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The Kinked Wire — 177 episodes

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Episode 79: IR Trailblazers 2

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Episode 78: Practice Advice for Early Career IRs

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Episode 77: IR Trailblazers 1

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JVIR audio abstracts: May 2026

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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Wednesday, April 15

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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Tuesday, April 14

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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Monday, April 13

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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Sunday, April 12

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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Saturday, April 11

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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Friday, April 10

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JVIR audio abstracts: April 2026

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Episode 76: Global IR—SIR 2026 bonus episode

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Episode 75: Legacy of Dotter

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JVIR audio abstracts: March 2026

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Episode 74: ECS RISE Award

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Bonus episode: SIR's Business Institute

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JVIR audio abstracts: February 2026

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Episode 73: Pregnancy in Residency

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JVIR audio abstracts: January 2026

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Episode 72: Away rotations in IR

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Episode 71: ECS Contributions and innovations in IR with Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR

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JVIR audio abstracts: December 2025

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IRQ audio 17: The unexpected locum

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Episode 70: Call and work coverage with Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIR

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JVIR audio abstracts: November 2025

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Episode 69: How to Match

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JVIR audio abstracts: October 2025

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Episode 68: WIR mentoring conversations

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JVIR audio abstracts: September 2025

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SIR EDGE 2025 preview

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Episode 66: Collaborative care in small and rural practice

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Episode 67: Your early career transitions

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JVIR audio abstracts: August 2025

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JVIR audio 6: Results of a Global Survey on the State of Interventional Radiology 2024

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Episode 65: Small and rural IR practices with Dana Dunleavy, MD

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JVIR audio abstracts: July 2025

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Episode 64: IRs in focus: WIR Champion Award winner Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR

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JVIR audio abstracts: June 2025

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JVIR AI audio 2: Using voxel-based dosimetry to evaluate sphere concentration and tumor dose in hepatocellular carcinoma

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Episode 63: At the forefront of innovation | Guest: Dr. Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga

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JVIR audio abstracts: May 2025

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Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Tuesday, April 1

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Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Monday, March 31

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Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Sunday, March 30

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Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Saturday, March 29

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JVIR audio abstracts: April 2025

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Episode 62: SIR 50th Anniversary: The birth of a powerhouse app

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

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Episode 60: SIR 50th Anniversary: The birth and growth of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | Guest Dr. Gary Becker

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JVIR audio abstracts: March 2025

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IRQ 16: Transplant teamwork: A community hospital builds successful liver transplant program

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Episode 59: SIR 50th Anniversary: From 1975 to 2025, the Evolution of the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting | Guest Dr. Ernie Ring

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JVIR AI audio 1: GLASS classification and patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia

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Episode 58: The potential for cryoneurolysis and interventional radiology in pain management

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JVIR audio abstracts: February 2025

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Episode 57: 2024 in review + top IR Quarterly articles and Kinked Wire podcast episodes of the year

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JVIR audio abstracts: January 2025

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JVIR audio 5: Genicular artery embolization for treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

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Episode 56: SIR 50th Anniversary: The evolution of neurointerventional radiology | Guest: Dr. David Kumpe

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JVIR audio 4: Using voxel-based dosimetry to evaluate sphere concentration and tumor dose

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JVIR audio abstracts: December 2024

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Episode 55: Entrepreneurship and interventional radiology: Q&A with Blockchain co-founder Nicolas Cary

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Episode 54: SIR 50th Anniversary: From piles of tubing to the Waltman loop | Guest: Dr. Arthur Waltman

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JVIR audio 3: Mortality, safety and efficacy of paclitaxel-containing balloons and stents in the femoropopliteal artery

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JVIR audio abstracts: November 2024

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IRQ audio 15: The debt question: How medical school debt relief options can benefit doctors and patients

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Episode 53: SIR 50th Anniversary: The growth (and growing pains) of pediatric interventional radiology

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JVIR audio abstracts: October 2024

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IRQ audio 14: Administrative advocacy: How to effectively negotiate with hospital administration

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Episode 52: From crisis to care: How interventional radiology saved Sebastian Junger's life

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JVIR audio abstracts: September 2024

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Episode 51: SIR 50th Anniversary: The growth of interventional radiology and vascular care | Guest: Dr. Barry Katzen

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JVIR audio abstracts: August 2024

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JVIR audio abstracts: July 2024

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JVIR audio abstracts: June 2024

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JVIR audio abstracts: May 2024

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Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Tuesday, March 26

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Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Monday, March 25

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JVIR audio abstracts: April 2024

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Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Sunday, March 24

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Live from Salt Lake City, it's SIR 2024: Saturday, March 23

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Episode 50: Panel discussion with the Women in Interventional Radiology Champion Award winners

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Episode 49: Owning success: What journal editors wish authors and reviewers knew

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JVIR audio abstracts: March 2024

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Episode 48: Unlocking radiology's potential: The synergy between interventional and diagnostic radiology

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JVIR audio abstracts: February 2024

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Sound of IR 3: VIR Legend Mr. John Abele

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JVIR audio abstracts: January 2024

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Episode 47: 2023 in review + top IR Quarterly articles and Kinked Wire podcast episodes of the year

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JVIR audio abstracts: December 2023

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Episode 46: Research forum 1: Y-90 and brain cancer, irreversible electroporation, and more

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Episode 45: Pearls and pitfalls of biodesign in interventional radiology

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JVIR audio abstracts: November 2023

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Sound of IR 2: VIR Legend Dr. David Kumpe

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Episode 44: Research findings on IVC filters

