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- Bridgeport Hospital267 Grant StreetBridgeport, CT 06610
- Yale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510
- Yale New Haven Hospital - Saint Raphael CampusYale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus1450 Chapel StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
- Heart and Vascular Center Yale Interventional RadiologySmilow Cancer Hospital at Trumbull5520 Park AvenueTrumbull, CT 06611
Todd Schlachter, MD
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Non-Invasive Vascular Imaging, Interventional Radiology, Pediatric Interventional Radiology
Telehealth is available
Patient type treated
Child, Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From patients or physicians
Biography
Todd Schlachter, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine, whose research interests include liver cancer and diseases involving the liver.
Dr. Schlachter completed his surgical intern year at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and his Radiology Residency from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. After finishing his Interventional Radiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2012, he was hired as an Attending where he focused on treating a wide range of vascular diseases including liver cancer.
Dr. Schlachter is committed to working together to determine the most effective treatments for his patients.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
- Medical co- Director of Pediatric Interventional Radiology , Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Education & Training
- Fellow in Vascular and Interventional RadiologyJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (2012)
- Radiology ResidentUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine (2011)
- Surgical InternHospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2007)
- BSVanderbilt University, Biology and Economics
Additional Information
Publications
- Fish A, Moushey A, Chan SM, Staib L, Marino A, Schlachter T. Cryoablation of Venous Malformations: A Systematic Review. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: 993-1000. PMID: 35469956, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.04.010.
- Fish A, Chan SM, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Transpleural Systemic Artery-to-Pulmonary Artery Shunts: A Potential Mimicker of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 34: 300-303. PMID: 36283590, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.10.028.
- Riaz A, Trivedi P, Aadam AA, Katariya N, Matsuoka L, Malik A, Gunn AJ, Vezeridis A, Sarwar A, Schlachter T, Harmath C, Srinivasa R, Abi-Jaoudeh N, Singh H. Research Priorities in Percutaneous Image- and Endoscopy-Guided Interventions for Biliary and Gallbladder Diseases: Proceedings from the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Multidisciplinary Research Consensus Panel. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: 1247-1257. PMID: 35809805, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.06.025.
- Nezami N, Division of Interventional Radiology and Image-Guided Medicine D, Latich I, Chockalingam A, Arici M, Lee J, Lozada J, Schlachter T, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology D, Department of Surgery B, Department of Radiology M. Safety and feasibility of single use cholecystoscopy for guiding laser or mechanical cholelithotripsy, and mechanical cholelithotomy. Diagnostic And Interventional Radiology 2022, 28: 352-358. PMID: 35950279, PMCID: PMC9634924, DOI: 10.5152/dir.2022.20810.
- Sailer A, Nezami N, Tabeli Bouroujeni P, Fitzgerald K, Borse R, Solomon N, Dixe de Oliveira Santo I, Revzin M, Lubner M, Khot R, Marino A, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Update on Classification and Intravascular US. RadioGraphics 2025, 45: e240240. PMID: 41264511, DOI: 10.1148/rg.240240.
- Hufnagle J, Fish A, Schlachter T. Endovascular Embolization versus Observation of Congenital Renal Arteriovenous Malformations: A Retrospective Study. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2025, 36: 988-993.e1. PMID: 39938714, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2025.02.001.
- Fish A, Knight E, Henderson K, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Criteria for PAVM Reintervention. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2024, 13: 6104. PMID: 39458055, PMCID: PMC11508501, DOI: 10.3390/jcm13206104.
- Fish A, Wang D, Knight E, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Recurrence of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation after Embolization in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2024, 35: 1148-1153. PMID: 38692392, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2024.04.017.
- Fish A, Sailer A, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms: a single-center experience of endovascular occlusion. CVIR Endovascular 2023, 6: 60. PMID: 38041788, PMCID: PMC10693537, DOI: 10.1186/s42155-023-00411-9.
- Kuhn T, Kahl V, Wang Y, Berz A, Shewarega A, Santana J, Antoch G, Chapiro J, Schlachter T, Madoff D. Hepatic Hypertrophy in Normal and Cirrhotic Livers Following Portal Vein Embolization: Comparative Assessment of 2 Different Embolic Regimens in a Large Animal Model. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 34: 2162-2172.e2. PMID: 37634850, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.08.024.
- Atiles J, Cornman-Homonoff J, Schlachter T. Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Creation of a Gastric Vein to Cava Shunt in a Patient with Variceal Hemorrhage and Portal Vein Occlusion. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 34: 1278-1279. PMID: 37380248, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.02.003.
- Megahed A, Schlachter T, Cornman-Homonoff J. Large left varicocele in a patient with portal hypertension treated via transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement and both variceal and varicocele embolization. BMC Urology 2023, 23: 94. PMID: 37189067, PMCID: PMC10184390, DOI: 10.1186/s12894-023-01268-9.
- Fish A, Chan S, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Twenty-Seven-Year Retrospective Review of Hemoptysis from Systemic Collaterals Following Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Embolization. CardioVascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 46: 670-674. PMID: 37052715, DOI: 10.1007/s00270-023-03435-9.
