In this episode, host Dr. Ally Baheti interviews Dr. Bill Julien about strategies to secure independent IR hospital privileges. Bill is an experienced vascular interventional physician at South Florida Vascular Associates.

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SHOW NOTES

Bill starts the episode by telling us why it is crucial for vascular and interventional physicians to have hospital privileges. We learn about Bill’s career progression. He discusses the growing pains he faced, how he effectively tackled these challenges, and how he became staff at a number of hospitals.

Bill and Ally then unfold Bill’s detailed roadmap for how IRs can join hospital staff. They explore different pathways, and Bill shares his anecdotes and advice throughout. The doctors discuss how many contracts leave little opportunity to build longitudinal care practice, since the majority of time can be dedicated to large volumes of diagnostic reading time and consults for non-complex cases.

At the conclusion of this episode, Bill emphasizes the need for SIR and other societies to step in and usher change. He also shares his 13-point action list for what SIR can do to accomplish this and help IRs secure hospital privileges (linked in Resources section).

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RESOURCES

SIR Strategic Plan:

https://tinyurl.com/SIRstrategicplan

SIR Policy Statement:

https://tinyurl.com/SIRpolicystatement

Dr. Bill Julien’s Clinical Practice Position:

https://tinyurl.com/clinicalpracticeposition2

ACR Policy Statement:

https://tinyurl.com/ACRpolicystatement