Perspectives
Leadership column
Recently, SIR and SIR Foundation approved a new 5-year strategic plan that will serve as a road map for our future.
May 22, 2025
Meet SIR and SIR Foundation’s new CEO
Eve Lee, MBA, CAE, became SIR’s new CEO in January. Lee has worked in the healthcare space for over 30 years and served in executive roles for over 12 years, most recently as the executive director of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association.
Mar 26, 2025
Heaven Brown
February: Member spotlight
Ashely Medley and how her GEMS experience impacted her
Feb 25, 2025
Leadership Column
As we celebrate SIR’s 50th anniversary, many of us are looking back on how our practices and identities as IRs have evolved over the years.
Nov 18, 2024
The entrepreneur mindset
Everyone is an entrepreneur in their own way—and IRs are certainly no exception, according to Nicholas Cary, co-founder of Blockchain.
Nov 12, 2024
Understanding the IR call experience
In the spring of 2024, the Association of Chiefs of Interventional Radiology (ACIR) surveyed its membership regarding various issues associated with IR call, including frequency, workload and compensation mechanisms.
Oct 22, 2024
The IR exposure problem
A recent review of IR exposure at medical schools with a high proportion of URMs—particularly focusing on HBCUs—found that no active HBCUs or osteopathic schools provide students with high-IR exposure. Why is this, and how can it be fixed?
Oct 22, 2024
The debt question
The causes of workforce shortages are multiple and multifaceted, but one can’t ignore the large impact that medical school debt has on the shortage—as well as the opportunity it offers for closing the gap.
Oct 8, 2024
Brittany Palmer Nielsen
Coding the future
Reimbursement dictates more than the average IR’s paycheck; it’s part of the tricky economics of healthcare.
Aug 21, 2024
IR on the stand
Rex Pillai, MD, shares his experiences and lessons learned on the stand as an expert witness for medical malpractice cases.
Aug 21, 2024
Episode 64: IRs in focus: WIR Champion Award winner Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR
Host Natosha N. Monfore, DO, speaks with 2025 Women in IR (WIR) Champion Award winner Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR, about her inspirations, the importance of groups like the Women in IR Section, advice she gives trainees and more.
