Vladimir Sheynzon, MD
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Cancer Care, Diagnostic Radiology
Accepting New Patients
Overview
Dr. Vladimir Sheynzon is a board-certified radiologist with specialization in vascular and interventional radiology. He is an associate professor of radiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and an assistant attending radiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
As an actively practicing clinician, Dr. Sheynzon regularly cares for many very complicated oncologic, transplant, hemodialysis, and pediatric patients using minimally invasive, image-guided procedures. He is the co-director of the Columbia HHT Center of Excellence, the only center in NY State designated as a center of excellence by Cure HTT. Dr. Sheynzon performs IR procedures at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Hosptial, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital, as well as Columbia Radiology’s two outpatient facilities in midtown Manhattan and Tarrytown, NY.
Dr. Sheynzon received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School. He completed his fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology at Mount Sinai Hospital/Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He subsequently joined the division of vascular and interventional radiology at the State University of New York, Stony Brook Health Sciences Center as assistant professor of clinical radiology. Dr. Sheynzon joined the faculty in the Department of Radiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 2009.
Dr. Sheynzon is actively involved in teaching of the radiology residents and interventional radiology fellows at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Healthcare Industry Association at Columbia Business School.
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)
- 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
Administrative Titles
- Co-Director, Columbia HHT Center of Excellence
- Clinical Director, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology - Westchester
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
Languages
- Russian
Gender
- Male
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
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Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amerigroup of New Jersey
- New Jersey Services (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
Fidelis Care
- Essential Plan
- 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-HMO/EPO (Westchester Only)
- MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only)
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
WellCare
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
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Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- Residency: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Board Certifications
- Vascular and Interventional Radiology
- Diagnostic Radiology
Honors & Awards
Exemplary Expostulator Award for the Best for the Best Resident Oration
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2008
Murray Rosenberg Award for the Best Use of Visual Elements
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2007
Research
Selected Publications
- Retrieval of a Dislodged Catheter Using Combined Fluoroscopy and Intracardiac Echocardiography
Mitsopoulos, Robert F. Hanna, Sidney Z. Brejt, Greg E. Goldstein, Vladimir Sheynzon, Joshua L. Weintraub, and William A. Gray, Case Reports in Radiology - 4/29/2015 - Image-guided esophageal anastomosis in esophageal atresia.
Garcia AV Thirumoorthi AS Traina JM Schlossberg P Sheynzon V Kandel JJ, J Pediatr Surg - 2012 Oct - Textbook of Uncommon Cancer.
Chapter: Uncommon Hepatobiliary Tumors. Page 423 - 440
Siegel, A. B., Sheynzon, V., & Samstein, B - Power Pulse Spray Pharmacomechanical Thrombectomy for the Treatment of Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis; Sheynzon, Vladimir; Lookstein, Robert; Talenfeld, Adam D.; Nowakowski, Scott; Stangl, P. A.; Kim, Edward; Weintraub, Joshua L. The Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029. Presented at SIR 2009 annual meeting, March 2009, San Diego, California.
- Single center Experience with Stent Implanatation for the Treatment of Infrapopliteal Disease in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia.
Talenfeld, Adam D.; Lookstein, Robert A.; Sheynzon, Vladimir; Ellozy, Sharif2; Stangl, P. A.; Nowakowski, F. S.; Kim, Edward; Faries, Peter; Weintraub, Joshua, SIR 2009 annual meeting - Intraprocedural Problems in Endovascular Treatment of Hepatic Artery Stenosis in OLT Patients: Examples & Solutions; Piotr Kisza, Vladimir Sheynzon, MD, Sohail Contractor, Sharon Gonzalez, David Klyde, Phillip Bahramipour and Tej Phatak. New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ University Hospital, Newark, New Jersey, United States, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, February 2008, Volume 19, Number 2, Part 2, S95.
- Intraprocedural Problems in Endovascular Treatment of Hepatic Artery Stenosis in OLT Patients: Examples & Solutions; Piotr Kisza, Vladimir Sheynzon, MD, Sohail Contractor, Sharon Gonzalez, David Klyde, Phillip Bahramipour and Tej Phatak. New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ University Hospital, Newark, New Jersey, United States. Electronic poster presentation to SIR 2008 annual meeting, March 2009, Washington, DC.
- Retrieval of a Tilted Gunther Tulip Filter with the Superior Hook Embedded in the Caval Wall; S. Contractor, N. Bhagat , Y. Mahmood, V. Sheynzon, T. Clark; Radiology, Interventional Radiology Section, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States, and New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States, Letter to the Editor, JVIR, November 2007, 1455-1456.
- Endovascular Management of External Iliac Artery Hemorrhage; V. Sheynzon, N. Bhagat , S. Contractor, P. Kisza, D. Klyde, Y. Mahmood, J. W. Mitchell, D. Keller; Radiology, Interventional Radiology Section, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States, Electronic poster presentation to CIRSE 2007 Annual meeting, September 2007, Athens, Greece.
- Pulmonary Artery Interventions; Y. Mahmood1, S. G. Contractor, N. Bhagat, V. Sheynzon, J. W. Mitchell, P. S. Kisza, S. Gonzales, D. Klyde; Diagnostic Radiology - Division of Interventional Radiology, UMDNJ-Newark, Newark, NJ, United States, Electronic poster presentation to CIRSE 2007 Annual meeting, September 2007, Athens, Greece.
