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The 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...2025-03-1244 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 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 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 min