David C. Sperling, MD
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Overview
Dr. David Sperling is board certified in diagnostic radiology and subspecialty certified in vascular and interventional radiology. Dr. Sperling is an associate professor of radiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and an assistant attending radiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He is the former chief of radiology at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, New York, as well as the associate director of radiology at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, New York, where he also served as chief of interventional radiology.
Dr. Sperling is the founder, and was the director, of Advanced Vein Imaging and Therapy, PC. Dr. Sperling has extensive experience in the treatment of venous diseases, including varicose veins and spider veins, aesthetic facial injections, peripheral vascular disease, angiograms, angioplasty, stent, dialysis access, pelvic congestion syndrome, testicular varicoceles, and fibroid embolization.
Dr. Sperling is a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology, the American College of Phlebology, the Radiological Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the American College of Radiology, and the American Medical Association.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Ablation
- Ablation of Liver Lesion
- Ablation of Lung Lesion
- Abscess Drainage
- Aneurysm Endovascular Surgery
- Angioplasty
- Arterial Stents
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
- Biliary Stenting
- Biopsies
- Botulinum Toxin (Botox Injection)
- Cancer Treatment
- Central Venous Access
- Chemoembolization
- Chronic Pelvic Pain In Female
- Consults
- Cosmetic Sclerotherapy of Legs
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Dialysis Access Procedures
- Embolization
- Endovascular Intervention
- Endovenous Laser Ablation
- Enlarged Prostate
- Fibroids
- Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
- Interventional Oncology
- Interventional Radiology
- Interventional Vascular
- IVC Filter Placement and Retrieval
- IVC Filter Retrieval
- IVC Filters
- Kyphoplasty
- Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Lesions
- Liver Masses
- Liver Tumors
- Metastatic Cancer
- Metastatic Tumors
- Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Poor Leg Circulation
- Prostate Embolization
- Sclerotherapy
- Spider Veins
- Stents
- TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt)
- Tumor Ablation
- Tumor Embolization
- UFE - Uterine Fibroid Embolization
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization
- Varicocele Embolization
- Varicose Veins
- Vascular Stents
- Vein Problems
- Venous Access PICC, Port
- Vertebroplasty
- Y90 Treatment (Radioembolization)
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Radiology at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
Gender
- Male
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only)
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
WellCare
- Medicare Managed Care
- New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
Workers Compensation
- Workers Comp-Board of NY
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- State University of New York - Downstate Health Sciences Center
- Internship: Staten Island Hospital
- Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
- Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certifications
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Honors & Awards
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- New York Magazine Top Doctors: 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area (book series): 17th Edition, 18th Edition
Research
Selected Publications
Reis SP, Bruestle K, Brejt S, Tulin-Silver S, Frenkel J, Mobley DG, England RW, Sobolevsky S, Griesemer AD, Sperling D, Schlossberg P, Susman J, Weintraub JL, Evaluation of a three session biliary dilation protocol following transplant related biliary stricture in pediatric patients, Pediatric Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 7, November 2019
Hanna RF, Hao F, Kraus CF, Mitsopoulos G, Goldstein GE, Weintraub J, Sperling D, Susman J, Schlossberg P, Sheynzon V, Renal Transplant Arterial Stenosis Treated With Bare-Metal Versus Drug-Eluting Stents: Comparison of treatment Outcomes, Transplant Prox. 2015 Dec;47(10):2881-5
Gandhi AD, Saleem A, Vernenkar VV, Sperling DC, Piccorelli GO, Leptomeningitis: A Rare Outcome Following Cervical Stab Wound, J Trauma, 2010 Mar;68(3):E57-60.
Karmy-Jones R, Jurkovich GJ, Velmahos GC, Burdick T, Spaniolas K, Todd SR, McNally M, Jacoby RC, Link D, Janczyk RJ, Ivascu FA, McCann M, Obeid F, Hoff WS, McQuay N JR, Tieu BH, Schreiber MA, Nirula R, Brasel K, Dunn JA, Gambrell D, Huckfeldt R, Harper J, Schaffer KB, Tominaga GT, Vinces FY, Sperling D, Hoyt D, Coimbra R, Rosengart MR, Forsythe R, Cothren C, Moore EE, Haut ER, Hayanga AJ, Hird L, White C, Grossman J, Nagy K, Livaudais W, Wood R, Zengerink I, Kortbeek JB, Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Retrievable Vena Cava Filters in Trauma Patients: an AAST Multicenter Study, J Trauma, 2007 Jan;62(1):17-24.
Vinces FY, Sperling DC, Endovascular Treatment of a Combined Pseudoaneurysm and Arteriovenous Fistula of the Subclavian Artery Caused by a Gunshot Wound to the Chest, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 130, No 1, July 2005:225-227.
