Bob Kao MD
Interventional Radiologist | Vascular & Interventional Radiology
3 Erie Court West Suburban Hospit Oak Park IL, 60302About
Dr. Bob Kao is an interventional radiologist practicing in Oak Park, IL. Dr. Kao specializes in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. Interventional radiologists use X-Rays, MRIs and other advanced imaging to put catheters in the body in order to treat the source of the disease internally. Many conditions that once required surgery can now have less risk, less pain and fewer invasions when treated by an interventional radiologist.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1994
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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