David C. Sperling, MD

Specialties:
Cancer Care, Diagnostic Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology

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Dr. David Sperling is board certified in diagnostic radiology and subspecialty certified in vascular and interventional radiology. Dr. Sperling is an associate professor of radiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and an assistant attending radiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He is the former chief of radiology at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, New York, as well as the associate director of radiology at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, New York, where he also served as chief of interventional radiology.
Dr. Sperling is the founder, and was the director, of Advanced Vein Imaging and Therapy, PC. Dr. Sperling has extensive experience in the treatment of venous diseases, including varicose veins and spider veins, aesthetic facial injections, peripheral vascular disease, angiograms, angioplasty, stent, dialysis access, pelvic congestion syndrome, testicular varicoceles, and fibroid embolization.
Dr. Sperling is a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology, the American College of Phlebology, the Radiological Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the American College of Radiology, and the American Medical Association.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

Ablation
Ablation of Liver Lesion
Ablation of Lung Lesion
Abscess Drainage
Aneurysm Endovascular Surgery
Angioplasty
Arterial Stents
Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Biliary Stenting
Biopsies
Botulinum Toxin (Botox Injection)
BPH
Cancer Treatment
Central Venous Access
Chemoembolization
Chronic Pelvic Pain In Female
Consults
Cosmetic Sclerotherapy of Legs
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Dialysis Access Procedures
Embolization
Endovascular Intervention
Endovenous Laser Ablation
Enlarged Prostate
Fibroids
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
Interventional Oncology
Interventional Radiology
Interventional Vascular
IVC Filter Placement and Retrieval
IVC Filter Retrieval
IVC Filters
Kyphoplasty
Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins
Liver Cancer
Liver Lesions
Liver Masses
Liver Tumors
Metastatic Cancer
Metastatic Tumors
Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Poor Leg Circulation
Prostate Embolization
Sclerotherapy
Spider Veins
Stents
TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt)
Tumor Ablation
Tumor Embolization
UFE - Uterine Fibroid Embolization
Uterine Fibroid Embolization
Varicocele Embolization
Varicose Veins
Vascular Stents
Vein Problems
Venous Access PICC, Port
Vertebroplasty
Y90 Treatment (Radioembolization)

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Radiology at CUMC

Administrative Titles

Vice Chair, Strategy and Development, Department of Radiology

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

Gender

Male

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Phone Appointments

New and Existing Patients: (212) 326-8874

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ColumbiaDoctors - Midtown
51 West 51st Street
Suite 301
New York, NY 10019

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ColumbiaDoctors - Tarrytown
155 White Plains Road
Suite 100
Tarrytown, NY 10591



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CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building
177 Ft. Washington Avenue

New York, NY 10032



Phone: 212-305-5123



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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

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NYP Employee Plan
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Student Health

Affinity Health Plan

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Amida Care

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ConnectiCare
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Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

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Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

Child/Family Health Plus
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Fidelis Care

Child/Family Health Plus
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Child/Family Health Plus
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Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

MagnaCare

Medicare

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Multiplan

Multiplan

MVP Health Care

Child/Family Health Plus
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Medicaid Managed Care
MVP Health Care-HMO/EPO (Westchester Only)
MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only)

Oxford Health Plans

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Quality Health Management

Quality Health Management

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UnitedHealthcare

Columbia University Employee Plan
Compass (Exchange)
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Medicaid (Community Plan)
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VNSNY CHOICE

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SelectHealth
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WellCare

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Workers Compensation

Workers Comp-Board of NY

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

State University of New York - Downstate Health Sciences Center
Internship: Staten Island Hospital
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certifications

Diagnostic Radiology
Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Honors & Awards

Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
New York Magazine Top Doctors: 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area (book series): 17th Edition, 18th Edition


America's Top Doctor


NY Top Doctor

Research

Selected Publications

Reis SP, Bruestle K, Brejt S, Tulin-Silver S, Frenkel J, Mobley DG, England RW, Sobolevsky S, Griesemer AD, Sperling D, Schlossberg P, Susman J, Weintraub JL, Evaluation of a three session biliary dilation protocol following transplant related biliary stricture in pediatric patients, Pediatric Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 7, November 2019
Hanna RF, Hao F, Kraus CF, Mitsopoulos G, Goldstein GE, Weintraub J, Sperling D, Susman J, Schlossberg P, Sheynzon V, Renal Transplant Arterial Stenosis Treated With Bare-Metal Versus Drug-Eluting Stents:? Comparison of treatment Outcomes, Transplant Prox. 2015 Dec;47(10):2881-5
Gandhi AD, Saleem A, Vernenkar VV, Sperling DC, Piccorelli GO, Leptomeningitis:? A Rare Outcome Following Cervical Stab Wound, J Trauma, 2010 Mar;68(3):E57-60.
Karmy-Jones R, Jurkovich GJ, Velmahos GC, Burdick T, Spaniolas K, Todd SR, McNally M, Jacoby RC, Link D, Janczyk RJ, Ivascu FA, McCann M, Obeid F, Hoff WS, McQuay N JR, Tieu BH, Schreiber MA, Nirula R, Brasel K, Dunn JA, Gambrell D, Huckfeldt R, Harper J, Schaffer KB, Tominaga GT, Vinces FY, Sperling D, Hoyt D, Coimbra R, Rosengart MR, Forsythe R, Cothren C, Moore EE, Haut ER, Hayanga AJ, Hird L, White C, Grossman J, Nagy K, Livaudais W, Wood R, Zengerink I, Kortbeek JB, Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Retrievable Vena Cava Filters in Trauma Patients:? an AAST Multicenter Study, J Trauma, 2007 Jan;62(1):17-24.
Vinces FY, Sperling DC, Endovascular Treatment of a Combined Pseudoaneurysm and Arteriovenous Fistula of the Subclavian Artery Caused by a Gunshot Wound to the Chest, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 130, No 1, July 2005:225-227.
Vinces FY, Ciacci J, Sperling DC, Epstein S, Gastroduodenal Intussusception Secondary to a Gastric Lipoma, Canadian Journal of Gastroenerology, Vol 19, No 2 , February 2005:107-108.
Bonn J, Sperling D, Walinsky P, Mannion J, Percutaneous Embolization of Thoracic Duct Injury, Circulation, Vol 102, No 2, July 11, 2000:268-269.
Sperling DC, Needleman LN, Eschelman DJ, Hovsepian DM, Lev Toaff AS, Deep Pelvic Abscesses:? Transperineal Ultrasound Guided Drainage, Radiology 1998;208:111-115.

