Bulent Arslan, MD, FSIR, earned his medical degree at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey. He completed a residency in diagnostic radiology and a fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology at University of Rochester Medical Center, NY. Before joining Rush in 2012, he served as Associate Professor of Radiology & Interdisciplinary Oncology at University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor of Radiology at University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, and at University of Arizona, Tucson. He obtained his full Professorship in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Rush University Medical Center in 2018.

Dr Arslan is board certified in Vascular & Interventional Radiology. His clinical interests include portal interventions, tibio-pedal recanalization for CLI, endovascular management of complex aortic pathologies, deep venous interventions (ilio-caval recanalizations), and percutaneous arterial/venous bypass creation.

An active researcher, Dr. Arslan has participated in more than 50 clinical trials and has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts, as well as several book chapters. A frequent speaker, he has been an invited lecturer at more than 150 regional, national, and international medical conferences. 

Dr. Arslan is a fellow of SIR and a member of AHA, ARRS, RSNA, CIRSE, NANETS, ISNVD, and AMA. 

He currently serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, and Neurosurgery.

He is practicing at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago IL, as the Chair for recently created Vascular & Interventional Service Line.