Rajasekhara Ayyagari, MD, FSIR

Associate Professor (appointment pending), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

After completing two-and-a-half years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Andes mountains and Amazon jungles of Ecuador, Dr. Raj Ayyagari graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 2004. He first began training in Urology at the University of Washington, and then chose to pursue a career in image-guided minimally invasive procedural therapy. He went on to complete a residency in Diagnostic Radiology and fellowship in Interventional Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2011. The mainstay of Dr. Ayyagari’s contributions over the past decade have been in the field of prostatic artery embolization (PAE). He single-handedly developed one of the original and largest PAE practices in the country. His has risen to prominence not only because he has reported his expansive data in top IR and Urology meetings and journals, but also because of his genuine collaborative spirit for working with those within and beyond his specialty. In recent years, Dr. Ayyagari has pioneered minimally invasive treatments for prostate cancer. He implemented one of the few in-bore MRI-guided prostate biopsy programs in the country. Even more importantly, Dr. Ayyagari recently partnered with urologists to offer a new MRI-guided transurethral prostate cancer ablation procedure, a procedure which promises to become a true game-changer in the treatment of prostate cancer.

Publications

  • Published 3/1/2024

    Ayyagari R, Rahman SZ, Grizzard K, Mustafa A, Staib LH, Makkia RS, Bhatia S, Bilhim T, Carnevale FC, Davis C, Fischman A, Isaacson A, McClure T, McWilliams J, Nutting C, Richardson A, Salem R, Sapoval M, Yu H. Multicenter Quantification of Radiation Exposure and Associated Risks for Prostatic Artery Embolization in 1476 Patients. Radiology. 2024 Mar; 310(3):e231877. PMID: 38441098.

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  • Published 12/1/2022

    Powell T, Rahman S, Staib L, Bhatia S, Ayyagari R. Operator Learning Curve for Prostatic Artery Embolization and Its Impact on Outcomes in 296 Patients. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2023 Feb; 46(2):229-237. PMID: 36456689.

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  • Published 10/1/2022

    Sailer A, Revzin MV, Pollak J, Ayyagari R, Mojibian HR, Nezami N, Pellerito JS, Marino AG. Deep Vein Thrombosis: Update on Mechanical Thrombectomy and Intravascular US. Radiographics. 2022 Oct; 42(6):E184-E185. PMID: 36190870.

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  • Published 9/10/2022

    Daley J, Buckley R, Kisken KC, Barber D, Ayyagari R, Wira C, Aydin A, Latich I, Lozada JCP, Joseph D, Marino A, Mojibian H, Pollak J, Chaar CO, Bonz J, Belsky J, Coughlin R, Liu R, Sather J, Van Tonder R, Beekman R, Fults E, Johnson A, Moore C. Emergency department initiated resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is feasible and associated with improvements in end-tidal carbon dioxide. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2022 Oct; 3(5):e12791. PMID: 36176506.

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  • Published 4/7/2022

    Masoom SN, Sundaram KM, Ghanouni P, Fütterer J, Oto A, Ayyagari R, Sprenkle P, Weinreb J, Arora S. Real-Time MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 07; 14(8). PMID: 35454773.

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Education

  • Yale University School of Medicine, MD
  • Swarthmore College, BA

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