- Megahed A, Atiles J, Schlachter T, Cornman-Homonoff J. Mesocaval Shunt Creation for Treatment of Bleeding Ectopic Varices in a Patient with Cavernous Transformation of the Portomesenteric System. CardioVascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 46: 973-975. PMID: 37043076, DOI: 10.1007/s00270-023-03439-5.
- Savic L, Chen E, Nezami N, Murali N, Hamm C, Wang C, Lin M, Schlachter T, Hong K, Georgiades C, Chapiro J, Gaupp F. Conventional vs. Drug-Eluting Beads Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma—A Propensity Score Weighted Comparison of Efficacy and Safety. Cancers 2022, 14: 5847. PMID: 36497329, PMCID: PMC9738175, DOI: 10.3390/cancers14235847.
- Berz AM, Santana JG, Iseke S, Gross M, Pekurovsky V, Laage Gaupp F, Savic LJ, Borde T, Gottwald LA, Boustani AM, Gebauer B, Lin M, Zhang X, Schlachter T, Madoff DC, Chapiro J. Impact of Chemoembolic Regimen on Immune Cell Recruitment and Immune Checkpoint Marker Expression following Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in a VX2 Rabbit Liver Tumor Model. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: 764-774.e4. PMID: 35346859, PMCID: PMC9344951, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.026.
- Brejt S, Sobolevsky S, Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Duran R, Tacher V, Zamboni C, Higgins L, Geschwind J. Interventional radiology. 2022, 2774-2803. DOI: 10.1002/9781119600206.ch139.
- Malpani R, Petty CW, Yang J, Bhatt N, Zeevi T, Chockalingam V, Raju R, Petukhova-Greenstein A, Santana JG, Schlachter TR, Madoff DC, Chapiro J, Duncan J, Lin M. Quantitative Automated Segmentation of Lipiodol Deposits on Cone-Beam CT Imaging Acquired during Transarterial Chemoembolization for Liver Tumors: A Deep Learning Approach. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2021, 33: 324-332.e2. PMID: 34923098, PMCID: PMC8972393, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.12.017.
- Doemel LA, Santana JG, Savic LJ, Gaupp FML, Borde T, Petukhova-Greenstein A, Kucukkaya AS, Schobert IT, Hamm CA, Gebauer B, Walsh JJ, Rexha I, Hyder F, Lin M, Madoff DC, Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Coman D. Comparison of metabolic and immunologic responses to transarterial chemoembolization with different chemoembolic regimens in a rabbit VX2 liver tumor model. European Radiology 2021, 32: 2437-2447. PMID: 34718844, PMCID: PMC9359419, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-021-08337-3.
- Fish A, Henderson K, Moushey A, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Incidence of Spontaneous Pulmonary AVM Rupture in HHT Patients. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2021, 10: 4714. PMID: 34682838, PMCID: PMC8540859, DOI: 10.3390/jcm10204714.
- Moushey A, Chen A, Gaupp F, Schlachter T. Introduction to IVC Filter Retrieval. CSurgeries 2021 DOI: 10.17797/2021081302.
- Letzen BS, Malpani R, Miszczuk M, de Ruiter QMB, Petty CW, Rexha I, Nezami N, Laage-Gaupp F, Lin M, Schlachter TR, Chapiro J. Lipiodol as an intra-procedural imaging biomarker for liver tumor response to transarterial chemoembolization: Post-hoc analysis of a prospective clinical trial. Clinical Imaging 2021, 78: 194-200. PMID: 34022765, PMCID: PMC8364875, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.05.007.
- Chai NX, Chapiro J, Petukhova A, Gross M, Kucukkaya A, Raju R, Zeevi T, Elbanan M, Lin M, Perez-Lozada JC, Schlachter T, Strazzabosco M, Pollak JS, Madoff DC. Thermal ablation alone vs thermal ablation combined with transarterial chemoembolization for patients with small (<3 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical Imaging 2021, 76: 123-129. PMID: 33592550, PMCID: PMC8217099, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.01.043.
- Oestmann PM, Wang CJ, Savic LJ, Hamm CA, Stark S, Schobert I, Gebauer B, Schlachter T, Lin M, Weinreb JC, Batra R, Mulligan D, Zhang X, Duncan JS, Chapiro J. Deep learning–assisted differentiation of pathologically proven atypical and typical hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) versus non-HCC on contrast-enhanced MRI of the liver. European Radiology 2021, 31: 4981-4990. PMID: 33409782, PMCID: PMC8222094, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07559-1.
- Doemel LA, Chapiro J, Laage Gaupp F, Savic LJ, Kucukkaya AS, Petukhova A, Tefera J, Zeevi T, Lin M, Schlachter T, Jaffe A, Strazzabosco M, Patel T, Stein SM. Reliable prediction of survival in advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib: comparing 1D and 3D quantitative tumor response criteria on MRI. European Radiology 2020, 31: 2737-2746. PMID: 33123796, PMCID: PMC8043967, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07381-9.
- Stark S, Wang C, Savic LJ, Letzen B, Schobert I, Miszczuk M, Murali N, Oestmann P, Gebauer B, Lin M, Duncan J, Schlachter T, Chapiro J. Automated feature quantification of Lipiodol as imaging biomarker to predict therapeutic efficacy of conventional transarterial chemoembolization of liver cancer. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 18026. PMID: 33093524, PMCID: PMC7582153, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75120-7.
