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Send us a text "We had no tools. We just had to improvise. In a way, like you said, that was what made us think, 'How can I do this?' Because you had no tools, you had to think of ways to use what you had available to do procedures that otherwise you wouldn't have been able to do back then." —Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga, MD, FSIR, on innovation in early interventional radiology In this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, hosts Keith Horton, MD, FSIR, and Hector Ferral, MD, FSIR, speak with interventional radiology pioneer Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga, MD, FSIR, reflecting on lessons learned working with Kurt Amplatz, MD, FSIR, and others, stories of how their most seminal work came into being, the importance of peer mentorship, and more. Related resources: View the society's 50th AnniversaryMechanics of angioplasty: an experimental approachSIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

Send us a text This recording features audio versions of May 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: ReadReadReadReadReadReadJVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode. To sign up to help with future episodes, please contact our outreach coordinator at millennie.chen.jvir@gmail.com. Host: Sonya Choe, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Audio editor: Sonya Choe, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Outreach coordinator: Millennie Chen, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Abstract readers: SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

Send us a text During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR Today, and audio clips from article interviews. In the Tuesday, April 1 edition: SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR Today, and audio clips from article interviews. In the Monday, March 31 edition: SIR TodaySIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR Today, and audio clips from article interviews. In the Sunday, March 30 edition: SIR TodaySIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR Today, and audio clips from article interviews. In the Saturday, March 29 edition: SIR TodaySIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

This recording features audio versions of April 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: ReadReadReadReadReadReadJVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode. To sign up to help with future episodes, please contact our outreach coordinator at millennie.chen.jvir@gmail.com. Host: Sonya Choe, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Audio editor: Hannah Curtis, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Outreach coordinator: Millennie Chen, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Abstract readers: SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

"... I had a call from my section chief, and he says, 'Hey—I don't want to freak you out or anything, but you know that website you created? SIR is going to send you a cease and desist letter. But don't worry about it—it'll be okay. I just wanted to give you a heads up ..." —John Do, MD, member of the SIR Guidelines App development team In this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Jaimin Shah, MD, MBA, RPVI, FSIR, speaks with IRs Seth Berkowitz, MD, FSIR, John Do, MD, and Matthew Thomas, MD, and medical student Joseph Macksood about how this team came together to build SIR's popular Guidelines App; the leadership of SIR leaders Alda L. Tam, MD, MBA, FSIR, and A.J. Gunn, MD, FSIR, in its development; the role the app now plays in interventional radiology; and more. PLUS: A special introduction by Luke Wilkins, MD, FSIR, on improvements planned for the app later this year. Related resources: View the society's 50th AnniversaryGuidelines and StatementsApple StoreGoogle Play SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

"... I can tell you I'd never do it again, but it showed that we can get interventional radiologists from around the world to come together and agree to do a trial, and actually execute the trial and get it done, and generate guidelines training data."—Michael Soulen, MD, FSIR In this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, speaks with longtime interventional oncology leader Michael Soulen, MD, FSIR, about the growth trajectory of the subspecialty, how SIR has evolved over the decades, and more. Related resources: View the society's 50th Anniversary SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

"So the American Journal of Medicine was 'the green journal' ... Radiology was 'the grey journal' ... AJR is 'the yellow journal' ... I did not want people to be able to get away with that with JVIR, because I wanted them to have to articulate the name. And nobody's going to ask for 'the mauve journal.'"—Gary Becker, MD, FSIR In this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD, FSIR, editor-in-chief of SIR's Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR), discusses the journal's history with its very first editor-in-chief, Gary Becker, MD, FSIR, including what led to the journal's launch, the early challenges he had to overcome and more. Related resources: Visit the JVIR websiteView the JVIR special issueView the society's 50th AnniversarySIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

This recording features audio versions of March 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: ReadReadReadReadReadReadAlso make sure to check out the issue's special content dedicated to the SIR 50th Anniversary. JVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode. To sign up to help with future episodes, please contact our outreach coordinator at millennie.chen.jvir@gmail.com. Host: Sonya Choe, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Audio editor: Hannah Curtis, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Outreach coordinator: Millennie Chen, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Abstract readers: SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

The Piedmont Transplant Institute in Atlanta performs about 135 liver transplants each year. It’s the highest-volume liver transplant center of any nonacademic, community hospital in the United States and is among the top 10% in the nation of all transplant centers. Piedmont’s success was achieved primarily because of the collaboration between various interdisciplinary departments—especially IR and hepatology—and an extensive network of referrals. In the audio version of "Transplant teamwork: A community hospital builds successful liver transplant program" (Fall 2019 IR Quarterly), author Melanie Padgett Powers describes a successful Atlanta-based liver transplant program based on a strong collaboration between interventional radiology, hepatology and others. Related resources: Read the original articlePiedmont Transplant Institute website SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

