The 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

Kumar Madassery

Director Peripheral Vascular Interventions & CLTI Limb Preservation Program
Director, IVC Filter Clinic
Director, Advanced Vascular & Interventional Radiology Fellowship
Department of Vascular& Interventional Radiology
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago Il
Rush Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park Il
Rush Oak Park Wound Care Center, Oak Park Il

United States

Dr. Madassery is an Associate Professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Rush Oak Park Hospital. He is the Director of The Advanced Vascular & Interventional Radiology Fellowship at Rush University Medical Center, the only one in the nation offering post fellowship focused complex IR training in PAD and research. Also, Dr. Madassery is the Director of Peripheral Vascular Interventions, The CLTI Limb Preservation Program and the IVC Filter Clinic at Rush. More recently, he became the Medical Director of Vascular & Interventional Radiology at Rush Oak Park Hospital. 

Dr. Madassery received his medical degree from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, and his Diagnostic Radiology residency was performed at Rush University Medical Center. He completed his Vascular & Interventional Radiology at Rush University Medical Center as well. He has been inducted as Fellow of the Society of interventional Radiology (FSIR) and was recently inducted into the  International Andreas Gruentzig Society (IAGS).

Dr. Madassery has authored and co-authored numerous articles, has given numerous grand rounds and educational presentations around the country & globally. He is on the Standards and Practices Committee within the Society of Interventional Radiology, ECS Governing Council Chair, and Organizing Committee for the annual LEARN meeting. Currently, he is Chair of the SIR PAD Specialty Council. In addition to being on the SIR Annual Meeting Committee and other Leadership roles, he is a Reviewer for peer reviewed Journals such as JVIR, JSV-CIT, Journal of CLI, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine and is a Board member of the Alliance for Wound Care Stakeholders, located in Washington, D.C. 

Much of his practice is dedicated to Critical Limb Ischemia Revascularization and Limb Preservation. Recently, he published a multidisciplinary Comprehensive Limb Preservation Guidebook, entitled Limb Preservation for the Vascular Specialist, with over 60 co-authors collaborating. Other interests include Complex IVC Filter Retrievals, Dialysis Interventions, Venous Reconstructions, and Interventional Oncology. He founded and directed the Peripheral Vascular Trainees Lab (PVTL), which had its Inaugural meeting in 2024. Most importantly, he is joyously married, and father to two amazing children.