Rebecca Bennett

Biography

Rebecca Bennett, M.D., is Assistant Clinical Professor Step III in Interventional Radiology at the University of California, Irvine. She completed her M.D. at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in 2016, followed by an Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency at UC Irvine, where she served as IR Chief Resident in 2021. Bennett is dual board certified in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology.

Bennett serves as Medical Director of UC Interventional Radiology Inpatient and Outpatient Services and Supervisor of the UC Irvine Peripheral Access Team. She chairs the UC Irvine Radiology Outreach Committee and serves on multiple departmental committees, including the Quality and Patient Safety Committee, Moderate Sedation Committee, and Interventional Radiology Clinical Competency Committee. Her clinical research includes participation as sub-investigator in multiple multicenter trials evaluating interventional radiology devices and techniques for treating pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Bennett's early research in neuroscience, conducted at UCLA's Psychology Research Laboratory, resulted in two publications in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Biological Psychiatry examining contextual learning and fear extinction. Her clinical research has focused on vascular interventions, including endovascular management of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and prostate artery embolization. She is Faculty Advisor for the UCI Medical Student IR Interest Group and serves as an instructor for the UC Irvine Clinical Foundations Ultrasound course and the annual Ultrafest Ultrasound Symposium.

Education

• M.D., University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 2016
• B.S. in Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012

Distinctions

• Resident Teacher of the Year Award, 2022
• Resident Allyship Award, 2022