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ABOUT DR. MCDANIEL AND IR A native Ohioan, Dr. McDaniel received a BS degree in Biolog y from the University of Cincinnati a nd a n MD deg ree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed fel lowship tra ining in Pediatr ic Inter ventiona l R a d iolog y at Ci nci n n at i Ch i ld ren's Hospita l Medica l Center before joining A kron Children's Hospita l in July 2014. "I was rea lly drawn to pediatrics, but I a lso loved the aspect of radiolog y that was about 'reading the clues' a nd 'solv- ing the case,'" she says. "Additiona lly, I rea l ly li ke work ing w it h my ha nds. Pe d i at r ic i nt er vent ion a l r a d iolog y ties a ll these interests together — with t he a dde d r e w a r d s of he lpi n g k id s feel better." Inter ventiona l ra d iolog y i nvolves m i n i m a l ly i nv a s ive , i m a ge - g u ide d p r o c e d u r e s t o d i a g n o s e a n d t r e a t disea se in nea rly ever y system of the body, including pulmona r y, va scula r, musculoskeleta l a nd gastrointestina l. It 's routinely used to per form need le biopsies and place feeding and drainage tubes a nd centra l venous catheters. "A mong t he most com mon IR pro- cedures a re a r throg ra ms of the hips, shoulders, elbows a nd w rists, a s well a s joi nt i nject ions for pat ient s w it h juvenile idiopathic a r thritis or spor ts i nju r ie s ," s ay s D r. Mc D a n ie l . L a s t yea r, joi nt i njec t ion s a ccou nt ed for a bout 27 percent of t he procedu res she performed. G u ide d b y i m a g i n g t o ol s s uch a s f luoroscopy, computed tomography and ultrasound, inter ventiona l radiologists a lso of fer a lter natives to traditiona l surger y. The benef its include less risk, less pa in a nd shor ter recover y times. NEW IR SUITE, NEW TECHNOLOGY Advanced imaging technolog y in A kron Children's IR suite ma kes it possible to more easily a nd less invasively inser t abscess dra ins, access vasculature for catheter placement, place ga strojeju- na l (GJ ) feed i n g t ubes a nd per for m ultrasound-g uided biopsies that previ- ously would have required open surgery. Perhaps the most impressive piece of equ ipment i n t he new I R su it e i s a $1 . 2 mi l lion a ng iog raphy unit t hat provides the highest resolution images in even the tiniest patients. In addition, a new cone-bea m CT sca nner ma kes it possible to overlay ima ges from a n M R I to more precisely pinpoint a nd treat disease. A nd a new 60" monitor, which ca n be split into severa l screens, enables ch i ld ren a nd teens who a re awa ke during a procedure to watch a ca r toon or favorite T V show. It is of ten the most dif f icu lt ca ses, however, t hat a re best ser ved by t he advanced capabilities of the IR suite. "I needed to biopsy a mass that was nestled between the aor ta , inferior vena cava , PHOTO COURTESY OF AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Shown here in Akron Children's new IR suite are (L-R) Karah Novince, CNP; Janice McDaniel, MD; Stephanie Simmons, RT; and Diane Taray, RN. M D N E W S .C O M /// M D N E W S C L E V E L A N D /A K R O N / C A N T O N ■ M A R C H /A P R I L 2 017 0 7