🚨 Registration is OPEN for #DDI2026! The only US conference uniting IR, Surgery, GI, Hepatology & allied fields around minimally invasive therapies of the liver, pancreas & GI tract. Nov 9–10 | Boston, MA | CME & CEU credits 🔗 ddinterventions.org RT to spread the word 🙏
Attention Interventional Radiology programs and trainees: Please complete and share this survey on how IR residencies support trainees navigating parenthood. Your input can help identify current practices and opportunities for improvement.
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US nonprofit hospitals spent $7.8 billion on management consultants from 2009 to 2023, but contracts were not associated with meaningful changes in finance, operations, or quality of care. 🧵
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As a course content creator, I’m excited to share @SIRspecialists new two-part QI education module! All SIR members get free access to this course, designed to equip you with the skills needed to execute a quality improvement project in IR. sirweb.link/QIinIR
Welcoming applications for July 2025 #Neurorad fellowship at University of Louisville. 2 new openings as our program expands.
Application details:
careers.asnr.org/jobs/207300…
Welcoming applications from #radres for July 2025 Neurorad fellowship at University of Louisville. 2 new openings as our program expands.
careers.asnr.org/jobs/207300…
DDI 2024 is on track for Oct 4-5 in Philly! Multidisciplinary didactics and discussions from interventional radiologists, endoscopists, and surgeons on hepatic oncologic interventions, pancreas, biliary strictures, gallstones, obesity, and more! ddinterventions.org
DDI 2024 is on track for Oct 4-5 in Philly! Multidisciplinary didactics and discussions from interventional radiologists, endoscopists, and surgeons on hepatic oncologic interventions, pancreas, biliary strictures, gallstones, obesity, and more! ddinterventions.org
High energy particles that get redirected by a magnetic field to produce an image that everyone loves…well, it’s ‘sorta’ like MRI in the sky? @ISMRM@MRIvikas .. ok MRI is definitely more complicated, will admit :-)
Our nurse just filled out a prior authorization that had 61 questions & took 59 minutes to complete
For just one medication—and the patient is already on it & doing well
She could have cared for 4-5 patients/families during that time. This shouldn’t be legal
I was delighted to receive my US🇺🇸 citizenship today
Even uncle @JoeBiden left behind the Mayo vs Cork rivalry to send me a personal message..
Being an international medical graduate (IMG) in 🇺🇸 is hard. Here’s some advice from my journey (most relevant for academic physicians)
The 5 phases of academic conferences from a mentor!
1. You don’t know anyone and nobody knows you
2. You know everyone but nobody knows you
3. You know everyone and everyone knows you
4. You know nobody but everybody knows you
5. You don’t know anyone and nobody knows you
A 70-year-old man undergoing cholangioscopy to evaluate dilatation of the common bile duct was found to have flatworms in his biliary tract (shown in a video). Read the full clinical case: nej.md/3NAhXE0
Gelje Sherpa, the man who was guiding a private client up Mt. Everest when he saw someone in distress near the summit. He went up, rolled him up in a sleeping mattress and gave him oxygen. He then strapped the man to his back and trekked 6 hours to safety
Something I learned from colleagues in internal medicine. Just sit down 🪑 when you talk to your patient in their room.. it makes a difference. @SIRRFS@SIRspecialists also it’s nice to rest your legs on and off as an IR.