- Savic LJ, Chapiro J, Funai E, Bousabarah K, Schobert IT, Isufi E, Geschwind JH, Stark S, He P, Rudek MA, Perez Lozada JC, Ayyagari R, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Prospective study of Lipiodol distribution as an imaging marker for doxorubicin pharmacokinetics during conventional transarterial chemoembolization of liver malignancies. European Radiology 2020, 31: 3002-3014. PMID: 33063185, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07380-w.
- Borde T, Gaupp F, Geschwind JF, Savic LJ, Miszczuk M, Rexha I, Adam L, Walsh JJ, Huber S, Duncan JS, Peters DC, Sinusas A, Schlachter T, Gebauer B, Hyder F, Coman D, van Breugel JMM, Chapiro J. Idarubicin-Loaded ONCOZENE Drug-Eluting Bead Chemoembolization in a Rabbit Liver Tumor Model: Investigating Safety, Therapeutic Efficacy, and Effects on Tumor Microenvironment. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 31: 1706-1716.e1. PMID: 32684417, PMCID: PMC7541537, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2020.04.010.
- Bousabarah K, Letzen B, Tefera J, Savic L, Schobert I, Schlachter T, Staib LH, Kocher M, Chapiro J, Lin M. Automated detection and delineation of hepatocellular carcinoma on multiphasic contrast-enhanced MRI using deep learning. Abdominal Radiology 2020, 46: 216-225. PMID: 32500237, PMCID: PMC7714704, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-020-02604-5.
- Schobert IT, Savic LJ, Chapiro J, Bousabarah K, Chen E, Laage-Gaupp F, Tefera J, Nezami N, Lin M, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios as predictors of tumor response in hepatocellular carcinoma after DEB-TACE. European Radiology 2020, 30: 5663-5673. PMID: 32424595, PMCID: PMC7483919, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-06931-5.
- Miszczuk MA, Chapiro J, Geschwind JH, Thakur V, Nezami N, Laage-Gaupp F, Kulon M, van Breugel JMM, Fereydooni A, Lin M, Savic LJ, Tegel B, Wahlin T, Funai E, Schlachter T. Lipiodol as an Imaging Biomarker of Tumor Response After Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization: Prospective Clinical Validation in Patients with Primary and Secondary Liver Cancer. Translational Oncology 2020, 13: 100742. PMID: 32092672, PMCID: PMC7036424, DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2020.01.003.
- Savic LJ, Schobert I, Peters D, Walsh JJ, Laage-Gaupp F, Hamm CA, Tritz N, Doemel LA, Lin M, Sinusas A, Schlachter T, Duncan JS, Hyder F, Coman D, Chapiro J. Molecular Imaging of Extracellular Tumor pH to Reveal Effects of Locoregional Therapy on Liver Cancer Microenvironment. Clinical Cancer Research 2020, 26: 428-438. PMID: 31582517, PMCID: PMC7244230, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-1702.
- Nezami N, Benchetrit L, Latich I, Schlachter T. Cholangiolithiasis postliver transplantation: Successful treatment utilizing percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy and laser lithotripsy. Radiology Case Reports 2019, 14: 1459-1466. PMID: 31641393, PMCID: PMC6796643, DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2019.09.020.
- Wang CJ, Hamm CA, Savic LJ, Ferrante M, Schobert I, Schlachter T, Lin M, Weinreb JC, Duncan JS, Chapiro J, Letzen B. Deep learning for liver tumor diagnosis part II: convolutional neural network interpretation using radiologic imaging features. European Radiology 2019, 29: 3348-3357. PMID: 31093705, PMCID: PMC7243989, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-019-06214-8.
- Hamm CA, Wang CJ, Savic LJ, Ferrante M, Schobert I, Schlachter T, Lin M, Duncan JS, Weinreb JC, Chapiro J, Letzen B. Deep learning for liver tumor diagnosis part I: development of a convolutional neural network classifier for multi-phasic MRI. European Radiology 2019, 29: 3338-3347. PMID: 31016442, PMCID: PMC7251621, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-019-06205-9.
- Schobert I, Chapiro J, Nezami N, Hamm CA, Gebauer B, Lin M, Pollak J, Saperstein L, Schlachter T, Savic LJ. Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers for 90Y Distribution on Bremsstrahlung SPECT After Resin-Based Radioembolization. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2019, 60: 1066-1072. PMID: 30655331, PMCID: PMC6681698, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.118.219691.
- Fereydooni A, Letzen B, Ghani MA, Miszczuk MA, Huber S, Chapiro J, Schlachter T, Geschwind JF, Georgiades C. Irinotecan-Eluting 75–150-μm Embolics Lobar Chemoembolization in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: A Prospective Single-Center Phase I Study. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2018, 29: 1646-1653.e5. PMID: 30337148, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.08.010.
- Abajian A, Murali N, Savic LJ, Laage-Gaupp FM, Nezami N, Duncan JS, Schlachter T, Lin M, Geschwind JF, Chapiro J. Predicting Treatment Response to Image-Guided Therapies Using Machine Learning: An Example for Trans-Arterial Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2018 PMID: 30371657, PMCID: PMC6235502, DOI: 10.3791/58382.
