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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 Today, and audio clips from article interviews.In the Sunday, March 24 edition:2024 Dotter Lecture previewSIR 2024 Workshop Chair Gloria M. Salazar-Martinez, MD, FSIR, comments on keeping the workshop content fresh2024 SIR Foundation Leader in Innovation Award winner Suresh Vedantham, MD, FSIR, describes his path to becoming an NIH-funded researcher in IRProgram highlights and schedules, SIR Today content previews, and moreContact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.(c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

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 Today, and audio clips from article interviews. In the Saturday, March 23 edition:Saturday special programmingEvening reception scheduleAudio clips from Extreme IR session founder Ziv J Haskal, MD, FSIR, and SIR 2024 Special Programs Chair Kumar Madassery, MD, FSIRContact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.(c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

"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 ChampionHost Aneesa Majid, MD, FSIR, speaks with Women in Interventional Radiology (WIR) Champion Award recipients Meridith J. Englander, MD, FSIR, Kari J. Nelson, MD, FSIR, Shellie C. Josephs, MD, FSIR, and Janice M. Newsome, MD, FSIR, about the history of the section, the importance of mentorship, and more. Related resources:Learn more about the presentation of the 2024 WIR Champion Award to Janice M. Newsome, MD, FSIR, at the Women in IR InspIRed Lecture and Luncheon on Monday, March 25, 12 noon–1 p.m. MT (separate registration required) at the SIR 2024 Annual Scientific MeetingRead articles about the previous winners:Meridith J. Englander, MD, FSIRKari J. Nelson, MD, FSIRShellie C. Josephs, MD, FSIRWatch the SIR Today website, sirtoday.org, for an interview with Dr. Newsome and more content covering the SIR 2024 Annual Scientific MeetingContact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.(c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

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 RadiologyAs part of the "Owning Success" series, host interventional radiologist Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MD, FSIR, speaks with Ziv J Haskal, MD, FSIR, editor emeritus of SIR’s Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR), and Ruth Carlos, MD, FACR, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), about the unique opportunities the editor role provides, what they wish authors and reviewers knew, and more.Related resources:Learn more about the search for a new editor-in-chief of JVIRJVIR homepageJACR homepageLearn about Dr. Haskal's Writing Club workshops at the SIR 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting: March 23 | March 24Note: This episode was recorded on Feb. 20, 2024.Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.(c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

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 ReadClinical Utility of Infrapopliteal Calcium Score for the Evaluation of Severity of Peripheral Artery Disease ReadPatient-Reported Outcomes and Return to Work after CT-Guided Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy: A Prospective Study ReadMagnetic Compression Anastomosis of Benign Short-Segment Ureteral Obstruction ReadPulsed Electric Field Ablation versus Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation in Murine Breast Cancer Models: Anticancer Immune Stimulation, Tumor Response, and Abscopal Effects ReadSmartphone Augmented Reality Outperforms Conventional CT Guidance for Composite Ablation Margins in Phantom Models Read JVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode:Host and audio editor:Manbir Singh Sandhu, University of California Riverside School of MedicineAbstract readers:Brian Ng, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, MissouriAndrew Brandser, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac UniversityEric Chang, MS, University of Illinois College of MedicineJustin Cook, University of Central Florida College of MedicineMillennie Chen, University of California Riverside School of MedicineVasan Jagadeesh, University of California San Diego School of Medicine ©  Society of Interventional Radiology Support the show

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, FACRHost interventional radiologist Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with James Brink, MD, FACR, chair of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Hospital, about whether interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology are stronger together, what brought him to support IR services in his radiology practice, the Society of Interventional Radiology and American College of Radiology town hall on the topic, and more. Related resources:Recording of December 2024 SIR and ACR town hall, "IR and DR: Better together or ... ?" ViewRelated sessions at the SIR 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, March 23-28, 2024, Salt Lake City SIR/ACR ACR/SIR Town Hall IR and DR: Better Together View detailsIR can survive as an independent clinical practice: Yes or No? View detailsNote: This episode was recorded on Jan. 31, 2024.Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.(c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

