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JVIR audio abstracts: March 2026
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
ArticlesSystematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis of the Cardiovascular Effects of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation for Dec...
Episode 74: ECS RISE Award
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Lim, MD interviews Dr. AJ Gunn, the inaugural Early Career RISE Award recipient, about his commitment to community building and supporting early‑...
Episode 74: Legacy of Dotter
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“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, FSI...
Bonus episode: SIR's Business Institute
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this bonus episode of the Kinked Wire, Derek Mittleider, MD, FSIR, speaks with Business Institute program directors Allan I. Hoffman, MD, FSIR, and...
JVIR audio abstracts: February 2026
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of the February 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:ArticlesTransarterial Em...
Episode 73: Pregnancy in Residency
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"Comments like this 'Oh, I didn't think you would continue in IR after having your baby,' don't help, because you're a...
JVIR audio abstracts: January 2026
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of the January 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:ArticlesCryoablation Prot...
Episode 72: Away rotations in IR
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Always assume that everyone knows more than you do, and go into places with a lot of modesty.” – Brittany Brookner, MDIn this episode of the Ki...
Episode 71: ECS Contributions and innovations in IR with Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“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 th...
JVIR audio abstracts: December 2025
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of the December 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:ArticlesAssociation betw...
IRQ audio 17: The unexpected locum
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark H. Knelson, MD, thought his IR career had come to an early end—until he discovered locum tenens work.At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr....
Episode 70: Call and work coverage with Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIR
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“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...
JVIR audio abstracts: November 2025
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of the November 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:ArticlesProspective Mult...
Episode 69: How to Match
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“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 t...
JVIR audio abstracts: October 2025
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of the October 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:ArticlesEffectiveness of ...
Episode 68: WIR mentoring conversations
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 al...
JVIR audio abstracts: September 2025
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of September 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Interventional Radiology Re...
SIR EDGE 2025 preview
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 me...
Episode 66: Collaborative care in small and rural practice
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Being able to offer those services locally can make a huge difference in quality of life.”- Ezana M. Azene, MD, PhDIn this episode, host Rajshree...
Episode 67: Your early career transitions
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"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 w...
JVIR audio abstracts: August 2025
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of August 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Transarterial Embolization for...
JVIR audio 6: Results of a Global Survey on the State of Interventional Radiology 2024
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"This was really the first of its kind where we had individual physicians as part of these societies give answers locally, what IR service is lik...
Episode 65: Small and rural IR practices with Dana Dunleavy, MD
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not everyone in an underserved hospital is going to want to do all advanced procedures. And so fortunately, one of the things we have been able to do,...
JVIR audio abstracts: July 2025
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis recording features audio versions of July 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Optimal Timing of ...
Episode 64: IRs in focus: WIR Champion Award winner Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"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.&ap...
JVIR audio abstracts: June 2025
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of June 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Comparison of Bypass Surgery ver...
JVIR AI audio 2: Using voxel-based dosimetry to evaluate sphere concentration and tumor dose in hepatocellular carcinoma
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) audio episode, JVIR blog Editor Peter Li, MD, MS, uses artificial intelligence (AI) p...
Episode 63: At the forefront of innovation | Guest: Dr. Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"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 ...
JVIR audio abstracts: May 2025
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of May 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Recurrent Portal Hypertension aft...
Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Tuesday, April 1
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and re...
Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Monday, March 31
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and re...
Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Sunday, March 30
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and re...
Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Saturday, March 29
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and re...
JVIR audio abstracts: April 2025
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of April 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Adverse Events After Percutaneo...
Episode 62: SIR 50th Anniversary: The birth of a powerhouse app
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"... 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 c...
Episode 61: SIR 50th Anniversary: Growth and opportunities in interventional oncology | Guest: Dr. Michael Soulen
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"... 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 ...
Episode 60: SIR 50th Anniversary: The birth and growth of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | Guest Dr. Gary Becker
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"So the American Journal of Medicine was 'the green journal' ... Radiology was 'the grey journal' ... AJR is 'the yellow...