- Abajian A, Murali N, Savic L, Laage-Gaupp F, Nezami N, Duncan J, Schlachter T, Lin M, Geschwind J, Chapiro J. Predicting Treatment Response to Image-Guided Therapies Using Machine Learning: An Example for Trans-Arterial Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2018 DOI: 10.3791/58382-v.
- Abajian A, Murali N, Savic LJ, Laage-Gaupp FM, Nezami N, Duncan JS, Schlachter T, Lin M, Geschwind JF, Chapiro J. Predicting Treatment Response to Intra-arterial Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with the Use of Supervised Machine Learning—An Artificial Intelligence Concept. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2018, 29: 850-857.e1. PMID: 29548875, PMCID: PMC5970021, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.769.
- Chiaradia M, Izamis ML, Radaelli A, Prevoo W, Maleux G, Schlachter T, Mayer J, Luciani A, Kobeiter H, Tacher V. Sensitivity and Reproducibility of Automated Feeding Artery Detection Software during Transarterial Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2018, 29: 425-431. PMID: 29402612, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2017.10.025.
- Do Minh D, Chapiro J, Gorodetski B, Huang Q, Liu C, Smolka S, Savic LJ, Wainstejn D, Lin M, Schlachter T, Gebauer B, Geschwind JF. Intra-arterial therapy of neuroendocrine tumour liver metastases: comparing conventional TACE, drug-eluting beads TACE and yttrium-90 radioembolisation as treatment options using a propensity score analysis model. European Radiology 2017, 27: 4995-5005. PMID: 28677067, PMCID: PMC5675796, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-017-4856-2.
- Gorodetski B, Chapiro J, Schernthaner R, Duran R, Lin M, Lee H, Lenis D, Stuart EA, Nonyane BA, Pekurovsky V, Tamrazi A, Gebauer B, Schlachter T, Pawlik TM, Geschwind JF. Advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein thrombosis: conventional versus drug-eluting beads transcatheter arterial chemoembolization. European Radiology 2016, 27: 526-535. PMID: 27277261, PMCID: PMC5470590, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-016-4445-9.
- Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Duran R, Tacher V, Zamboni C, Higgins L, Geschwind J. Interventional Radiology. 2016, 842-859. DOI: 10.1002/9781118512104.ch91.
- Duran R, Sharma K, Dreher MR, Ashrafi K, Mirpour S, Lin M, Schernthaner RE, Schlachter TR, Tacher V, Lewis AL, Willis S, Hartog M, Radaelli A, Negussie AH, Wood BJ, Geschwind JF. A Novel Inherently Radiopaque Bead for Transarterial Embolization to Treat Liver Cancer - A Pre-clinical Study. Theranostics 2016, 6: 28-39. PMID: 26722371, PMCID: PMC4679352, DOI: 10.7150/thno.13137.
- Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Duran R, Tacher V, Zamboni C, Higgins L, Geschwind J. Interventional Radiology. 2015, 2909-2943. DOI: 10.1002/9781118512074.ch152.
- Ahmed S, Schlachter TR, Hong K. Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy. Techniques In Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2015, 18: 201-209. PMID: 26615160, DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2015.07.003.
- Chapiro J, Duran R, Lin M, Mungo B, Schlachter T, Schernthaner R, Gorodetski B, Wang Z, Geschwind JF. Transarterial chemoembolization in soft-tissue sarcoma metastases to the liver – The use of imaging biomarkers as predictors of patient survival. European Journal Of Radiology 2014, 84: 424-430. PMID: 25542065, PMCID: PMC4315698, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.11.034.
- Li L, Masica D, Ishida M, Tomuleasa C, Umegaki S, Kalloo AN, Georgiades C, Singh VK, Khashab M, Amateau S, Li Z, Okolo P, Lennon AM, Saxena P, Geschwind JF, Schlachter T, Hong K, Pawlik TM, Canto M, Law J, Sharaiha R, Weiss CR, Thuluvath P, Goggins M, Shin EJ, Peng H, Kumbhari V, Hutfless S, Zhou L, Mezey E, Meltzer SJ, Karchin R, Selaru FM. Human bile contains microRNA-laden extracellular vesicles that can be used for cholangiocarcinoma diagnosis. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2014, 60: 896-907. PMID: 24497320, PMCID: PMC4121391, DOI: 10.1002/hep.27050.
- Duran R, Chapiro J, Frangakis C, Lin M, Schlachter TR, Schernthaner RE, Wang Z, Savic LJ, Tacher V, Kamel IR, Geschwind JF. Uveal Melanoma Metastatic to the Liver: The Role of Quantitative Volumetric Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging in the Assessment of Early Tumor Response after Transarterial Chemoembolization. Translational Oncology 2014, 7: 447-455. PMID: 24953419, PMCID: PMC4202794, DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2014.05.004.
- Schlachter TR, Wu Q, Matlyuk-Urman Z. AIRP Best Cases in Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation: Synovial Chondrosarcoma. RadioGraphics 2011, 31: 1883-1888. PMID: 22084177, DOI: 10.1148/rg.317105210.
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- Bridgeport Hospital267 Grant StreetBridgeport, CT 06610
- Yale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510
- Yale New Haven Hospital - Saint Raphael CampusYale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus1450 Chapel StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
- Heart and Vascular Center Yale Interventional RadiologySmilow Cancer Hospital at Trumbull5520 Park AvenueTrumbull, CT 06611
Biography
Todd Schlachter, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine, whose research interests include liver cancer and diseases involving the liver.
