Michael Sassman, DO

Assistant Professor, Radiology-Interventional

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Undergraduate School
  • BS, Colorado State University (CO) (1989)
Internship
  • Exempla St Joseph Hospital Program (1995)
Residency
  • Presbyterian/St. Luke's Transitional Internship, Chief Resident, Diagnostic (1999)
Fellowships
  • Boston University School of Medicine, Vascular and Interventional Radiology (2000)
Languages
English
Department
Radiology-Interventional

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Interventional Radiology, Member
  • American College of Radiology, Member
  • American Venous Forum, Member
  • American Vein & Lymphatic Society, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
1500 Park Central Drive
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
720-516-1000

CU Medicine Interventional Radiology - Ridgeline Medical Campus
9135 S Ridgeline Blvd
Suite 150
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
720-516-0637

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital
  • UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Radiology, Board Certification (1999)
  • Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Board Certification (2001, 2021)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Radiology - Interventional
  • Radiology
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Acute mesenteric ischemia
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Aneurysms
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Angioplasty
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Circulatory Disorders
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Dialysis access
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Varicose Veins
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Vascular Malformations
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Claudication
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
  • Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Renal artery stenosis
  • Men's Health - Prostate Conditions
  • Men's Health
  • Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Embolism
  • Lungs and Breathing
  • Spine - Cervical spinal stenosis
  • Spine
  • Spine - Lumbar spinal stenosis
  • Spine - Radiculopathy
  • Spine - Spinal tumors
  • Women's Health
  • Cancers - Gastroenterologic Cancer (Colon, Stomach, Esophageal, Liver)
  • Cancers
  • Cancers - Kidney Cancer
  • Cancers - Lung Cancer
  • Cancers - Biliary Cancer
Clinical Interests
All aspects of venous disease - venous thromboembolic disease (DVT, PE, PERT), superficial venous disease (varicose veins, microphlebectomy, sclerotherapy, cosmetic sclerotherapy) Mens Health - prostate artery embolization, varicocele Woems Health - uterine fibroid embolization, uterine artery embolization for adenomyosis Spinal disease - vertebral augmentation (kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, SpineJack), ablation of painful spinal metastases/multiple myeloma Dialysis access - creation and maintenance Interventional Oncology - TACE, bland embolization, microwave ablation, cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, implantable ports, biopsy Portal hypertension - TIPS, RTO (retrograde transvenous obliteration) Vascular malformations

Care Philosophy
"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease" Voltaire

School of Medicine

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Campus Box C290

Aurora, CO 80045


303.724.5375