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Indiana Radiology Partners (IRP) provides the entire spectrum of pediatric interventional radiology services to Riley Hospital for Children. Experts in diagnosing disease and injury in infants, children and adolescents, IRP's pediatric radiologists and interventional radiologists work as part of a multidisciplinary team, along with the referring pediatrician or pediatric specialist, to provide the best possible patient care.

Our many years of clinical and research experience allow us to provide your pediatric patients with the most advanced minimally invasive procedures available in an environment suited specifically to the needs of young patients and their families. Francis Marshalleck, MD is the Director of Pediatric Interventional Radiology at Riley. Dr. Marshalleck is fellowship trained in percutaneous interventions using image guidance in infants, children, adolescents and adults. Staffed by the only pediatric interventional radiologist in Indiana, Riley's new pediatric interventional radiology (IR) suite offers percutaneous interventions using image guidance. Joining the pediatric IR team are specially trained interventional radiology technologists and nurses. IRP's neuroradiologists also utilize the pediatric IR suite for cerebral angiography procedures to diagnose and treat strokes, cerebral arteritis, vascular tumors and vascular malformations.

The IR suite located in the Radiology Department, adjacent to Riley's Outpatient Center, offers all of the facilities and equipment necessary for IR procedures to be fully contained and performed in one location. In addition to four pre- and post-procedure rooms, the suite houses an anesthesia induction room, a family consultation area and a fully digital Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) workstation for reading exams and consulting with referring physicians.


The state-of-the-art interventional suite (shown above) also offers:

  • New dose-lowering technologies

  • 3-D rotational angiography

  • Advanced digital imaging

  • Tilt table


  • Printable Pediatric Interventional Radiology Fact Sheet

    The IRP interventional radiologists treat pediatric patients with the following diseases and conditions:

    • Venous Access

      • Placement of PICCs (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters)

      • Placement of chest ports

      • Placement and maintenance of apheresis, dialysis and infusion catheters

      • Temporary central venous catheters

    • Percutaneous Biopsy

      • Image-guided soft tissue and bone biopsy

      • Intraarticular steroid injections

      • Percutaneous liver and kidney biopsy

      • Transjugular liver biopsy

    • Gastrointestinal

      • Placement of gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy feeding tubes

      • Placement of cecostomy tubes

    • Drainages

      • Paracentesis

      • Thoracentesis

      • Percutaneous drainage of abscesses and fluid collections

      • Placement of chest tubes

    • Obstructive Uropathy

      • Nephrostomy, nephroureterostomy and urteteronephrostomy

      • Ureteral stents

      • Percutaneous access for stone retrieval

      • Suprapubic drainage

    • Biliary Intervention

      • Biliary drainage (native and transplant liver)

      • Cholecystostomy

      • Biliary Endoscopic Laser Lithotripsy (BELL) and percutaneous stone retrieval

    • Arteriography

      • Renal vascular disease - renal artery angioplasty and stenting

      • Visceral angiography

    • Vascular Embolization

      • Varicocele Embolization

      • GI Bleeding

      • AVMs - Peripheral and Pulmonary

      • Hemoptysis - bronchial artery embolization

      • Sclerotherapy of venous and lymphatic malformations

    • Venous Thromboembolic Disease

      • Venous thrombolysis, angioplasty and stenting

      • Permanent and temporary caval filtration

    • Portal Hypertension

      • TIPS

      • Variceal embolization

    • Chronic Renal Failure/End Stage Renal Disease

      • Dialysis access planning (ultrasound mapping and venography)

      • Percutaneous treatment of malfunctioning or thrombosed dialysis access

    • Cancer Therapy

      • Chemoembolization of liver tumors

      • Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) of liver tumors, kidney tumors and osteoid osteomas

      • Stenting of malignant strictures: bile duct, esophageal, tracheobronchial and intestinal


    To contact an interventional radiologist or to schedule an interventional consultation or procedure, call Interventional Radiology Scheduling at:

    PHONE: (317) 278-6328 or 278-6351
    FAX: (317) 274-2920

    Riley Radiology Department
    702 Barnhill Drive
    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
    PHONE: (317) 278-6300
    FAX: (317) 278-1537
    Visit Riley Hospital's Website



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