Research Summary

Robert K. Kerlan Jr., MD, FSIR, is an Emeritus Professor of Clinical Radiology. He served as Chief of Interventional Radiology at UCSF Mt. Zion Medical Center, and Chief of Interventional Radiology at UCSF. Dr. Kerlan received his medical degree from the University of Southern California in 1978, and completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology from UCSF in 1980, followed by a Chief residency from UCSF in 1981

Dr. Kerlan's primary research interest includes the management of liver disease including biliary disease, portal hypertension, and hepatic malignancy. He has an interest in developing innovative procedures to diagnose and treat patients with problems related to liver donor transplantation. Dr. Kerlan has also been closely involved with the development of stent grafts to prolong the durability procedure of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS). He and his colleagues have developed a number of innovative techniques to perform TIPS in patients with occluded hepatic veins.

Dr. Kerlan has served as a Distinguished Reviewer for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, the American Journal of Transplantation, and Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology. He has 202 published articles and he has written 20 book chapters, 3 books, and 5 significant publications.

Expertise:
Interventional Radiology

Specialty:
Management of liver disease including biliary disease, portal hypertension, and hepatic malignancy

Professional Interests:
Interventional radiology, liver and bile ducts, hepatocellular carcinoma, chemoembolization, ablation

Education and Training:
• Medical School: University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Internship: University of California, Los Angeles - Internal Medicine
• Residency: University of California, San Francisco - Radiology
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Chief Resident, Radiology
• California Medical License
• Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners
• Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology
• Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology with added
• Qualifications in Vascular and Interventional Radiology
• ABR Maintenance of Competence in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Education

M.D., 1977 - School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Residency, - , University of California, San Francisco

Honors & Awards

  • Lifetime Service Award, American Board of Radiology, 2013
  • Outstanding Alumni Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2012
  • Distinguished Service Award, American Board of Radiology, 2011
  • Distinguished Reviewer Award, JVIR, 2011
  • Distinguished Reviewer, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2007
  • Plenary Session Lecturer, Society of Interventional Radiology, Toronto, Canada, 2007
  • Exceptional Physician Award, University of California San Francisco, 2005
  • President, Western Angiographic and Interventional Society, 2004
  • Distinguished Reviewer Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2003
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 2000

