist
2 Podcasts • 1 Course on BackTable
Dr. Ahsun Riaz is an interventional radiologist practicing at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. Illinois.
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Episode # 628 • 27 Mar 2026
Techniques for Managing Biliary Drain Complications
Patients and IRs alike dread the persistent cycles of malfunction and repeated procedures that often accompany biliary drains. What can you do to keep patients off the doorstep of reintervention? In this episode of the BackTable Podcast, Dr. Ahsun Riaz of Northwestern Medicine joins host Dr. Michael Barraza to walk through strategies for preventing and managing complications of percutaneous biliary drain placement.
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About
Dr. Ahsun Riaz has been practicing at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago for more than 10 years. His experience includes: a 2 year clinical research fellowship, a 1 year surgery internship, a 4 year radiology residency, and a 1 year interventional radiology (IR) fellowship. Dr Riaz has also been an assistant professor of interventional radiology at Northwestern since 2016.
He has published more than 60 peer reviewed manuscripts which have been cited more than 4000 times. Dr. Riaz continues to pursue retrospective and prospective clinical research, and enjoys training the future IR researchers and clinicians.
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