Dena L Menzel, ANP
Interventional Radiology
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Bio & Overview
Dena Menzel, RN, MSN, ANP, is a nurse practitioner with over 28 years of healthcare experience who specializes in interventional radiology. She sees patients at UVA Radiology Vein and Vascular Care Gainesville, where she provides initial consults and pre- and post-procedure evaluations and performs procedures such as sclerotherapy to treat spider veins. In the hospital setting, Menzel performs procedures such as PICC line insertion, paracentesis, thoracentesis and more.
Menzel received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from DePaul University in Chicago and a master’s degree from George Mason University. She worked in a variety of specialties before taking on her current role at UVA, including transplant surgery, cardiovascular intensive care and emergency medicine.
Menzel and her husband, Tim, live in Haymarket. In their free time, they enjoy travel, hiking, biking and reading.
Academic Information
- Department
- Radiology and Medical Imaging
- Division
- Radiology
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Certification
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP-BC))
Highlights
Dena Menzel video profile
My name is Dena Menzel. I'm a nurse practitioner with the University of Virginia Medical Center Radiology Department. I see patients who usually require minimally invasive image guided procedures. Everything from varicose veins to life-saving procedures, GI leads and OB/GYN and postpartum bleeds. There are so many diseases treated that can be done minimally invasive. It's something now that provides patients options to sometimes open surgeries. It's nice to feel that I have been very excited about. One unique experience that shaped my career was watching a ventri radiologist literally save the life of a woman who had just given birth to her newborn baby. She developed a significant bleed afterwards. It was an emergency situation as the ventri radiologist performed an artery embolization and saved her life. That, to me, was a pivotal moment. I realized I wanted to be a part of that team. One of the most gratifying things about my position is that I can be there for the patients before and after the procedures. It's the patient contact that I find the most gratifying. I enjoy being there for them for anything they need at all.
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