Dr. Schlachter completed his surgical intern year at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and his Radiology Residency from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. After finishing his Interventional Radiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2012, he was hired as an Attending where he focused on treating a wide range of vascular diseases including liver cancer.
Dr. Schlachter is committed to working together to determine the most effective treatments for his patients.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
- Medical co- Director of Pediatric Interventional Radiology , Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Education & Training
- Fellow in Vascular and Interventional RadiologyJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (2012)
- Radiology ResidentUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine (2011)
- Surgical InternHospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2007)
- BSVanderbilt University, Biology and Economics
Additional Information
Publications
- Fish A, Moushey A, Chan SM, Staib L, Marino A, Schlachter T. Cryoablation of Venous Malformations: A Systematic Review. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: 993-1000. PMID: 35469956, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.04.010.
- Fish A, Chan SM, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Transpleural Systemic Artery-to-Pulmonary Artery Shunts: A Potential Mimicker of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 34: 300-303. PMID: 36283590, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.10.028.
- Riaz A, Trivedi P, Aadam AA, Katariya N, Matsuoka L, Malik A, Gunn AJ, Vezeridis A, Sarwar A, Schlachter T, Harmath C, Srinivasa R, Abi-Jaoudeh N, Singh H. Research Priorities in Percutaneous Image- and Endoscopy-Guided Interventions for Biliary and Gallbladder Diseases: Proceedings from the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Multidisciplinary Research Consensus Panel. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: 1247-1257. PMID: 35809805, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.06.025.
- Nezami N, Division of Interventional Radiology and Image-Guided Medicine D, Latich I, Chockalingam A, Arici M, Lee J, Lozada J, Schlachter T, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology D, Department of Surgery B, Department of Radiology M. Safety and feasibility of single use cholecystoscopy for guiding laser or mechanical cholelithotripsy, and mechanical cholelithotomy. Diagnostic And Interventional Radiology 2022, 28: 352-358. PMID: 35950279, PMCID: PMC9634924, DOI: 10.5152/dir.2022.20810.
- Sailer A, Nezami N, Tabeli Bouroujeni P, Fitzgerald K, Borse R, Solomon N, Dixe de Oliveira Santo I, Revzin M, Lubner M, Khot R, Marino A, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Update on Classification and Intravascular US. RadioGraphics 2025, 45: e240240. PMID: 41264511, DOI: 10.1148/rg.240240.
- Hufnagle J, Fish A, Schlachter T. Endovascular Embolization versus Observation of Congenital Renal Arteriovenous Malformations: A Retrospective Study. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2025, 36: 988-993.e1. PMID: 39938714, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2025.02.001.
- Fish A, Knight E, Henderson K, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Criteria for PAVM Reintervention. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2024, 13: 6104. PMID: 39458055, PMCID: PMC11508501, DOI: 10.3390/jcm13206104.
- Fish A, Wang D, Knight E, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Recurrence of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation after Embolization in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2024, 35: 1148-1153. PMID: 38692392, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2024.04.017.
- Fish A, Sailer A, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms: a single-center experience of endovascular occlusion. CVIR Endovascular 2023, 6: 60. PMID: 38041788, PMCID: PMC10693537, DOI: 10.1186/s42155-023-00411-9.
- Kuhn T, Kahl V, Wang Y, Berz A, Shewarega A, Santana J, Antoch G, Chapiro J, Schlachter T, Madoff D. Hepatic Hypertrophy in Normal and Cirrhotic Livers Following Portal Vein Embolization: Comparative Assessment of 2 Different Embolic Regimens in a Large Animal Model. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 34: 2162-2172.e2. PMID: 37634850, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.08.024.
- Atiles J, Cornman-Homonoff J, Schlachter T. Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Creation of a Gastric Vein to Cava Shunt in a Patient with Variceal Hemorrhage and Portal Vein Occlusion. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 34: 1278-1279. PMID: 37380248, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.02.003.
- Megahed A, Schlachter T, Cornman-Homonoff J. Large left varicocele in a patient with portal hypertension treated via transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement and both variceal and varicocele embolization. BMC Urology 2023, 23: 94. PMID: 37189067, PMCID: PMC10184390, DOI: 10.1186/s12894-023-01268-9.
- Fish A, Chan S, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Twenty-Seven-Year Retrospective Review of Hemoptysis from Systemic Collaterals Following Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Embolization. CardioVascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 46: 670-674. PMID: 37052715, DOI: 10.1007/s00270-023-03435-9.
- Megahed A, Atiles J, Schlachter T, Cornman-Homonoff J. Mesocaval Shunt Creation for Treatment of Bleeding Ectopic Varices in a Patient with Cavernous Transformation of the Portomesenteric System. CardioVascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 46: 973-975. PMID: 37043076, DOI: 10.1007/s00270-023-03439-5.
- Savic L, Chen E, Nezami N, Murali N, Hamm C, Wang C, Lin M, Schlachter T, Hong K, Georgiades C, Chapiro J, Gaupp F. Conventional vs. Drug-Eluting Beads Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma—A Propensity Score Weighted Comparison of Efficacy and Safety. Cancers 2022, 14: 5847. PMID: 36497329, PMCID: PMC9738175, DOI: 10.3390/cancers14235847.
