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Channel 10 News October 10, 2005 Dr. Kirsch - UAE
Robert L. Worthington-Kirsch, M.D., FSIR, FASA, RVT, RPVI is an Interventional Radiologist. His medical practice is in Pottstown, PA (Phone: 610-327-7236).
As of May 2008, Dr. Worthington-Kirsch
has performed almost 2,500
Uterine Artery Embolization (UAE) procedures. This is the greatest experience with
UAE in the world. In addition
to UAE he also performs evaluations and treatment for some causes of pelvic
pain and provides “general” interventional services at Roxborough Memorial
Hospital.
He has Bachelors Degrees in Molecular Biology
and Humanities from MIT. He received his M.D. from the university of
Massachusetts Medical School.
He performed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Mercy
Catholic Medical Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania before beginning
practice in Interventional Radiology.
Dr. Worthington-Kirsch, a Subspecialty
Board-Certified Interventional Radiologist, has been in practice in the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area since 1990.
He is Assistant Professor of Radiology – Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine.
He regularly performs both vascular and
non-vascular procedures for the management of a wide variety of medical
conditions. Much of his
previous career as an Interventional Radiologist has been devoted to
treating people with untreatable diseases such as advanced cancers, severe
cirrhosis of the liver, and severe peripheral vascular disease. His particular areas of
interest include Gynecological Interventional Radiology, Biliary
Interventional Radiology, and Venous Access.
Dr.
Worthington-Kirsch and Dr. Francis Hutchins, Jr., a Gynecologist, were the
second team in the United States to begin performing Uterine Artery
Embolization treatment for fibroids in the second half of 1996. Dr. Worthington-Kirsch and Dr.
Hutchins published the largest case
series of 53 UAE patients in the English medical literature –
"Uterine Arterial Embolization For The Management of Leiomyomas: Quality-of-life Assessment and
Clinical Response", Radiology
1998.
Dr.
Worthington-Kirsch, Dr. Hutchins, and Dr. R.P. Berkowitz, also a
Gynecologist, published a larger case series report of 305 consecutive UAE
cases – "Selective Uterine Artery Embolization as Primary Treatment
For Symptomatic Leiomyomata Uteri", J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparos
1999.
He performed the UAE procedure on a 43-year-old patient in front of 300 specialists at Santa Catarina Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil, in August of 2001.
Dr. Worthington-Kirsch continues to travel
extensively throughout the United States as well as the world (Canada,
France, England, Brazil, and Sweden, Uruguay) giving lectures and training
UAE to gynecology and radiology physicians.
Dr. Worthington-Kirsch is involved in both independent and industry-sponsored research studies about UAE.
The Phase I study involved 30 patients with symptomatic leiomyomata. Research was performed on one of the Embolic Materials that is used in the UAE procedure - "Tris-Acryl gelatin microspheres (Embospheres)", JVIR and Entrez-PubMed September 12, 2001.
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