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The Kinked WireEpisode 81: Get ready for a different kind of meeting: SIR EDGEEDGE program committee members Ziv J Haskal, MD, FSIR; Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR; and Daniel Sze, MD, PhD, FSIR came together to discuss what you can expect from this year's meeting in Louisville, KY. Attend the meeting and learn through cases, decisions and real‑world judgment.Watch the vodcastRegister for EDGESupport the show
2026-06-1108 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 75: Legacy of Dotter“IR wasn’t initially a specialty—it was just a diagnostic tool. Dotter began to think of it as more than a tool.” — John A. Kaufman, MD, FSIROn this episode of the Kinked Wire, Alden Davis of Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Medicine speaks with John A. Kaufman, MD, FSIR, on the legacy of the Dotter Institute at OHSU and the future of IR education. SIR thanks Medtronic for its generous support of the Kinked Wire.Contact us with your ideas and q...
2026-04-0226 minThe Kinked WireBonus episode: SIR's Business InstituteOn this bonus episode of the Kinked Wire, Derek Mittleider, MD, FSIR, speaks with Business Institute program directors Allan I. Hoffman, MD, FSIR, and Mary Costantino, MD, FSIR, about the impact that the Business Institute could have on your practice. This episode has been uploaded as a vodcast on the SIR YouTube channel. Related resources:Register for the SIR Business InstituteDon't miss the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting SIR thanks Medtronic for its generous support of the Kinked Wire.Contact us...
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BackTable Bone & SportsEp. 90 Thermoprotection Techniques in Musculoskeletal Ablations Part II with Dr. Alan SagHow to stay cool when a thermal ablation case gets complicated? Your toolbox can make all the difference. In this episode of the BackTable MSK Podcast, Dr. Alan Sag returns with host Dr. Jacob Fleming to continue the discussion on thermal protection in musculoskeletal ablation procedures. Part 2 focuses on real-world cases to provide practical insights and illustrate decision-making in complex thermal ablation cases.
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Dr. Sag and Dr. Fleming discuss thermoprotection strategies in real-world cases, such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of inoperable rectal cancer and sacral metastases near nerve...
2025-12-3049 min
BackTable Bone & SportsEp. 89 Thermoprotection Techniques in Musculoskeletal Ablations Part I with Dr. Alan SagBurns = big consequences. Let’s talk thermoprotection. In this episode of the BackTable MSK Podcast, host Jacob Fleming welcomes longtime friend and colleague Dr. Alan Sag to discuss thermoprotection in musculoskeletal ablation procedures over this two-part episode series. Part 1 focuses on established strategies and new techniques for protecting critical structures during ablation.
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Dr. Sag shares how he approaches thermoprotection in complex MSK ablation cases. The discussion covers hydro-dissection techniques, hydro convection needle strategies, pump and tubing set up, troubleshooting, and visualization of the protective layer.
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2025-12-1643 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 71: ECS Contributions and innovations in IR with Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR“I started off simply by volunteering to do things and being interested, but I didn’t have a mentor, per say.” – Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR In this episode of the Kinked Wire, host Thomas Tullius, Jr., MD, speaks with his former attending Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR, on his career progression, from trainee to incoming JVIR co-editor in chief.SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire.Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about interventional radiology in IR Quar...
2025-12-1022 min
Women, Wealth & Entrepreneurship PodcastSounding The Alarm on Black Women's Health with Dr. Lipman, MD, FSIRWomen, Wealth and Entrepreneurship Podcast Season 6, 2025Welcome to Women, Wealth & Entrepreneurship with Ariel Shaw, MBA! We want to increase your bottom line and create generational wealth that lasts way beyond you! It’s 2025 and we are in Season 6! Wow! How Exciting! This is the year of Focus and Continued Expansion. Our 2025 Media Participants Include Sylvia Dennis-Wray of Sylvia The Advocate; Mica Johnson of The Mica Johnson State Farm Agency; Shamica Davis of JTS Vacations LLC; LaQuita Brooks of The Motivational Maven.We welcome Dr. John C. Lipman, MD, FSIR. Founder & Medical Dire...
2025-11-1740 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 70: Call and work coverage with Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIR“I think the landscape of healthcare is changing, and rural healthcare understands the value of IR—in some senses more than the urban setting does.” - Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIROn this episode of the Kinked Wire, host Mark L. Lessne, MD, FSIR, speaks with Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIR, on how she handles working in a small and rural practice in Hawaii, lessons she learned while paving her own path and how she created an IR LLC.Related resources:Read more about the SIR Small and Rural Practice Commit...
2025-11-1335 min
Life of Flow87. What Only Collectors and Sommeliers Know: Inside the World of Fine WineWhat does it take for a physician to turn a personal interest into one of the most impressive wine collections in the country? In this week’s episode, Mike Watts, MD, FSIR, shares how a four-day honeymoon in Napa sparked a passion that led to over 1,000 hours of sommelier training and a wine cellar valued at $248,000.He explains how a professor’s wine shop nudged him beyond casual drinking, why White Burgundy still tops the hierarchy of fine wines, and how the history of the Mission grape shaped Napa’s earliest vintages. Mike also breaks...
