With more than 40,000 procedures performed over a 30-year career, Dr. William H. Julien is one of the most experienced independent interventional radiologists in the United States. As founder and
president of South Florida Vascular Associates, one of the nation’s first advanced outpatient endovascular surgery centers — he has spent three decades proving that hospital-level vascular care
can be delivered more safely, more comfortably, and with faster recovery in a patient-first outpatient setting.

Training at the Top of the Field

Dr. Julien earned his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,one of the nation’s premier medical institutions, before completing his diagnostic radiology residency at
the University of Minnesota, where he trained under vascular legend Kurt Amplatz. He then pursued an Interventional Radiology Fellowship at the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute (MCVI) — a program led by two of the most influential figures in modern IR, Gary J. Becker, MD, and Barry T. Katzen, MD. He later completed specialized carotid stent training at the Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute in New York.

Double Board Certification

Dr. Julien holds the distinction of being double board-certified by the American Board of Radiology — in both Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology — a credential that reflects the highest standard of training and competence in his field.

A Career Defined by Firsts and Leadership

Before founding South Florida Vascular Associates in 2001, Dr. Julien served as Chief of Interventional Radiology at Plantation General Hospital and Director of Interventional Radiology for Florida United Radiology, overseeing IR across a multi-hospital system. He is the co-founder and past president of the Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society (OEIS) and has served on national committees for the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) since 2001, including the SIR Freestanding IR Committee and Economics Committee.

He has been an invited speaker, faculty member, or workshop coordinator at more than 100 national and international conferences, including SIR, TCT, VIVA, ISET, OEIS, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), the South Florida Society for Vascular Surgery, and the Southeastern Angiographic Society. He is a published author and has served on multiple medical advisory boards across the medical device industry.

Dr. Julien has been a principal investigator or participant in 10 landmark device trials, including the BEACH, ARCHER, XACT, SONOMA, RANGER, and REVEAL trials — keeping SFVA on the leading edge of endovascular technology.

Recognized Excellence

• Boca Raton Magazine Top Doctor 2025
• Best in Medicine 2019
• Top Doctors of South Florida, Miami Metro, 1998 & 1999

Dr. Julien holds hospital affiliations across the HCA, Baptist, and Wellington Regional health systems throughout South Florida.

His philosophy is simple: every patient deserves access to the most advanced minimally invasive care available — without a hospital stay, without a scalpel, and without unnecessary risk.