Inova Alexandria Hospital is a regional leader in interventional radiology services, offering cutting-edge imaging techniques to diagnose and treat a variety of medical conditions without traditional surgery. This minimally invasive approach offers numerous benefits for patients, including reduced risk, pain and recovery time.

Our nationally recognized, board-certified interventional radiologists use the latest advancements in CT, MRI, ultrasounds and X-ray technology to perform highly complex procedures with precision. Performing thousands of these procedures annually, Inova Alexandria Hospital’s interventional radiologists are in the forefront of this fast-growing field.       

First in the Field       
• First in Northern Virginia to perform varicose vein ablation     

• First hospital with Nanoknife™ technology in Virginia and the Washington, DC metro area

• First to perform peripheral and renal angioplasty and stent replacement  

• First in Northern Virginia to perform endovascular AAA stent graft repair   

• Among first in the mid-Atlantic region to perform uterine fibroid embolization

Dr. Keith M. Sterling is the Chief of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology and has been on the medical staff of Inova Alexandria Hospital since 1995. He earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla and completed both an internal medicine internship through Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a diagnostic radiology residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he was chief resident. He went on to a fellowship in cardiovascular and interventional radiology at the Washington University School of Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, in St. Louis.

Dr. Sandeep Bagla received his medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2002. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a Diagnostic Radiology residency at Albany Medical Center. Dr. Bagla served as Chief Resident while at Albany Medical Center in 2006-2007. Following a subspecialty fellowship in Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology through The George Washington University at Inova Alexandria Hospital.

Common Conditions Treated by the Interventional Radiology Team
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
• Deep-vein thrombosis (DVT)
• End-stage renal disease (dialysis)
• Infertility (varicocele and fallopian tube blockage)
• Osteoporotic and malignant vertebral fractures
• Oncologic disease
• Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
• Pelvic congestion syndrome
• Stroke
• Varicose veins
• Uterine fibroids