Book Chapters

Interventional Radiologist’s Perspective, Office-Based Endovascular Centers, Krishna M. Jain, Elsevier, 2020, pages 169-172
Other Endovascular Procedures and Embolization, Office-Based Endovascular Centers, Krishna M. Jain, Elsevier, 2020, pages 273-285

Abstracts, Posters, Presentations??????

Sperling D, Gioioso V, Sheynzon V, Susman J, Mobley D, Schlossberg P, Chheang S, Reis S, Brejt S, Weintraub J, Transjugular Liver Biopsy In A Freestanding Outpatient Facility: Safety and Efficacy, abstract presented at The Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018.
Gioioso V, Reis S, Brejt S, Tulin-Silver S, Sperling D, Sheynzon V, Susman J, Weintraub J, Mobley D, Microwave Ablation of Osteoid Osteoma:? Safety and Efficacy, poster presented at The Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018.
Kim E, Brejt S, Reis S, Tulin-Silver S, Sheynzon V, Sperling D, Susman J, Weintraub J, Mobley D, A Novel Technique for Trans-femoral IVC Filter Placement to Decrease Tilting, poster presented at The Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018.
Goldstein GE, Browne W, Sperling D, Outpatient Transarterial Hepatic Embolization:? Is It Safe?, poster presented at The Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2014.
Sperling DC, Cavanagh LK, Epstein SB, Piccorelli GO, Stent Grafts for Salvage of Hemodialysis Access Circuits, abstract presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology National Meeting in Seattle, Wa, March, 2007.
Mar L, Shah N, Sperling DC, Evaluation of Pain Scores Following Fibroid Embolization, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Las Vegas, NV, October 2006.
Hira L, Epstein SB, Gade MF, Sperling DC, Primary Patency Rates for Stent Graft Placement in the Salvage of Failing Dialysis Access Grafts and Arteriovenous Fistulae, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Las Vegas, NV, October 2006.
McCrann SM, Klein L, Gade MF, Sperling DC, Radiofrequency Ablation of Breast Carcinoma, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Las Vegas, NV, October 2006.
Shteynman S, Sperling D, Epstein S, Ferrante-Gade M, Assessment of Missed Pathology Due to the Lack of IV Contrast on Computed Tomography Scans, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Orlando, Fl, October 2005.
Chaim J, Sperling D, Epstein S, Ferrante-Gade M, Correlation of Pulmonary Embolism with Serum Quantitative D-dimer Values – A Single Institution Study, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Orlando, Fl, October 2005.
Maloney D, Sperling D, Ferrante-Gade M, Epstein S, Kwiatek M, Chavds K, Correlation of Documented Ectopic Pregnancy with Beta Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Laboratory Values and Transvaginal Ultrasound Examinations, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Orlando, Fl, October 2005.
Rabiner P, Epstein S, Sperling D, Correlation of Hematuria on Urinalysis With Computed Tomography for Renal/Ureteral Calculi, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, New Orleans, LA, October 2004.
Donikyan C, Epstein S, Sperling D,? Evaluation of Orbital Trauma on Head CT, poster presented at National Meeting for the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, New Orleans, LA, October 2004.
Stein D, Myaing M, Sianati R, Sperling D, Routine Use of CT??? Scan Guided Liver Biopsy for Hepatitis C:? A Retrospective Analysis of Cost Effectiveness and Safety, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Abstract Issue, Oct 2002,? Poster presentation at National Meeting for the American Society of Gastroenterology, 2002.
Silberzweig JE, Sclafani SJA, Sperling DC, Hoffer E, Hershkowitz M, Scalea T, Correlation of Angiography with Computed Tomography in Massive Pelvic Trauma, abstract and paper presented, The 78th Scientific Assembly of the Radiological Society of North America, December 1992.

Miscellaneous

911-The Bronx, The Discovery Channel, featured Interventional Radiologist on 6 episodes, filmed June 2007-August 2007, originally aired May 2008 and September 2008.? Currently being shown in reruns.