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MIVA Medical MIVA is a unique outpatient based minimally invasive, non-surgical, and image guided procedural clin

--Office-based clinic, and who treats you--Same procedure. No hospital. And the same two doctors every single time.That’...
10/22/2026

--Office-based clinic, and who treats you--

Same procedure. No hospital. And the same two doctors every single time.

That’s Dr. Silas Williams and Dr. Travis Brown — board-certified interventional radiologists who own this practice. Not a rotating team, not whoever is on the schedule.

Most of what we do could be done in a hospital. We do it in an office-based lab in Independence instead, and the difference shows up in ways patients notice. You park outside the door, not in a garage. There’s no admissions desk, no wristband, no waiting on transport. The procedure is same-day and you go home that afternoon.

Behind the scenes it matters more. We handle insurance authorizations in-house rather than sending your referring office paperwork. We order the imaging you need. Your referring physician gets a report after every procedure, without being buried in notes for every visit.

We treat uterine fibroids, enlarged prostate, knee arthritis, hemorrhoids and spinal compression fractures.

https://miva-medical.com/all-services/

MIVA Medical · Independence, MO · 816.648.6482

Told a hysterectomy is the only answer for your fibroids? For most women, it isn’t.Heavy bleeding, pelvic pressure, and ...
10/14/2026

Told a hysterectomy is the only answer for your fibroids? For most women, it isn’t.

Heavy bleeding, pelvic pressure, and the fatigue that comes with both — most women live with fibroid symptoms for years before anyone lays out all the options.

Uterine fibroid embolization treats fibroids without surgery. A catheter is guided into the uterine arteries and the blood supply feeding the fibroids is cut off, so they shrink over the following months. The uterus stays. There’s no incision, no general anesthesia, and most women are back to normal activity within days.

We take a deliberately conservative approach to the procedure itself. The target is to completely shut down the vascularity feeding the fibroids while preserving sluggish forward flow in the main uterine artery — rather than embolizing that artery to complete stasis. The fibroids lose their blood supply. The uterus keeps its own.

It isn’t right for everyone, and we’ll tell you if surgery suits your situation better. But fibroids are benign. There’s no clock running, and that means there’s time to ask what else exists before agreeing to an operation.

MIVA Medical · Independence, MO · 816.648.6482

https://miva-medical.com/uterine-fibroids/

A spinal compression fracture is most treatable in the first 12 weeks. Most people are never told that.If you or a paren...
10/03/2026

A spinal compression fracture is most treatable in the first 12 weeks. Most people are never told that.

If you or a parent has been told to wait out a fracture in the spine with rest and pain medication, the timing matters more than it usually gets explained.

Kyphoplasty stabilizes the fractured bone through a needle, under X-ray guidance — no incision, no hospital stay, home the same day. The North American Spine Society gives vertebral augmentation its highest recommendation grade for improving pain and function in these fractures.

The window matters because Medicare coverage, and the clinical evidence behind it, is built around fractures under twelve weeks old with imaging showing the fracture is still active. A fracture that healed months ago is both less likely to respond and less likely to be covered.

If back pain started suddenly after a fall, a lift, or even a hard cough, it's worth having looked at sooner rather than later.

MIVA Medical · Independence, MO · 816.648.6482

https://miva-medical.com/spinal-compression-fracture/

Meet Michelle. When an insurance company says no, she's the reason that isn't the end of it.This is one of the least vis...
10/02/2026

Meet Michelle. When an insurance company says no, she's the reason that isn't the end of it.

This is one of the least visible parts of the practice and one of the most important. Michelle verifies every patient's benefits before anything gets scheduled, so nobody finds out what they owe after the procedure is already done. She handles prior authorizations in-house rather than sending paperwork back to your referring doctor's office.

And when a plan declines coverage, she works the case directly with the insurer — submitting the imaging, the scores, and the documented record of treatments already tried that didn't work. A denial on "medical necessity" grounds is very often a request for exactly that material.

We won't tell you it always works. Some plans have made a decision about a procedure rather than about your case, and no amount of documentation changes that. But the attempt gets made every time, and you are not the one making the phone calls.

