Kinked Wire ep. 17
I guess my take-home point is that by no means is staffing for a stroke program a small undertaking, so it really is important to have the support from the hospital as well as other medical specialties when developing the interventional stroke program ... which we’re very fortunate we have. —Eric A. Wang, MD, FSIR
Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist Eric A. Wang, MD, FSIR, about how he got involved in ischemic stroke care, the specialized training other IRs need to do the same, and how the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) supports the IR community in this important effort.
Related resources:
- SIR training guidelines published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR)
- "Stroke roundtable: Opportunities and challenges for IRs performing endovascular thrombectomies for stroke" (IR Quarterly, Fall 2018)
- SIR 2019 on-demand stroke course
Note: This episode was recorded on Jan. 31, 2021.
Podcast participants
Eric Wang, MD, FSIR, is an interventional radiologist in Charlotte Radiology, North Carolina, and is a member of the SIR Interventional Neuroradiology Service Line.
Host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, is an interventional radiologist in Tampa, Florida.
Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.
