Raul Nirmal Uppot MD FSAR, FSIR

Chief of Interventional Radiology, Mass General Brigham Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

55 Fruit StreetGRB 290Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-8396
Fax+1 617-726-4891

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Summary

Dr. Raul Uppot is an interventional radiologist based in Boston, MA, currently serving as the Chief of Interventional Radiology at Mass General Brigham since 2025 and a staff physician at Massachusetts General Physicians Organization since 2005. His education includes a radiology-diagnostic residency at Christiana Care Health Services, and an abdominal imaging interventional radiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Uppot is experienced in areas such as interventional oncology, navigational guidance tools, and the application of mixed reality in healthcare. He has published on topics like image-guided tumor ablation, with his work appearing in respected journals like JVIR, JACR, ACR, and Radiology.

Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2003 - 2005
Christiana Care Health ServicesResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1998 - 2003
Louisiana State University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 1998
LSU School of Medicine in ShreveportClass of 1995

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2007 - Present
MA State Medical License 2003 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2007 - 2009
OH State Medical License 2007 - 2009
RI State Medical License 2007 - 2008
PA State Medical License 2001 - 2001
LA State Medical License 1996 - 1998
American Board of Radiology Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Partners Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2013-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2013-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification OpTime Surgical 2014 Certified Module, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Percutaneous Endobiliary Radiofrequency Ablation (PERFA) for Unresectable Cholangiocarcinoma.
Shams Iqbal, Kausthubh Hegde, Ronald Arellano, Raul Uppot, Sara Zhao
Academic Radiology. 2026-08-01
Portosystemic shunt creation in hepatic malignancies: Evaluation of risk for pulmonary metastasis development and progression.
Kausthubh Hegde, Shams Iqbal, Christopher Zoppo, Sara E Zhao, Patrick Sutphin
Clinical Imaging. 2026-08-01
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Management of Chylothorax.
, Eric J Monroe, Charles Y Kim, Osmanuddin Ahmed, Brendan Cline
Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2026-06-01

Journal Articles

Thermal Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma in Patients with Morbid Obesity: Assessment of Technique, Safety, and Oncologic Outcomes
Raul N Uppot, Ronald S Arellano, American Journal of Roentgenology

Authored Content

Medically Engineered Solutions in Health Care: A Technology Incubator and Design-Thinking Curricula for Radiology TraineesApril 2018
Medically Engineered Solutions in Health Care: A Technology Incubator and Design-Thinking Curricula for Radiology TraineesApril 2018
Interventional Radiology Training Using a Dynamic Medical Immersive Training Environment (DynaMITE)March 2018

Press Mentions

State of the Art in Interventional Oncology: Case DiscussionsOctober 24th, 2022
Infection Control in Interventional Radiology During the COVID-19 EraJanuary 9th, 2021
Vets Develop Innovative CT Scanning Procedure for Race HorsesOctober 31st, 2016