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Speaker: Dr. Ara Karamanian

Topic: "MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions"

A Little About Our Speaker:

Ara Karamanian, M.D., is board-certified as a vascular and interventional radiologist and a diagnostic radiologist. He specializes in prostate MRI and MRI-guided laser treatment for prostate cancer and enlarged prostate (BPH). These procedures offer treatment with fewer side effects than traditional approaches.

Dr. Karamanian’s interest in high-end technologies began early in life. As a child, he deconstructed and rebuilt devices to understand how they worked. That led him to study biomedical engineering at Duke University before medical school. At Duke, he performed research in 3D ultrasound imaging as an undergraduate research fellow.

As a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology, the American College of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, and the American Roentgen Ray Society, Dr. Karamanian closely follows the latest developments in prostate imaging and prostate cancer.

He co-authored the peer-reviewed paper, “MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions,” published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. [1] He also received an award at the GEST 2016 conference for his research with MRI-guided focal laser ablation.