Catherine T. Vu, M.D.
Specialties
Interventional Radiology
Radiology - Vascular
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Radiology - Interventional Radiology
Department
Title
- Chief, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Reviews
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 3100
Sacramento, CA 95817
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
Additional Phone Numbers
Clinic Phone: 916-734-3606
Clinic Fax: 916-734-8490
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Emails
Center/Program:
catvu@ucdavis.edu
Philosophy of Care
Interventional Radiology (IR) is a thriving field, delivering minimally invasive treatment over a spectrum of health care needs, from cancer therapy to acute injury management in trauma.
Treatments that historically require open surgery can be performed with needles and catheters using image guidance, such as ultrasound, CT and fluoroscopy. IR is at the helm of "leading edge" medicine. Patients turn to us when they seek treatment alternatives to surgery.
I place quality and patient-centered care at the forefront, providing pre-procedure consultation and post-procedure management. I work collaboratively with primary care providers, as well as all medical and surgical specialties.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Vu's specific clinical interests are:
- Intra-arterial targeted cancer therapies
- Acute and chronic venous interventions
- Dialysis management
- Women's health
- Prostate artery embolization (PAE) for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).
She works with hepatologists and oncology specialists to provide multi-disciplinary care for patients with primary liver cancer (HCC) and metastatic disease to the liver, offering selective internal radiation therapy (Y-90 SIRT, also known as radioembolization) and trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE).
She has a comprehensive venous practice, offering minimally invasive techniques in the treatment of venous diseases, including advanced IVC filter retrieval, venous re-canalization for chronic lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT), May-Thurner syndrome, and complex venous access options for hemodialysis patients.
The scope of her women's health practice includes uterine fibroid embolization and pelvic congestion syndrome.
She partners with Urology, Dr. Robert Lurvey, to offer prostate artery embolization (PAE) as a non-surgical treatment option for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) for patients with BPH.
Division
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Center/Program Affiliation
Education
M.D., George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington D.C. 2006
B.S., University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA 1994
Internship: Preliminary Medicine, Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center, Washington D.C. 2006-2007
Residency
Diagnostic Radiology, University of Colorado, Denver CO 2007-2011
Fellowships
Interventional Radiology, University of Colorado, Denver CO 2011-2012
Board Certifications
American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology,
American Board of Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology,
Professional Memberships
American College of Radiology
Society of Interventional Radiology
Western Angiographic & Interventional Society
Honors and Awards
M.D., Distinctive Graduate (top 15%), The George Washington University School, 2006
Select Recent Publications
Roudsari B, Said M, Vu CT, Pillai R. Evaluation of the Statewide Variability in the Current Role of Different Specialties in Lower Extremity Endovascular Revascularization for Medicare Beneficiaries. JVIR. 2019 Feb;30(2):250-256.
Chen L, DeMattos A, Bang H, Vu CT, Gandhi M, Alnimri M, Gallay B, Fananapazir G. Angioplasty versus stent in TRAS. Clinical Transplantation. Epub 2018 Feb 2. DOI:10.1111/ctr.13217
Fananapazir G, Bashir MR, Corwin MT, Lamba R, Vu CT, Troppmann C. Comparison of ferumoxytol-enhanced MRA with conventional angiography for assessment of severity of transplant renal artery stenosis. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Mar;45(3):779-785.
Tsai T, Vu C, Henson D. Cutaneous, Ocular and Visceral Melanoma in African Americans and Caucasians. Melanoma Research. June 2005;15(3):213-217.
Hester E, Heilig L, Drake A, Johnson K, Vu C, Schilling L and Dellavalle R. Internet Citations in Oncology Journals: A Vanishing Resource? J Natl Cancer Inst. June 2004;96 (12):969-971.
Fananapazir G, Troppmann C, Corwin MT, Bent CK, Vu CT, Lamba R. Incidence of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy After Renal Graft Catheter Arteriography Using Iodine-Based Contrast Medium. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2016 Apr:206(4):783-6.
Bent C, Fananapazir G, Tse G, Corwin MT, Vu C, Santhanakrishnan C, Perez RV, Troppmann C. Graft arterial stenosis in kidney en bloc grafts from very small pediatric donors: incidence, timing, and role of ultrasound in screening. Am J Transplant. 2015 Nov;15(11):2940-6.
