The leading edge
Interview with Francis R. Facchini, MD, FSIR
As a patient-focused, technology-driven specialty, interventional radiology has always valued the role that innovation and business acumen play in improving patient care.
In this series, IRQ speaks with IRs who hold corporate leadership positions to learn more about their career paths and why they felt pulled from the IR suite to the C-suite.
IRQ: Tell us about your current position. Francis R. Facchini, MD, FSIR: As president of Varian’s rapidly developing interventional solutions business, I lead the strategy that drives our innovation in interventional solutions treatment offerings and establishes interventional oncology as an important pillar of patient care. Each day, I have the privilege of working with an outstanding team that puts the customer and patients at the center, and I’m focused on building our team and fully integrating with Siemens Healthineers to accelerate the path from diagnosis to treatment.
Varian is dedicated to leading the way in elevating and providing access to interventional radiology and thereby improving the quality of life for all patients. Having an interventional radiologist as a business leader within the company puts us in a unique position to advance multidisciplinary oncology treatment working with a multitude of specialties to create a world without fear of cancer. Together with Siemens Healthineers, Varian shares the vision of delivering breakthroughs in healthcare for everyone, everywhere through further innovations in the fields of interventional radiology and interventional oncology.
we built a promotions business from the ground up. Over the next several years, we organized concerts that brought in national acts and thousands of people in attendance. The experience made me realize that I could do something I really love and bring joy to others–all while making a living.
Name: Francis R. Facchini, MD, FSIR
Position: President, Interventional Solutions, Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company.
IRQ: How did you get involved with industry? FF: I consider myself fortunate to have been able to marry my two passions: IR and business. Many doctors who work with industry would say they are physicians who are business people. I’m a business person who is proud to be a physician.
My interest in business started before I went to medical school when I was working at a bar wearing multiple hats from bouncer to bartender. During that time, I built relationships with the regulars, including one who was a music promoter. As this relationship flourished, I made the transition from bartender to business partner. Together,
As I made the transition from business to IR, I had the opportunity to work alongside talented peers and train under great mentors. When I finished my fellowship at Northwestern, I was encouraged to join a consultant board at Boston Scientific Oncology. I jumped at the chance. Through this opportunity, I discovered my contributions could stretch beyond clinical strategy and extended to the business side. Eventually, when Boston Scientific divested one of their divisions, I was asked if I would like to come in as the Medical Director to lead clinical strategy. That company became Navilyst Medical. It’s here where my understanding of the role of a physician in industry deepened. Navilyst was then bought by AngioDynamics and I was fortunate
Having an interventional radiologist as a business leader within the company puts us in a unique position to advance multidisciplinary oncology treatment working with a multitude of specialties to create a world without fear of cancer.
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