Zach Berman MD

@ZTBerman

I am an avocado farmer who sometimes treats liver cancer at @UCSDHealth @ucsd_IR

San Diego, CA

birdrockimaging.com

Joined January 2012

Zach Berman MD
@ZTBerman
Jul 14
This week's Journal Club is the COLLISION trial, the Phase 3 RCT looking at surgery vs Ablation for CRC mets. Check it out here: youtu.be/LeteGwoR63I @SIRspecialists @SIO_Central
Zach Berman MD
@ZTBerman
Jul 3
In this weeks 🔥 Rapid Fire 🔥 Interventional Oncology video we review: The LEGACY Study (Salem et al., Hepatology 2021). A pivotal Y90 paper! youtu.be/ii_zkAwNCBo #HCC #Y90 #InterventionalRadiology @ucsd_ir @SIRspecialists @SIO_Central @_backtable #meded
Zach Berman MD
@ZTBerman
Jun 28
I decided to try something new, video! I read and evaluated the prospective PROACTIF study for Y90 in HCC, and summarized my thoughts. Let me know what you think! youtube.com/watch?v=StpsUy… @bsc_io_e @BeauToskichMD @SIRspecialists @cirsesociety @bayouteazy @ucsd_ir
Zach Berman MD
@ZTBerman
May 5
Setting a new standard for glass Y90 RadSeg! Big multicenter national studies are the way of the future; confirming what we see in small trials.
Beau Bosko Toskich, MD FSIR
@BeauToskichMD
May 5
COBRAS is published in Radiology. 91% CPN PPV with optimized Y90 radiation segmentectomy for HCC as bridge to transplant. Congratulations to the consortium and thank you for your dedication. #Y90 #HCC #TRANSPLANT pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra… @SIRspecialists @SIO_Central
Zach Berman MD
@ZTBerman
Nov 30, 2025
TACE has fallen out of favor to other modern alternatives - but this is an imprtnt RCT improving ORR, PFS, AND OS with a simple but better technique. tinyurl.com/32jhkbts Standardization of TACE in future trials critically important! @radiology_rsna @ucsd_ir @SIO_Central
pubs.rsna.org
Ethiodized Oil–based Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Randomized...
In participants with hepatocellular carcinoma, ethiodized oil–based transarterial chemoembolization using an anhydrous cisplatin suspension resulted in better complete tumor response, progression-f...