2025-10-011h 03The Kinked WireEpisode 68: WIR mentoring conversationsThere are a lot of choices we make in our lives and I mean im very happy with the choices I've made in mine but ... this whole you can have it all, I was probably pretty lonely and putting everything I had into work. SIR Past President, Laura Findeiss, MD, FSIRThis Women in IR mentorship conversation with SIR Past President Laura Findeiss, MD, FSIR, and Yale IR attending Alexa Levey, MD, explores how careers unfold over time, emphasizing patience, self‑awareness, and learning how to navigate institutional dynamics rather than trying to change ev...
2025-09-1030 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 67: Your early career transitions"The time to decide what you're going to do outside of the IR suite when it gets to that point in time is not the week before, because you want to be able to hit the ground running." Charles E. Ray, Jr, MD, PhD, FSIRIn this episode, host Merve Ozen, MD, speaks with Charles E. Ray, Jr., MD, PhD, FSIR, about his path into leadership positions, navigating transitions early in your career and the evolution of the SIR annual scientific meeting. This episode is part of our Early Career Section series.
2025-08-1318 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 64: IRs in focus: WIR Champion Award winner Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR"The best quote that I still say (and I say it to my son all the time) is as Ernie says, 'Not every day can be the best day of your life.' And it's so true. So, if you're having a bad day, Ernie Ring said ... it's okay." —Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR, recipient of the WIR Champion AwardIn this episode, host Natosha N. Monfore, DO, speaks with 2025 Women in IR (WIR) Champion Award winner Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR, about her inspirations, the importance of groups like the Women in IR Section, ad...
2025-05-2239 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 63: At the forefront of innovation | Guest: Dr. Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga"We had no tools. We just had to improvise. In a way, like you said, that was what made us think, 'How can I do this?' Because you had no tools, you had to think of ways to use what you had available to do procedures that otherwise you wouldn't have been able to do back then." —Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga, MD, FSIR, on innovation in early interventional radiologyIn this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, hosts Keith Horton, MD, FSIR, and Hector Ferral, MD, FS...
2025-05-0839 min
RADVOCACY Podcast Hosted by RADPACRADVOCACY Podcast Hosted by RADPAC featuring Stephen Ferrara, MD, FSIR, FACR, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health AffairsIn this episode, Stephen Ferrara, MD, FSIR, FACR, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs joins Ted Burnes to discuss a lifetime of service, the value of advocacy and his current role in the Department of Defense.
2025-04-0332 minThe Kinked WireLive from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Tuesday, April 1During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 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 Tuesday, April 1 edition:SIR Members' Business MeetingPlenary Session: "I Owe My Life to IR" with best-selling author Sebastian JungerAudio clip from the Kinked Wire episode with M...
2025-04-0104 minThe Kinked WireLive from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Saturday, March 29During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 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 29 edition:SIR celebrates its 50th AnniversaryAn audio clip from SIR 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting Chair Gloria M. Salazar, MD, FSIR, and Ernest Ring, MD, FSIR, d...
2025-03-2904 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 62: SIR 50th Anniversary: The birth of a powerhouse app"... I had a call from my section chief, and he says, 'Hey—I don't want to freak you out or anything, but you know that website you created? SIR is going to send you a cease and desist letter. But don't worry about it—it'll be okay. I just wanted to give you a heads up ..." —John Do, MD, member of the SIR Guidelines App development teamIn this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Jaimin Shah, MD, MBA, RPVI, FSIR, speaks...
2025-03-2525 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 61: SIR 50th Anniversary: Growth and opportunities in interventional oncology | Guest: Dr. Michael Soulen"... I can tell you I'd never do it again, but it showed that we can get interventional radiologists from around the world to come together and agree to do a trial, and actually execute the trial and get it done, and generate guidelines training data."—Michael Soulen, MD, FSIRIn this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, speaks with longtime interventional oncology leader Michael Soulen, MD, FSIR, about the growth trajectory of the subspecialty, how SIR has evolved over the decades, an...
2025-03-1243 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 60: SIR 50th Anniversary: The birth and growth of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | Guest Dr. Gary Becker"So the American Journal of Medicine was 'the green journal' ... Radiology was 'the grey journal' ... AJR is 'the yellow journal' ... I did not want people to be able to get away with that with JVIR, because I wanted them to have to articulate the name. And nobody's going to ask for 'the mauve journal.'"—Gary Becker, MD, FSIRIn this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD, FSIR, editor-in-chief of SIR's Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (
2025-03-0440 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 59: SIR 50th Anniversary: From 1975 to 2025, the Evolution of the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting | Guest Dr. Ernie Ring"The early days were necessary to get us into doing things, solving problems without the data. And then the data came afterwards to confirm that the things we were doing were worthwhile." —Ernest Ring, MD, FSIRIn this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Gloria Salazar, MD, FSIR, chair of the SIR 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, speaks with interventional radiology pioneer Ernest Ring, MD, FSIR, about the evolution of the SIR annual meeting, from its first gathering in 1975 to this year's meeting in Nashville, Tenn.