JVIR audio abstracts: March 2025
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of March 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Safety and Effectiveness of Ear...
IRQ 16: Transplant teamwork: A community hospital builds successful liver transplant program
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Piedmont Transplant Institute in Atlanta performs about 135 liver transplants each year. It’s the highest-volume liver transplant center of any ...
Episode 59: SIR 50th Anniversary: From 1975 to 2025, the Evolution of the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting | Guest Dr. Ernie Ring
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"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 ...
JVIR AI audio 1: GLASS classification and patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) audio episode, JVIR blog Editor Peter Li, MD, MS, uses artificial intelligence (AI) p...
Episode 58: The potential for cryoneurolysis and interventional radiology in pain management
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"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...
JVIR audio abstracts: February 2025
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of February 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Radiation Pneumonitis after ...
Episode 57: 2024 in review + top IR Quarterly articles and Kinked Wire podcast episodes of the year
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"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...
JVIR audio abstracts: January 2025
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of January 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Effectiveness of Track Cauter...
JVIR audio 5: Genicular artery embolization for treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"'Hopefully this will also gain some more confidence from other IR folks that, you know, if you have an appropriate candidate, and you feel ...
Episode 56: SIR 50th Anniversary: The evolution of neurointerventional radiology | Guest: Dr. David Kumpe
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"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...
JVIR audio 4: Using voxel-based dosimetry to evaluate sphere concentration and tumor dose
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"'If we know activity, or sphere activity, at the time of delivery, and we know the dose to tumor, and we know the dose that we gave, we cou...
JVIR audio abstracts: December 2024
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of December 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Safety and Effectiveness of ...
Episode 55: Entrepreneurship and interventional radiology: Q&A with Blockchain co-founder Nicolas Cary
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"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 d...
Episode 54: SIR 50th Anniversary: From piles of tubing to the Waltman loop | Guest: Dr. Arthur Waltman
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"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?&apos...
JVIR audio 3: Mortality, safety and efficacy of paclitaxel-containing balloons and stents in the femoropopliteal artery
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"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 ...
JVIR audio abstracts: November 2024
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of November 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Outcomes Analysis of Yttrium...
IRQ audio 15: The debt question: How medical school debt relief options can benefit doctors and patients
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Association of Medical Colleges projects a shortage of 124,000 physicians by 2034. The demand for specialty physicians continues to outpace supply...
Episode 53: SIR 50th Anniversary: The growth (and growing pains) of pediatric interventional radiology
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"The procedures are not just vascular access and abscess drains and biopsies anymore. You know, the gamut of procedures that are done in pediatri...
JVIR audio abstracts: October 2024
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of October 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Mortality, Safety, and Effect...
IRQ audio 14: Administrative advocacy: How to effectively negotiate with hospital administration
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Facilitating change and advocating for interventional radiology in your hospital requires strong communication skills and knowing how to approach hosp...
Episode 52: From crisis to care: How interventional radiology saved Sebastian Junger's life
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"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 e...
JVIR audio abstracts: September 2024
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of September 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Multidisciplinary Delphi Co...
Episode 51: SIR 50th Anniversary: The growth of interventional radiology and vascular care | Guest: Dr. Barry Katzen
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"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 ...
JVIR audio abstracts: August 2024
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of August 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Safety and Effectiveness of En...
JVIR audio abstracts: July 2024
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of July 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Comparison of Clinical Effective...
JVIR audio abstracts: June 2024
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of June 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Virtual Reality for the Manageme...
JVIR audio abstracts: May 2024
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of May 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Prediction of Mortality and Hepat...
Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Tuesday, March 26
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and re...
Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Monday, March 25
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and re...
JVIR audio abstracts: April 2024
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of April 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Genicular Artery Embolization: ...
Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Sunday, March 24
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and re...
Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Saturday, March 23
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and re...
