Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE)

What tricks do you have up your sleeve to help you get through tough cases? In this special episode of the BackTable Podcast, Drs. Ally Baheti, Mike Barraza, and Chris Beck spotlight the most creative and practical pearls from the 2025 BackTable Tips & Tricks competition, showcasing standout submissions and clever techniques shared by their peers.

Bringing Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) to the OBL setting means balancing cost efficiency, quality care, and a high procedure volume. What should you know and how can you get started? This week, host Dr. Ally Baheti explores outpatient PAE with Dr. Stephen “Andy” Vartanian, an independent interventional radiologist and medical director of PrecisionIR.

Do we finally have definitive data on the efficacy of prostate artery embolization (PAE)? Dr. Shivank Bhatia (interventional radiologist at University of Miami) joins host Dr. Michael Barraza to discuss the findings from his prospective 1,075 patient study on the long-term outcomes of PAE, the largest longitudinal, single-center, single-operator, prospective study in the United States.

Cone Beam CT has become a cornerstone of modern interventional practice. Are you utilizing it to its fullest potential? Dr. Michael Miller joins host Dr. Chris Beck to discuss Cone Beam CT, sharing advanced techniques and clinical pearls. Dr. Miller is an interventional radiologist and Associate Professor of Radiology at Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, North Carolina.

Get caught up on prostate artery embolization (PAE) best practices and learn the ins-and-outs of building a PAE program in 2024. Dr. Jason Hoffmann covers this and more, with host Dr. Michael Barraza. Dr. Hoffmann is an interventional radiologist and educator at NYU Langone Health.

Dr. Jafar Golzarian shares his experiences with co-founding an outpatient-based lab (OBL), obtaining the right equipment, handling staffing, negotiating with insurance companies, and marketing his new practice. Dr. Golzarian is an interventional radiologist at his OBL in Minneapolis, Minnesota and he is the former Division Head and Program Director for the interventional radiology program at the University of Minnesota.

In this episode, Dr. Mark Little shares his insights about genicular artery embolization (GAE), implications for patients with knee osteoarthritis, possible applications in other MSK interventions, and the importance of research for advancing the field. Dr. Little is a consultant diagnostic and interventional radiologist at Berkshire Imaging and Visiting Professor at the University of Reading in England.

In this episode of BackTable Podcast, host Dr. Sabeen Dhand interviews guest Dr. Aaron Fischman about the TREAT Symposium and its evolution into TREAT Live, a platform for broadcasting live endovascular cases. Dr. Fischman is a vascular and interventional radiologist at Mount Sinai in New York.

In this episode of the BackTable Podcast, host Dr. Michael Barraza interviews guest Dr. Charles Nutting about prostatic artery embolization (PAE) in the outpatient-based lab (OBL) setting. Dr. Nutting is an interventional radiologist at Endovascular Consultants in Lone Tree, Colorado. The doctors discuss procedure techniques, patient selection, follow-up care, and benefits of the OBL environment over the hospital.

En este episodio del podcast, el Dr. Iñigo Insausti Gorbea y la Dra. Sara Lojo Lendoiro, se centraron en la técnica de embolización prostática como alternativa mínimamente invasiva para el tratamiento de la hiperplasia benigna de próstata.

In this episode of BackTable, host Dr. Michael Barraza is joined by Dr. Nainesh Parikh from Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Parikh has worked extensively on prostate artery embolizations (PAE), having performed around 250 PAEs since joining Moffitt in 2017. The conversation delves into the multifaceted applications of PAE, with a specific focus on its role in prostate cancer.

In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews Dr. Aaron Kovaleski on good old-fashioned TV and radio marketing. Aaron is an interventional radiologist and founder of Endovascular Consultants of Colorado, who has found success in using tried and true methods of advertising to grow his practice.

En los confines de la medicina, a veces es necesario un espíritu intrépido para desafiar las prácticas establecidas y abrir nuevos horizontes. El reconocido doctor Francisco Carnevale, una figura emblemática en el campo de la radiologia intervencionista, personifica a la perfección esta audacia. Su historia es la epopeya de un hombre que tuvo la inquietud de explorar la embolización de la próstata, un enfoque innovador en el tratamiento de la hiperplasia prostática.

In this episode, host Dr. Michael Barraza interviews interventional radiologist Dr. Samdeep Mouli about controversies in prostate artery embolization, including technique, durability, and how we can leverage the data to unite IRs and establish PAE as standard of care.

STREAM Meeting Founders Ari Isaacson and Sandeep Bagla tell us about what to expect at the next meeting in September, including PAE and GAE practice building tips, as well learn about new embolization procedures such as adhesive capsulitis and thyroid arterial embolization.

Urologist Dr. Claus Roehrborn and Interventional Radiologist Dr. Sandeep Bagla discuss the pros and cons of Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) compared to other Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatments (MISTS) for Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH). They also discuss the importance of a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach when offering these treatment options, including agreeing on the best treatment for the patient.

We talk with Dr. Blake Parsons about his approach to Radial vs. Femoral access for Prostate Artery Embolization for BPH, including patient selection, device considerations, and practice pearls.

We talk with STREAM meeting founders Dr. Ari Isaacson and Dr. Sandeep Bagla about its origin story, as well as what they have planned at STREAM 2021 for docs who want to learn Prostate Artery Embolization, Musculoskeletal Embolizations, and new techniques for Pain Therapy.

Interventional Radiologist Ari Isaacson and Urologist Matt Raynor at UNC Health tell the story of how they successfully built a collaborative PAE program for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), including the challenges they faced along the way, and tips for success in working together.

Special guests Dr. Ari Isaacson and Dr. Sandeep Bagla sharing their experiences with prostate artery embolization, including a candid discussion on practice building, equipment, and a brief intro on what to expect at the upcoming STREAM PAE course Jan 13 in Washington DC.