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 ReadYttrium-90 Transarterial Radioembolization of Primary Lung Cancer Metastases to the Liver ReadPercutaneous Cryoablation of Recurrent or Oligometastatic Tumors in Thoracoabdominal Soft Tissues: Safety, Effectiveness, and Technical Aspects ReadTargeted versus Empiric Embolization for Delayed Postpancreatectomy Hemorrhage: A Retrospective Study of 312 Patients ReadEarly Outcomes of Interwoven Nitinol Wire Stent Placement versus Endarterectomy for the Treatment of Atherosclerotic Disease of the Common Femoral Artery ReadPercutaneous Deep Venous Arterialization in Patients with No-Option Critical Limb Ischemia Performed in an Office-Based Laboratory Setting ReadGeospatial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Access to IR Care in the United States ReadJVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode:Host and audio editor:Manbir Singh Sandhu, University of California Riverside School of MedicineAbstract readers:Hannah Curtis, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, CaliforniaTaji Kommineni, MD, JD, LLM, American University of Antigua College of MedicineAlena Khalil, MA, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, FloridaSai Dhanush Reddy Jeggari, MD, Massachusetts General HospitalAshwin Mahendra, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of MedicineJeremy Brown, DO, MS, Kaweah Health Medical Center, CaliforniaIsabelle Barbosa, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut©  Society of Interventional Radiology Support the show

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 field.Related resources:"Learning to See Differently: An interview with John Abele, FSIR" (IR Quarterly, Summer 2021) READWe thank the Sound of IR producers for sharing this content with the Kinked Wire. You can listen to more Sound of IR episodes at thesoundofir.castos.com.Note: This episode was first published March 29, 2023.  Support the show

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 ReadPercutaneous CT-Guided Cryoablation for Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer: Technical Feasibility, Safety, and Effectiveness ReadHydrogel Augmentation of the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc: An Early Feasibility Study of a Treatment for Discogenic Low Back Pain ReadProgression toward Vertebral Collapse of Vertebral Metastases Treated with Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: Rate and Risk Factors ReadA Pilot Study of Percutaneous Cholecystoenteric Anastomosis: A New Option for High-Risk Patients with Symptomatic Gallstones ReadMeasurement of the Tumor-to-Normal Ratio for Radioembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective Study Comparing 2-Dimensional Perfusion Angiography, Technetium-99m Macroaggregated Albumin, and Yttrium-90 SPECT/CT ReadJVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode:Host:Rommell Noche, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, ConnecticutAudio editor:Siddhi Hegde, MBBS, Massachusetts General HospitalAbstract readers:Justin Cook, University of Central Florida College of MedicineColin Standifird, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las VegasAnna Hu, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, D.C.Jack Ficke, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, ConnecticutEric Chang, MS, University of Illinois College of MedicineBrian Ng, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri©  Society of Interventional Radiology Support the show

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 and IR, and more.Plus, we share excerpts from the three most downloaded IR Quarterly articles of the year: Opportunities for IRs in radiotheranostics, by Islam Elhelf, MD, PhDShort-term work, long-term possibilities: The pros and cons of locum tenens work, by Sonali Mehandru, MDMedical robotics: Understanding medical needs and measures of success, by Janice Newsome, MD, FSIR, John T. Moon, MD, Peter Ju Park, MD, Kamil Arif, MD, Judy Gichoya, MD, Kaesha Thomas, Deepak Iyer, and Zachary Bercu, MDFinally, we share excerpts from the top three most played Kinked Wire episodes of the year:Episode 40: The potential of advanced practice providers in interventional radiology. Host: Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR; Guests: Carrie Hayes, PA, and Nick Oravetz, PAEpisode 41: The current and future role of artificial intelligence in interventional radiology. Host: Roger Tomihama, MD; Guest: Julius Chapiro, MDEpisode 37: IRs in focus: Alda Tam. Host: Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MD, FSIR; Guest: Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIRNote: This episode was recorded on Dec. 5, 2023.Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.(c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show