| Interventional radiologist Dr. Grubbs (Sarasota | | | | usually is not required. |
| Interventional Radiology Clinic) uses sophisticated, | | | | • You can resume your everyday activities |
| state-of-the-art X-ray and other imaging devices | | | | sooner because recovery times are often |
| to guide tiny catheters and other small | | | | significantly reduced. |
| instruments through the body to diagnose and | | | | • The procedures are sometimes less |
| treat disease without surgery. Dr. Grubbs and | | | | expensive than surgery or other alternatives. |
| others have advanced procedures that once | | | | Interventional Radiologist Dr. Gerald Grubbs |
| required more invasive surgery. | | | | A native of Tennessee Dr. Grubbs (Sarasota |
| In some cases, new interventional radiology | | | | Interventional Radiology Clinic) attended college |
| procedures can be used to deliver cancer-fighting | | | | and medical school there before going on to |
| therapy directly to the site of the tumor. | | | | complete his residency at the University of |
| Using his expertise in reading X-rays, ultrasound | | | | Tennessee in Diagnostic Radiology. |
| and other imaging technology, Dr. Grubbs | | | | Excited at how the new field of interventional |
| (Sarasota Interventional Radiology Clinic) is able to | | | | radiology was revolutionizing minimally invasive |
| guide small instruments such as catheters - tubes | | | | surgery – and by the benefits it held for |
| that measure just a few millimeters in diameter - | | | | patients – the doctor took a Fellowship in |
| through blood vessels and veins to treat disease | | | | Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology at the |
| percutaneously (through the skin) in a manner | | | | Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute at the Baptist |
| much less invasive, and much less costly, than | | | | Hospital of Miami. It was there he learned the |
| traditional surgeries. | | | | basics of many of the procedures he's now |
| The Benefits of Interventional Radiology | | | | performing. In 1993, after completing his |
| It is one thing to say a treatment will improve the | | | | Fellowship, Dr. Grubbs received his Board |
| quality of your life. It is another to know the | | | | Certification in Interventional Radiology from the |
| stories of those who have experienced it | | | | American Board of Radiology. |
| first-hand | | | | The following year, Dr. Grubbs moved to the Sun |
| While the advantages of Interventional Radiology | | | | coast and joined Naples Radiologists, P.A. doing |
| vary from treatment to treatment, these affect | | | | Diagnostic as well as Vascular and Interventional |
| everyone: | | | | Radiology. In 2006 he opened his own practice, |
| • You’re back home sooner because most | | | | Sarasota Interventional Radiology. Here he brings |
| procedures can be performed on an outpatient | | | | his skills in imaging, his procedural expertise, his |
| basis or require only a short hospital stay. | | | | experience in research and his clinical practice to |
| • Because the procedure is minimally invasive | | | | offer minimally invasive diagnostics and |
| there is less pain post-procedure. | | | | treatments for patients whose conditions would |
| • There is less risk because general anesthesia | | | | have once required open surgery. |