R. Mitchell Ermentrout, MD

Qualifications

• Dual Board Certification in Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Radiology;
• Extensive experience in clinical interventional radiology, having performed thousands of embolization procedures;
• Specializes in treatment of uterine fibroids with uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) and treatment of knee pain due to osteoarthritis and hemarthrosis with genicular artery embolization (GAE).

Education

• Undergraduate degree in biology from Dartmouth College;
• Medical degree from Brown University – Alpert Medical School;
• Diagnostic Radiology Residency at University of California Irvine School of Medicine (Chief Resident);
• Fellowship in Vascular & Interventional Radiology at Emory University School of Medicine.

Academic Experience

After completing his training, Dr. Ermentrout was invited to become a faculty member in the Department of Radiology at Emory University School of Medicine. He spent 5 years practicing primarily at Emory University Hospital, performing a wide range of interventional radiology procedures with particular expertise in embolization of complex tumors and vascular disorders.

Dr. Ermentrout served as clinical site director for the interventional radiology service at Emory’s flagship Emory University Hospital, managing the clinical practice which is a national leader in uterine fibroid embolization, interventional oncology, transplant interventions, musculoskeletal interventions, and management of portal hypertension. As an assistant professor, he spent significant time lecturing, teaching procedural skills, and providing mentorship to hundreds of interventional radiology fellows, residents, and medical students, eventually serving as the program director of the largest interventional radiology residency and fellowship program in the U.S. Dr. Ermentrout has published articles in a number of medical journals and has been invited to lecture in regional, national, and international meetings on a variety of topics ranging from complex embolization techniques, treatment of liver cancer, and management of vascular disorders. His research has focused on a variety of embolization techniques and management of portal hypertension.

Live recordings of his procedures have been used for teaching embolization techniques to other physicians, including video presentation of a life-saving BRTO embolization procedure at the annual meeting of the European Society of Interventional Radiology in 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. He is also an expert in performing embolization procedures, including UFE, through the radial artery in the wrist and managed a joint venture with Emory and Terumo to teach this technique to other physicians learning this approach.