The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) brings you a new podcast on all the topics that impact your practice of IR, with focused subseries reflecting the broad range of the specialty. In each episode, hosts and guests discuss new clinical opportunities, practice management tips, the latest trends and developments in the specialty, and more. Learn more on sirweb.org, irq.sirweb.org, and sirweb.org/kinkedwire. If you have any ideas for topics or guests, or have any other feedback, let us ...
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This recording features audio versions of July 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Comparison of Clinical Effectiveness and Safety of Drug-Coated Balloons versus Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty in Arteriovenous Fistulae: A Review of Systematic Reviews and Updated Meta-Analysis Read Stent-Graft Placement for…
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This recording features audio versions of June 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Virtual Reality for the Management of Pain and Anxiety for IR Procedures: A Prospective, Randomized, Pilot Study on Digital Sedation Read Final 3-Year Study Outcomes from the Evaluation of the Zilver Vena Venous Stent for the Treat…
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This recording features audio versions of May 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Prediction of Mortality and Hepatic Encephalopathy after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement: Baseline and Longitudinal Body Composition Measurement Read Three-Year Outcomes of the Abre Venous Self-Expanding Sten…
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Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Tuesday, March 26
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During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR…
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Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Monday, March 25
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During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR…
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This recording features audio versions of April 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Genicular Artery Embolization: A Review of Essential Anatomic Considerations Read Locoregional Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma prior to Liver Transplant: Comparative Pathologic Necrosis, Radiologic Response, and Recurrence …
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Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Sunday, March 24
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During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR…
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Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Saturday, March 23
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During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR…
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Episode 50: Episode 50: Panel discussion with the Women in Interventional Radiology Champion Award winners
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"There's no Men in IR Section, because they don't ... need it. Someday we're not going to need a Women in IR Section, but we do now. And it's great that it's there, and it's great that it's evolving." —Meridith J. Englander, MD, FSIR, 2020 WIR Champion Host Aneesa Majid, MD, FSIR, speaks with Women in Interventional Radiology (WIR) Champion Award r…
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Episode 49: Owning success: What journal editors wish authors and reviewers knew
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There is a shift in academic medicine—academic radiology. We don't necessarily have the soft research time that we had before. The clinical demands are so great that I am concerned about who is going to be generating the science in the future.—Ruth Carlos, MD, FACR, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology As part of the …
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This recording features audio versions of March 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Transarterial Embolization of Simple Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: Long-Term Outcomes of 0.018-Inch Coils versus Vascular Plugs Read Clinical Utility of Infrapopliteal Calcium Score for the Evaluation of Severity of Perip…
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Episode 48: Unlocking radiology's potential: The synergy between interventional and diagnostic radiology
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Many people are sort of viewing it as an either/or—either you have an OBL or you're tied to a diagnostic department. And from my perspective, it's like ... it's actually synergistic to have both. —Radiology Chief James Brink, MD, FACR Host interventional radiologist Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with James Brink, MD, FACR, chair of radiology at …
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This recording features audio versions of February 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Radiation Major Hepatectomy Using Ablative Dose Yttrium-90 Radioembolization in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma 5 cm or Larger Read Yttrium-90 Transarterial Radioembolization of Primary Lung Cancer Metastases to the Live…
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In this episode, which was first published in 2023 on the Sound of IR podcast as part of its VIR Legends series, hosts Eric Cyphers, MS3, and Subhash Gutti, MS4, interview Mr. John Abele, FSIR, about his experience as co-founder of Boston Scientific, challenges that arose after revolutionizing procedural medicine, and the early days of IR as a fiel…
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This recording features audio versions of January 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Association between End-Stage Renal Disease and Major Adverse Limb Events after Peripheral Vascular Intervention Read Percutaneous CT-Guided Cryoablation for Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer: Technical Feasibility, Safety, and …
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Episode 47: 2023 in review + top IR Quarterly articles and Kinked Wire podcast episodes of the year
