IRQ audio 1: Patient frailty and IR

There 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 Radiology

As 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 Ruth Carlos, MD, FACR, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), about the unique opportunities the editor role provides, what they wish authors and reviewers knew, and more.

Related resources:

• Learn more about the search for a new editor-in-chief of JVIR
• JVIR homepage
• JACR homepage
• Learn about Dr. Haskal's Writing Club workshops at the SIR 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting: March 23 | March 24

Note: This episode was recorded on Feb. 20, 2024.

Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.

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This recording features audio versions of March 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:

• Transarterial Embolization of Simple Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: Long-Term Outcomes of 0.018-Inch Coils versus Vascular Plugs Read
• Clinical Utility of Infrapopliteal Calcium Score for the Evaluation of Severity of Peripheral Artery Disease Read
• Patient-Reported Outcomes and Return to Work after CT-Guided Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy: A Prospective Study Read
• Magnetic Compression Anastomosis of Benign Short-Segment Ureteral Obstruction Read
• Pulsed Electric Field Ablation versus Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation in Murine Breast Cancer Models: Anticancer Immune Stimulation, Tumor Response, and Abscopal Effects Read
• Smartphone Augmented Reality Outperforms Conventional CT Guidance for Composite Ablation Margins in Phantom Models Read

 JVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode:

Host and audio editor:
Manbir Singh Sandhu, University of California Riverside School of Medicine

Abstract readers:

• Brian Ng, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri
• Andrew Brandser, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
• Eric Chang, MS, University of Illinois College of Medicine
• Justin Cook, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
• Millennie Chen, University of California Riverside School of Medicine
• Vasan Jagadeesh, University of California San Diego School of Medicine 

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Many people are sort of viewing it as an either/or—either you have an OBL or you're tied to a diagnostic department. And from my perspective, it's like  ... it's actually synergistic to have both. —Radiology Chief James Brink, MD, FACR

Host interventional radiologist Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with James Brink, MD, FACR, chair of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Hospital, about whether interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology are stronger together, what brought him to support IR services in his radiology practice, the Society of Interventional Radiology and American College of Radiology town hall on the topic, and more.

Related resources:

• Recording of December 2024 SIR and ACR town hall, "IR and DR: Better together or ... ?" View
• Related sessions at the SIR 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, March 23-28, 2024, Salt Lake City 
  • SIR/ACR ACR/SIR Town Hall IR and DR: Better Together View details
  • IR can survive as an independent clinical practice: Yes or No? View details

Note: This episode was recorded on Jan. 31, 2024.

Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.

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This recording features audio versions of February 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:

• Radiation Major Hepatectomy Using Ablative Dose Yttrium-90 Radioembolization in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma 5 cm or Larger Read
• Yttrium-90 Transarterial Radioembolization of Primary Lung Cancer Metastases to the Liver Read
• Percutaneous Cryoablation of Recurrent or Oligometastatic Tumors in Thoracoabdominal Soft Tissues: Safety, Effectiveness, and Technical Aspects Read
• Targeted versus Empiric Embolization for Delayed Postpancreatectomy Hemorrhage: A Retrospective Study of 312 Patients Read
• Early Outcomes of Interwoven Nitinol Wire Stent Placement versus Endarterectomy for the Treatment of Atherosclerotic Disease of the Common Femoral Artery Read
• Percutaneous Deep Venous Arterialization in Patients with No-Option Critical Limb Ischemia Performed in an Office-Based Laboratory Setting Read
• Geospatial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Access to IR Care in the United States Read

JVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode:

Host and audio editor:
Manbir Singh Sandhu, University of California Riverside School of Medicine

Abstract readers:

• Hannah Curtis, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, California
• Taji Kommineni, MD, JD, LLM, American University of Antigua College of Medicine
• Alena Khalil, MA, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Florida
• Sai Dhanush Reddy Jeggari, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Ashwin Mahendra, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
• Jeremy Brown, DO, MS, Kaweah Health Medical Center, California
• Isabelle Barbosa, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut

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In 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) READ

We thank the Sound of IR producers for sharing this content with the Kinked Wire. You can listen to more Sound of IR episodes at thesoundofir.castos.com.

Note: This episode was first published March 29, 2023. 