"The early days were necessary to get us into doing things, solving problems without the data. And then the data came afterwards to confirm that the things we were doing were worthwhile." —Ernest Ring, MD, FSIR In this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Gloria Salazar, MD, FSIR, chair of the SIR 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, speaks with interventional radiology pioneer Ernest Ring, MD, FSIR, about the evolution of the SIR annual meeting, from its first gathering in 1975 to this year's meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Related resources: Register for the SIR 2025 Annual Scientific MeetingVisit the meeting websiteGet previews and live coverage in SIR Today SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

In this Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) audio episode, JVIR blog Editor Peter Li, MD, MS, uses artificial intelligence (AI) platforms ChatGPT and DeScript to produce a podcast discussion on a Dec. 9 blog entry by Isabel Okinedo on the paper, "Primary Limb-Based Patency for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Treated with Endovascular Therapy Based on the Global Limb Anatomic Staging System." Related resources: Read the original articleRead the blog entrySIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

"Over time, that nerve regenerates. And that regenerated nerve is new, and wasn't there for the surgery, or wasn't there for the trauma. And so this is an ability to percutaneously—or through the skin with a needle—replace your damaged nerve."—J. David Prologo, MD, FSIR, on the potential of cryoneurolysis In this episode, host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with J. David Prologo, MD, FSIR, about the efficacy and potential of cryoneurolysis in pain management, and Dr. Prologo's patient, Bo Thordarson, MD, about how this treatment helped resolve her long-term pain from a damaged nerve. Related resources SIR 2025 Annual Scientific MeetingRegister todayTuesday, April 1: Wednesday, April 2: Expert Insights: Pain Management Note: This episode was recorded on Dec. 19, 2024. SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

This recording features audio versions of February 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: ReadReadReadReadReadReadRead JVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode. To sign up to help with future episodes, please contact our outreach coordinator at millennie.chen.jvir@gmail.com. Host: Manbir Singh Sandhu, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Audio editor: Sonya Choe, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Outreach coordinator: Millennie Chen, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Abstract readers: SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

"I think that really worked well to put the specialty where it needed to be ... but now we're competing in the space with other endovascular specialists. You know, there are a lot of people who are trying to do similar things, and I think we have to differentiate ourselves in a way that goes a little bit beyond what we've already been doing."—Rex Pillai, MD In a special year-end review, interventional radiologists Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, Rex Pillai, MD, and Roger Tomihama, MD, join SIR Director of Publications Brian Haefs to reflect on the top stories from the past year—the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th Anniversary, artificial intelligence and IR, and more. Plus, we share excerpts from the three most downloaded IR Quarterly articles of the year: Managing pain with SI joint fusion and nerve ablation, Patient-affirming care: The role of IR in gender-affirming medicineAI toolbox: PERT implementationFinally, we share excerpts from the top three most played Kinked Wire episodes of the year: Episode 51: SIR 50th Anniversary: The growth of interventional radiology and vascular care. Host:Guest:Episode 52: From crisis to care: How interventional radiology saved Sebastian Junger's lifeHost:Guests:Episode 55: Entrepreneurship and interventional radiology: Q&A with Blockchain co-founder Nicolas Cary. Note: This episode was recorded on Dec. 11, 2024. SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

This recording features audio versions of January 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: ReadReadReadReadReadRead JVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode. To sign up to help with future episodes, please contact our outreach coordinator at millennie.chen.jvir@gmail.com. Host: Manbir Singh Sandhu, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Audio editor: Manbir Singh Sandhu, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Outreach coordinator: Millennie Chen, University of California Riverside School of Medicine Abstract readers: SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

"At about 50 minutes into the infusion, I could feel the guy moving his hand under the drapes. At an hour, he had a normal-strength grip. I ... I can't tell you ... what a euphoric experience that was." —David Kumpe, MD, FSIR, on his early successes in neurointerventional radiology In this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Martin G. Radvany, MD, FSIR, speaks with neurointerventional radiology pioneer David Kumpe, MD, FSIR, about the earliest days of neuro IR, how it's grown since then and more. Related resources: SIR 50th Anniversary homepageKinked Wire/IR Quarterly 50th Anniversary pageSound of IR podcast episode with Dr. Kumpe SIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show

"'Hopefully this will also gain some more confidence from other IR folks that, you know, if you have an appropriate candidate, and you feel comfortable performing this procedure, that you can now say, 'Hey, this potentially can last you for years.'"—Lucas R. Cusumano, MD, MPH In this Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) audio episode, lead author Lucas R. Cusumano, MD, MPH, speaks with journal Managing Editor Ana Lewis about his December 2024 paper, "Genicular Artery Embolization for Treatment of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: 2-Year Outcomes from a Prospective IDE Trial." Related resources: Read the original articleSIR thanks BD for its generous support of the Kinked Wire. Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center. (c) Society of Interventional Radiology. Support the show