| Faculty | Former Assistant Professor, Albany Medical College | ![]() |
| Fellowship(s) | Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center | |
| Residency | Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Chief Resident |
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| Internship | Yale University School of Medicine/Greenwich Hospital | |
| Medical School | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University | |
| Undergraduate | University of Pennsylvania, cum laude |
CURRENT POSITION
2002-present
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Riverside Radiological Associates, Inc.
EDUCATION
1989-1993
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY
M.D., 1993
1985-1989
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
B.A., cum laude, 1989
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
1998-1999
Fellowship, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
1994-1998
Resident, Diagnostic Radiology
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
1997 – 1998
Chief Resident, Department of Radiology,
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
1993-1994
Intern, Department of Internal Medicine
Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT
Yale University School of Medicine
BOARD CERTIFICATION
1998 American Board of Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology
1993 American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999-2002
Vascular and Interventional Radiologist
Institute for Vascular Health and Disease
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
2001 - 2002
St. Clare's Hospital, Schenectady, NY
2001 - 2002
Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, NY
1999-2002
Samuel S. Stratton Veterans Administration Medical Center, Albany, NY
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2002 Former Assistant Professor of Radiology
Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Department of Radiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
2001-2002 Director of Resident Education in Vascular and Interventional Radiology,
Department of Radiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Capital District Angiography/Interventional Radiology Club
American College of Radiology
Radiological Society of North America
New York State Radiological Society
FUNDED RESEARCH:
Primary Investigator: Randomized Clinical Comparison of a Split-tip, Dual Tunnel Catheter versus a More Conventional Catheter Design (Angiodynamics Incorporated). Ongoing.
Primary Investigator: A Randomized, Prospective, Multicenter, Comparative Evaluation of the Wallstent Iliac Stent and the Bard Memotherm Iliac Stent for The Treatment of Iliac Occlusive Disease. Ongoing.
PRESENTATIONS
Dowling K, Todd D, Dolen E, et al. Safety and Cost Considerations for Ambulating Patients after Three Hours of Bed Rest Following Transfemoral Angiography with Four French Catheters or Sheaths. Accepted for Presentation. 2001 CIRSE Meeting. Sweden. October 2001
Siskin GP, Prasad R, Stainken BF, Dowling K, Dolen EG. A Method to Prepare Polyvinyl Alcohol Particles in Order to Optimize Particle Suspension Prior to Intravascular Administration. 2001 SCVIR Meeting. San Antonio, TX. March 2001
Siskin GP, Reiner E, Stainken BF, Dowling K, Dolen EG. Use of the Activated Clotting Time (ACT) as a Pre-Procedure Screening Test for Coagulation Disorders. 2001 SCVIR Meeting. San Antonio, TX. March 2001
Siskin GP, Prasad R, Stainken BF, Dowling K, Dolen EG. A Method to Prepare Polyvinyl Alcohol Particles in Order to Optimize Particle Suspension Prior to Intravascular Administration. Emerging Interventional Therapies: SCVIR 2nd Annual Uterine Artery Embolization Meeting. Washington, DC. October 2000
Siskin GP, Tublin ME, Stainken BF, Dowling K, Ahn J, Dolen EG. Bilateral Uterine Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Menorrhagia Due to Adenomyosis. Presented at the 2000 SCVIR Meeting. San Diego, CA. March 2000
Siskin GP, Stainken BF, Meo P, Dowling K, Ahn J, Dolen EG. The Safety of Outpatient Uterine Artery Embolization as Treatment for Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids: Experience in 73 Patients. Presented at the 2000 SCVIR Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 2000
Siskin GP, Stainken BF, Dowling K, Ahn J, Dolen EG, Meo P., The Impact of a Public Awareness Campaign on Referrals for Uterine Fibroid Embolization. Presented at the 2000 SCVIR Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 2000.
Dowling K, Sansivero G, Stainken B, Siskin G, Dolen E, Ahn J., The Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Infusion to Reestablish Function of Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters. Presented at the 2000 SCVIR Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 2000
Ascensao JL, Dolen E, Zhao Y-L. "Cyclosporine (CSA) Alters Baseline and Stimulates Prostaglandin Production by Endothelial Cells (EC) in the Absence of Magnesium (MG): A Possible Rational for the Hypertension Seen in Transplant (BMT) Recipients." Blood, 70 (supplement 1): 302a. 1987
INVITED LECTURES
April 2000 Central Venous Access in the Dialysis Patient
Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, MA.
May 2000 Vascular and Interventional Radiology Review
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL
WORKSHOPS
Aortoiliac Interventions Workshop.
Faculty at the 2001 SCVIR Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Clinical Care in the Interventional Radiology Suite.
Faculty at the 2001 SCVIR Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS
Hoppe B, Dolen EG, Stainken BF. Rheolytic Thrombectomy and tPA infusion in the Treatment of a Thrombosed Popliteal Artery Bypass Graft. SCVIR Case Club. Http//:www.scvir.org October 1999
PUBLICATIONS
Siskin GP, Reiner E, Stainkin BF, Dowling K, Dolen EG, Quarfordt S., The Activated Clotting Time as a Screening Test Prior to Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Procedures. Accepted for Publication. Cathet Cardiovasc Ther 2001
Siskin GP, Tublin ME, Stainkin BF, Dowling K, Dolen EG. Uterine Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Adenomyosis: Clinical Response and MRI Evaluation. Accepted for Publication. AJR 2001
Siskin GP, Stainken BF, Dowling K, Ahn J, Dolen EG, Meo PA. Uterine Fibroid Embolization: A Clinical Review. Clin J Women’s Health 2000; 1:32-37
Siskin GP, Englander M, Stainken BF, Dowling K, Ahn J, Dolen EG. A Review of the Embolic Agents Used During Uterine Fibroid Embolization. AJR 2000; 175:767-773.
Siskin GP, Stainken BF, Dowling K, Meo P, Ahn J, Dolen EG. Outpatient Uterine Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids: Experience in 49 Patients. JVIR 2000; 11:305-311
Dolen EG, Berdon WE, Ruzal-Shapiro C. "Cold Bone Scans" as a sign of Hemorrhagic Infarcts of the Spine in Gaucher’s Disease. Pediatr Radiol 1997; 27:514-516
POSTERS
Poster Presentation at the 2001 SCVIR Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Dowling K, Todd D, Siskin GP, Stainken BF, Dolen EG, Sansivero G, et al.
Early Ambulation after Diagnostic Angiography Using Four French Catheters and Sheaths.