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PERTcastPERT Podcast: How Much Clot is Enough – and Does Completeness of Embolectomy Really Matter in Catheter-Based Outcomes for PE?Dr. Jim Horowitz follows up with our speakers Dr. Brent Keeling, Dr. Rich Channick, Dr. Hillary Johnson-Cox, Dr. Sameer Khandar, and Dr. Akhilesh Sista to recap thoughts on burning questions like is clot burden associated with PE severity? Is increased clot removal associated with improved outcomes? Does increased retained clot lead to worsening long-term quality of life or outcomes?2022-07-2907 min
The Kinked WireSpecial update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: New York | Guest: Akhi SistaSend us a textThe media portrayed scenes of just terror, frankly, particularly at Elmhurst Hospital. You see these lines of people that are waiting outside with so much anxiety and you know where that place is, you’ve driven past, you’ve seen with your own eyes that this is in your backyard. Then it starts hitting very close to home. —Akhilesh K. Sista, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with Akhilesh K. Sista, MD, FSIR, an interventional radiologist in New York, about the COVID-19 impact on his city and practice, change...2020-07-2122 minThe Kinked WireSpecial update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Atlanta | Guest: Janice NewsomeSend us a textWe may not have had everything we wanted, but we had most of the things we needed. And most of the things we needed were our own ingenuity, our own innovativeness, that comes from practicing our own specialty, interventional radiology. —Janice Newsome, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with Janice Newsome, MD, FSIR, an interventional radiologist in Atlanta, about the COVID-19 impact on her city and practice, and the role of resiliency in the face of the pandemic.Find IR resources for COVID-19 planning, staffing, per...2020-06-0920 minThe Kinked WireSpecial update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Chicago | Guest: George BehrensSend us a textI am originally from a third-world country. When I moved to the United States, I couldn’t believe all the resources that were being wasted in America. And I feel that, for the first time in America, we are learning that. We are learning that we have to be cautious about wasting resources. —George Behrens, MDWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with George Behrens, MD, an interventional radiologist in Chicago, about the COVID-19 impact on his city, changes his practice has made in response, and how his...2020-05-0817 min
Financing Ambition℠ – A Personal Finance Podcast from Laurel RoadCOVID-19: A Roundtable Discussion With Front-Line Medical WorkersIs necessity the mother of invention? What might be the silver linings of this pandemic, if any? We chat with Dr. Akhilesh Sista, Dr. Michael Schaefer, and ICU Nurse Katie Taylor, all affiliated with NYU’s Langone Medical Center at the center of the epidemic in NYC, on topics spanning from the nature of the disease, to its widespread medical and financial impacts on a very uncertain future. Amidst the chaos of the moment, we unpack the positive implications of dramatic change in the world forever altered by the novel coronavirus. We also discuss how doctors feel about their st...2020-05-0626 minThe Kinked WireSpecial update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Palo Alto, California | Guest: Raj ShahSend us a textOne thing I was recognizing very quickly was that, at that time, there was very little guidance from the CDC. A lot of the information was coming from publications from the Chinese experience and the changes that needed to be put in place were really things that hadn’t been done before. —Rajesh Shah, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with Rajesh Shah, MD, FSIR, an interventional radiologist in the California Bay Area, about his region's experience with the pandemic and the role he played in t...2020-04-2917 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 8: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Seattle | Guest: Torre AndrewsSend us a textThere was a report that several people had been sick, and several were transported to hospitals. The next thing we heard was that all of the ambulance crews and firemen who had been involved in the transfer were in quarantine … and it really seemed kind of crazy.—R. Torrance Andrews, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with R. Torrance Andrews, MD, FSIR, a Seattle-based interventional radiologist, about the onset of COVID-19 in that area and the role that interventional radiology continues to play during this glob...2020-04-2016 min
JVIR: Journal of Vascular and Interventional RadiologyRecent updates and future directionsDr. Ziv J Haskal (JVIR Editor) and Dr. Rohit Koppula (UVA) explore recent updates and future directions in catheter-directed therapy for pulmonary embolism with Dr. Akhilesh Sista (NYU).2019-04-2900 min