Samuel Vydro, MD
Hometown
Fresno, CA
Education/Training
College: B.S. Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, UCLA
Medical School: UCSF
Internship Institution: UCSF General Surgery
Professional Interests
As an Integrated Interventional Radiology resident, I will be completing my IR training here at the University of Colorado. I still have a long way to go in developing my niches within the field and thus find joy amongst the wide spectrum of IR, ranging from interventional oncology to arteriovenous malformations to trauma to pain treatments.
Hobbies
I am a basketball fanatic/historian and religiously watch the NBA (I'm a San Antonio Spurs fan if anyone was wondering). I similarly love the NFL (Go Niners) and obsess over Fantasy Football. Other interests of mine include: watches, playing tennis/pickleball, fashion, and diving.
What do you look forward to doing in the Denver area?
I look forward to exploring the bountiful nature around the city and plan on buffing up my skiing skills in the Winter.
What did you do before radiology residency?
Shortly before matriculating into medical school, I completed a research quarter in Tahiti with peers from UCLA in which I was part of a team studying Giant Clams.
Honors and Awards
RSNA Research & Education Foundation's Research Medical Student Grant
CHEST Foundation and APCCMPD Research Grant in Medical Education
Regent's Scholar - UCLA
Professional Organizations, Boards and Advisory Committees
RSNA
SIR
Presentations
Oral Presentions:
Speir, E; Vydro, S; Wilson, M; Nanavati, S; Kumar, V; Conrad, M. Arterial Injuries Associated With Superior Pubic Rami Fractures: Variants, Cross-talk, Collaterals, And Conventional Anatomy. Oral presentation: Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting; 12/02/2021. Chicago, IL, United States of America.
Vydro, S; Gomez, A; Bhullar, S; Bazyani, D; Tapia, M. Increasing Successful Referrals from Clinica Martin Baro to Primary Care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Oral presentation: UCSF ZSFG Clinical Microsystems Clerkship Health Systems Improvement Virtual Symposium; 10/25/2021. San Francisco, CA, United States of America.
Vydro, S; Gomez, A; Bhullar, S; Bazyani, D; Tapia, M . Increasing Successful Referrals from Clinica Martin Baro to Primary Care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Oral presentation: UCSF Family and Community Medicine Colloquium; 05/26/2022. San Francisco, CA, United States of America.
Vydro, S; Leba, C; Drapeau, S; Perez, A; Romero, D; Norris, M; Harmon, D; Sewell, J. Implementation of a 3D-Printed Color-Coded Tracheobronchial Tree for Bronchoscopy Training and Anatomy Learning in a Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship Program. Oral presentation: University of California Simulation Symposium; 12/09/2022. San Francisco, CA, United States of America.
Poster Presentations:
Momodu, M.A., Vydro, S.A., Han, W., Nelson, J., Kim, H., Langston, D., Conrad, M.B., Hetts, S.W.. HHT International Scientific Conference. Poster presented: Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) MRI as a Quantifiable Measure for Epistaxis Severity Risk in Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France; 10/16/2024.
Roach, C; Vydro, S; Bakhtary, S; Oreper, S; Manuel, S; Yunce, M. Annual UCSF Anesthesia Research Day. Poster presented: Racial and Limited English Proficiency Disparities in Preoperative Anemia. San Francisco, CA, United States of America; 12/09/2022.
Vydro, S; Drapeau, S; Romero, D; Norris, M; Harmon, D; Leba, C. UCSF Pulmonary Research Retreat. Poster presented: Development and Incorporation of a 3D-Printed Tracheobronchial Model for Pulmonary Bronchoscopy Training. San Francisco, CA, United States of America; 11/01/2021.
Vydro, S; Leba, C; Drapeau, S; Perez, A; Romero, D; Norris, M; Harmon, D; Sewell, J. American Thoracic Society International Conference. Poster presented: Implementation of a 3D-Printed Color-Coded Tracheobronchial Tree for Bronchoscopy Training and Anatomy Learning in a Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship Program. Washington, DC, United States of America; 05/22/2023.
Publications
Hayes, H.G., Hollander, E.N.R., Vydro, S.A., Williams, D.M., Blumstein, D.T. Cautious clams? Energetic state modifies risk assessment in giant clams, Journal of Zoology, 2020.Uchida, K; Ng, R; Vydro, S.A.; Smith, J.E.; Blumstein, D.T. The benefits of being dominant: health correlates of male social rank and age in a marmot, Current Zoology, 2021.
Leba, C; Vydro, S; Drapeau, S; Perez, A; Romero, D; Norris, M; Harmon, D; Sewell, J. Use of a 3D Printed, Color-Coded Airway Model for Bronchoscopy Training and Anatomy Learning, Journal of 3D Printing in Medicine, 2023.
Alyafaie, A; Han, W; Li, Y; Vydro, S.A. et al. Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) MRI in the Detection of Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations in Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2024.