- Berz AM, Santana JG, Iseke S, Gross M, Pekurovsky V, Laage Gaupp F, Savic LJ, Borde T, Gottwald LA, Boustani AM, Gebauer B, Lin M, Zhang X, Schlachter T, Madoff DC, Chapiro J. Impact of Chemoembolic Regimen on Immune Cell Recruitment and Immune Checkpoint Marker Expression following Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in a VX2 Rabbit Liver Tumor Model. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: 764-774.e4. PMID: 35346859, PMCID: PMC9344951, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.026.
- Brejt S, Sobolevsky S, Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Duran R, Tacher V, Zamboni C, Higgins L, Geschwind J. Interventional radiology. 2022, 2774-2803. DOI: 10.1002/9781119600206.ch139.
- Malpani R, Petty CW, Yang J, Bhatt N, Zeevi T, Chockalingam V, Raju R, Petukhova-Greenstein A, Santana JG, Schlachter TR, Madoff DC, Chapiro J, Duncan J, Lin M. Quantitative Automated Segmentation of Lipiodol Deposits on Cone-Beam CT Imaging Acquired during Transarterial Chemoembolization for Liver Tumors: A Deep Learning Approach. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2021, 33: 324-332.e2. PMID: 34923098, PMCID: PMC8972393, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.12.017.
- Doemel LA, Santana JG, Savic LJ, Gaupp FML, Borde T, Petukhova-Greenstein A, Kucukkaya AS, Schobert IT, Hamm CA, Gebauer B, Walsh JJ, Rexha I, Hyder F, Lin M, Madoff DC, Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Coman D. Comparison of metabolic and immunologic responses to transarterial chemoembolization with different chemoembolic regimens in a rabbit VX2 liver tumor model. European Radiology 2021, 32: 2437-2447. PMID: 34718844, PMCID: PMC9359419, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-021-08337-3.
- Fish A, Henderson K, Moushey A, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Incidence of Spontaneous Pulmonary AVM Rupture in HHT Patients. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2021, 10: 4714. PMID: 34682838, PMCID: PMC8540859, DOI: 10.3390/jcm10204714.
- Moushey A, Chen A, Gaupp F, Schlachter T. Introduction to IVC Filter Retrieval. CSurgeries 2021 DOI: 10.17797/2021081302.
- Letzen BS, Malpani R, Miszczuk M, de Ruiter QMB, Petty CW, Rexha I, Nezami N, Laage-Gaupp F, Lin M, Schlachter TR, Chapiro J. Lipiodol as an intra-procedural imaging biomarker for liver tumor response to transarterial chemoembolization: Post-hoc analysis of a prospective clinical trial. Clinical Imaging 2021, 78: 194-200. PMID: 34022765, PMCID: PMC8364875, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.05.007.
- Chai NX, Chapiro J, Petukhova A, Gross M, Kucukkaya A, Raju R, Zeevi T, Elbanan M, Lin M, Perez-Lozada JC, Schlachter T, Strazzabosco M, Pollak JS, Madoff DC. Thermal ablation alone vs thermal ablation combined with transarterial chemoembolization for patients with small (<3 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical Imaging 2021, 76: 123-129. PMID: 33592550, PMCID: PMC8217099, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.01.043.
- Oestmann PM, Wang CJ, Savic LJ, Hamm CA, Stark S, Schobert I, Gebauer B, Schlachter T, Lin M, Weinreb JC, Batra R, Mulligan D, Zhang X, Duncan JS, Chapiro J. Deep learning–assisted differentiation of pathologically proven atypical and typical hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) versus non-HCC on contrast-enhanced MRI of the liver. European Radiology 2021, 31: 4981-4990. PMID: 33409782, PMCID: PMC8222094, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07559-1.
- Doemel LA, Chapiro J, Laage Gaupp F, Savic LJ, Kucukkaya AS, Petukhova A, Tefera J, Zeevi T, Lin M, Schlachter T, Jaffe A, Strazzabosco M, Patel T, Stein SM. Reliable prediction of survival in advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib: comparing 1D and 3D quantitative tumor response criteria on MRI. European Radiology 2020, 31: 2737-2746. PMID: 33123796, PMCID: PMC8043967, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07381-9.
- Stark S, Wang C, Savic LJ, Letzen B, Schobert I, Miszczuk M, Murali N, Oestmann P, Gebauer B, Lin M, Duncan J, Schlachter T, Chapiro J. Automated feature quantification of Lipiodol as imaging biomarker to predict therapeutic efficacy of conventional transarterial chemoembolization of liver cancer. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 18026. PMID: 33093524, PMCID: PMC7582153, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75120-7.
- Savic LJ, Chapiro J, Funai E, Bousabarah K, Schobert IT, Isufi E, Geschwind JH, Stark S, He P, Rudek MA, Perez Lozada JC, Ayyagari R, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Prospective study of Lipiodol distribution as an imaging marker for doxorubicin pharmacokinetics during conventional transarterial chemoembolization of liver malignancies. European Radiology 2020, 31: 3002-3014. PMID: 33063185, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07380-w.