Episode 50: Panel discussion with the Women in Interventional Radiology Champion Award winners
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"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 no...
Episode 49: Owning success: What journal editors wish authors and reviewers knew
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a shift in academic medicine—academic radiology. We don't necessarily have the soft research time that we had before. The clinical dem...
JVIR audio abstracts: March 2024
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of March 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Transarterial Embolization of S...
Episode 48: Unlocking radiology's potential: The synergy between interventional and diagnostic radiology
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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, i...
JVIR audio abstracts: February 2024
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of February 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Radiation Major Hepatectomy ...
Sound of IR 3: VIR Legend Mr. John Abele
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
JVIR audio abstracts: January 2024
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of January 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Association between End-Stage...
Episode 47: 2023 in review + top IR Quarterly articles and Kinked Wire podcast episodes of the year
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a special year-end review, interventional radiologists Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, Jaimin Shah, MD, Roger Tomihama, MD, Marty Radvany, MD, FSIR, and ...
JVIR audio abstracts: December 2023
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of December 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Sclerotherapy of Venous Malf...
Episode 46: Research forum 1: Y-90 and brain cancer, irreversible electroporation, and more
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, which was first presented as an SIR Foundation lunch and learn on Oct. 27, 2023, researchers Sasicha Manupipatpong, MD, and Govind Sr...
Episode 45: Pearls and pitfalls of biodesign in interventional radiology
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"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 immedia...
JVIR audio abstracts: November 2023
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of November 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Added Value of Cone-Beam CT ...
Sound of IR 2: VIR Legend Dr. David Kumpe
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, which was first published in 2022 on the Sound of IR podcast as part of its VIR Legends series, host Eric Cyphers spoke with David Ku...
Episode 44: Research findings on IVC filters
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"The primary safety and primary efficacy endpoints—which were preset in consideration with the FDA and all the societies—were met. You look a...
JVIR audio abstracts: October 2023
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of October 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Research Consensus Panel Foll...
JVIR audio abstracts: September 2023
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of September 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:An Interim Analysis of the ...
Episode 43: The state of interventional radiology research in venous obstruction
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"When you put energy into something, and passion and determination, and when people can see that you've also put in the scholarship, people ...
IRQ audio 13: The internship year: An overview of options
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The IR-in-training has a number of options to consider for their internship year. Although most program directors recommend surgery, a significant num...
JVIR audio abstracts: August 2023
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of August 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Percutaneous Cryoablation of P...
Sound of IR 1: VIR Legend Dr. Stanley Baum
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"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...
JVIR audio abstracts: July 2023
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of July 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Short-Term Effects of Genicular ...
Episode 42: Pros and cons of practice settings in interventional radiology
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I 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 do...
IRQ audio 12: Practice Profiles: Rochester Radiology Associates (New York)
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rochester Radiology Associates (RRA) is a private combined DR and IR practice located in upstate Rochester, New York. We combine the world of a tradit...
JVIR audio abstracts: June 2023
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of June 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Public Awareness of Intervention...
Episode 41: The current and future role of artificial intelligence in interventional radiology
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm a firm believer in technology, and I think we can engineer our way out of pretty much everything in the world ... And so my hope is tha...
IRQ audio 11: The venous revolution: Where we are and where we’re going
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From a basic science perspective, a number of questions remain unanswered regarding deep veins. Venous disease is a cause of morbidity and mortality f...
JVIR audio abstracts: May 2023
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of May 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Embolization of the Superior Rect...
SIR Today audio: Holistic approaches to a quality and safety program
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“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...
Episode 40: The potential of advanced practice providers in interventional radiology
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“They're our mentors, they're our friends, they're our colleagues, they're our peers. They recognize, 'Hey, we have this ne...
JVIR audio abstracts: April 2023
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recording features audio versions of April 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Predicting the Safety and Effec...
SIR Today audio: Transitioning to nonclinical opportunities
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“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 b...