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Imaging The Future With new location, Vascular Interventional Physicians Expands Services, Patient Comforts

With its recent relocation to a full floor in an East Memphis office building, Vascular Interventional Physicians (VIP) offers patients a more comfortable clinic setting. “We wanted more space for procedures, and we also wanted to provide our patients a more personalized care experience, as opposed to a busy hospital setting,” says Henry J. Dalsania, M.D. VIP is the only clinic of its kind in the area, and one of only a few clinics regionally to perform certain highly specialized procedures. All VIP physicians are boardcertified in their areas of specialty. VIP patients have easy access to advanced technological procedures performed by highly trained interventional radiologists, including Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy to treat varicose veins without painful ‘vein stripping,’ Uterine Fibroid Embolization to control symptoms as a viable alternative to hysterectomy, and Peripheral Vascular Disease Screening to assess circulation in arms and legs to assist with limb preservation and would care. “Our patient population varies widely in their conditions and needs,” says Dr. Dalsania. “We care for diabetic patients, those on dialysis, as well as those suffering from peripheral vascular disease, varicose veins and venous insufficiency. We can even perform biopsies and tumor ablation, in the hospital setting. The clinic boasts half a dozen patient recovery rooms, each within steps of the large nurses’ station. “Each patient has a private room where all the prep work is done, and they return to the same room after the procedure. It creates a nice and more relaxing space for the patient and families,” he says. With an eye on the future, there are additional rooms in the clinic that can be repurposed as additional patient rooms and even an additional procedure room. “We have been steadily growing, adding patients and staff, and we wanted a well-planned clinic that could grow with us for years to come,” Dr. Dalsania says. Having diagnostic technology onsite allows patients to usually leave with an answer to their health concern. “We wanted to be a one-stop-shop for our patients. We didn’t want to send them offsite for imaging or treatment only to have them return to our office for follow-up care,” Dr. Dalsania says. “We intentionally designed this clinic so that patients are cared for from beginning to end of their procedure with us.” There are several healthcare practices in the same building, and this allows for a natural overlap of patients. “If there are patients in other clinics in the building who need our services, it’s very easy on them to simply come upstairs to be seen here,” Dr. Dalsania says. “It has naturally expanded our reach in the community, and we are able to help more patients.” The scope of diseases and conditions that these physicians can diagnosis and treat is ever-expanding.

“With technology in imaging getting better and the quality finer, we expect our scope of treatments to increase in the coming years,” he says. “One reason I enjoy this field of medicine is the variety of cases we treat.” 

Most recently, the VIP team has begun treating uterine fibroids without surgery. “Uterine fibroid embolization is a newer treatment in our field, and it saves the patient from invasive surgery,” Dr. Dalsania says. “We are also seeing a promising new treatment for migraine sufferers. It’s exciting to be on the cutting edge of so many new treatment options for patient.” 

VIP also has a location in Southaven, Mississippi, and in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Vascular Interventional Physicians is a subsidiary of Mid-South Imaging & Therapeutics, a private, physician group of 41 radiologists in eight radiology subspecialty areas treating patients in hospitals, physician practices, and free-standing imaging center settings. The group has provided radiology professional services for more than five decades, and accepts all major insurance carriers as well as Medicare and Medicaid patients..

For a full list of procedures and treatments, visit their web site, www.vipphysiciansmemphis.com

(Left) Musculoskeletal imaging uses state-of-the-art technology like radiology, CT, ultrasonography and MRI to diagnose and assess bones, joints and associated soft tissues. (Below) Recent advances in neuroradiological diagnosis, for example, CT, angiography and MRI, have been primarily due to progress in computer technology and this assists in the diagnosis of central nervous system disorders.

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The team at VIP includes physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and administrative staff. This team-based approach provides the best care for patients and their families.