Vinces FY, Ciacci J, Sperling DC, Epstein S, Gastroduodenal Intussusception Secondary to a Gastric Lipoma, Canadian Journal of Gastroenerology, Vol 19, No 2 , February 2005:107-108.
Bonn J, Sperling D, Walinsky P, Mannion J, Percutaneous Embolization of Thoracic Duct Injury, Circulation, Vol 102, No 2, July 11, 2000:268-269.
Sperling DC, Needleman LN, Eschelman DJ, Hovsepian DM, Lev Toaff AS, Deep Pelvic Abscesses: Transperineal Ultrasound Guided Drainage, Radiology 1998;208:111-115.
Book Chapters
Interventional Radiologist’s Perspective, Office-Based Endovascular Centers, Krishna M. Jain, Elsevier, 2020, pages 169-172
Other Endovascular Procedures and Embolization, Office-Based Endovascular Centers, Krishna M. Jain, Elsevier, 2020, pages 273-285
Abstracts, Posters, Presentations
Sperling D, Gioioso V, Sheynzon V, Susman J, Mobley D, Schlossberg P, Chheang S, Reis S, Brejt S, Weintraub J, Transjugular Liver Biopsy In A Freestanding Outpatient Facility: Safety and Efficacy, abstract presented at The Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018.
Gioioso V, Reis S, Brejt S, Tulin-Silver S, Sperling D, Sheynzon V, Susman J, Weintraub J, Mobley D, Microwave Ablation of Osteoid Osteoma: Safety and Efficacy, poster presented at The Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018.
Kim E, Brejt S, Reis S, Tulin-Silver S, Sheynzon V, Sperling D, Susman J, Weintraub J, Mobley D, A Novel Technique for Trans-femoral IVC Filter Placement to Decrease Tilting, poster presented at The Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018.
Goldstein GE, Browne W, Sperling D, Outpatient Transarterial Hepatic Embolization: Is It Safe?, poster presented at The Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2014.
Sperling DC, Cavanagh LK, Epstein SB, Piccorelli GO, Stent Grafts for Salvage of Hemodialysis Access Circuits, abstract presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting in Seattle, Wa, March, 2007.
Mar L, Shah N, Sperling DC, Evaluation of Pain Scores Following Fibroid Embolization, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Las Vegas, NV, October 2006.
Hira L, Epstein SB, Gade MF, Sperling DC, Primary Patency Rates for Stent Graft Placement in the Salvage of Failing Dialysis Access Grafts and Arteriovenous Fistulae, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Las Vegas, NV, October 2006.
McCrann SM, Klein L, Gade MF, Sperling DC, Radiofrequency Ablation of Breast Carcinoma, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Las Vegas, NV, October 2006.
Shteynman S, Sperling D, Epstein S, Ferrante-Gade M, Assessment of Missed Pathology Due to the Lack of IV Contrast on Computed Tomography Scans, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Orlando, Fl, October 2005.
Chaim J, Sperling D, Epstein S, Ferrante-Gade M, Correlation of Pulmonary Embolism with Serum Quantitative D-dimer Values – A Single Institution Study, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Orlando, Fl, October 2005.
Maloney D, Sperling D, Ferrante-Gade M, Epstein S, Kwiatek M, Chavds K, Correlation of Documented Ectopic Pregnancy with Beta Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Laboratory Values and Transvaginal Ultrasound Examinations, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Orlando, Fl, October 2005.
Rabiner P, Epstein S, Sperling D, Correlation of Hematuria on Urinalysis With Computed Tomography for Renal/Ureteral Calculi, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, New Orleans, LA, October 2004.
Donikyan C, Epstein S, Sperling D, Evaluation of Orbital Trauma on Head CT, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, New Orleans, LA, October 2004.
Stein D, Myaing M, Sianati R, Sperling D, Routine Use of CT Scan Guided Liver Biopsy for Hepatitis C: A Retrospective Analysis of Cost Effectiveness and Safety, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Abstract Issue, Oct 2002, Poster presentation at National Meeting for the American Society of Gastroenterology, 2002.
Silberzweig JE, Sclafani SJA, Sperling DC, Hoffer E, Hershkowitz M, Scalea T, Correlation of Angiography with Computed Tomography in Massive Pelvic Trauma, abstract and paper presented, The 78th Scientific Assembly of the Radiological Society of North America, December 1992.
Miscellaneous
911-The Bronx, The Discovery Channel, featured Interventional Radiologist on 6 episodes, filmed June 2007-August 2007, originally aired May 2008 and September 2008. Currently being shown in reruns.