This recording features audio versions of January 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:

• Association between End-Stage Renal Disease and Major Adverse Limb Events after Peripheral Vascular Intervention Read
• Percutaneous CT-Guided Cryoablation for Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer: Technical Feasibility, Safety, and Effectiveness Read
• Hydrogel Augmentation of the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc: An Early Feasibility Study of a Treatment for Discogenic Low Back Pain Read
• Progression toward Vertebral Collapse of Vertebral Metastases Treated with Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: Rate and Risk Factors Read
• A Pilot Study of Percutaneous Cholecystoenteric Anastomosis: A New Option for High-Risk Patients with Symptomatic Gallstones Read
• Measurement of the Tumor-to-Normal Ratio for Radioembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective Study Comparing 2-Dimensional Perfusion Angiography, Technetium-99m Macroaggregated Albumin, and Yttrium-90 SPECT/CT Read

JVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode:
Host:
Rommell Noche, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut

Audio editor:
Siddhi Hegde, MBBS, Massachusetts General Hospital

Abstract readers:

• Justin Cook, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
• Colin Standifird, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Anna Hu, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, D.C.
• Jack Ficke, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut
• Eric Chang, MS, University of Illinois College of Medicine
• Brian Ng, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri

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In 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, PhD
• Short-term work, long-term possibilities: The pros and cons of locum tenens work, by Sonali Mehandru, MD
• Medical robotics: Understanding medical needs and measures of success, by Janice Newsome, MD, FSIR, John T. Moon, MD, Peter Ju Park, MD, Kamil Arif, MD, Judy Gichoya, MD, Kaesha Thomas, Deepak Iyer, and Zachary Bercu, MD

Finally, we share excerpts from the top three most played Kinked Wire episodes of the year:

• Episode 40: The potential of advanced practice providers in interventional radiology. Host: Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR; Guests: Carrie Hayes, PA, and Nick Oravetz, PA
• Episode 41: The current and future role of artificial intelligence in interventional radiology. Host: Roger Tomihama, MD; Guest: Julius Chapiro, MD
• Episode 37: IRs in focus: Alda Tam. Host: Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MD, FSIR; Guest: Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIR

Note: This episode was recorded on Dec. 5, 2023.

Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.

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This recording features audio versions of December 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:

• Sclerotherapy of Venous Malformations Using Polidocanol: Effectiveness, Safety, and Predictors of Outcomes and Adverse Events Read
• Comparison of the Safety of Transjugular and Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Read
• Effect of Previous Transarterial Chemoembolization on Survival and Toxicity after Yttrium-90 Transarterial Radioembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Radiation-Emitting SIR-Spheres in Nonresectable Liver Tumor Registry Read
• Hepatic Hypertrophy in Normal and Cirrhotic Livers Following Portal Vein Embolization: Comparative Assessment of 2 Different Embolic Regimens in a Large Animal Model Read
• Genicular Artery Embolization for Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: Interim Analysis of a Prospective Pilot Trial Including Effect on Serum Osteoarthritis-Associated Biomarkers Read
• Quantifying Change in Perfusion after Genicular Artery Embolization with Parametric Analysis of Intraprocedural Digital Subtraction Angiograms Read
  
  

JVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode:

Host:
Rommell Noche, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut

Audio editor:
Manbir Sandhu, University of California Riverside School of Medicine

Abstract readers:

• Melissa Millett, St. George's University, Grenada
• Alena Khalil, MA, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Florida
• Christopher Loiselle, MS, Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tennessee
• Jonathan Dzielski, Kansas City University, Missouri
• Andrew Brandser, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut
• Taji Kommineni, MD, JD, LLM, American University of Antigua

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In this episode, which was first presented as an SIR Foundation lunch and learn on Oct. 27, 2023, researchers Sasicha Manupipatpong, MD, and Govind Srimathveeravalli, PhD, share their latest findings in the potential for Y-90 treatment of brain cancer, irreversible electroporation, and more.

Related links:

• Learn more about SIR Foundation's "IR Lunch & Learn" series
• Coming soon: This episode's presentation with slides on SIR Now

"The reality is, and the catchy way to remember it is, 'If it needs a sign, it's bad design.' You see a teakettle, and you immediately know how to use it. " —Gregory Khodorov, MD, MBA

As part of a new series from the SIR Medical Student Council (MSC) Biodesign Committee, hosts Eleanor Lee, MPH, and Savraj Saggu speak with Gregg Khodorov, MD, MBA, on identifying problems to solve in interventional radiology, how to recognize bad design and more.

Note: Submissions for the committee's next biodesign competition will be due on Jan. 15, 2024. Watch for more details in the SIR Connect RFS Community.

Related resources:

• Competition theme
• Registration
• Syllabus

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