AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Moral injury is common among interventional radiologists, according to a study published November 3 in Academic Radiology. Respondents included both practicing and in-training interventional radiologists and a mix of practice settings (academic, community, and hybrid). The complete study can be found here.

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Radiology Business

JUNE 12, 2024

Over 370 organizations support the legislation including the American College of Radiology, Society of Interventional Radiology and the Association of Academic Radiology.

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Radiology Business

JUNE 19, 2023

Co-founded by radiologist Osmanuddin Ahmed, MD, Flow Medical is creating a first-of-its-kind product for treating pulmonary embolism.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Eliot Siegel, MD, of the University of Maryland shares his perspective on the rapidly emerging area of theranostics and the potential for interventional molecular radiology to join diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology as a third pathway for radiology and nuclear medicine trainees.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 23, 2024

Gomes and [National Interventional Radiology Partners] clearly prioritized greed above the health and well-being of their elderly patients,” an FBI agent charged.

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Health Imaging

JULY 17, 2023

This could pose as a barrier to referrals for image-guided interventions for radiologists specializing in IR, authors of a new paper in Clinical Imaging suggested.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 1, 2024

In interventional radiology (IR), most of us quickly become accustomed to needing to explain what we do -- to other clinicians, patients, their families, and even our own families. For a splenic artery aneurysm, interventional radiologist was its first answer each time.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 17, 2024

The importance of accurate and complete coding cannot be overemphasized for any area of radiology, but the complexity of interventional radiology (IR) coding makes it even more critical for optimal reimbursement. Erin Stephens. This is especially attractive to large practices of 16 or more eligible clinicians.

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Ben White

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The radiologist shortage is definitely here. What’s happening now varies and what will happen is anyone’s guess, but this anonymous op-ed “ Radiologists need to be realistic about the job market ” is absolutely worth reading. The group is unable to afford hiring radiologists in the current market.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

Throughout 2023, AuntMinnie.com has kept you informed about how GPT has been incorporated into various types of radiology department activities for research. As a new year begins, we asked radiologists to weigh in on what has impressed them most and what might be next for GPT. There are obviously concerns with privacy.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 23, 2024

The founder of an interventional radiology practice in Houston has agreed to pay $8.8 million to settle an anti-kickback violation case, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani in an August 20 statement.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Society of Interventional Radiology launched its Virtex registry in 2020 with an eye on showcasing the profession's value.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 6, 2025

Radiology administrators express very high confidence that imaging will grow as a profit center in coming months, according to The MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) report for the second quarter of 2025. Currently we are in the process of marketing for interventional radiology, MRI, and CT.

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Aidoc

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In a recent conversation with Alexander Misono, MD, Chief of Interventional Radiology at Hoag, we explored the transformational role of AI in radiology and the ripple effects it’s having on both patient care and clinical operations. This “always-on” approach allows the interventional radiology team to act faster.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2024

Powering down idle interventional radiology (IR) imaging systems can substantially decrease carbon emissions and electricity costs, according to a group of researchers at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland. Medical imaging constitutes the largest consumer within the sector, they noted. The full study is available here.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

At the meeting, radiology CPT advisors also met with other specialty organizations to discuss potential code proposals, reviewed more than 60 proposals submitted to the AMA and commented on 22 proposals that included imaging that could potentially affect radiologists.

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Vesta Teleradiology

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Finding a new job as a radiologist can be both exciting and daunting. To help navigate the process, here are some frequently asked questions (FAQs) that radiologists often have when exploring new opportunities, with insights into why working with Vesta Teleradiology might be the right fit. Completion of a radiology residency program.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The findings suggest that reimbursement incentives may impact whether gynecologists refer patients to interventional radiologists for UAE or perform surgical procedures themselves, study coauthor Eric Christensen, PhD, of the Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, VA, said in a statement released by the institute.

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TRA Medical Imaging

JANUARY 17, 2025

Becoming a radiologist requires an extraordinary level of dedication, education, and training. Radiologists are medical doctors who specialize in interpreting imaging studies like X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds to diagnose and guide treatment for various conditions.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 25, 2024

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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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Finally, we provide a sampling of interventional radiology research, which is also largely concerned with reducing patient radiation. With the current high burden of chest x-ray reporting on radiologists, such novel methods could be useful to streamline radiological assessments. Tuesday, December 3 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00

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AuntMinnie

MAY 31, 2023

Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania has sued an interventional radiologis.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 25, 2024

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., Nemcek, Jr.,

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 26, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 03/26/2024 - 13:20 March 26, 2024 — Robert J.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

The volume of interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed by advanced practice providers (APPs) such as physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) increased between 2010 and 2021, researchers have reported. A team led by Will Lindquester, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, found a 142.9%

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 27, 2024

A minimally invasive procedure called cryoablation that uses ice to freeze and destroy tumors has proven effective for women with large breast cancer tumors, according to a study presented March 27 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 24, 2024

Interventional radiologists received an aggregate of over $60 million in payments from drug and medical device companies between 2017 and 2021, but most of this money is going to just a few of these physicians, according to research published July 24 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. million in total payments.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2024

A new, minimally invasive procedure that combines MRI and transurethral ultrasound is effective for treating prostate cancer, according to research presented March 20 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Over the past 10 years, the salary gap between academic and nonacademic radiologists has decreased, according to a study published November 12 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. But the differences between academic and nonacademic radiologist salaries and clinical workload have not been thoroughly investigated.

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Diagnostic Imaging

OCTOBER 13, 2023

While interventional radiologists can have an impact in a number of clinical areas by offering minimally invasive options for patients, there remains a prevailing lack of awareness about the speciality among referring physicians and patients.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cara Ann Savage Bonawitz, MD, practiced interventional radiology for 20 years in Virginia, Indiana and Texas.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 22, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 06/22/2023 - 20:06 June 22, 2023 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) published a new position statement offering recommendations on the management of chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction with endovascular placement of metallic stents.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Based on discussions with our interventional radiology colleagues, dislodged PCNs or severe encrustation may result in much longer and more complex procedures, including the potential need for entirely new access into the collecting system, thereby resulting in higher fluoroscopy use,” Lyon and colleagues wrote.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 17, 2023

Antibiotics frequently prescribed for interventional radiology (IR) procedure.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

But the model that we have is on the opposite end of the spectrum, where the idea is that the theranostics physicians, whether they're nuclear medicine physicians or radiologists, actually temporarily become the patient's subspecialty medical oncologist," Siegel said. "As We're doing PET/CT imaging and we're doing SPECT imaging for dosimetry.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 28, 2024

ChatGPT's ability to comprehend user inputs and produce relevant responses has led to questions about its use in medicine, with recent studies testing the large language model (LLM) as a tool to educate patients in radiology , interventional radiology , and oncology , for instance. The group posed 30 questions to ChatGPT-3.5

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AuntMinnie

MAY 22, 2023

Radiation exposure is generally low among interventional radiologists who perfor.

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