Selected Publications

  1. Blackburn AF, Landinez GP, Kerlan RK, Lokken RP. Malposition of a Femoral Tunneled Dialysis Catheter through a Patent Foramen Ovale. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2023 Jun; 40(3):304-307.  View on PubMed
  2. Lee AY, Lehrman ED, Perito ER, Kerlan RK, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Taylor AG, Ostroff JW, Kang SM, Roberts JP, Rhee S, Rosenthal P, Fidelman N. Non-operative management of biliary complications after Liver Transplantation in pediatric patients: A 30-year experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Sep; 25(6):e14028.  View on PubMed
  3. Lokken RP, Kerlan RK, Chung YC, Chen YF, Mehta NJ, Yao FY, Fidelman N. Hepatic Toxicity After Selective Chemoembolization Is Associated With Decreased Survival Among Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2021 05; 216(5):1283-1290.  View on PubMed
  4. Losey AD, Lokken RP, Kolli KP, Kerlan RK, Taylor AG, Kohi MP. Embolization of Arterial-Portal Fistula to Treat Associated Hemobilia after Transjugular Liver Biopsy. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2020 Oct; 37(4):430-433.  View on PubMed
  5. Knox J, Kohlbrenner R, Kolli K, Fidelman N, Kohi MP, Lehrman E, Lokken RP, Zagoria R, Kerlan RK, LaBerge J, Taylor AG. Intermediate to Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Percutaneous Cryoablation for Renal Masses. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Aug; 31(8):1242-1248.  View on PubMed
  6. Drapek LC, Kerlan RK, Acquisto S. Guidelines for biliary stents and drains. Chin Clin Oncol. 2020 Feb; 9(1):9.  View on PubMed
  7. Koethe Y, Lokken RP, Lehrman ED, Kerlan RK, Roberts JP, Rhee SJ, Kohi MP, Kolli KP. Overdilation of a 6-mm Self-Expanding Stent with a 10-mm Balloon-Expandable Stent Graft Preserves Failing Meso-Rex Bypass. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 03; 31(3):521-523.  View on PubMed
  8. Fidelman N, Johanson C, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Kohlbrenner RM, Lehrman ED, Taylor AG, Kelley RK, Yao FY, Roberts JP, Kerlan RK. Prospective Phase II trial of drug-eluting bead chemoembolization for liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma and marginal hepatic reserve. J Hepatocell Carcinoma. 2019; 6:93-103.  View on PubMed
  9. Lee KA, Taylor A, Bartolome B, Fidelman N, Kolli KP, Kohi M, Kohlbrenner R, Laberge J, Lehrman E, Kerlan R. Safety and Efficacy of Transjugular Liver Biopsy in Patients with Left Lobe-Only Liver Transplants. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019 Jul; 30(7):1043-1047.  View on PubMed
  10. Changala M, Laberge J, Kerlan R, Taylor A, Arain M, Kirkwood K. Managing Refractory Postoperative Fistulas as Chronic Wounds Using Video-Assisted Hydrodebridement (VAHD). J Gastrointest Surg. 2019 03; 23(3):608-612.  View on PubMed
  11. Devulapalli KK, Fidelman N, Soulen MC, Miller M, Johnson MS, Addo E, El-Haddad G, Nutting C, Morrison J, Farsad K, Lokken RP, Gaba RC, Fleming J, Brown DB, Kwan SW, Rose SC, Pennycooke KA, Liu DM, White SB, Gandhi R, Lazar AA, Kerlan RK. 90Y Radioembolization for Hepatic Malignancy in Patients with Previous Biliary Intervention: Multicenter Analysis of Hepatobiliary Infections. Radiology. 2018 Sep; 288(3):774-781.  View on PubMed
  12. Kohi MP, Poder L, Thiet MP, Kerlan RK. Uterine Artery Embolization prior to Gravid Hysterectomy in the Setting of Invasive Placenta. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2017 09; 28(9):1295-1297.  View on PubMed
  13. Lehrman ED, Heller M, Poder L, Kerlan R, Huddleston HG, Kohi MP. Transvaginal Obliteration of a Complex Uterine Arteriovenous Fistula Using Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2017 06; 28(6):842-843.  View on PubMed
  14. Kohlbrenner R, Kolli KP, Taylor AG, Kohi MP, Lehrman ED, Fidelman N, Conrad M, LaBerge JM, Kerlan RK, Gould R. Radiation Dose Reduction during Uterine Fibroid Embolization Using an Optimized Imaging Platform. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2017 Aug; 28(8):1129-1135.e1.  View on PubMed
  15. Peter Lokken R, Fidelman N, Pallav Kolli K, Kerlan RK. Letters to the Editor. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2016 12; 27(12):1938-1939.  View on PubMed
  16. Fidelman N, Kerlan RK, Hawkins RA, Pampaloni M, Taylor AG, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Atreya CE, Bergsland EK, Kelley RK, Ko AH, Korn WM, Van Loon K, McWhirter RM, Luan J, Johanson C, Venook AP. Radioembolization with 90Y glass microspheres for the treatment of unresectable metastatic liver disease from chemotherapy-refractory gastrointestinal cancers: final report of a prospective pilot study. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2016 Dec; 7(6):860-874.  View on PubMed
  17. Lokken RP, Fidelman N, Kolli KP, Kerlan RK. Safety and Efficacy of Doxorubicin Drug-Eluting Embolic Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Supplied by Extrahepatic Collateral Arteries. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2016 Nov; 27(11):1698-1704.  View on PubMed
  18. Rafiei P, Walser EM, Duncan JR, Rana H, Ross JR, Kerlan RK, Gross KA, Balter S, Bartal G, Abi-Jaoudeh N, Stecker MS, Cohen AM, Dixon RG, Thornton RH, Nikolic B, Society of Interventional Radiology Health and Safety Committee. Society of Interventional Radiology IR Pre-Procedure Patient Safety Checklist by the Safety and Health Committee. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2016 May; 27(5):695-9.  View on PubMed
  19. Taylor AG, Kolli KP, Kerlan RK. Techniques for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Reduction and Occlusion. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2016 Mar; 19(1):74-81.  View on PubMed
  20. Conrad MB, Ishaque BM, Surman AM, Kerlan RK, Hope MD, Dickey MA, Hetts SW, Wilson MW. Intraprocedural Safety and Technical Success of the MVP Micro Vascular Plug for Embolization of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015 Nov; 26(11):1735-9.  View on PubMed

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