Zachary L. Bercu, MD
Dr. Zachary L. Bercu, MD, is a board-certified interventional radiologist whose clinical activities include prostate artery embolization, endovenous sampling (adrenal vein sampling and selective arterial calcium stimulation for occult neuroendocrine tumor localization), locoregional therapies including Yttrium-90 radioembolization and chemoembolization, microwave ablation, transradial interventions, complex venous disease, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts, percutaneous mesocaval shunts, pharmacomechanical thrombectomy, embolization guidance technology, vertebral augmentation, and endovascular simulation.
Board Certifications
American Board of Radiology
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
- Internship: Saint Vincent Catholic Medical
- Residency: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Fellowships
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Correll Pavilion
Monday - Friday: 6 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Grady Memorial Hospital
Emergency Care: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Outpatient Care: Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Visiting hours are from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. daily
Publications
- Harnessing Large Language Models for Radiology Report Simplification and Improving Patient Comprehension: A Narrative Review.
Naidu SU, Li H, Moon JT, Kim R, Patel E, Bercu ZL, Newsome J, Gichoya JW, Trivedi H
Academic radiology. 2026;33(3):762-773.
PMID: 41486037 - Wireless, battery-free self-detecting smart arteriovenous graft for stenosis diagnosis in dialysis patients.
Bateman A, Byun G, Oh S, Herbert R, Perera M, Lee J, Kim KR, Huang Y, Rigo B, Guess M, Newsome J, Bercu ZL, Teodorescu V, Li H, Moon JT, Yeo WH
Biosensors & bioelectronics. 2026;
PMID: 41135237 - Robotically steerable guidewires-Current trends and future directions.
Konda R, Brumfiel TA, Bercu ZL, Grossberg JA, Desai JP
Science robotics. 2025;10(105):eadt7461.
PMID: 40802733 - Evaluation of Multilingual Simplifications of IR Procedural Reports Using GPT-4.
Li HH, Moon JT, Kumar S, Ricci J, Sim N, Bercu ZL, Newsome J, Trivedi HM, Gichoya JW
Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR. 2025;36(4):696-703.e1.
PMID: 39793700 - Decoding radiology reports: Potential application of OpenAI ChatGPT to enhance patient understanding of diagnostic reports.
Li H, Moon JT, Iyer D, Balthazar P, Krupinski EA, Bercu ZL, Newsome JM, Banerjee I, Gichoya JW, Trivedi HM
Clinical imaging. 2023;
PMID: 37336169 - Use of Metformin and Survival in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Undergoing Liver Directed Therapy: Analysis of a Nationwide Cancer Registry.
Mukherjee K, Elsayed M, Choksi E, Loya MF, Duszak R, Akce M, Majdalany BS, Bercu ZL, Cristescu M, Kokabi N
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology. 2023;46(7):870-879.
PMID: 37217649 - Supervised segmentation for guiding peripheral revascularization with forward-viewing, robotically steered ultrasound guidewire.
Collins GC, Strassle Rojas S, Bercu ZL, Desai JP, Lindsey BD
Medical physics. 2023;50(6):3459-3474.
PMID: 36906877 - Transradial Uterine Artery Embolization Complicated by Stroke.
Wu R, Peters GL, Charles H, Kokabi N, Bercu ZL, Majdalany BS
Seminars in interventional radiology. 2022;39(6):591-595.
PMID: 36561802 - Correlation of Non-tumoral Liver Dose with Treatment-Related Adverse Events in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Glass-Based Yttrium-90 Radioembolization.
Webster LA, Villalobos A, Cheng B, Xing M, Majdalany BS, Bercu ZL, Cristescu MM, Brandon D, Schuster D, Baum Y, Loya MF, Kokabi N
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology. 2023;46(1):60-68.
PMID: 36450996 - Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Joint Pain Secondary to Hip and Shoulder Osteoarthritis.
Kallas ON, Nezami N, Singer AD, Wong P, Kokabi N, Bercu ZL, Umpierrez M, Tran A, Reimer NB, Oskouei SV, Gonzalez FM
Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. 2022;42(2):594-608.
PMID: 35148246
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