- Borde T, Gaupp F, Geschwind JF, Savic LJ, Miszczuk M, Rexha I, Adam L, Walsh JJ, Huber S, Duncan JS, Peters DC, Sinusas A, Schlachter T, Gebauer B, Hyder F, Coman D, van Breugel JMM, Chapiro J. Idarubicin-Loaded ONCOZENE Drug-Eluting Bead Chemoembolization in a Rabbit Liver Tumor Model: Investigating Safety, Therapeutic Efficacy, and Effects on Tumor Microenvironment. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 31: 1706-1716.e1. PMID: 32684417, PMCID: PMC7541537, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2020.04.010.
- Bousabarah K, Letzen B, Tefera J, Savic L, Schobert I, Schlachter T, Staib LH, Kocher M, Chapiro J, Lin M. Automated detection and delineation of hepatocellular carcinoma on multiphasic contrast-enhanced MRI using deep learning. Abdominal Radiology 2020, 46: 216-225. PMID: 32500237, PMCID: PMC7714704, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-020-02604-5.
- Schobert IT, Savic LJ, Chapiro J, Bousabarah K, Chen E, Laage-Gaupp F, Tefera J, Nezami N, Lin M, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios as predictors of tumor response in hepatocellular carcinoma after DEB-TACE. European Radiology 2020, 30: 5663-5673. PMID: 32424595, PMCID: PMC7483919, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-06931-5.
- Miszczuk MA, Chapiro J, Geschwind JH, Thakur V, Nezami N, Laage-Gaupp F, Kulon M, van Breugel JMM, Fereydooni A, Lin M, Savic LJ, Tegel B, Wahlin T, Funai E, Schlachter T. Lipiodol as an Imaging Biomarker of Tumor Response After Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization: Prospective Clinical Validation in Patients with Primary and Secondary Liver Cancer. Translational Oncology 2020, 13: 100742. PMID: 32092672, PMCID: PMC7036424, DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2020.01.003.
- Savic LJ, Schobert I, Peters D, Walsh JJ, Laage-Gaupp F, Hamm CA, Tritz N, Doemel LA, Lin M, Sinusas A, Schlachter T, Duncan JS, Hyder F, Coman D, Chapiro J. Molecular Imaging of Extracellular Tumor pH to Reveal Effects of Locoregional Therapy on Liver Cancer Microenvironment. Clinical Cancer Research 2020, 26: 428-438. PMID: 31582517, PMCID: PMC7244230, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-1702.
- Nezami N, Benchetrit L, Latich I, Schlachter T. Cholangiolithiasis postliver transplantation: Successful treatment utilizing percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy and laser lithotripsy. Radiology Case Reports 2019, 14: 1459-1466. PMID: 31641393, PMCID: PMC6796643, DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2019.09.020.
- Wang CJ, Hamm CA, Savic LJ, Ferrante M, Schobert I, Schlachter T, Lin M, Weinreb JC, Duncan JS, Chapiro J, Letzen B. Deep learning for liver tumor diagnosis part II: convolutional neural network interpretation using radiologic imaging features. European Radiology 2019, 29: 3348-3357. PMID: 31093705, PMCID: PMC7243989, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-019-06214-8.
- Hamm CA, Wang CJ, Savic LJ, Ferrante M, Schobert I, Schlachter T, Lin M, Duncan JS, Weinreb JC, Chapiro J, Letzen B. Deep learning for liver tumor diagnosis part I: development of a convolutional neural network classifier for multi-phasic MRI. European Radiology 2019, 29: 3338-3347. PMID: 31016442, PMCID: PMC7251621, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-019-06205-9.
- Schobert I, Chapiro J, Nezami N, Hamm CA, Gebauer B, Lin M, Pollak J, Saperstein L, Schlachter T, Savic LJ. Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers for 90Y Distribution on Bremsstrahlung SPECT After Resin-Based Radioembolization. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2019, 60: 1066-1072. PMID: 30655331, PMCID: PMC6681698, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.118.219691.
- Fereydooni A, Letzen B, Ghani MA, Miszczuk MA, Huber S, Chapiro J, Schlachter T, Geschwind JF, Georgiades C. Irinotecan-Eluting 75–150-μm Embolics Lobar Chemoembolization in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: A Prospective Single-Center Phase I Study. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2018, 29: 1646-1653.e5. PMID: 30337148, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.08.010.
- Abajian A, Murali N, Savic LJ, Laage-Gaupp FM, Nezami N, Duncan JS, Schlachter T, Lin M, Geschwind JF, Chapiro J. Predicting Treatment Response to Image-Guided Therapies Using Machine Learning: An Example for Trans-Arterial Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2018 PMID: 30371657, PMCID: PMC6235502, DOI: 10.3791/58382.
- Abajian A, Murali N, Savic L, Laage-Gaupp F, Nezami N, Duncan J, Schlachter T, Lin M, Geschwind J, Chapiro J. Predicting Treatment Response to Image-Guided Therapies Using Machine Learning: An Example for Trans-Arterial Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2018 DOI: 10.3791/58382-v.
- Abajian A, Murali N, Savic LJ, Laage-Gaupp FM, Nezami N, Duncan JS, Schlachter T, Lin M, Geschwind JF, Chapiro J. Predicting Treatment Response to Intra-arterial Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with the Use of Supervised Machine Learning—An Artificial Intelligence Concept. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2018, 29: 850-857.e1. PMID: 29548875, PMCID: PMC5970021, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.769.
