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Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Honors Innovation with Annual Awards

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milla1cf Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:00 March 25, 2024 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation today presented the Leader in Innovation Award to Suresh Vedantham , MD, FSIR , during SIR’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Salt Lake City. He is the current president of the Southeastern Angiographic Society (SEAS).

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The Society of Interventional Radiology 2024 Gold Medals and Charles T. Dotter Lecture Delivered at Annual Meeting

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milla1cf Mon, 03/25/2024 - 06:00 March 25, 2024 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) presented its highest honor, the SIR Gold Medal , to Fred T. These awards acknowledge distinguished and extraordinary service to SIR or to the specialty of interventional radiology. MD ; Albert A. Nemcek, Jr.,

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Patient-Reported Outcomes: Updates since the 2017 Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Research Consensus Panel

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In 2017, the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation convened a Research Consensus Panel (RCP) on patient-reported outcomes (PROs), inviting experts to identify priorities for the advancement of PRO use for the field of interventional radiology (IR) (1).

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Abstract No. 167 Navigating Your Path to Interventional Radiology: A Comparative Analysis of the Integrated Interventional Radiology Match versus Diagnostic Radiology Match

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The introduction of the integrated interventional radiology (IR) residency in 2017 marked a change in the way IRs are trained. However, pathways to IR are still offered after completing diagnostic radiology (DR) residency.

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How has virtual interviewing impacted residency matches?

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Overall, the shift to virtual residency interviews did not significantly affect whether [interventional radiology] or [diagnostic radiology] applicants tended to match at programs close to or far away from their medical schools,” the group wrote. The study was published March 21 in Academic Radiology.

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Thrombectomy use increasing to treat VTE

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Stephanie McNamara, PhD, of Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, presented a study that found procedure rates for venous thromboembolism (VTE) increased by 75% between 2017 and 2022. However, these rates remain low considering the total number of cases per year, McNamara said. fold vs. 1.8-fold). Medicare and 46.8% commercial).

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A 5-Year Update on the IR Residency Match: 2022 National Survey Results of Program Directors and Matched Applicants Compared to 2017

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To characterize the experiences of matched applicants (MAs) and program directors (PDs) in the 2022 interventional radiology (IR) residency Match and compare to 2017 data.