Leigh Casadaban, MD, MS

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Publications

• Liu L, Trivedi P, Marchak K, Ho B, da Silva HN, Selph C, Hughes M, Casadaban L. Adrenal vein sampling with continuous infusion of cosyntropin for identifying surgically curable cases of primary aldosteronism. Clin Imaging. 2026 Jan;129:110664. PubMed PMID: 41202648
• Deol A, Lindquist J, Marchak K, Norvell JP, Casadaban L. Striking elevation of alpha-fetoprotein during acute transient myopathy following Yttrium-90 transarterial radioembolization. J Hepatol. 2026 Jan;84(1):e13-e15. PubMed PMID: 41076085
• Casadaban L, Trivedi P. Beyond the AJR: Muddying the Waters in an Attempt for Clarity. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2025 Sep;225(3):e2532838. PubMed PMID: 40008837
• Casadaban L, Carroll A, Wu K, Chanes N, Aftab M. One is good, two is better: Combination AlphaVac and AngioVac percutaneous thrombectomy for large right atrial thrombus. JTCVS Structural and Endovascular. June 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjse.2025.100052
• Carroll A, Bakdash K, Ghincea C, Chanes N, Schramm K, Seres T, Reece T, Zipse M, Reyes R, Casadaban L, Rochon P, Aftab M. Vacuum-Assisted Thrombectomy for Intracardiac and Intravascular Thrombi: A Single-Center Experience. JTCVS Structural and Endovascular. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjse.2025.100068
• Liu L, Casadaban L, Jensen A, Ho B, Neves da Silva H, Selph C, Hughes M, Trivedi P. To Use or Not to Use? Quantifying the Benefit of Microcatheter Use in Adrenal Vein Sampling. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 Dec;34(12):2203-2207. PubMed PMID: 37460060
• Sterbis E, Casadaban L. Genicular Artery Embolization Technique. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 Mar;26(1):100878. PubMed PMID: 36889843
• Casadaban LC, Moriarty JM, Hoffman CH. Physical Examination and Ultrasound Evaluation of Patients with Superficial Venous Disease. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2021 Jun;38(2):167-175. PubMed PMID: 34108802
• Casadaban LC, Catalano PJ, Lee LK, Hyun H, Tuncali K, Gerbaudo VH, Shyn PB. Assessing ablation margins of FDG-avid liver tumors during PET/CT-guided thermal ablation procedures: a retrospective study. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2021 Aug;48(9):2914-2924. PubMed PMID: 33559712
• Casadaban LC, Mandell JC, Epelboym Y. Genicular Artery Embolization for Osteoarthritis Related Knee Pain: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Analysis of Clinical Outcomes. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2021 Jan;44(1):1-9. PubMed PMID: 33135117
• Sun, Shi, and Mandell. (2021). Core radiology: a visual approach to diagnostic imaging. Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (September 30, 2021) Publication date: September 30, 2021 ASIN: B09D3YKYHF
• Casadaban LC, Moriarty JM, Hoffman CH. Physical Examination and Ultrasound Evaluation of Patients with Superficial Venous Disease. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2021 Jun;38(2):167-175. PubMed PMID: 34108802
• Casadaban LC, Mandell JC, Epelboym Y. Genicular Artery Embolization for Osteoarthritis Related Knee Pain: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Analysis of Clinical Outcomes. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2021 Jan;44(1):1-9. PubMed PMID: 33135117
• Casadaban LC, Catalano PJ, Lee LK, Hyun H, Tuncali K, Gerbaudo VH, Shyn PB. Assessing ablation margins of FDG-avid liver tumors during PET/CT-guided thermal ablation procedures: a retrospective study. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2021 Aug;48(9):2914-2924. PubMed PMID: 33559712
• Shyn PB, Casadaban LC, Sainani NI, Sadow CA, Bunch PM, Levesque VM, Kim CK, Gerbaudo VH, Silverman SG. Intraprocedural Ablation Margin Assessment by Using Ammonia Perfusion PET during FDG PET/CT-guided Liver Tumor Ablation: A Pilot Study. Radiology. 2018 Jul;288(1):138-145. PubMed PMID: 29613843
• Ejaz A, Casadaban L, Maker AV. Utilization and impact of adjuvant chemotherapy among patients with resected stage II colon cancer: a multi-institutional analysis. J Surg Res. 2017 Jul;215:12-20. PubMed PMID: 28688636
• Casadaban L, Maker AV. Can Colon Cancer Recurrence and Metastases Be Determined After Surgical Resection Using a Gene Expression Signature?. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Apr 20;35(12):1372-1373. PubMed PMID: 28113016
• Gaba RC, Emmadi R, Parvinian A, Casadaban LC. Correlation of Doxorubicin Delivery and Tumor Necrosis after Drug-eluting Bead Transarterial Chemoembolization of Rabbit VX2 Liver Tumors. Radiology. 2016 Sep;280(3):752-61. PubMed PMID: 26967144
• Casadaban L, Rauscher G, Aklilu M, Villenes D, Freels S, Maker AV. Adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved survival in patients with stage II colon cancer. Cancer. 2016 Nov 15;122(21):3277-3287. PubMed PMID: 27417445
• Casadaban LC, Minocha J, Bui JT, Knuttinen MG, Ray CE Jr, Gaba RC. Conventional Ethiodized Oil Transarterial Chemoembolization for Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Contemporary Single-Center Review of Clinical Outcomes. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2016 Mar;206(3):645-54. PubMed PMID: 26901023
• Casadaban LC, Parvinian A, Zivin SP, Lakhoo J, Minocha J, Knuttinen MG, Ray CE Jr, Bui JT, Gaba RC. MELD score for prediction of survival after emergent TIPS for acute variceal hemorrhage: derivation and validation in a 101-patient cohort. Ann Hepatol. 2015 May-Jun;14(3):380-8. PubMed PMID: 25864219
• Parvinian A, Casadaban LC, Hauck ZZ, van Breemen RB, Gaba RC. Pharmacokinetic study of conventional sorafenib chemoembolization in a rabbit VX2 liver tumor model. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2015 May-Jun;21(3):235-40. PubMed PMID: 25835078
