Interventional radiologist Dr. Grubbs (Sarasota Interventional Radiology Clinic) uses sophisticated, state-of-the-art X-ray and other imaging devices to guide tiny catheters and other small instruments through the body to diagnose and treat disease without surgery. Dr. Grubbs and others have advanced procedures that once required more invasive surgery.

In some cases, new interventional radiology procedures can be used to deliver cancer-fighting therapy directly to the site of the tumor.

Using his expertise in reading X-rays, ultrasound and other imaging technology, Dr. Grubbs (Sarasota Interventional Radiology Clinic) is able to guide small instruments such as catheters - tubes that measure just a few millimeters in diameter - through blood vessels and veins to treat disease percutaneously (through the skin) in a manner much less invasive, and much less costly, than traditional surgeries.

The Benefits of Interventional Radiology

It is one thing to say a treatment will improve the quality of your life. It is another to know the stories of those who have experienced it first-hand

While the advantages of Interventional Radiology vary from treatment to treatment, these affect everyone:

• You’re back home sooner because most procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis or require only a short hospital stay.

• Because the procedure is minimally invasive there is less pain post-procedure.

• There is less risk because general anesthesia usually is not required.

• You can resume your everyday activities sooner because recovery times are often significantly reduced.

• The procedures are sometimes less expensive than surgery or other alternatives.

Interventional Radiologist Dr. Gerald Grubbs

A native of Tennessee Dr. Grubbs (Sarasota Interventional Radiology Clinic) attended college and medical school there before going on to complete his residency at the University of Tennessee in Diagnostic Radiology.

Excited at how the new field of interventional radiology was revolutionizing minimally invasive surgery – and by the benefits it held for patients – the doctor took a Fellowship in Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology at the Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute at the Baptist Hospital of Miami. It was there he learned the basics of many of the procedures he's now performing. In 1993, after completing his Fellowship, Dr. Grubbs received his Board Certification in Interventional Radiology from the American Board of Radiology.

The following year, Dr. Grubbs moved to the Sun coast and joined Naples Radiologists, P.A. doing Diagnostic as well as Vascular and Interventional Radiology. In 2006 he opened his own practice, Sarasota Interventional Radiology. Here he brings his skills in imaging, his procedural expertise, his experience in research and his clinical practice to offer minimally invasive diagnostics and treatments for patients whose conditions would have once required open surgery.