Physician Profile

Mahmoud Samman, M.D.
Instructor of Interventional Radiology
Departmentof Radiology
University of Louisville Hospital
530 South Jackson Street
Louisville  KY  40202 
Academic Office (502) 852-5875

Education
University of Aleppo (Syria)
Diploma of Medicine (M.D.) 1997

University of Aleppo (Syria)
Masters Degree in Diagnostics Radiology, 2001

Postgraduate Training

• Mount Sinai Hospital
  Interventional Radiology Observership
  New York, NY
  June 2004 - July 2004
• Mount Sinai Hospital
  Interventional Radiology Fellowship
  New York, NY
  July 2004 - July 2005
• University of Tennesse
  Interventional Radiology Fellowship
  Memphis, TN
  July 2005 - July 2006

 Publications:
Jeffrey Guller, Mahmoud Samman, Timothy W Deyer, Robert Lookstein, Scott Nowakowski. Repair of a splenic artery aneurysm using a novel balloon-expandable covered stent. Vascular Medicine, Vol. 11, No. 2, 111-113 (2006).

Speciality Interests:
Vascular/Interventional Radiology

Clinical and Research Interests:
1. Uterine artery embolization for treatment of symptomatic fibroids
2. Endovascular therapy for peripheral vascular disease
3. TIPS
4. Venous recanalization
5. Extravascular interventional procedures, including percutaneous nephrostomy, gastrostomy, cholecystostomy, biliary drains placement and fluid collection and abscess drains.