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Mircea M. Cristescu, MD

Assistant Professor

Location

  • Interventional Radiology - Center for Advanced Care - Froedtert Hospital
  • 8900 West Doyne Ave.
  • Milwaukee, WI 53226

Specialties

  • Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Vascular & Interventional Radiology - Froedtert Hospital

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Overview

Diseases and Conditions

  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
  • Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
  • Uterine Fibroids
  • Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
  • Venous Disease
  • Vertebral Fractures

Treatments and Services

  • Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Placement
  • Minimally Invasive Pain and Palliative Care Treatments
  • Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Retrieval
  • Prostate Artery Embolization
  • Catheter-Based Treatment of Venous Thromboembolic Disease (VTE)
  • Virtual Visit
  • Ablation and Embolization Procedures

Patients Ages Seen

  • Adult
  • Senior

Languages

  • English

Hospital Affiliations

  • Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
  • Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital – Menomonee Falls
  • Froedtert West Bend Hospital – West Bend

Board Certifications

  • Diagnostic Radiology

Clinic Locations

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Biography

Mircea M. Cristescu, MD, MBA, is an assistant professor of radiology in the Division of Vascular Interventional Radiology. He comes to the Froedtert & the ǿ޴ý health network after completing diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, followed by fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in New York City.

Dr. Cristescu has been trained by world-renowned experts in the field of ablation and embolization of solid organs and tumors, including transradial prostate and uterine artery/fibroid embolization. He also treats patients with various forms of malignancy and vascular disease. He has published more than one hundred abstracts and scientific papers which have been featured in national meetings, and is an active member of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).

Education and Training

Doctor of Medicine - University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine - Miami, FL (2012)
Internship in Internal Medicine - University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics - Madison, WI (2012-2013)
Residency in Diagnostic Radiology - University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics - Madison, WI (2013-2017)
Fellowship in Interventional Radiology - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - New York, NY (2017-2018)

Publications

  • (Mukherjee K, Elsayed M, Choksi E, Loya MF, Duszak R, Akce M, Majdalany BS, Bercu ZL, Cristescu M, Kokabi N.) Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2023 Jul;46(7):870-879 PMID: 37217649 PMCID: PMC10619471 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85160059821 05/23/2023

  • (Kokabi N, Arndt-Webster L, Chen B, Brandon D, Sethi I, Davarpanahfakhr A, Galt J, Elsayed M, Bercu Z, Cristescu M, Kappadath SC, Schuster DM.) Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2023 May;50(6):1743-1752 PMID: 36650357 PMCID: PMC10119065 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146503893 01/18/2023

  • (Perez MC, Kim SC, Egunsola A, Reitz A, Archer-Arroyo K, Smith RN, Williams KN, Udobi K, Sola R Jr, Dente CJ, Cristescu MM, Grant A, Nguyen J.) Am Surg. 2023 May;89(5):2089-2091 PMID: 34171964 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85117913168 06/27/2021

  • (Webster LA, Villalobos A, Cheng B, Xing M, Majdalany BS, Bercu ZL, Cristescu MM, Brandon D, Schuster D, Baum Y, Loya MF, Kokabi N.) Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2023 Jan;46(1):60-68 PMID: 36450996 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143132018 12/01/2022

  • (Kokabi N, Webster LA, Elsayed M, Switchenko JM, Chen B, Brandon D, Galt J, Sethi I, Cristescu M, Kappadath SC, Schuster DM.) J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Dec;33(12):1578-1587.e5 PMID: 36075560 PMCID: PMC9834905 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140332024 09/09/2022

  • (Couillard AB, Knott EA, Zlevor AM, Mezrich JD, Cristescu MM, Agarwal P, Ziemlewicz TJ, Longhurst C, Lubner MG, Hinshaw JL, Said A, Laeseke PF, Lucey MR, Rice JP, Foley D, Al-Adra D, Lee FT Jr.) J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Sep;33(9):1045-1053 PMID: 35667580 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85134606304 06/07/2022

  • (Khan FM, Tran A, Wong PK, Aiyedipe S, Loya MF, Cristescu MM, Gonzalez FM.) Skeletal Radiol. 2022 Jun;51(6):1215-1223 PMID: 34727207 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118471905 11/03/2021

  • (Arleo TL, Kokabi N, Cristescu MM, Loya MF, Saad WE, Majdalany BS.) Semin Intervent Radiol. 2022 Feb;39(1):107-112 PMID: 35210740 PMCID: PMC8856773 02/26/2022

  • (Garg T, Shrigiriwar A, Habibollahi P, Cristescu M, Liddell RP, Chapiro J, Inglis P, Camacho JC, Nezami N.) Cancers. July 2022;14(14) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85136381185 07/01/2022

  • (Tran A, Reiter DA, Prologo JD, Cristescu M, Gonzalez FM.) Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2021 Dec;25(6):745-755 PMID: 34937115 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122200564 12/23/2021

  • (Ahmed O, Block J, Mautner K, Plancher K, Anitescu M, Isaacson A, Filippiadis DK, Epelboym Y, Bercu Z, Mitchell JW, Cristescu M, White SB, Prologo JD.) J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Jun;32(6):919.e1-919.e6 PMID: 33689834 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103708372 03/11/2021

  • (Villalobos A, Wagstaff W, Guo M, Zhang J, Bercu Z, Whitmore MJ, Cristescu MM, Majdalany BS, Wedd J, Akce M, Magliocca J, Kokabi N.) Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021;2021:9926704 PMID: 34336728 PMCID: PMC8324378 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85112482482 08/03/2021