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JVIR audio abstracts: October 2023

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JVIR audio abstracts: September 2023

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Episode 43: The state of interventional radiology research in venous obstruction

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IRQ audio 13: The internship year: An overview of options

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JVIR audio abstracts: August 2023

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Sound of IR 1: VIR Legend Dr. Stanley Baum

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JVIR audio abstracts: July 2023

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Episode 42: Pros and cons of practice settings in interventional radiology

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IRQ audio 12: Practice Profiles: Rochester Radiology Associates (New York)

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JVIR audio abstracts: June 2023

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Episode 41: The current and future role of artificial intelligence in interventional radiology

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IRQ audio 11: The venous revolution: Where we are and where we’re going

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JVIR audio abstracts: May 2023

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SIR Today audio: Holistic approaches to a quality and safety program

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Episode 40: The potential of advanced practice providers in interventional radiology

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JVIR audio abstracts: April 2023

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SIR Today audio: Transitioning to nonclinical opportunities

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Episode 39: Stories of interventional radiology: Saving life and limb

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Episode 38: 2022 in review + top IR Quarterly articles of the year

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JVIR audio abstracts: March 2023

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Episode 37: IRs in focus | Guest: Alda Tam

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JVIR audio abstracts: February 2023

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JVIR audio abstracts: January 2023

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Episode 36: New credentials in IR stroke care | Guest: Marty Radvany

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JVIR audio abstracts: December 2022

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IRQ audio 10: Staying power: The tangled path from innovation to clinical application

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IRQ audio 9: Degrees of separation: How additional advanced degrees can open new doors in your IR career

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JVIR audio abstracts: November 2022

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JVIR audio abstracts: October 2022

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Episode 35: IRs in focus | Guest: Geogy Vatakencherry

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Episode 34: Finding success with an office-based lab in interventional radiology

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JVIR audio abstracts: September 2022

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Episode 33: A victory for women's health

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JVIR audio abstracts: August 2022

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IRQ audio 8: That's negotiable: 8 tips for negotiating contracts and salaries

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JVIR audio abstracts: July 2022

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Episode 32: How interventional radiologists can mitigate the contrast media shortage

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Episode 31: Interventional radiology and postpartum hemorrhage response teams

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JVIR audio abstracts: June 2022

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JVIR audio 2: Mitigating the contrast media shortage

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JVIR audio abstracts: May 2022

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IRQ audio 7: IR in the ER: The role of interventional radiology on the trauma team

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Episode 30: Improving patient care through the VIRTEX Data Registry

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Episode 29: Owning Success: Paths into leadership

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Episode 28: 2021 in review + top IR Quarterly articles of the year

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Episode 27: Owning Success: The power of partnering with industry

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IRQ audio 6: Pain killers: The healing role of interventional radiology in the U.S. opioid epidemic

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Episode 26: EPOCH Trial results suggest promising treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer patients

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IRQ audio 5: Career-long retirement planning for the interventional radiologist

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IRQ audio 4: Crossing the interventional radiology desert

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IRQ audio 3: The business case for diversity in interventional radiology

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Episode 25: Owning success: SIR Gold Medalists

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IRQ audio 2: Breaking down histotripsy

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IRQ audio 1: Patient frailty and IR

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Episode 24: IRs in focus | Guest: Elsie Koh

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Episode 23: Launching and running an office-based lab | Guest: Bret Wiechmann

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Episode 22: IRs in focus | Guest: Vishal Kumar

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Episode 21: IRs in focus | Guest: Dan Sze

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Episode 20: Interventional radiology and the potential of GAE to treat osteoarthritis of the knee | Guest: Sandeep Bagla

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Episode 19: Demystifying interventional radiology reimbursement | Guest: Kathy Krol

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Episode 18: IRs in focus | Guest: Derek West

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Episode 17: The role of interventional radiology in stroke care | Guest: Eric Wang

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Episode 16: 2020 year in review

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Episode 15: Radiation safety and the interventional radiologist | Guest: Joseph Ring

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Episode 14: Addressing gender disparities in male-dominated medical specialties | Guest: Barbara Nickel Hamilton

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Episode 13: Implicit bias and health care disparities | Guest: P.J. Rochon

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Episode 12: IRs in focus | Guest: Jeanne Laberge

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Episode 11: IRs in focus | Guest: Raj Pyne

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Special update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: New York | Guest: Akhi Sista

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Episode 10: The ongoing evolution of IVC filters | Guest: Matt Johnson

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Special update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Atlanta | Guest: Janice Newsome

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Episode 9: Connecting everywhere: SIR 2020 goes virtual | Guest: Tino Peña

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Special update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Chicago | Guest: George Behrens

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Special update: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Palo Alto, California | Guest: Raj Shah

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Episode 8: IR perspectives on COVID-19: Seattle | Guest: Torre Andrews

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Episode 7: Financial planning for the interventional radiologist | Guest: Clint Gossage

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Episode 6: Wellness and burnout in interventional radiology | Guest: Felicia Speed

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Episode 5: The potential of C-TRACT to help PTS patients | Guests: Suresh Vedantham and Mary Costantino

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Episode 4: Demonstrating the value of interventional radiology | Guests: Matt Hawkins and Stephanie L. Dybul

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Episode 3: A path to leadership in interventional radiology | Guest: Laura Findeiss

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Episode 2: Building referrals through video-based marketing | Guest: A.J. Gunn

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Episode 1: Fostering D&I in interventional radiology | Guest: Alan H. Matsumoto