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In a special year-end review, interventional radiologists Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, Jaimin Shah, MD, Roger Tomihama, MD, Marty Radvany, MD, FSIR, and Sudhen Desai, MD, FSIR, join SIR Editorial Manager Hope Racine and Director of Publications Brian Haefs to reflect on the top stories from the past year—exclusivity contracts, artificial intelligence …
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This recording features audio versions of December 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Sclerotherapy of Venous Malformations Using Polidocanol: Effectiveness, Safety, and Predictors of Outcomes and Adverse Events Read Comparison of the Safety of Transjugular and Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Read Effect of Previous…
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Episode 46: Research forum 1: Y-90 and brain cancer, irreversible electroporation, and more
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In this episode, which was first presented as an SIR Foundation lunch and learn on Oct. 27, 2023, researchers Sasicha Manupipatpong, MD, and Govind Srimathveeravalli, PhD, share their latest findings in the potential for Y-90 treatment of brain cancer, irreversible electroporation, and more. Related links: Learn more about SIR Foundation's "IR Lunc…
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Episode 45: Pearls and pitfalls of biodesign in interventional radiology
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"The reality is, and the catchy way to remember it is, 'If it needs a sign, it's bad design.' You see a teakettle, and you immediately know how to use it. " —Gregory Khodorov, MD, MBA As part of a new series from the SIR Medical Student Council (MSC) Biodesign Committee, hosts Eleanor Lee, MPH, and Savraj Saggu speak with Gregg Khodorov, MD, MBA, o…
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This recording features audio versions of November 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Added Value of Cone-Beam CT to Identify Arterial Supply during Genicular Artery Embolization for Knee Osteoarthritis Read Direct Thrombectomy versus Bridging Thrombectomy within 6 Hours of Stroke Onset: A Prospective Cohort Stu…
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Sound of IR 2: VIR Legend Dr. David Kumpe
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In this episode, which was first published in 2022 on the Sound of IR podcast as part of its VIR Legends series, host Eric Cyphers spoke with David Kumpe, MD, FSIR, about his career in interventional radiology. Dr. Kumpe was the director of IR at the University of Colorado from 1978-2005. He helped introduce balloon angioplasty in the United States…
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Episode 44: Research findings on IVC filters
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"The primary safety and primary efficacy endpoints—which were preset in consideration with the FDA and all the societies—were met. You look at what we did, what we said, and using those definitions, filters are safe and effective."—Matthew S. Johnson, MD, FSIR, PRESERVE Principal Investigator Host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with PRESERVE (Pre…
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This recording features audio versions of October 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Research Consensus Panel Follow-up: 8-Year Update on Submassive Pulmonary Embolism Read Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation Reduces Laboratory Markers of Acute Liver Injur…
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This recording features audio versions of September 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: An Interim Analysis of the First 102 Patients Treated in the Prospective Vertebral Augmentation Sacroplasty Fracture Registry Read Effectiveness and Safety of Intra-arterial Imipenem/Cilastatin Sodium Infusion for Patients wit…
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Episode 43: The state of interventional radiology research in venous obstruction
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"When you put energy into something, and passion and determination, and when people can see that you've also put in the scholarship, people will give you opportunities. And you know, honestly, I thought I was setting this up for somebody else!"—Suresh Vedantham, MD, FSIR, C-TRACT Principal Investigator Host Roger Tomihama, MD, speaks with C-TRACT (…
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IRQ audio 13: The internship year: An overview of options
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The IR-in-training has a number of options to consider for their internship year. Although most program directors recommend surgery, a significant number of residents pursue a medicine or transitional year internship. We spoke with four residents-in-training about their internship experiences. In the audio version of "The internship year: An overvi…
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This recording features audio versions of August 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Percutaneous Cryoablation of Plasmacytomas: Oncologic Effectiveness and Adverse Events Read The Effect of Endovascular Treatment of Renal Artery Stenoses on Coexistent Aneurysms Associated with Fibromuscular Dysplasia Read Change…
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Sound of IR 1: VIR Legend Dr. Stanley Baum
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"I remember the first case ever referred to us: It was a young patient who was riding on a motorcycle. He crashed and ruptured his pelvis. He was bleeding out, and we didn't have any material to embolize with. So I took his blood, and kept stirring it until it coagulated on itself, and then I injected clots into the artery that was bleeding. It sto…
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This recording features audio versions of July 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Short-Term Effects of Genicular Artery Embolization on Symptoms and Bone Marrow Abnormalities in Patients with Refractory Knee Osteoarthritis Read Real-World Safety Analysis of Paclitaxel Devices Used for the Treatment of Periphera…
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Episode 42: Pros and cons of practice settings in interventional radiology