- Chiaradia M, Izamis ML, Radaelli A, Prevoo W, Maleux G, Schlachter T, Mayer J, Luciani A, Kobeiter H, Tacher V. Sensitivity and Reproducibility of Automated Feeding Artery Detection Software during Transarterial Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2018, 29: 425-431. PMID: 29402612, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2017.10.025.
- Do Minh D, Chapiro J, Gorodetski B, Huang Q, Liu C, Smolka S, Savic LJ, Wainstejn D, Lin M, Schlachter T, Gebauer B, Geschwind JF. Intra-arterial therapy of neuroendocrine tumour liver metastases: comparing conventional TACE, drug-eluting beads TACE and yttrium-90 radioembolisation as treatment options using a propensity score analysis model. European Radiology 2017, 27: 4995-5005. PMID: 28677067, PMCID: PMC5675796, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-017-4856-2.
- Gorodetski B, Chapiro J, Schernthaner R, Duran R, Lin M, Lee H, Lenis D, Stuart EA, Nonyane BA, Pekurovsky V, Tamrazi A, Gebauer B, Schlachter T, Pawlik TM, Geschwind JF. Advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein thrombosis: conventional versus drug-eluting beads transcatheter arterial chemoembolization. European Radiology 2016, 27: 526-535. PMID: 27277261, PMCID: PMC5470590, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-016-4445-9.
- Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Duran R, Tacher V, Zamboni C, Higgins L, Geschwind J. Interventional Radiology. 2016, 842-859. DOI: 10.1002/9781118512104.ch91.
- Duran R, Sharma K, Dreher MR, Ashrafi K, Mirpour S, Lin M, Schernthaner RE, Schlachter TR, Tacher V, Lewis AL, Willis S, Hartog M, Radaelli A, Negussie AH, Wood BJ, Geschwind JF. A Novel Inherently Radiopaque Bead for Transarterial Embolization to Treat Liver Cancer - A Pre-clinical Study. Theranostics 2016, 6: 28-39. PMID: 26722371, PMCID: PMC4679352, DOI: 10.7150/thno.13137.
- Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Duran R, Tacher V, Zamboni C, Higgins L, Geschwind J. Interventional Radiology. 2015, 2909-2943. DOI: 10.1002/9781118512074.ch152.
- Ahmed S, Schlachter TR, Hong K. Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy. Techniques In Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2015, 18: 201-209. PMID: 26615160, DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2015.07.003.
- Chapiro J, Duran R, Lin M, Mungo B, Schlachter T, Schernthaner R, Gorodetski B, Wang Z, Geschwind JF. Transarterial chemoembolization in soft-tissue sarcoma metastases to the liver – The use of imaging biomarkers as predictors of patient survival. European Journal Of Radiology 2014, 84: 424-430. PMID: 25542065, PMCID: PMC4315698, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.11.034.
- Li L, Masica D, Ishida M, Tomuleasa C, Umegaki S, Kalloo AN, Georgiades C, Singh VK, Khashab M, Amateau S, Li Z, Okolo P, Lennon AM, Saxena P, Geschwind JF, Schlachter T, Hong K, Pawlik TM, Canto M, Law J, Sharaiha R, Weiss CR, Thuluvath P, Goggins M, Shin EJ, Peng H, Kumbhari V, Hutfless S, Zhou L, Mezey E, Meltzer SJ, Karchin R, Selaru FM. Human bile contains microRNA-laden extracellular vesicles that can be used for cholangiocarcinoma diagnosis. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2014, 60: 896-907. PMID: 24497320, PMCID: PMC4121391, DOI: 10.1002/hep.27050.
- Duran R, Chapiro J, Frangakis C, Lin M, Schlachter TR, Schernthaner RE, Wang Z, Savic LJ, Tacher V, Kamel IR, Geschwind JF. Uveal Melanoma Metastatic to the Liver: The Role of Quantitative Volumetric Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging in the Assessment of Early Tumor Response after Transarterial Chemoembolization. Translational Oncology 2014, 7: 447-455. PMID: 24953419, PMCID: PMC4202794, DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2014.05.004.
- Schlachter TR, Wu Q, Matlyuk-Urman Z. AIRP Best Cases in Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation: Synovial Chondrosarcoma. RadioGraphics 2011, 31: 1883-1888. PMID: 22084177, DOI: 10.1148/rg.317105210.
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- Bridgeport Hospital267 Grant StreetBridgeport, CT 06610
- Yale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510
- Yale New Haven Hospital - Saint Raphael CampusYale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus1450 Chapel StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
- Heart and Vascular Center Yale Interventional RadiologySmilow Cancer Hospital at Trumbull5520 Park AvenueTrumbull, CT 06611
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- Bridgeport Hospital267 Grant StreetBridgeport, CT 06610
- Yale New Haven Hospital20 York StreetNew Haven, CT 06510
- Yale New Haven Hospital - Saint Raphael CampusYale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus1450 Chapel StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
- Heart and Vascular Center Yale Interventional RadiologySmilow Cancer Hospital at Trumbull5520 Park AvenueTrumbull, CT 06611