MIVA Medical · Independence, MO · 816.648.6482

https://miva-medical.com/for-patients/

Up three times a night to use the bathroom? That isn't simply aging, and surgery isn't the only thing that fixes it.Most...
09/28/2026

Up three times a night to use the bathroom? That isn't simply aging, and surgery isn't the only thing that fixes it.

Most men put off doing anything about an enlarged prostate for the same reason: what they've heard about TURP. The hospital stay, the catheter, and the effect on sexual function that nobody wants to bring up.

Prostate artery embolization works differently. Nothing passes through the urethra. A catheter is guided through the blood vessels to the arteries feeding the prostate, and the blood supply is reduced so the gland shrinks over the following weeks. It's done under light sedation, as an outpatient procedure. You go home the same day.

In 2026 the American Urological Association updated its BPH guidance to include PAE for prostates of 50 cc or larger, and advised that it be performed by an interventional radiologist — which is what we are.

If medication stopped working, or the side effects aren't worth it, it's worth a conversation.

MIVA Medical · Independence, MO · 816.648.6482

https://miva-medical.com/enlarged-prostate-bph/

🩺 Struggling with Enlarged Prostate Symptoms in the KC Metro?If frequent urination, weak stream, or waking up multiple t...
01/27/2026

🩺 Struggling with Enlarged Prostate Symptoms in the KC Metro?

If frequent urination, weak stream, or waking up multiple times at night is affecting your quality of life, you may be dealing with BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) — and surgery isn’t your only option.

At MIVA Medical, Dr. Brown offers Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE), a minimally invasive, non-surgical treatment that reduces blood flow to the prostate, helping it shrink naturally over time.

✅ No surgical incision
✅ Outpatient procedure
✅ Faster recovery
✅ Lower risk of sexual side effects

📍 Proudly serving patients across the Kansas City Metro, Missouri

If you’re looking for advanced prostate care in Missouri, PAE may be the solution you’ve been searching for.

👉 Learn more or schedule a consultation today.

https://miva-medical.com/enlarged-prostate-bph/

04/19/2025

Special shout out to the KMBC 9 production crew and Former KC Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery for helping us continue to spread awareness of Prostate artery embolization (PAE), a nonsurgical, minimally invasive treatment for men suffering from enlarged prostate and lower urinary tract symptoms!!

We are routinely performing this procedure at our clinic (Minimally Invasive Vascular Associates "MIVA"), which is done outpatient, covered by insurance, and without the side effects of surgery. Check out our website to learn more!

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02/27/2025

We are proud to announce the successful production of our first Minimally Invasive Vascular Associates (MIVA) commercial, which will be airing on KMBC channel 9 and affiliated stations starting March 3! Shout out to the production crew at KMBC for making this video great! Thanks for all you do! It's exciting to be able to get the message out that there are nonsurgical, minimally invasive treatment options out there to help our community find relief!

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We Are MIVA MEDICAL! Kansas City's leaders in minimally invasive nonsurgical treatments for men's and women's health. D...
02/09/2025

We Are MIVA MEDICAL! Kansas City's leaders in minimally invasive nonsurgical treatments for men's and women's health. Dr. Brown and Dr. Williams are board certified endovascular specialists who strive to provide timely, cost-effective care for their patients here at MIVA.

Check us out at www.miva-medical.com.com to learn more!

SPREADING FIBROID AWARENESS!!!DID YOU KNOW THAT FIBROIDS ARE MUCH MORE PREVALANT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN?At MIVA MEDIC...
02/01/2025

SPREADING FIBROID AWARENESS!!!

DID YOU KNOW THAT FIBROIDS ARE MUCH MORE PREVALANT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN?

At MIVA MEDICAL, Dr. Williams and Dr. Brown strive to spread awareness of fibroids to ensure women know all of their treatment options, and that there are nonsurgical, minimally invasive treatments available such as uterine fibroid embolization or "UFE".

Check out our dedicated fibroid page at
https://miva-medical.com/uterine-fibroids/ to learn more and see if UFE if right for you!

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4200 Little Blue Parkway Ste 350
Independence, MO
64057

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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
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