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IR legislation
Recent victories with UFE awareness have highlighted a legislative path forward to break down barriers to care. Read more
Jan 25, 2023
Katharine L. Krol, MD, FSIR, Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI, Judi Buckalew, BSN, MPH, CAE
Finding GEMS
Evaluating SIR Foundation’s Grants for Education of Medical Students (GEMS) Program diversity and inclusion efforts Read more
Jan 18, 2023
Vishal Kumar, MD, Alexandra Folleco, MPH(c), Victoria Palacios, MPH, Pooja Doshi, MPH, COA
IRs in the FDA
How interventional radiologists can get involved in device regulation Read more
Oct 24, 2022
Donald Miller, MD, FSIR, Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, MBA, FSIR
The commitment
IR has one of the highest gender disparities in medicine. But male IRs can help bridge that gap. Read more
Sep 26, 2022
Hirschel D. McGinnis, MD
Protecting against paycuts
This summer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published their annual Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. The proposed changes would have imposed severe cuts on Medicare pay for intervention radiologists... Read more
Jan 10, 2022
A new administration
Every presidential election brings some level of change to the healthcare landscape. The election of Joseph R. Biden—along with a Congress controlled by a slim Democratic majority—brings the possibility of change, gridlock or even compromise... Read more
Feb 18, 2021
Jennifer Stover
Raising the voice of IR
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Jul 12, 2020
Meridith J. Englander, MD, FSIR
New class of advocates takes IR message to Capitol Hill
On May 15–16, 12 SIR members visited Capitol Hill for SIR’s fifth annual Grassroots Leadership Program. Jeremy D. Collins, MD; Waleska M. Pabon-Ramos, MD, MPH, FSIR; Kristi Bogan, MD; Jesse Chen, MD; Charles (Chuck) Martin, MD; Teodora Bochnakova... Read more
Oct 24, 2018
A world of difference
As interventional radiology continues to surge forward as a specialty in the United States, SIR is also working to increase the awareness and practice of IR around the world. To recognize this growth, IR Quarterly will begin a special series... Read more
Oct 5, 2017
An uncertain future
On May 4, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the Trump administration’s attempt to repeal President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). At the time of this writing, the Senate bill... Read more
Aug 15, 2017