Dheeraj Rajan
Dr. Dheeraj Rajan graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1994. He began his surgical residency at SUNY Syracuse and completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at Wayne State University in 1999 and Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology (VIR) at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.
Over his career, he has published 120 manuscripts primarily focused on arterial and dialysis interventions, multiple book chapters and one textbook titled “Essentials of Percutaneous Dialysis Interventions”.
He is a Professor of Medical Imaging and the Division Chief of VIR at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rajan also sits on various committees for the Society of Interventional Radiology, the KDOQI rewrite and Implementations committees, and CoreHealth Vascular Network of Ontario. He formerly was an Associate Editor for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and reviews for multiple medical journals.
Dr. Rajan’s current focus is on the percutaneous creation of dialysis fistulas where he was one of the pioneers for the procedure itself which has subsequently been commercially adopted globally. He also serves as an advisor to multiple start-up and established companies with devices focused on vascular interventions.
- Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study to Evaluate a Cell-Impermeable Endoprosthesis for Treatment of Stenosis or Occlusion within the Dialysis Outflow Circuit of an Arteriovenous (AV) Fistula or AV Graft (The WRAP Registry)
PURPOSE: Dysfunctional vascular access due to stenosis/occlusion within the arteriovenous fistula or graft (AVF/AVG) negatively affects the clinical […]
- Objective Performance Goals Based on a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes for Bare-Metal Stents and Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for Hemodialysis-Related Central Venous Obstruction
CONCLUSIONS: The OPGs derived from real-world studies of PTA and stent placement may serve as a benchmark for future interventions indicated for this […]
- National Trends in Complications of Vascular Access for Hemodialysis and Analysis of Racial Disparities Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in the Inpatient Setting
CONCLUSION: Although there was an overall decrease in the trends of dialysis-associated complications requiring hospitalization among ESKD patients […]
- Operator Intracranial Dose Protection During Fluoroscopic-Guided Interventions
CONCLUSION: All tested equipment provided various degrees of additional intracranial protection. The skull and soft tissues attenuate a portion of […]
- Percutaneous Creation of Hemodialysis Fistulas
Non-surgical, percutaneous, or endovascular hemodialysis arteriovenous creation represent an evolution of access creation away from traditional […]
- Vascular Closure Devices For Axillary Artery Access: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Off-label use of VCDs in the axillary artery provides an 85% successful closure rate and variable complication rate, depending on the […]
- The Use of Vascular Closure Devices for Brachial Artery Access: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Despite being off-label, studies suggest that VCDs in the brachial artery have a high technical success rate. There was no significant […]
- Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Access Cosmesis Scale (AVACS): A new measure for vascular access
CONCLUSIONS: While safety and efficacy are the primary concerns when evaluating AV access for HD, cosmesis is an important component of the ESKD […]
- Outcomes of Wrist-Access Deep Venous Embolization Following Percutaneous Fistula Creation: A Two-Year Single Center Experience
CONCLUSION: In this single center experience crossing alongside the anastomosis of a newly formed percutaneous fistula from an antegrade venous […]
- Percutaneous Hemodialysis Fistula Creation
Two devices have been recently introduced to the European Union and North American clinical practice that allow for percutaneous creation of […]
- Uterine Artery Embolization for Pedunculated Subserosal Fibroids: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
CONCLUSIONS: UAE for pedunculated subserosal fibroids has a low risk of adverse events and effectively reduces fibroid and uterine size.
- KDOQI 2019 Vascular Access Guidelines: What Is New
The new Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Vascular Access Guidelines have a patient focus for comprehensive vascular access […]
- Endovascular community response to mortality data in use of paclitaxel devices for peripheral vascular disease
CONCLUSIONS: After the report of data with concerns of mortality associated with paclitaxel device use in 2018, a rapid reduction in overall […]
- Hepatic Arterial Blood Flow Modulation in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Pilot Study of the Influence of Intraarterial Norepinephrine Assessed with CT Perfusion
CONCLUSIONS: Norepinephrine causes increased blood flow toward HCC tumors, but with a corresponding smaller increase in blood flow to noncancerous […]
- Complication rates associated with antegrade use of vascular closure devices: a systematic review and pooled analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Clinically meaningful differences in overall pooled complications were identified between VCDs with a trend toward significance. […]
- The role of surgery for assisted maturation after endovascular and percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creation
Even in the best of circumstances, a significant number of patients will require adjunctive endovascular and/or surgical revision prior to achieving […]
- KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update
The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) has provided evidence-based guidelines for hemodialysis vascular […]
- A Single-Center Experience With Percutaneous Interventional Management of Refractory Chylous Ascites
CONCLUSIONS: In our experience, lymphangiography and embolization was a safe, relatively effective and minimally invasive method for treating […]
- Sources of Error in Interventional Radiology: How, Why, and When
This article aims to provide an overview of the sources for error in interventional radiology (IR). Being both a procedure and an imaging-based […]
- Avoiding and Managing Error in Interventional Radiology Practice: Tips and Tools
While there are limited data on error in interventional radiology (IR), the literature so far indicates that many errors in IR are potentially […]
- Patient selection, education, and cannulation of percutaneous arteriovenous fistulae: An ASDIN White Paper
End-stage kidney disease patients who are candidates for surgical arteriovenous fistula creation commonly experience obstacles to a functional […]
- Management of acute limb ischemia after glue embolization of endoleak following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
We describe the case of a 73-year-old woman who developed a type II endoleak and subsequent aneurysm sac expansion following endovascular abdominal […]
- Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty in Hemodialysis Circuits: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Significant improvement in patency was identified with DCBA in AVF at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months. A single comparative study identified […]
- Drug-eluting balloon angioplasty versus uncoated balloon angioplasty for the treatment of in-stent restenosis of the femoropopliteal arteries
BACKGROUND: Stents are placed in the femoropopliteal arteries for numerous reasons, such as atherosclerotic disease, the need for dissection, and […]
- Comparison between Surgical and Endovascular Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula Interventions and Associated Costs
CONCLUSIONS: Both incident and prevalent patients with endoAVF required fewer interventions and had lower costs within the first year compared with […]
- A Prospective Clinical Study of a Percutaneous Vascular Access System for Hemodialysis Catheters
CONCLUSIONS: The DermaPort™ system can be effectively implanted and facilitates catheter interventions in hemodialysis patients requiring long-term […]
- Transabdominal Direct Sac Puncture Embolization of Type II Endoleaks after Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
CONCLUSIONS: Percutaneous transabdominal embolization is a safe and efficacious treatment for type II endoleak, with a short procedure time.
- Financial Impact of PEVAR Compared With Standard Endovascular Repair in Canadian Hospitals
CONCLUSIONS: A change in AAA repair technique from EVAR to PEVAR can be a cost-effective solution for Canadian hospitals.
- Outcomes at a single center after subintimal arterial flossing with antegrade-retrograde intervention for critical limb ischemia
CONCLUSIONS: Retrograde pedal access is a viable revascularization technique for achieving limb salvage in patients with critical limb ischemia with […]
- Endovascular Proximal Forearm Arteriovenous Fistula for Hemodialysis Access: Results of the Prospective, Multicenter Novel Endovascular Access Trial (NEAT)
CONCLUSIONS: An endoAVF can be reliably created using a radiofrequency magnetic catheter-based system, without open surgery and with minimal […]