The Kinked Wire
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) brings you a new podcast on all the topics that impact your practice of IR, with focused subseries reflecting the broad range of the specialty. In each episode, hosts and guests discuss new clinical opportunities, practice management tips, the latest trends and developments in the specialty, and more. Learn more on sirweb.org, irq.sirweb.org, and sirweb.org/kinkedwire. If you have any ideas for topics or guests, or have any other feedback, let us know at kinkedwire@sirweb.org. For corporate support opportunities, contact SIR at jnash@sirweb.org. The views and opinions expressed in podcast episodes are not necessarily those of the Society of Interventional Radiology. The society does not endorse any companies or products.
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Episode 55: Entrepreneurship and interventional radiology: Q&A with Blockchain co-founder Nicolas Cary
"One of the things entrepreneurs screw up a lot that I see is that they spend so much time on their product idea, or the invention ... and they don"t spend any time talking to customers or doing sales. And like, the most important thing you can do to validate your business idea is prove that someone is willing to compe
Episode 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
JVIR audio 3: Mortality, safety and efficacy of paclitaxel-containing balloons and stents in the femoropopliteal artery
"It"s not entirely unique to IR, but it"s something that"s encountered more because it is so fast-moving, and it"s what kind of drew me into the specialty. But having done this project has given me a new perspective on the importance of good, quality research and engaging with it."—Hayley Briody, MB, BCh, MSC In this J
This recording features audio versions of October 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Outcomes Analysis of Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for Tumors Other Than Metastatic Colorectal Cancer from the Radiation-Emitting SIR-Spheres in Nonresectable (RESiN) Registry ReadOpen access: Using V
IRQ audio 15: The debt question: How medical school debt relief options can benefit doctors and patients
The Association of Medical Colleges projects a shortage of 124,000 physicians by 2034. The demand for specialty physicians continues to outpace supply, especially in rural America. The causes of workforce shortages are multiple and multifaceted, but one can’t ignore the large impact that medical school debt has on the
Episode 53: SIR 50th Anniversary: The growth (and growing pains) of pediatric interventional radiology
"The procedures are not just vascular access and abscess drains and biopsies anymore. You know, the gamut of procedures that are done in pediatric now is ... across the board everything, practically, that is done in adult IR is done in pediatric IR. And I think you"d find that filing that niche and filing that need wou