The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) brings you a new podcast on all the topics that impact your practice of IR. In each episode, host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, and guests discuss new clinical opportunities, practice management tips, the latest trends and developments in the specialty, and more. Learn more on sirweb.org, sirweb.org/irq, and sirweb.org/kinkedwire.If you have any ideas for topics or guests, or have any other feedback, let us know at irq@sirweb.org. For corporate support opportunities, contact SIR at jnash@sirweb.org. The views and opinions expressed in podcast episodes are not necessarily those of the Society of Interventional Radiology. The society does not endorse any companies or products.
This recording features audio versions of May 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
"I'm a firm believer in technology, and I think we can engineer our way out of pretty much everything in the world ... And so my hope is that, eventually, we will listen to the engineers." —Julius Chapiro, MD
Host Roger Tomihama, MD, speaks with interventional radiologist Julius Chapiro, MD, about the future of artificial intelligence in interventional radiology, his work with AI in liver cancer treatment, a...
From a basic science perspective, a number of questions remain unanswered regarding deep veins. Venous disease is a cause of morbidity and mortality for patients of all ages, though the past several years have shown marked progress in research and approval of techniques and devices used for the treatment of venous disease. Major areas of research potential include the inflammatory pathway from acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) to ...
This recording features audio versions of May 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
“When we talk about errors, complications and adverse events, we have to understand that not all poor outcomes are the result of an error. There are so many contributors to something going wrong, which may be both individual or more commonly systemic.”— Mikhail Higgins, MD, MPH
In this audio version of an SIR Today recap on the SIR 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting session, " Building a Quality and Safety Program,"...
“They're our mentors, they're our friends, they're our colleagues, they're our peers. They recognize, 'Hey, we have this need ... you have these skills. How do we leverage this and really serve our patients to the best of our ability?'" —Carrie Hayes, PA, Chair of the SIR Nurse Practitioner & Physician Assistant Section
Host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with SIR NP&PA Section...
This recording features audio versions of April 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
“The first rule of networking is to know what you’re looking for, and then to tell everyone. If you tell 50,000 people that you want to sit on a board, eventually someone will know someone who did that, and they’ll connect you. And things snowball from there.” —Aneesa S. Majid, MD, MBA, FSIR
In this audio version of an SIR Today recap on the SIR 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting session, "Nonclinical Opportunities: Tran...
"They were able to remove the filter, repair the damage, and get full blood flow ... for the first time in almost 2 years."—Sheila Ehlert, deep vein thrombosis patient
In 2020, while Sheila Ehlert was being treated for exceptionally heavy menstrual bleeding, she began to experience a range of additional symptoms including rapid pain and swelling in her legs, and shortness of breath. After receiving no relief after several ...
"IamIR" is starting to really reflect the population that we serve, and that is very uplifting for me and a lot of people in the URM Section. —Keith M. Horton, MD, FSIR, co-chair of SIR Underrepresented Minorities (URM) Section
In a special year-end review, interventional radiologists Keith M. Horton, MD, FSIR, Nishita Kothari, MD, FSIR, Roger T. Tomihama, MD, and others join SIR Director of Publications Bria...
This recording features audio versions of March 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
“There was a big shift from the government perspective about professional societies needing to write and look at evidence in a way that the public could trust.” —Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIR, on the evolution of SIR standards documents
Host Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MD, speaks with interventional radiologist Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIR, about her clinical interests, the evolution of guidelines and standards documents, her vision as inco...
This recording features audio versions of February 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
This recording features audio versions of January 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
“I look at it kind of like the RPVI, in a sense. That, you know, all of us are interventional radiologists, we all have completed our vascular ultrasound training, and we can get this additional certification that recognizes the fact that we spend a significant amount of time in our practice involved in this subspecialty area, and we are competent at it." —Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIR
Host Sudhen B. Desai, MD, FSIR,...
This recording features audio versions of December 2022 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
“In a field like interventional radiology, innovative new devices and procedures are created with regularity. But with so many new approaches being developed every year, how do interventional radiologists best assess these innovations for adoption? IRs must perform a balancing act when considering which devices and treatments to adopt, guided by information, experience and the needs of the patient."
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“After college, there’s medical school. And after medical school comes additional training with a residency and (for now) fellowship—but not all IRs stop there. In fact, many have discovered the benefits that additional advanced degrees can afford their careers."
In the audio version of "Degrees of Separation: The role of interventional radiology on the trauma team" (IR Quarterly: Spring 2018), author Melanie Padget ...
This recording features audio versions of November 2022 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
This recording features audio versions of October 2022 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
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