2025-02-1235 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 58: The potential for cryoneurolysis and interventional radiology in pain management"Over time, that nerve regenerates. And that regenerated nerve is new, and wasn't there for the surgery, or wasn't there for the trauma. And so this is an ability to percutaneously—or through the skin with a needle—replace your damaged nerve."—J. David Prologo, MD, FSIR, on the potential of cryoneurolysisIn this episode, host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with J. David Prologo, MD, FSIR, about the efficacy and potential of cryoneurolysis in pain management, and Dr. Prologo's patient, Bo Thordarson, MD, about how this treatment helped resolve her long-term pain from a damage...
2025-01-2837 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 57: 2024 in review + top IR Quarterly articles and Kinked Wire podcast episodes of the year"I think that really worked well to put the specialty where it needed to be ... but now we're competing in the space with other endovascular specialists. You know, there are a lot of people who are trying to do similar things, and I think we have to differentiate ourselves in a way that goes a little bit beyond what we've already been doing."—Rex Pillai, MDIn a special year-end review, interventional radiologists Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, Rex Pillai, MD, and Roger Tomihama, MD, join SIR Director of Publications Brian Haefs to...
2025-01-1445 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 56: SIR 50th Anniversary: The evolution of neurointerventional radiology | Guest: Dr. David Kumpe"At about 50 minutes into the infusion, I could feel the guy moving his hand under the drapes. At an hour, he had a normal-strength grip. I ... I can't tell you ... what a euphoric experience that was." —David Kumpe, MD, FSIR, on his early successes in neurointerventional radiologyIn this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Martin G. Radvany, MD, FSIR, speaks with neurointerventional radiology pioneer David Kumpe, MD, FSIR, about the earliest days of neuro IR, how it's grown since then and more....
2024-12-1751 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 54: SIR 50th Anniversary: From piles of tubing to the Waltman loop | Guest: Dr. Arthur Waltman"The vascular surgeons had felt like, 'The patients are going to you before they come to us and ... why don't we just take you on?' And there was sort of an interest in trying to get me to join up with them, but I told them 'I'm not trained ..." So if I had wanted, I could have ended up in the department of surgery as a nonsurgeon surgeon."—Arthur Waltman, MD, FSIRIn this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, sp...
2024-11-1225 min
BackTable Vascular & InterventionalEp. 493 Jillian’s Fight to Restore Blood Flow-A Long COVID JourneyHow can interventional radiologists help patients with long COVID? Today we hear directly from Jillian Angeline, a long COVID survivor that benefited tremendously from minimally invasive interventional care. Jillian sits down with host Dr. Eric Keller, and shares how interventional radiologist Dr. Brooke Spencer helped get her life back by turning the tide against her long-haul COVID symptoms which had been ongoing for multiple years.---This podcast was developed in collaboration with:Interventional Initiativehttps://theii.org/
2024-11-0139 minThe Kinked WireSpecial update: Beat dull: Get to the EDGEWhat makes the SIR EDGE meeting (Oct. 17–19 in Denver) an unprecedented educational opportunity for the interventional radiology community? what surprise guests will be speaking? how can you save $100 just by listening to this episode? Meeting Chairs Ziv J Haskal, MD, FSIR, Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR, and Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD, FSIR, share all this and more about the new 4-in-1 SIR meeting with a special focus on:Y-90 / transarterial radioembolization (TARE)Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)Musculoskeletal (MSK) embolization/pain management Portal hypertensionListen to the episode to get a 10% off discount code to use...
2024-09-1311 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 52: From crisis to care: How interventional radiology saved Sebastian Junger's life"Dr. Wilson asked my permission to put a line into my jugular ... I didn't understand why. I said, 'You mean, in case there's an emergency?' and he said "No, this ... THIS is the emergency." —Best-selling author Sebastian Junger, on the spontaneous rupture of his pancreatico-duodenal artery aneurysmIn this episode, host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with Sebastian Junger, author of In My Time of Dying, The Perfect Storm and more, about his near-death experience; with Philip J. Dombrowski, MD, the attending interventional radiologist who saved his life; and with Michael J. Hallisey, MD, FSI...
2024-09-0333 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 51: SIR 50th Anniversary: The growth of interventional radiology and vascular care | Guest: Dr. Barry Katzen"People are only going to look at you and put you in a certain light if you look at yourself that way. If you're willing to practice like a technician, and be happy just to crank cases that come in on orders, you have to understand that you're putting yourself in a position of being a victim of that process." —Barry T. Katzen, MD, FSIRAs part of the ongoing Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) celebrations of its 50th anniversary, host Roger Tomihama, MD, speaks with renowned interventional radiologist and leader in...
2024-08-1345 minThe Kinked WireLive from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Monday, March 25During 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 Monday, March 25 edition:2024 Women in IR Champion Award recipient comments on the SIR Foundation Grants for the Education of Medical Students (GEMS) Program. SIR 2024 Scientific Program Ch...
2024-03-2506 minThe Kinked WireLive from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Sunday, March 24During 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 w...
2024-03-2407 minThe Kinked WireLive from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Saturday, March 23During 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, M...
2024-03-2304 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 50: Panel discussion with the Women in Interventional Radiology Champion Award winners"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, an...
2024-03-2158 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 49: Owning success: What journal editors wish authors and reviewers knewThere 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 Ru...
2024-03-0639 minThe Kinked WireSound of IR 3: VIR Legend Mr. John AbeleIn 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...
2024-01-1736 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 47: 2023 in review + top IR Quarterly articles and Kinked Wire podcast episodes of the yearIn 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,...
2023-12-2149 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 44: Research findings on IVC filters"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 InvestigatorHost Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with PRESERVE (Predicting the Safety and Effectiveness of Inferior Vena Cava Filters) Trial Principal Investigator Matthew S. Johnson, MD, FSIR, about the lessons learned from the trial's initial data, his collaboration with vascular surgery and others in the study...
2023-10-0429 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 43: The state of interventional radiology research in venous obstruction"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 InvestigatorHost Roger Tomihama, MD, speaks with C-TRACT (Chronic Venous Thrombosis: Relief with Adjunctive Catheter-directed Therapy) Principal Investigator Suresh Vedantham, MD, FSIR, about the trial's status, other early research the interventional radiology community should know about and more. Related resources:SIR Foundation C-TRACT pa...
2023-08-1530 minThe Kinked WireSound of IR 1: VIR Legend Dr. Stanley Baum"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 stopped, and we become heroes at MGH. Then the whole field just exploded." —Stanley Baum, MD, FSIR, reflecting on the early days of interventional radiologyIn this episode, which was fi...
2023-07-1830 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 42: Pros and cons of practice settings in interventional radiologyI 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. Radvany, MD, FSIR, reflecting on his experience as a military-based interventional radiologistIn a Saturday morning practice chat, interventional radiologists Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, and Martin G. Radvany, MD, FSIR, compare notes on...
2023-06-2026 minThe Kinked WireIRQ audio 12: Practice Profiles: Rochester Radiology Associates (New York)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 audio version of "Practice profiles: Rochester Radiology Associates—N.Y." (Fall 2020 IR Quarterly ), author Raj Pyne, MD, FSIR, describes his search for the right practice after fellowship, the Rochester, New York, based practice that has been his professional home ever since, the...
2023-06-0916 minThe Kinked WireIRQ audio 11: The venous revolution: Where we are and where we’re goingFrom 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 chronic fibrosis, and venous wall biomechanics and flow dynamics in the normal and disease states.In the audio version of "The venous revolution: Where we are and where we’re...
2023-05-0417 min
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2023-05-0311 minKövsər TağıyevADİYAT SURƏSİ TƏFSİRİ - VƏHYİN İŞIĞINDA
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2023-05-0110 minKövsər TağıyevQƏDR SURƏSİ TƏFSİRİ - VƏHYİN İŞIĞINDA
İlahiyyat TV-də yayımlanan "Vəhyin işığında" verilişinin növbəti buraxılışı "Qədr" surəsinin təfsirinə həsr olunub.
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2023-04-3010 minKövsər TağıyevƏLƏQ SURƏSİ TƏFSİRİ - VƏHYİN İŞIĞINDA
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2023-04-3016 minKövsər TağıyevTİN SURƏSİ TƏFSİRİ - VƏHYİN İŞIĞINDA
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2023-04-3012 minKövsər TağıyevZİLZAL SURƏSİ TƏFSİRİ - VƏHYİN İŞIĞINDA
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2023-04-3012 min
Kövsər TağıyevDUHA SURƏSİ TƏFSİRİ - VƏHYİN İŞIĞINDA
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2023-04-2717 minThe Kinked WireSIR Today audio: Holistic approaches to a quality and safety program“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," Mikhail Higgins, MD, MPH, Noor Ahmad, MD, Hector Ferral, MD, FSIR, Bradley B. Pua, MD, FSIR, and Joshua Weintraub, MD, FSIR, describe the critical importance of human emotion and...
2023-04-1111 minThe Kinked WireSIR Today audio: Transitioning to nonclinical opportunities“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: Transitions out of the IR Suite," panelists Alexander Ding, MD, MS, MBA, Eleni Liapi, MD, Aneesa S. Majid, MD, MBA, FSIR, Michael D. Dake, MD...
2023-03-1408 min
The ACR Bulletin PodcastClinical Decision Support and PAMA with Aalpen Patel, MD, MBA, FSIRAalpen Patel, MD, MBA, FSIR, discusses the importance of clinical decision support to radiology.
2023-03-1025 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 38: 2022 in review + top IR Quarterly articles of the year"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 Brian Haefs to reflect on the top stories from the past year, and look ahead to where IR and SIR should focus in 2023.Podcast episodes mentio...
2023-02-2227 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 37: IRs in focus | Guest: Alda Tam“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 documentsHost 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 incoming SIR president, and more. Note: This episode was recorded on Dec. 6, 2022.Contact us with your ideas and question...
2023-01-2615 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 36: New credentials in IR stroke care | Guest: Marty Radvany“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, FSIRHost Sudhen B. Desai, MD, FSIR, speaks with neurointerventional radiologist Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIR, about opportunities for interventional radiology in the treatment of ischemic stroke, the new Recog...
2022-12-2225 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 35: IRs in focus | Guest: Geogy Vatakencherry“I don't personally love going too far down the roots of any subspecialty, because then you lose the forest for the trees. And I think ultimately, the more holistic you can be, the better off the patient will be. So if you come in for one problem, you should be able to assess the other problems.” —Geogy Vatakencherry, MD, FSIRHost Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Geogy Vatakencherry, MD, FSIR, about his clinical interests, the evolution of the specialty and clinical opportunities for IRs-in-training, and more. Note: This episode...
2022-09-2719 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 33: A victory for women's health“I went to my Legislative Council and said, ‘Listen, I need to make an adjustment to the original bill. I think it’s important that, if we’re going to take this step to provide women with an opportunity to look at choices that would be best for her, and for her quality of life, that this be included as well.’” —Rhode Island State Rep. Camille Vella-WilkinsonIn July 2022, Rhode Island passed into law a bill directing insurance companies to pay for uterine artery embolization (UAE) in the treatment of fibroids. In this episode of the Kinked Wir...
2022-08-2317 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 32: How interventional radiologists can mitigate the contrast media shortage"We were no longer using iodinated contrast for nonemergent cases. We started using a lot of gadolinium, air, CO2, IVUS, Gastrografin, Cystografin—pretty much everything you could think of besides iodinated contrast. Because you need to save it for those emergent cases and the stroke. You know—stroke comes in, you can't just not have contrast to treat it." —Nikki Keefe, MDIn May 2022, Nikki Keefe, MD, Kush Desai, MD, FSIR, Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR, and Gloria M. Salazar, MD, FSIR, published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) a paper on mitiga...
2022-06-2420 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 31: Interventional radiology and postpartum hemorrhage response teams"The people that you interact with emergently—critical care doctors, the transplant doctors, the trauma doctors—they can speak for you. And I think sometimes using our allies to speak for us in places where our voices may not be heard as much can be very powerful." —Janice Newsome, MD, FSIRHost Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MD, speaks with interventional radiologist Janice Newsome, MD, FSIR, about her efforts to build postpartum hemorrhage response teams and their potential to save lives. Related resources:Read "Utilization and Comparative Effectiveness of Uterine Artery...
2022-06-0725 minThe Kinked WireJVIR audio 2: Mitigating the contrast media shortage"Interventional radiology practices are faced with instituting urgent changes in patient care to preserve contrast media for use in procedures for which alternative options are not available, or in emergent scenarios. In this communication, we propose an initial approach to case prioritization, as well as short-term strategies for management of existing supply to optimize utility and minimize waste." This recording provides an audio version of a special communication published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR), "Mitigation Strategies for Interventional Radiology During a Global Contrast Media Shortage,"...
2022-05-1914 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 30: Improving patient care through the VIRTEX Data Registry If you think, "You know, I do what other people do but I do it a little bit better," you really should know whether that is indeed the case. So , do I really do my procedure with the best efficiency? the lowest cost? the lowest radiation? the lowest contrast dose? That's the idea. Be armed with data." —Matthew S. Johnson, MD, FSIRGuest host Jaimin Shah, MD, speaks with Raj Shah, MD, FSIR, and Matthew S. Johnson, MD, FSIR, about how participating in the VIRTEX Data Registry helps interventional radiologists demonstrate their value, improve patient care a...
2022-04-0124 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 29: Owning Success: Paths into leadership To be a good volunteer and make a real difference, you need to do a lot of listening to what themes are around you and what people are struggling with—and not wait for someone to tell you what they want you to do. —Laura Findeiss, MD, FSIR, 2019–20 SIR presidentAs part of the new "Owning Success" column in the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) IR Quarterly magazine, guest host Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, speaks with former SIR Presidents Laura Findeiss, MD, FSIR, and James B. Spies, MD, MPH, FSIR, an...
2022-03-2222 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 27: Owning Success: The power of partnering with industryIf you are in the device world and you have a whole bunch of engineers, if you don't give power to your physicians to help you design, what you'll end up with is a device that works for the engineers—but not for the physicians." —Laura King, Medical Founder and CEO, Elucent Medical As part of the new "Owning Success" column in SIR's IR Quarterly magazine, guest host Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, speaks with a panel of interventional radiologists involved with clinical trials, industry representatives and others on the value of and keys to b...
2022-02-0428 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 26: EPOCH Trial results suggest promising treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer patientsI think this is actually a model that can in fact be propagated across multiple types of centers, as long as that communication is there. —Riad Salem, MD, MBA, FSIR, Co-principal investigator, EPOCH TrialWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist and EPOCH Trial co-principal investigator Riad Salem, MD, MBA, FSIR, about the results of the trial and the potential for Y-90 treatment with TheraSpheres in patients with colorectal cancer metastases. NOTE: EPOCH, an IDE pivotal trial, was a 428-patient, open-label, international, multicenter, phase 3 trial. EPOCH evaluated the safety and ef...
2022-01-0322 minThe Kinked WireIRQ audio 5: Career-long retirement planning for the interventional radiologistAs with most any career path, interventional radiology provides more than its share of challenges and joys—and many years of hard but rewarding work. And as with any career path, the closer you get to the end of your career, the more natural it is to start wondering, “What comes next?” Surely retirement will bring its own challenges and joys, but how do you know when you’re ready to retire? Will you be financially comfortable in retirement? Will you be bored? In the audio version of "Exit strategy : Career-long retirement planning for the interventional radiologist" (IR Quarter...
2021-12-2117 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 25: Owning success: SIR Gold MedalistsI try to present myself as mild-mannered, quiet and very nice, which wins a lot of battles, but deep inside there’s this fierce sense of “right.” And if there was something I needed to fight for—for the rights of patients or for members—I would go to the mat for them. —Katharine L. Krol, MD, FSIR As part of the new "Owning Success" column in SIR's IR Quarterly magazine, guest host Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, speaks with a panel of four past SIR Gold Medalists—Anne C. Roberts, MD, FSIR; Katharine L. Krol, MD, FSIR; Jean...
2021-11-1621 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 23: Launching and running an office-based lab | Guest: Bret WiechmannWhile I do understand that there may be this idea out there, that the OBL is some magical place, the truth is that I think the ideal scenario is what I have—which is practicing on both sides of the street, so to speak. Because they each pose their own challenges and they each have their own benefits. —Bret Wiechmann, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Bret Wiechmann, MD, FSIR, about how he launched his office-based laboratory (OBL), how other IRs might do the same, and the prospects for trainees to ente...
2021-09-0321 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 22: IRs in focus | Guest: Vishal KumarDialysis, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, oncology, …these affect patients of all races. We know there are health care inequities—Black and Brown patients, and poor patients, uninsured tend to be afflicted more. We can recruit the best and the brightest students across the country and across the world to be part of the greatest specialty in all of medicine—and that’s image-guided medicine.—Vishal Kumar, MDWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Vishal Kumar, MD, FSIR, about educating medical students about IR, the importance of fostering diversity, and how the two intersect with the S...
2021-08-0418 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 21: IRs in focus | Guest: Dan SzeWhen we show each other these extreme cases, there's a lot of cheering and high-fiving. That's a really fun part of IR, but that is not what is going to advance the field in the eyes of our referring physicians, or of the public, or of the payers, or of the government.—Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD, FSIR, about his role as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR), the increasing importance of evidence-based interventional radiology, and the wa...
2021-07-0619 min
PERTcastDebrief from the PERT Webinar: EndoWars: Aspirate vs. DissolveDebrief: EndoWars: Aspirate vs. Dissolve. If you missed the webinar, do not worry. James Horowitz, MD follows up with our speakers and moderator Geoff Barnes, MD, MSc, Carin Gonsalves, MD, FSIR, Jay Giri, MD, MPH, Maya Serhal, MD, and Keith Sterling, MD, FSIR.
2021-06-2309 min
PERTcastPERT Webinar - EndoWars: Aspirate vs. DissolveThe PERT Consortium® kindly invites you to listen to the audio from our webinar entitled, "Endo Wars: Aspirate vs. Dissolve". Experts will debate the optimal management for two patients with intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism. In these two debates, we will explore the evidence and practice patterns supporting the use of anticoagulation alone vs. catheter-directed therapies. We will also compare catheter-directed thrombolysis to catheter-directed thrombectomy as a means of managing patients with acute pulmonary embolism.This webinar will be moderated by Geoff Barnes, MD, MSc. Our speakers are Carin Gonsalves, MD, FSIR, Jay Giri, MD...
2021-05-141h 00The Kinked WireEpisode 19: Demystifying interventional radiology reimbursement | Guest: Kathy KrolThe CPT code may have certain required elements, and if you don’t put all of those in the report, you don’t get credit for doing the procedure. Or if the coders go ahead and code it, you could get audited later. So if someone goes to jail for fraudulent coding, you’ll be on the line as well as the coder, as the interventional radiologist—because you are ultimately responsible for what you bill.—Katharine L. Krol, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Katharine L. Krol, MD, FSIR, about how interv...
2021-03-2223 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 18: IRs in focus | Guest: Derek WestThe idea that we start a little earlier in getting our students acclimated to interventional radiology is going to be so important. And it already has made a difference—I think now, students have a much clearer sense of what it is, at a much earlier stage, than maybe I did. I think it makes a big difference in terms of getting more involvement in our profession.—Derek L. West, MD, MSWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Derek L. West, MD, MS, about the importance of addressing health care disparities, educating medical stude...
2021-02-2322 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 17: The role of interventional radiology in stroke care | Guest: Eric WangI guess my take-home point is that by no means is staffing for a stroke program a small undertaking, so it really is important to have the support from the hospital as well as other medical specialties when developing the interventional stroke program ... which we’re very fortunate we have. —Eric A. Wang, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Eric A. Wang, MD, FSIR, about how he got involved in ischemic stroke care, the specialized training other IRs need to do the same, and how the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) suppo...
2021-02-0921 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 16: 2020 year in reviewAt the very beginning of the pandemic, there was a big outpouring of support through social media outlets and other avenues online between training programs throughout the country. So it was kind of almost a national level of collaboration for continuing access to training in a way. It will be good to see how we continue to use it in the coming year. —Jason Fisher, MDIn a special year-end review, Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, and the Kinked Wire team (Editor Jaimin Shah, MD; Production Manager Jason Fisher, MD; and SIR Director of Publications Brian Haefs...
2021-01-0620 min
RLI Taking the Lead PodcastTaking the Lead 28: Ezequiel “Zeke” Silva III, MD, FACR, FSIR, FRBMA, RCC: Leading by ExampleNovember 19, 2020
In this episode, Ezequiel “Zeke” Silva III, MD, FACR, member of the board of directors and interventional radiologist at South Texas Radiology Group in San Antonio, TX, shares his journey from medical school and residency at Baylor College of Medicine to his recent appointment as Chair of the AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC), Chair of the ACR Commission on Economics and Co-Chair of the AMA Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group (DMPAG). He recounts how his passion for science led him to pursue a career in medicine and how his desire to contribute to the specialty has...
2020-11-191h 34The Kinked WireEpisode 15: Radiation safety and the interventional radiologist | Guest: Joseph RingIf you follow good practices—you minimize the patient dose, you wear your protective clothing, you use the pull-down shields and you put the pull-down shields as close to the patient as you can—your exposures are going to be very low. —Joseph Ring, DOIn recognition of Nov. 8, the International Day of Radiology, Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with radiation safety officer Joseph Ring, DO, about radiation safety in interventional radiology, measures IRs should be taking to protect themselves, and what medical students considering a career in interventional radiology should keep in mind.
2020-11-1021 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 14: Addressing gender disparities in male-dominated medical specialties | Guest: Barbara Nickel HamiltonIn our specialty, the stereotypes are ... you have to be a certain height. So I hear from women trainees and aspiring interventionalists that, "You know, you're too small ... You can't reach things." It's not true!—Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MDWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MD, about gender disparities in IR, the role the SIR Women in IR Section has played in addressing gender bias, and about her new book, Save Lives, Enjoy Your Own. Learn more about Dr. Nickel Hamilton's book or order a copy at...
2020-10-1316 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 13: Implicit bias and health care disparities | Guest: P.J. RochonYou see that it's appalling. What can you do, and what can we do as privileged human beings, to denounce this? To say that it's wrong? To not stand for it? To say, "You know what? That's not right and this is what I'm going to do about it."—Paul J. "P.J." Rochon, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Paul J. "P.J." Rochon, MD, FSIR, about health care disparities, our own implicit bias, the minority tax and the importance of taking a stand against racism. Read Dr...
2020-09-2220 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 12: IRs in focus | Guest: Jeanne Laberge"One of the big organizations that are groups of people/stakeholders that really change things, in terms of education for sure, are medical students, themselves .” —Jeanne M. Laberge, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Jeanne M. Laberge, MD, FSIR, about her role in the development of the IR Residency, the power of IRs-in-training to impact their future, and the pros and cons of retirement from interventional radiology practice. Learn more about SIR's Residency Essentials curriculum program.Note: This episode was recorded on Aug. 18, 2020.
2020-09-0121 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 11: IRs in focus | Guest: Raj PyneI wanted to practice clinically oriented IR. I thought, “If I go to a group and say that we should practice IR, then my group is going to say yes—you should go for it!” And as many people know, that’s not the way the world works.” —Raj Pyne, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Raj Pyne, MD, FSIR, about the development of IR services in his Rochester, New York, practice, leadership roles he's held for the Society of Interventional Radiology, and advice he gives today's interventional radiology residents.
2020-08-0418 minThe Kinked WireSpecial update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: New York | Guest: Akhi SistaThe 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, changes in response since the early peak...
2020-07-2122 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 10: The ongoing evolution of IVC filters | Guest: Matt JohnsonYou don’t just put a filter in and forget about it—but that’s what used to happen. And when you put a filter in, it’s like anything else. We are clinical physicians in IR and vascular surgery, and when we put these filters in your patient, you need to follow them. That means clinical follow-up, and it may mean imaging follow-up. —Matthew S. Johnson, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Matthew S. Johnson, MD, FSIR, about the evolution of IVC filters, the upcoming IVC filter clinical practice guidelines...
2020-06-3019 minThe Kinked WireSpecial update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Atlanta | Guest: Janice NewsomeWe 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, personal protective equipment and more at the...
2020-06-0920 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 9: Connecting everywhere: SIR 2020 goes virtual | Guest: Tino PeñaIt’s kind of been a roller coaster ride. We’re all excited about everything that was gong to happen with the annual meeting … And then at the beginning of the year we started to get reports and that’s when we started saying, “What are we going to do? How is this going to happen?”—Constantino S. Peña, MD, FSIRWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with Constantino S. Peña, MD, FSIR, chair of the Society of Interventional Radiology 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting, about the decision to cancel the in-person meeting, shift to a virtual annual...