- Five-year follow-up outcome data after TIPS: a single institutional practice group experience; J. W. Mitchell, N. Bhagat, R. Pawar, Y. Mahmood, V. Sheynzon, D. Klyde, S. Contractor; Diagnostic Radiology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States, Electronic poster presentation to CIRSE 2007 Annual meeting, September 2007, Athens, Greece.
- The Role of Interventional Radiology in (traumatic and iatrogenic renal injury) Renal Injury, from Trauma and Iatrogenic Etiologies; Collected Cases; N. Bhagat, S. Contractor, P. Kisza, D. Klyde, S. Gonzales, V. Sheynzon, Y. Mahmood, J. Mitchell; Interventional Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, Newark, NJ, United States, Electronic poster presentation to CIRSE 2007 Annual meeting, September 2007, Athens, Greece.
- Review of Interventional Management Modalities of Malignant Pleural Effusions. V Sheynzon, MD, Newark, NJ; P Kisza, MD. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at AUR Annual Meeting, April 2007, Denver, CO.
- The Role of Interventional Radiology in Hepatic Injury, from Trauma and Iatrogenic Etiologies; Collected Cases, by Jason Mitchell, Vladimir Sheynzon, Rahul Pawar, and Sohail Contractor. Electronic poster presentation, SIR 2007, March 2007, Seattle, WA.
- The Role of Vascular and Interventional Radiology in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Multisystem Trauma; Collected Cases, by Yousaf Mahmood, Jason Mitchell, Sohail Contractor, Vladimir Sheynzon, and Theresa Garcia. Electronic poster presentation, SIR 2007, March 2007, Seattle, WA.
- Betaseron vs. Copaxone in MS with Triple Dose Gadolinium and 3T MRI: Endpoints Efficacy of the Optimized MRI protocol and announcement of primary study protocol. LJ Wolansky, SD Cook, J Skurnick, K Tullock, G Joseph, V Sheynzon, N Bhagat, M Haghighi, J Halper, D Cadavid. Poster presentation, ECTRIMS 2006, Barcelona, SPAIN.
- Betaseron® vs. Copaxone® in multiple sclerosis with triple-dose gadolinium and 3-T MRI Endpoints (BECOME): efficacy of the optimized MRI protocol and announcement of primary study outcome. L.J. Wolansky, S.D. Cook, V. Sheynzon, J. Skurnick, W.C. Liu, Y. Vidgop, N. Bhagat, K. Tulloch, D. Cadavid. New Jersey Medical School (Newark, USA) ACTRIMS 2006, October 8, Chicago.
- Increased Conspicuity of MS Lesions at 3.0 T due to Magnetization Transfer Effect of Fat Suppression Pulse: Preliminary Results of the BECOME Trial. LJ Wolansky, MH Haghighi, SD Cook, V Sheynzon, L Ilyasova, N Bhagat, D Cadavid, B Biswal, E Recio. Poster presentation, ASN 2006, San Diego, CA.
- Increased Conspicuity of MS Lesions at 3.0 T due to Magnetization Transfer Effect of Fat Suppression Pulse. LJ. Wolansky, MH Haghighi, SD Cook, V Sheynzon, L Ilyasova, N Bhagat, D Cadavid, B Biswal, E Recio. Electronic presentation at ARRS 2006, Vancouver, Canada.
- Magnetization Transfer Effect of Fat Suppression in MS Lesions at 3.0 T:Preliminary Results of the BECOME Trial, L.J. Wolansky, V. Sheynzon, M. Haghighi, S.D. Cook, Y. Lebovitz, C. Hinrichs, W.-C. Liu, D. Cadavid; Newark, NJ/US ECR 2006.
- Magnetization Transfer Effect of Fat Suppression Pulses on Conspicuity of MS Lesions at 3.0 T: Preliminary Results of the "BECOME Trial". LJ Wolansky, V Sheynzon, B Biswal, E Recio, N Bhagat, SD Cook, M Haghighi, G Joseph, L Ilyasova, D Cadavid. Oral presentation, ASNR 2006, San Diego, CA.
- Magnetization Transfer Effect of Fat-suppression Pulses at 3.0 T Alters Conspicuity of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions: Preliminary Results of the BECOME Trial. L J Wolansky, N Bhagat, V Sheynzon, W Liu, S D Cook, D Cadavid. Oral Presentation, RSNA 2006, Chicago IL.
- Preliminary results of the BECOME Trial: Efficacy of the optimized MRI protocol and announcement of primary study outcome. L Wolansky, S Cook, J Skurnick, WC Liu, K Tulloch, V Sheynzon, Y Vidgop, N Bhagat, M Haghighi, J Lincoln, P Baladandapani, D Cadavid. ACTRIMS 2006, October 8, Chicago.
- Safety of monthly triple-dose gadolinium in patients with early forms of multiple sclerosis - Final interim analysis of the BECOME study. L Wolansky, S Cook, J Skurnick, WC Liu, K Tulloch, V Sheynzon, Y Vidgop, N Bhagat, M Haghighi, J Lincoln, P Baladandapani, D Cadavid. Submitted to ISMRM, May 2007, Berlin, Germany.
- Safety of monthly triple-dose Gadopentetate Dimeglumine enhanced MRI for 12 months in MS subjects. L. Wolansky, D. Cadavid, S. Cook, M. Haghighi, L. Ilyasova, V. Sheynzon, G. Joseph; New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ.