About
Le Dr Nicolas Villard est radiologue interventionnel en Suisse. Il exerce à Genève et à Lausanne. Formé en radiologie en Suisse avec une spécialisation en radiologie interventionnelle, il est expert des traitements mini-invasifs guidés par l’imagerie, notamment en oncologie interventionnelle, interventions vasculaires et traitements percutanés de la douleur.
Expertise areas
Interventional Oncology
Embotherapy
Vascular Malformations
Thyroid / Parathyroid
Pulmonary / Thoracic
Procedures performed
Accès vasculaires / Cathéters
Hepatic arterial catheter/port for intra-arterial chemotherapy
Port management (check, stripping, fibrin sheath)
Midline placement
Venous port placement (port-a-cath)
PICC line placement
Central venous catheter placement
Tunneled dialysis catheter placement
Central venous catheter/endovascular foreign body retrieval
Angioplastie / Stenting
Dialysis AV fistula angioplasty/declotting
Hepatic artery angioplasty (graft)
Renal artery angioplasty
Upper limb artery angioplasty
Mesenteric artery angioplasty
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (CTEPH)
Portal vein angioplasty and stenting
Infrapopliteal (tibial) angioplasty
Femoropopliteal artery angioplasty ± stenting
Iliac artery angioplasty ± stenting
Balloon dilation of biliary stenosis
Biliary metallic stent placement
IVC stenting
SVC stenting
Iliofemoral venous stenting (May-Thurner, post-thrombotic)
Biliaire
Biopsies / Ponctions
Thyroid biopsy/FNA
Deep lymph node biopsy
Percutaneous liver biopsy
Transjugular liver biopsy
Percutaneous mediastinal biopsy
Percutaneous bone biopsy
Percutaneous lung biopsy
Percutaneous renal biopsy
Percutaneous splenic biopsy
Ultrasound-guided superficial biopsy (any site)
Cyst puncture-aspiration
Digestif / Gastro-intestinal
Douleur / Antalgie
Drainages / Collections
Percutaneous cholecystostomy
Abdominopelvic abscess/collection drainage
Hepatic abscess drainage
Guided ascites drainage (paracentesis)
Percutaneous pancreatic collection drainage
Percutaneous biliary drainage
Guided pleural drainage
Tunneled pleural drain placement
Tunneled peritoneal drain placement
Percutaneous nephrostomy
Post-operative collection sclerotherapy
Embolothérapie
Hepatic chemoembolization (TACE)
Post-EVAR endoleak embolization
Intramuscular hemangioma embolization
Hemostatic embolization
Renal angiomyolipoma embolization
High-flow priapism embolization
Arterioportal fistula embolization
Pulmonary AVM embolization
Peripheral AVM embolization
Shoulder embolization (capsulitis / frozen shoulder)
Varicocele embolization
Genicular artery embolization (arthritis)
Prostatic artery embolization (BPH)
Uterine artery embolization (fibroids or adenomyosis)
Uterine artery embolization (postpartum hemorrhage)
Elbow embolization (epicondylitis)
Portal +/- hepatic vein embolization pre-hepatectomy (PVE +/- LVD)
Hemorrhoid embolization (emborrhoid)
Preoperative or palliative bone tumor embolization
Partial splenic embolization
Pelvic venous embolization (congestion syndrome)
Percutaneous glue/thrombin injection in pseudoaneurysm
Hepatic radioembolization (SIRT)
Endovascular visceral aneurysm treatment
Endocrinologie
Hypertension portale
Hémostase / Urgence
Hépatique
Intraoperative image-guided liver ablation
Percutaneous hepatic tumor ablation
Hepatic artery angioplasty (graft)
Percutaneous liver biopsy
Transjugular liver biopsy
Hepatic arterial catheter/port for intra-arterial chemotherapy
Hepatic chemoembolization (TACE)
Hepatic abscess drainage
Guided ascites drainage (paracentesis)
Arterioportal fistula embolization
Portal +/- hepatic vein embolization pre-hepatectomy (PVE +/- LVD)
Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurement
Hepatic radioembolization (SIRT)
Lipiodol CT scan
Symptomatic hepatic cyst sclerotherapy (ethanol)
Malformations vasculaires
Oncologie interventionnelle
Intraoperative image-guided liver ablation
Percutaneous ablation of lymph node recurrence
Percutaneous bone metastasis ablation
Percutaneous hepatic tumor ablation
Percutaneous pulmonary tumor ablation
Percutaneous renal tumor ablation
Percutaneous adrenal tumor ablation
Deep lymph node biopsy
Hepatic arterial catheter/port for intra-arterial chemotherapy
Hepatic chemoembolization (TACE)
Portal +/- hepatic vein embolization pre-hepatectomy (PVE +/- LVD)
Preoperative or palliative bone tumor embolization
Percutaneous intralesional therapeutic agent injection
Hepatic radioembolization (SIRT)
Lesion localization before SBRT (fiducial placement)
Lesion localization before surgery (guide wire, hook, clip)
Lipiodol CT scan
Ostéo-articulaire
Percutaneous osteoid osteoma ablation
Percutaneous bone metastasis ablation
Percutaneous bone biopsy
Benign soft tissue lesion cryoablation
Neuroma cryoablation
Shoulder embolization (capsulitis / frozen shoulder)
Genicular artery embolization (arthritis)
Elbow embolization (epicondylitis)
Preoperative or palliative bone tumor embolization
Pulmonaire / Thoracique
Rénal / Urinaire
Percutaneous renal tumor ablation
Dialysis AV fistula angioplasty/declotting
Renal artery angioplasty
Percutaneous renal biopsy
Endovascular renal denervation (resistant HTN)
Renal angiomyolipoma embolization
Prostatic artery embolization (BPH)
Tunneled dialysis catheter placement
Percutaneous nephrostomy
Symptomatic renal cyst sclerotherapy (ethanol)
Santé de l'homme
Santé de la femme
Sclérothérapie
Thermo-ablation / Cryo-ablation
Intraoperative image-guided liver ablation
Percutaneous osteoid osteoma ablation
Percutaneous ablation of lymph node recurrence
Percutaneous bone metastasis ablation
Percutaneous hepatic tumor ablation
Percutaneous pulmonary tumor ablation
Percutaneous renal tumor ablation
Percutaneous adrenal tumor ablation
Cryoablation of parietal endometriosis nodule
Benign soft tissue lesion cryoablation
Neuroma cryoablation
Endovascular renal denervation (resistant HTN)
Parathyroid adenoma thermal ablation
Thyroid nodule thermal ablation
Thyroïde / Parathyroïde
Vasculaire artériel périphérique
Diagnostic lower limb angiography
Diagnostic upper limb angiography
Dialysis AV fistula angioplasty/declotting
Upper limb artery angioplasty
Infrapopliteal (tibial) angioplasty
Femoropopliteal artery angioplasty ± stenting
Iliac artery angioplasty ± stenting
Post-EVAR endoleak embolization
Percutaneous glue/thrombin injection in pseudoaneurysm
Endovascular visceral aneurysm treatment
Vasculaire veineux
Portal vein angioplasty and stenting
Adrenal venous sampling (aldosterone)
Varicocele embolization
Pelvic venous embolization (congestion syndrome)
IVC filter — placement
IVC filter — retrieval
Diagnostic phlebography
IVC stenting
SVC stenting
Iliofemoral venous stenting (May-Thurner, post-thrombotic)
Professional background
Radiologue interventionnel
2026 — PresentCliniques et Cabinet, Suisse
Médecin cadre en RI
2021 — 2026CHUV, Lausanne
Clinicat en RI
2018 — 2021CHUV, Lausanne
Internat en radiologie
2013 — 2016HUG-HCL-CLB, Genève-Lyon
Education & Degrees
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Spécialiste FMH en radiologie
Suisse, 2018
Consultation locations
CHUV
Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne