Kush Rajesh Desai MD FSIR

Associate Professor of Radiology, Surgery, and Medicine, Northwestern University

155 E. Brush Hill Rd.Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone+1 331-221-0560

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Summary

Dr. Kush Desai is a radiologist in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and has been in practice 10 years. He specializes in vascular & interventional radiology and is experienced in female pelvic congestion syndrome, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, complex inferior vena cava filter retrieval, chronic venous insufficiency , deep venous reconstruction, venous disease, and varicocele embolization.

Education & Training

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2012 - 2013
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2008 - 2012
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityInternship, Transitional Year, 2007 - 2008
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2007

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Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2012 - 2029
American Board of Radiology Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (FSIR) Society of Interventional Radiology, 2019
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification PowerChart, Cerner Corporation, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Northwestern Meaningful Use Data Warehouse Application for Eligible Providers, Northwestern University, 2014

Clinical Trials

Chemoembolization Versus Radioembolization in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer That Cannot Be Treated With Radiofrequency Ablation Or Surgery
COMPLETED
PHASE2
Excimer Laser Assisted IVC Filter Retrieval Start of enrollment: 2012 Jan 03
COMPLETED
Chronic Venous Thrombosis: Relief With Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Therapy (The C-TRACT Trial) Start of enrollment: 2018 Jul 02
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
NA

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Radiofrequency wire-assisted recanalization of a chronically occluded common femoral vein after intravenous drug use.
Kathleen Gibson, Sooyeon Kim, Kush Desai
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques. 2026-04-01
Team-based approach to deep venous disease: A multidisciplinary approach to the multifaceted problem of thrombotic lower extremity venous disease.
Gabriel M Knight, Kush R Desai
Seminars in Vascular Surgery. 2025-12-01
5 citations
The VIVID trial 12-month outcomes of the venous stent for the iliofemoral vein using the Duo venous stent system.
Mahmood Razavi, Michael Lichtenberg, Kush Desai, David Dexter, Peter Soukas
Journal of Vascular Surgery. Venous and Lymphatic Disorders. 2025-03-01