2020-05-2013 minThe Kinked WireSpecial update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Chicago | Guest: George BehrensI 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 native Venezuela has been faring duri...
2020-05-0817 minThe Kinked WireSpecial update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Palo Alto, California | Guest: Raj ShahOne 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 the development of the Society of I...
2020-04-2917 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 8: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Seattle | Guest: Torre AndrewsThere 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 global health crisis. Find IR r...
2020-04-2016 min
LawBlog.azEp. 2: Hüquq təhsili w/ Rəşad İbadov (2-ci hissə)İlk podkastın davamı olaraq bu dəfəki podkastımızda ADA Hüquq proqramının direktoru Rəşad İbadovla hüquq təhsilində hüquqi təfsirə yanaşma (00:27), ADA Hüquq proqramını yaradarkən qarşıya qoyulmuş məqsədlər (08:28) və məhkəmə müsabiqələrində iştirak kimi tədrisdənkənar fəaliyyətlərə necə yer verildiyi (19:19) haqqında danışmışıq.
2020-04-0822 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 7: Financial planning for the interventional radiologist | Guest: Clint GossageFigure out your targets and then automate as much as possible, be it through automatic transfers, automate your savings, move it to a separate account that you're not going to touch. And do as much of that through automation as possible, because really when it's left up to our willpower, all of us are pretty bad at it ... and so what we want is to have good systems in place. —Clint Gossage, CFPWarren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with Clint Gossage, CFP, from CMG Financial Consulting, about the uni...
2020-03-2719 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 5: The potential of C-TRACT to help PTS patients | Guests: Suresh Vedantham and Mary CostantinoATTRACT essentially found that, really, it's the people with iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT) who are the ones most likely to benefit and that, in fact, quality of life was improved in the iliofemoral patients. And so that certainly suggests that we're barking up the right tree with the C-TRACT Trial.—Suresh Vedantham, MD, FSIRHot on the heels of the ATTRACT Trial results comes another exciting new trial on post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS): Chronic Venous Thrombosis: Relief with Adjunctive Catheter-directed Therapy (C-TRACT). According to private practice interventional radiologist Mary Costantino, MD...
2020-01-2917 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 3: A path to leadership in interventional radiology | Guest: Laura FindeissThat could actually create a really big void if we’re not in communities taking care of patients. We’re the “go-to,” we’re necessary in these big systems or big hospitals, but when you get very far from them at all, then you have communities that have absolutely no access to IR. —Laura Findeiss, MD, FSIRIn 2009, SIR held its inaugural Leadership Development Academy (LDA). Among that first class’s graduates was Laura Findeiss, MD, FSIR, who has since held a number of key leadership roles in both SIR and SIR Foundation. In celebra...
2019-12-0221 minThe Kinked WireEpisode 1: Fostering D&I in interventional radiology | Guest: Alan H. MatsumotoDuring that time period, many of the Japanese Americans, like my parents who were born in the United States, were a quiet bunch of people ... and so my parents never talked about it. In fact it wasn’t in our history books, growing up. I didn’t even know about the internment camps—and the fact that my family was affected by them—until I was 25.—Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, FSIRAt the SIR 2019 annual meeting, Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, FSIR, received SIR’s prestigious Gold Medal award. During his speech, he announced his vision for a...
2019-09-2319 min
Everyday Family MedicineAn Advanced Uterine Fibroid Treatment Option for Your Patients
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: John C. Lipman, MD, FSIR
Every 10 minutes, 12 hysterectomies are performed. But Dr. John Lipman, an interventional radiologist from the Atlanta Fibroid Center, believes fibroid treatment can be done with a minimally invasive approach. While speaking with Dr. Jennifer Caudle, not only does he explain his mission to restore his patients’ confidence and femininity, but also his passion for educating those with uterine fibroids.
2019-01-2500 min
The Whole Health Cure“Why dieting fails, and how to overcome your body’s resistance?” with David Prologo, MD, FSIR, ABOM-DDr. Prologo is an interventional radiologist whose research has focused on the application of image guided techniques to the delivery of stem cell therapies, the treatment of cancer pain, and for obesity management. He is a nationally recognized expert in ablative therapies and has pioneered several new procedures in the subspecialty – including the cryoablation of nerves.
The topic Dr. David Prologo covers is “Why dieting fails, and how to overcome your body’s resistance?”
Some of the main points discussed include:
The disconnect between resource available for weight loss and end user;
Common challenges faced by...
2018-06-0634 min
BackTable Vascular & InterventionalEp. 15 Renal Ablation Therapies with Dr. Mike Devane and Dr. Ahmed KamelWe discuss renal ablation therapies with Mike Devane MD and Ahmed Kamel MD, PhD, FSIR
2017-11-0133 min
BackTable Vascular & InterventionalEp. 6 Setting up a Vein Clinic with Dr. Aaron ShilohEpisode 6 with Dr. Aaron Shiloh, MD FSIR discussing pearls and pitfalls of starting an outpatient vein clinic, including the importance of marketing.
2017-07-1955 min