• Gaba RC, Groth JV, Parvinian A, Guzman G, Casadaban LC. Gene expression in hepatocellular carcinoma: pilot study of potential transarterial chemoembolization response biomarkers. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015 May;26(5):723-32. PubMed PMID: 25724086
• Gaba RC, Parvinian A, Minocha J, Casadaban LC, Knuttinen MG, Ray CE Jr, Bui JT. Should transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent grafts be underdilated?. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015 Mar;26(3):382-7. PubMed PMID: 25735521
• Casadaban LC, Parvinian A, Minocha J, Lakhoo J, Grant CW, Ray CE Jr, Knuttinen MG, Bui JT, Gaba RC. Clearing the Confusion over Hepatic Encephalopathy After TIPS Creation: Incidence, Prognostic Factors, and Clinical Outcomes. Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Apr;60(4):1059-66. PubMed PMID: 25316553
• Casadaban LC, Gaba RC. Percutaneous Portosystemic Shunts: TIPS and Beyond. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2014 Sep;31(3):227-34. PubMed PMID: 25177082
• Gaba RC, Zivin SP, Dikopf MS, Parvinian A, Casadaban LC, Lu Y, Bui JT. Characteristics of primary and secondary hepatic malignancies associated with hepatopulmonary shunting. Radiology. 2014 May;271(2):602-12. PubMed PMID: 24533871
• Parvinian A, Casadaban LC, Gaba RC. Development, growth, propagation, and angiographic utilization of the rabbit VX2 model of liver cancer: a pictorial primer and "how to" guide. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2014 Jul-Aug;20(4):335-40. PubMed PMID: 24834491
• Casadaban LC, Parvinian A, Couture PM, Minocha J, Knuttinen MG, Bui JT, Gaba RC. Characterization of liver function parameter alterations after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation and association with early mortality. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2014 Dec;203(6):1363-70. PubMed PMID: 25415716
• Parvinian A, Casadaban L, Gaba RC, Bui JT, Minocha J. Combined sling and grasping forceps technique for embedded inferior vena cava filter retrieval. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2013 Nov;24(11):1741-3. PubMed PMID: 24160827
• Malavia M, Eliason G, Eggers L, Arne A, Marchak K, Hart J, Lindquist J, Trivedi P, Casadaban L. Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors Exhibiting Arterial-Phase Hypovascularity. Scientific Reports 2026
• Rao S, Casadaban L. Knee OA Pathophysiologic rationale — synovial neovascularization and neurogenic inflammation. Seminars in Interventional Radiology. Feb 16, 2026.
• Stegman R, Wu KJ, Rice J, Lindquist J, Marchak K, Trivedi P, Casadaban L. Surgical and Pathologic Outcomes After Yttrium-90 Radioembolization Prior to Liver Resection or Transplant. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2026
• Casadaban L, Schaefer P, Rabkin D. Hypertension following renal artery embolization for renal angiomyolipoma: a single-center retrospective review. Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology. In-press 2026
• Extreme IR: Extraordinary Cases in Interventional Radiology and Endovascular Therapies by Ziv J Haskal (Editor) ISBN-13: 9783031242502 Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication date: 05/06/2023 Edition description: 1st ed. 2023
• Genicular Artery Embolization Technique. Emily Sterbis, MD, Leigh Casadaban, MD, MS Published: December 21, 2022 Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvir.2022.100878
• Genicular Artery Embolization. Kandarpa Handbook of Interventional Radiology Sixth Edition. Kandarpa Kandarpa, Lindsay Machan, Robert Lewandoski. February 9, 2023 ISBN-10 1975146263

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Board Certification

• Radiology - Interventional
• Radiology
• Cancers - Gastroenterologic Cancer (Colon, Stomach, Esophageal, Liver)
• Cancers
• Cancers - Biliary Cancer
• Cancers - Colorectal Cancer
• Cancers - Kidney Cancer
• Cancers - Lung Cancer
• Cancers - Pancreatic Cancer
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Acute mesenteric ischemia
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Aneurysms
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Angioplasty
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Aortic dissection
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Chronic mesenteric ischemia
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Circulatory Disorders
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Claudication
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Critical Limb-threatening ischemia
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Dialysis access
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Limb Salvage
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Lower extremity rest pain
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Peripheral Artery Disease
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Renal artery stenosis
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - TOS - Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Varicose Veins
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health - Vascular Malformations
• Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
• Critical Care
• Heart and Circulation - Aneurysms
• Heart and Circulation
• Heart and Circulation - Angioplasty
• Heart and Circulation - Peripheral Artery Disease
• Heart and Circulation - Vascular Malformations
• Lungs and Breathing - Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
• Lungs and Breathing
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Embolism
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Hypertension
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Prostate Disease
• Kidneys and Urinary System
• Women's Health
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Knee Injuries and Disorders
• Bones, Joints and Muscles