Basit Achakzai, MD

Chief, Interventional Radiology

Guthrie Provider

  • Interventional Radiology
  • Guthrie Corning Hospital

Appointments & Contact

Clinical Interests

  • Arterial intervention for acute and traumatic bleeding
  • Central venous access (ports, PICC, dialysis, hickman, etc.)
  • Chemoembolization and Y90 treatment
  • Thrombolysis, angiograms and angioplasty
  • Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
  • Tumor ablation (radiofrequency, microwave, cryoablation)
  • Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE)

Locations

Education

  • Baqai Medical and Dental College, Pakistan
  • University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. (General Surgery)
  • Wayne State University School of Medicine/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Mich. (Diagnostic Radiology)
  • Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich. (Vascular and Interventional Radiology)
  • American Board of Radiology (Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology)
  • Society of Interventional Radiology
  • Michigan Society of Interventional Radiology
  • Radiological Society of North America
  • American College of Radiology
  • American Roentgen Ray Society

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