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I was literally at parade rest, in front of the chairman of the department, the colonel, and they want me to do mammo. I said, "I haven't done mammo in quite some time, sir." He was like, "When was the last time you read mammo?" and I said, "June 6, 1998, in Louisville, Kentucky." He was just like, "... Let me think about that ... " —Martin G. Radv…
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IRQ audio 12: Practice Profiles: Rochester Radiology Associates (New York)
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Rochester Radiology Associates (RRA) is a private combined DR and IR practice located in upstate Rochester, New York. We combine the world of a traditional private practice radiology group with many features of an academic IR service. RRA is a unique practice that straddles two different worlds, which as a result offers unique challenges. In the au…
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This recording features audio versions of June 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Public Awareness of Interventional Radiology: Population-Based Analysis of the Current State of and Pathways for Improvement Read Radioembolization for Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma Maintains Liver Function and Permit…
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Episode 41: The current and future role of artificial intelligence in interventional radiology
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"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 interventi…
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IRQ audio 11: The venous revolution: Where we are and where we’re going
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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 p…
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This recording features audio versions of May 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Embolization of the Superior Rectal Arteries versus Closed Hemorrhoidectomy (Ferguson Technique) in the Treatment of Hemorrhoidal Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial Read Outcomes of Hemorrhoidal Artery Embolization from a Multidis…
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SIR Today audio: Holistic approaches to a quality and safety program
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“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 Scie…
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Episode 40: The potential of advanced practice providers in interventional radiology
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“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, FSI…
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This recording features audio versions of April 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Predicting the Safety and Effectiveness of Inferior Vena Cava Filters (PRESERVE): Outcomes at 12 months Read Lateral Subdermic Venous Plexus Insufficiency: The Association of Varicose Veins with Restless Legs Syndrome and Nocturna…
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SIR Today audio: Transitioning to nonclinical opportunities
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“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 20…
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Episode 39: Stories of interventional radiology: Saving life and limb
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"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…
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Episode 38: 2022 in review + top IR Quarterly articles of the year
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"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. T…
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This recording features audio versions of March 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Endovascular Assessment of Liver Hemodynamics in Patients with Cirrhosis Complicated by Portal Hypertension Read Updates on the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score and Impact on the Liver Transplant Waiting List: A Narrative R…
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Episode 37: IRs in focus | Guest: Alda Tam
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“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 intere…
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This recording features audio versions of February 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: A Review of Professional Liability in IR: Sweeping the Mines Read Portal Vein Recanalization for Noncirrhotic Portal Vein Cavernous Transformation: Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation versus Portal Vein Stent…
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This recording features audio versions of January 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Participants in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Clinical Studies Evaluating Transarterial Therapies Read Comparison of Bolus Versus Dual-Syringe Administration Systems on Glass Yttrium-90 Microsphere…
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Episode 36: New credentials in IR stroke care | Guest: Marty Radvany
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“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 …
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This recording features audio versions of December 2022 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Healthcare Disparities in Interventional Radiology Read Transarterial Embolization of Neovascularity for Refractory Nighttime Shoulder Pain: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Feasibility Trial Read Utilization of and Outcomes Associat…
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IRQ audio 10: Staying power: The tangled path from innovation to clinical application
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“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 in…
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IRQ audio 9: Degrees of separation: How additional advanced degrees can open new doors in your IR career
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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 o…
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This recording features audio versions of November 2022 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Inferior Vena Cava Filter Litigation Review: An Analysis of Medicolegal Cases Pertaining to Inferior Vena Cava Filters Read Management of Symptomatic Vascularized Retained Products of Conception by Proximal Uterine Artery Embol…
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