The Kinked Wire

Updated: 20 Oct 2025 • 153 episodes
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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 corporaterelations@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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This recording features audio versions of the November 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: ArticlesProspective Multicenter Observational Study of Silent Brain Infarction following Transradial Hepatic Intervention (The MOSAIC Study)First-in-Human Evaluation of a New Resorbable Microsp

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09 Oct 2025 • EN

Episode 69: How to Match

“Kindergarten skills, right? If you’re a pain to be around, you can be the best clinically, but no one wants to hang out with you at 2 a.m. when that bleed comes in.”- Viknesh Kasthuri, MD In this episode, host Marie Hamel and guest Viknesh Kasthuri, MD, a resident at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, disc

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This recording features audio versions of the October 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: ArticlesEffectiveness of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation for the Treatment of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ReadAdverse Events of Tunneled Central Venous Catheters versus Total

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There 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, FSIR The Society of Interventional Radiology Women in Radiology

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This recording features audio versions of September 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Interventional Radiology Reporting Standards and Checklist for Artificial Intelligence Research Evaluation (iCARE) ReadPreservation of Fertility by Direct Puncture Embolization of Acquired Uterine

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20 Aug 2025 • EN

SIR EDGE 2025 preview

In this special mini episode of the Kinked Wire, EDGE Chair Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR, shares a preview of what you can expect out of this year"s meeting in San Diego. Be sure to listen to the entire episode to find out how you may be eligible for additional savings on your meeting registration.  Contact us with your idea

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