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The Kinked Wire — 188 episodes
Episode 86: 2026 WIR Champion Award winner Sue Hanks, MD, FSIR
JVIR audio abstracts: September 2026
Episode 85: Building credibility and goodwill in hospital leadership with James B. Spies, MD, MPH, FSIR
Episode 84: Adrenal vein sampling
JVIR audio abstracts: August 2026
Episode 83: Fibroids on your FYP
Episode 82: From RFS to Educator: Mentorship and connection building with Joshua Kuban, MD, FSIR
JVIR audio abstracts: July 2026
Episode 81: Get ready for a different kind of meeting: SIR EDGE
Episode 80: Early career pathways to education leadership
JVIR audio abstracts: June 2026
Episode 79: IR Trailblazers 2
Episode 78: Practice Advice for Early Career IRs
Episode 77: IR Trailblazers 1
JVIR audio abstracts: May 2026
Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Wednesday, April 15
Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Tuesday, April 14
Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Monday, April 13
Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Sunday, April 12
Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Saturday, April 11
Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Friday, April 10
JVIR audio abstracts: April 2026
Episode 76: Global IR—SIR 2026 bonus episode
Episode 75: Legacy of Dotter
JVIR audio abstracts: March 2026
Episode 74: ECS RISE Award
Bonus episode: SIR's Business Institute
JVIR audio abstracts: February 2026
Episode 73: Pregnancy in Residency
JVIR audio abstracts: January 2026
Episode 72: Away rotations in IR
Episode 71: ECS Contributions and innovations in IR with Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR
JVIR audio abstracts: December 2025
IRQ audio 17: The unexpected locum
Episode 70: Call and work coverage with Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIR
JVIR audio abstracts: November 2025
Episode 69: How to Match
JVIR audio abstracts: October 2025
Episode 68: WIR mentoring conversations
JVIR audio abstracts: September 2025
SIR EDGE 2025 preview
Episode 66: Collaborative care in small and rural practice
Episode 67: Your early career transitions
JVIR audio abstracts: August 2025
JVIR audio 6: Results of a Global Survey on the State of Interventional Radiology 2024
Episode 65: Small and rural IR practices with Dana Dunleavy, MD
JVIR audio abstracts: July 2025
Episode 64: IRs in focus: WIR Champion Award winner Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR
JVIR audio abstracts: June 2025
JVIR AI audio 2: Using voxel-based dosimetry to evaluate sphere concentration and tumor dose in hepatocellular carcinoma
Episode 63: At the forefront of innovation | Guest: Dr. Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga
JVIR audio abstracts: May 2025
Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Tuesday, April 1
Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Monday, March 31
Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Sunday, March 30
Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Saturday, March 29
JVIR audio abstracts: April 2025
Episode 62: SIR 50th Anniversary: The birth of a powerhouse app
Episode 61: SIR 50th Anniversary: Growth and opportunities in interventional oncology | Guest: Dr. Michael Soulen
Episode 60: SIR 50th Anniversary: The birth and growth of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | Guest Dr. Gary Becker
JVIR audio abstracts: March 2025
IRQ 16: Transplant teamwork: A community hospital builds successful liver transplant program
Episode 59: SIR 50th Anniversary: From 1975 to 2025, the Evolution of the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting | Guest Dr. Ernie Ring
JVIR AI audio 1: GLASS classification and patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia
Episode 58: The potential for cryoneurolysis and interventional radiology in pain management
JVIR audio abstracts: February 2025
Episode 57: 2024 in review + top IR Quarterly articles and Kinked Wire podcast episodes of the year
JVIR audio abstracts: January 2025
JVIR audio 5: Genicular artery embolization for treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis
Episode 56: SIR 50th Anniversary: The evolution of neurointerventional radiology | Guest: Dr. David Kumpe
JVIR audio 4: Using voxel-based dosimetry to evaluate sphere concentration and tumor dose
JVIR audio abstracts: December 2024
Episode 55: Entrepreneurship and interventional radiology: Q&A with Blockchain co-founder Nicolas Cary
Episode 54: SIR 50th Anniversary: From piles of tubing to the Waltman loop | Guest: Dr. Arthur Waltman
JVIR audio 3: Mortality, safety and efficacy of paclitaxel-containing balloons and stents in the femoropopliteal artery
JVIR audio abstracts: November 2024
IRQ audio 15: The debt question: How medical school debt relief options can benefit doctors and patients
Episode 53: SIR 50th Anniversary: The growth (and growing pains) of pediatric interventional radiology
JVIR audio abstracts: October 2024
IRQ audio 14: Administrative advocacy: How to effectively negotiate with hospital administration
Episode 52: From crisis to care: How interventional radiology saved Sebastian Junger's life
JVIR audio abstracts: September 2024
Episode 51: SIR 50th Anniversary: The growth of interventional radiology and vascular care | Guest: Dr. Barry Katzen
JVIR audio abstracts: August 2024
JVIR audio abstracts: July 2024
JVIR audio abstracts: June 2024
JVIR audio abstracts: May 2024
Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Tuesday, March 26
Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Monday, March 25
JVIR audio abstracts: April 2024
Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Sunday, March 24
Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Saturday, March 23
Episode 50: Panel discussion with the Women in Interventional Radiology Champion Award winners
Episode 49: Owning success: What journal editors wish authors and reviewers knew
JVIR audio abstracts: March 2024
