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Zachary L. Bercu, MD, RPVI

Zachary L. Bercu, MD, RPVI

Background

Dr. Bercu is an interventional radiologist whose activities have focused on medical device innovation, innovation education, prostate artery embolization, locoregional therapies including Yttrium-90 radioembolization and chemoembolization, systems optimization and workflow, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts, microwave ablation, transradial interventions, submassive pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis and pharmacomechanical thrombectomy, genicular nerve ablation, embolization guidance technology, adrenal vein sampling, peripheral arterial disease, international collaboration in endovascular and interventional radiology clinical and research projects, and endovascular simulation.

He is Co-Interim Program Director for Interventional Radiology Residency and Fellowship and Co-Director of the Emory Resident Innovation Track. Dr. Bercu serves on the Steering Committee for the Georgia Center for Medical Robotics. He is involved in fostering innovation for clinical and educational efficacy and has presented nationally and internationally.

Titles & Roles

  • Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
    Emory University School of Medicine
  • Assistant Program Director, Interventional Radiology Residency and Fellowship Program
    Emory University School of Medicine
  • Clinical Site Director, Interventional Radiology
    Emory University Hospital Midtown

Education & Training

Education

  • Fellowship, Vascular & Interventional Rad, 2015
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, 2014
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Internship, Transitional, 2010
    St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Ctr of New York
  • Medical Education, , 2009
    Emory University School of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Diagnostic Radiology
    American Board of Radiology, 2015
  • Vascular and Interventional Radiology
    American Board of Radiology, 2015

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Radiology (ACR)
  • American Heart Association (AHA)
  • American Medical Association (AMA)
  • Association of Program Directors in Interventional Radiology (APDIR)
  • Association of University Radiologists (AUR)
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)
  • Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR)
  • Georgia Radiological Society (GRS)
  • Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
  • Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)
  • Southeastern Angiographic Society (SEAS)

Awards

  • Coulter Translational Program Grant Recipient, Robotically Steerable Guidewire for Endovascular Interventions, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University (2019)
  • Emory University Hospital Midtown Ultrasound Positive Patient Feedback Award (2018)
  • Emory University School of Medicine Doctors' Day Award (2017)
  • Distinguished Reviewer, Top 8 Reviewers (out of approximately 700 total reviewers), Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (CVIR), Journal of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE) (2015)
  • 4D Technology Development Program Pilot Grant Recipient, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2014)

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