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Perspectives

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
Robert J. Lewandowski, MD, FSIR, Alyson Reed, SIR interim executive director
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
Hope Racine
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
R. Torrance Andrews MD, FSIR, Sebouh Gueyikian, MD, Kevin Kim, MD, FSIR, Neil J. Halin, DO, FSIR, Josh L. Weintraub, MD, FSIR, Michael J. Miller, Jr., MD, FSIR
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
Ria Singh, BS, Eric Cyphers, Vishal Kumar, MD, FSIR
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
Hope Racine
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
Hope Racine
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
Rex Pillai, MD, Morgan Kohler
Patient-affirming care
As interventional radiologists take an increasingly patient-focused, clinical approach to their practices, there’s one demographic that IRs may be particularly positioned to treat: the LGBTQ community.
Jun 13, 2024
Hope Racine
How to publish an IR book …. and is it worth it?
Writing a book can be a challenge—but the sweat (and maybe tears) is worth it on the other end if you go in with clear expectations.
May 22, 2024
J. David Prologo, MD, FSIR, Ziv J Haskal, MD, FSIR, Kumar Madassery, MD, FSIR

the commitment

Episode 61: SIR 50th Anniversary: Growth and opportunities in interventional oncology | Guest: Dr. Michael Soulen

Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, and longtime IO leader Michael Soulen, MD, FSIR, discuss the growth trajectory of interventional oncology, the evolution of the society over the decades, and more.