Overview

I am involved in using imaging guidance tools , such as CT, MRI, fluoroscopy, and ultrasound, in diagnosing and treating children with a wide variety of illnesses. This, together with advances in other technologies, allows for a greater number of conditions which can be treated through minimally invasive approaches. These image-guided therapies can aid or avoid other forms of treatment, including surgery or conventional medication administration.

My joint position at Vancouver General Hospital allows for a unique opportunity to access resources for children with brain and spine disorders, especially conditions involving the vasculature. In addition, children with cancer and other complex vascular disorders can be offered treatments which would otherwise be extremely difficult to access.

Publications

Pre-operative Spine Tumor Embolization: Clinical Outcomes and Effect of Embolization Completeness
Nima Omid-Fard and Jean-Paul Salameh and Matthew DF McInnes and Charles G Fisher and Manraj KS Heran
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.20.24301548
01/2024

Interventional Radiology in Primary Spinal Tumors
Manraj Kanwal Singh Heran and Michal Krolikowski
DOI: 10.1007/174_2023_449
2023

Delayed coil migration into oropharynx following endovascular coiling of a traumatic carotid cavernous fistula: management considerations
Acta Neurochirurgica
Alexander D. Rebchuk and Peter A. Gooderham and Saleh Okhovat and Arif S. Janjua and Manraj K. S. Heran
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-021-05087-5
05/2022

Prediction of Hemorrhage after Successful Recanalization in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: Improved Risk Stratification Using Dual-Energy CT Parenchymal Iodine Concentration Ratio Relative to the Superior Sagittal Sinus
American Journal of Neuroradiology
D. Byrne and J.P. Walsh and H. Schmiedeskamp and F. Settecase and M.K.S. Heran and B. Niu and A.K. Salmeen and B. Rohr and T.S. Field and N. Murray and A. Rohr
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6345
01/2020

Imaging-Guided Superior Ophthalmic Vein Access for Embolization of Dural Carotid Cavernous Fistulas: Report of 20 Cases and Review of the Literature
American Journal of Neuroradiology
M.K.S. Heran and D. Volders and C. Haw and J.R. Shewchuk
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5994
03/2019

Imaging and Surgical Findings in Patients with Hemi-Laryngopharyngeal Spasm and the Potential Role of MRI in the Diagnostic Work-Up
American Journal of Neuroradiology
J. Avecillas-Chasin and M.G. Kozoriz and J.R. Shewchuk and M.K.S. Heran and C.R. Honey
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5851
12/2018

Syringomyelia Fluid Dynamics and Cord Motion Revealed by Serendipitous Null Point Artifacts during Cine MRI
American Journal of Neuroradiology
C.M. Honey and K.W. Martin and M.K.S. Heran
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5328
09/2017

Research

Current Projects
My joint position at BC Children's Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital provides me with a unique opportunity to interact with a number of colleagues in numerous areas of clinical and academic medicine. At BCCH, my primary focus is imaged-guided therapy. Although this sounds somewhat vague, it actually is appropriate in that new and novel opportunities to enhance the care of children are often driven by innovation and collaboration. Through my involvement in all facets of interventional radiology, many seemingly obvious treatment strategies used in the adult population provide the reference for adaptation into the pediatric setting. As a member of the Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology and the SIR Pediatric Interventional Radiology Standards Subcommittee, we routinely audit pediatric IR practices, and create documents for "best practice" guidelines.

Within the UBC and BCCH setting, I am currently involved in a retrospective review of all the percutaneous pediatric liver biopsies performed in the past 10 years, with the goal being to determine low- and high-risk populations, as well as the need for hospital admission and/or blood transfusion. I am also involved with a Department of Anesthesia project at BCCH comparing pulse oximetry techniques to thermodilution methods in determination of cardiac output in various pediatric disease states.

As a member of the Vascular Anomalies Clinic at BCCH, I am very active in the workup and management of children with vascular malformations/anomalies. Together with Dr. Douglas Courtemanche (Head, Vascular Anomalies Clinic), we have been working towards formalizing our patient assessments and followup, thereby allowing improved prospective analysis of treatment outcomes, as well as natural history. Several publications and presentations have come from our work.

My strong relationship with Pediatric General Surgery and the pediatric neuroscience community have resulted in numerous collaborations that focus on innovation and adaptation of techniques into the pediatric setting. Currently, Dr. Erik Skarsgard and I are completing a submission on the use of embolic microcoils as a method of aiding the localization of subpleural pulmonary nodules for resection by a VATS procedure.

Honours & Awards

J Dubois1, MKS Heran2, P John3, J Racadio4, AM Cahill5, M Sidhu6

Best Teaching by a Non-Neurologist, University of British Columbia Neurology Residency Program, 2009-2010.

Honorable Mention (Posters) "Embolic and sclerosing agents: what the pediatric radiologist should know"

Research Group Members

Patricia Jimenez