Short Bio: Dr. Janice Newsome grew up in Jamaica. While she had few possessions as a child, Dr. Newsome was blessed with a strong mind and a desire to help others. When she was a teenager, Dr. Newsome migrated to Brooklyn, New York to complete her education. After high school, Dr. Read more…
By: Paul Ippolito, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2020 Edited by: Giovanni Santoro, DO Pulmonary embolism refers to an acute blockage or obstruction of a pulmonary artery by a thrombus formed at another anatomical site, commonly the deep veins of the legs, that has traveled to the lungs [1]. Inferior Read more…
PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of combination therapy (TACE+ sorafenib) in patients with advanced stage HCC. STUDY DESIGN Open-label, non-randomized, single-arm multicenter phase II clinical trial. The primary endpoint was defined as the rate of completion of the treatment protocol (i.e., 2 months duration of sorafenib following TACE); Read more…
Tell me a little about yourself. I am originally from Seattle. I received my undergrad degree in bioengineering at the University of Washington in Seattle and then spent 4.5 years in an immunology lab at Seattle Children’s Hospital performing high fidelity genome editing research before CRISPER/CAS9. The idea was to Read more…
Written by: Chris Choe, University of Tennessee College of Medicine MS3 Rose Miller, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, MS3 General Overview about Military Match While currently a rare topic of discussion, IR opportunities in the military are increasing. Medical students choose a career in military medicine for various reasons. For many Read more…
What is interventional radiology? What is vascular surgery? Most importantly, what is the difference between these two specialties? Nature of the Work Interventional radiologists perform minimally invasive, image-guided procedures in an interventional suite. Interventional suites are different from a conventional operating room. IR suites contain imaging equipment and large Read more…
Introduction and Purpose Chronic venous insufficiency and varicose veins are a common condition with a broad prevalence in males and females. Risk factors for venous insufficiency including older age, female gender, pregnancy and obesity among others [1]. Venous disease can result in leg ulcerations. Conservative treatments for varicose veins include Read more…
Sarah Benich, MS4, Penn State University College of Medicine The typical block schedule of a third year medical student consists of varying weeks of “core electives” ranging from surgery to psychiatry. Whether your medical school offers elective flexibility during your third year or fourth year, many electives exist which Read more…
Interview by Rei Mitsuyama, MS3, MD Student, Brown University Name: Dr. Suresh Vedantham How did you decide on a career in IR? I had some familiarity with IR as my father was a radiologist, though not an IR himself. I had a surgical mindset when entering medical school but was originally Read more…
Written By: Danny Ge, University of Illinois at Peoria, 2019 Editor: Giovanni C. Santoro, DO, PGY-1 Introduction An aortic aneurysm is an enlargement of a portion of the aorta that involves all three layers (i.e. intima, media, adventitia) of the vessel. A dilation ≥1.5 times the normal lumen diameter is Read more…