Utah Vascular and Interventional Specialists

Dr. James G. Carlisle graduated from the University of Michigan, where he completed his degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology with High Distinction. He attended medical school at the University of Michigan and was chosen by his peers to be the their representative at Commencement and give the Commencement address. He completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan and was chosen to be the Chief Resident.

He was selected to the prestigious Interventional Radiology fellowship at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA with Gordon McLean, MD, one of the most influential leaders in the field of IR. He is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Vascular and Interventional Radiology from the American Board of Radiology.

After a brief period of time with a small private group in Ohio, he transitioned to Akron, OH where he joined a busy practice and became an Associate Professor in the Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine.

He and his family moved to Salt Lake City in 2004 and he joined the University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Institute as an Assistant Professor and the Section Chief of Interventional Radiology and fellowship program director. He was also the Director of the Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Center of Excellence. There he developed and led the establishment of the first Interventional Oncology clinical team in the Intermountain West and the first intravascular brachytherapy (Y90) treatment center for the treatment of primary liver tumors and colorectal cancer and other metastases to the liver. He performed the first Diomed laser ablation of the greater saphenous vein in Utah. He was named on various grants and peer-reviewed publications and enjoyed teaching medical students and residents and fellows.

His dedicated efforts in biomedical research and clinical trials began in 2008 when he was brought to the Huntsman Cancer Institute and became the primary investigator on a clinical trial investigating stage 1A lung cancer. Having since joined Utah Imaging Physician Specialists and the Mountainstar Hospitals in 2010 he has been recently the primary investigator on seven of the most important interventional oncology trials in the US investigating colon cancer, primary liver cancer and the treatment of painful spine metastases. He established the first oncology clinical trials team with the MountainStar system of hospitals. In 2012 he received the physician “Health Care Hero” award offered through Utah Business Magazine and the MountainStar Health System. He currently has five open clinical trials and is hoping to add a few more in both cancer and vascular disease.

Dr. Carlisle is a nationally recognized Interventional Oncologist specializing in minimally invasive image guided therapies for lung, kidney, colon, liver, GI and spine cancers and the treatment of arterial and venous vascular diseases. He continues to enjoy teaching physicians and is an active consultant to Dfine, BTG, Perseon Medical and Merit Medical Systems.

Dr. Peter B. Hathaway attended the University of Utah, where he completed his degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology. While pursuing his degree, he served for over three years as a teaching assistant for the University of Utah Human Anatomy Program under Professor Mark T. Nielsen, where he developed a passion for scholarship and teaching. While in college he also worked as a technician at the Utah Artificial Heart Institute, and then as a certified pulmonary function technician in the blood gas lab at the University of Utah Hospital.

He was accepted to the University of Utah School of Medicine, where he graduated with multiple honors including the Dean’s Award, the Golden Headed Cane Award and membership to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed a transitional internship at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he received the Intern of the Year Award. He subsequently fulfilled a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Washington school of Medicine in Seattle, Washington, where he was Chief Resident.

These efforts led to acceptance to the prestigious Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis, Missouri, where he completed a fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology. After completion of his fellowship in 1999, he joined Utah Imaging Associates and founded the Utah Vascular Clinic. He is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology with a Certificate of Added Qualification from the American Board of Radiology for Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Dr. Hathaway continues to pursue research and teaching interests, particularly in percutaneous dialysis interventions and the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. He has published numerous articles on dialysis access, and is a nationally recognized thought-leader and speaker in the area of percutaneous peritoneal dialysis catheter placement. He is an active consultant to Merit Medical Systems.

Rulon L. Hardman, MD is an interventional radiologist who specializes in minimally invasive vascular management procedures including peripheral artery disease (PAD) management, varicose vein ablations, vascular access management procedures for dialysis patients and peritoneal catheter (PD) placement and maintenance. Dr. Hardman treats patients at Utah Vascular and Interventional Specialists located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Hardman earned his medical degree from Dartmouth School of Medicine, New Hampshire and completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas where he also earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree. He then completed his interventional radiology fellowship at University of Colorado, Denver. Dr. Hardman worked at the University of Utah and the Huntsman Cancer Institute for 5 year before joining Utah Vascular and Interventional Specialists. He is a member of the Association of University Radiologists, the Society of Interventional Radiology, American College of Radiology and Radiological Society of North America. He is fluent in Portuguese and conversational in Spanish.

Dr. Christopher J. Parr is native of Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his B.S. in engineering from the University of Utah. Following a post-college job with the University of Utah’s artificial heart project, Dr. Parr changed his focus to medicine and received his medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine.

Following a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Dr. Parr successfully completed a fellowship in angiography and interventional radiology at the University of California San Diego Medical Center. He is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Vascular and Interventional Radiology from the American Board of Radiology.

Dr. Parr is affiliated with Utah Imaging Associates in Bountiful, Utah providing service to the Mountainstar Hospitals and also the Tanner Clinic’s.

Dr. Parr is married and the father of three children. He is passionate about his hobbies, particularly edible landscaping and coaxing plants not native to Utah’s cold climate to thrive.