Alan Alper Sag, MD, FSIR is a national society masterclass-level operator for minimally-invasive bone (spine tumor ablation, kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, acetabuloplasty, sacroplasty, cryoablation, RFA, bone tumor embolization, genicular artery embolization), nerve (nerve blocks, cryoneurolysis, nerve ablation including basivertebral nerve ablation and geniculate nerve ablation), and thyroid (thyroid RFA, goiter embolization) therapies with subspecialty expertise in Interventional Oncology for Liver (y90 radioembolization, TACE/chemoembolization, bland embolization, microwave, cryoablation) and Kidney (RCC embolization, microwave ablation, cryoablation). He takes active Interventional Radiology call at Jackson Memorial Hospital including Miami Transplant Institute, where he provides emergency care including transplant organ interventions for patients with kidney and liver transplants, embolization in the emergency trauma setting, pulmonary embolism management, TIPS, biliary drainage, and other general interventional radiology procedures on an acute basis within his double board certification in Diagnostic Radiology and Vascular & Interventional Radiology. He has a decade of experience after training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.
In 2024 as joint faculty in Orthopaedic Surgery and Interventional Radiology at Duke University, he was selected to represent Duke nationally as the only Interventional Radiologist on the NCCN Adult Cancer Pain Guidelines Committee, a national panel that shapes the treatment of cancer pain nationwide. In 2025 he co-founded and moderates the Adult Cancer Pain & Bone Metastasis tumor board. https://news.med.miami.edu/sylvester-launches-tumor-board-dedicated-to-cancer-pain/.
His research and clinical work focus on improving patient outcomes through innovative image-guided procedures and he has a strong record of collaboration, mentorship, and service to the field and society. In 2025 he received honorary induction as Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (FSIR). He holds over 70 publications and book chapters with an academic h-index of 16. He is a frequent invited public speaker with over 30 speakerships as visiting professor at numerous universities (Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, Georgetown University, Vanderbilt University, St. Louis University, University of Texas Medical Branch, and Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute in Miami), at national and international medical conferences (SIR, SIO, CIO, Spectrum, WAIS, NESIR, GEST, GEST MSK Paris, SIR Expert Insights Series in Pain Management, SIO MSK Masterclass, SIO Head and Neck Masterclass) and multiple media outlets (Spotify, Youtube, Healio, SurvivorNet, Endovascular Today, IO Learning Podcast, Backtable Podcast) to educate patients and doctors on minimally invasive procedures in his areas of expertise.