Episode 48: Unlocking radiology's potential: The synergy between interventional and diagnostic radiology
JVIR audio abstracts: February 2024
Sound of IR 3: VIR Legend Mr. John Abele
JVIR audio abstracts: January 2024
Episode 47: 2023 in review + top IR Quarterly articles and Kinked Wire podcast episodes of the year
JVIR audio abstracts: December 2023
Episode 46: Research forum 1: Y-90 and brain cancer, irreversible electroporation, and more
Episode 45: Pearls and pitfalls of biodesign in interventional radiology
JVIR audio abstracts: November 2023
Sound of IR 2: VIR Legend Dr. David Kumpe
Episode 44: Research findings on IVC filters
JVIR audio abstracts: October 2023
JVIR audio abstracts: September 2023
Episode 43: The state of interventional radiology research in venous obstruction
IRQ audio 13: The internship year: An overview of options
JVIR audio abstracts: August 2023
Sound of IR 1: VIR Legend Dr. Stanley Baum
JVIR audio abstracts: July 2023
Episode 42: Pros and cons of practice settings in interventional radiology
IRQ audio 12: Practice Profiles: Rochester Radiology Associates (New York)
JVIR audio abstracts: June 2023
Episode 41: The current and future role of artificial intelligence in interventional radiology
IRQ audio 11: The venous revolution: Where we are and where we’re going
JVIR audio abstracts: May 2023
SIR Today audio: Holistic approaches to a quality and safety program
Episode 40: The potential of advanced practice providers in interventional radiology
JVIR audio abstracts: April 2023
SIR Today audio: Transitioning to nonclinical opportunities
Episode 39: Stories of interventional radiology: Saving life and limb
Episode 38: 2022 in review + top IR Quarterly articles of the year
JVIR audio abstracts: March 2023
Episode 37: IRs in focus | Guest: Alda Tam
JVIR audio abstracts: February 2023
JVIR audio abstracts: January 2023
Episode 36: New credentials in IR stroke care | Guest: Marty Radvany
JVIR audio abstracts: December 2022
IRQ audio 10: Staying power: The tangled path from innovation to clinical application
IRQ audio 9: Degrees of separation: How additional advanced degrees can open new doors in your IR career
JVIR audio abstracts: November 2022
JVIR audio abstracts: October 2022
Episode 35: IRs in focus | Guest: Geogy Vatakencherry
Episode 34: Finding success with an office-based lab in interventional radiology
JVIR audio abstracts: September 2022
Episode 33: A victory for women's health
JVIR audio abstracts: August 2022
IRQ audio 8: That's negotiable: 8 tips for negotiating contracts and salaries
JVIR audio abstracts: July 2022
Episode 32: How interventional radiologists can mitigate the contrast media shortage
Episode 31: Interventional radiology and postpartum hemorrhage response teams
JVIR audio abstracts: June 2022
JVIR audio 2: Mitigating the contrast media shortage
JVIR audio abstracts: May 2022
IRQ audio 7: IR in the ER: The role of interventional radiology on the trauma team
Episode 30: Improving patient care through the VIRTEX Data Registry
Episode 29: Owning Success: Paths into leadership
Episode 28: 2021 in review + top IR Quarterly articles of the year
Episode 27: Owning Success: The power of partnering with industry
IRQ audio 6: Pain killers: The healing role of interventional radiology in the U.S. opioid epidemic
Episode 26: EPOCH Trial results suggest promising treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer patients
IRQ audio 5: Career-long retirement planning for the interventional radiologist
IRQ audio 4: Crossing the interventional radiology desert
IRQ audio 3: The business case for diversity in interventional radiology
Episode 25: Owning success: SIR Gold Medalists
IRQ audio 2: Breaking down histotripsy
IRQ audio 1: Patient frailty and IR
Episode 24: IRs in focus | Guest: Elsie Koh
Episode 23: Launching and running an office-based lab | Guest: Bret Wiechmann
Episode 22: IRs in focus | Guest: Vishal Kumar
Episode 21: IRs in focus | Guest: Dan Sze
Episode 20: Interventional radiology and the potential of GAE to treat osteoarthritis of the knee | Guest: Sandeep Bagla
Episode 19: Demystifying interventional radiology reimbursement | Guest: Kathy Krol
Episode 18: IRs in focus | Guest: Derek West
Episode 17: The role of interventional radiology in stroke care | Guest: Eric Wang
Episode 16: 2020 year in review
Episode 15: Radiation safety and the interventional radiologist | Guest: Joseph Ring
Episode 14: Addressing gender disparities in male-dominated medical specialties | Guest: Barbara Nickel Hamilton
Episode 13: Implicit bias and health care disparities | Guest: P.J. Rochon
Episode 12: IRs in focus | Guest: Jeanne Laberge
Episode 11: IRs in focus | Guest: Raj Pyne
Special update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: New York | Guest: Akhi Sista
Episode 10: The ongoing evolution of IVC filters | Guest: Matt Johnson
Special update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Atlanta | Guest: Janice Newsome
Episode 9: Connecting everywhere: SIR 2020 goes virtual | Guest: Tino Peña
Special update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Chicago | Guest: George Behrens
Special update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Palo Alto, California | Guest: Raj Shah
Episode 8: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Seattle | Guest: Torre Andrews
Episode 7: Financial planning for the interventional radiologist | Guest: Clint Gossage
Episode 6: Wellness and burnout in interventional radiology | Guest: Felicia Speed
Episode 5: The potential of C-TRACT to help PTS patients | Guests: Suresh Vedantham and Mary Costantino
Episode 4: Demonstrating the value of interventional radiology | Guests: Matt Hawkins and Stephanie L. Dybul
Episode 3: A path to leadership in interventional radiology | Guest: Laura Findeiss
Episode 2: Building referrals through video-based marketing | Guest: A.J. Gunn
Episode 1: Fostering D&I in interventional radiology | Guest: Alan H. Matsumoto