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Medical Student Council Applications Now Open
Applications for the 2019-2020 SIR Medical Student Council are now open.
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Intro to #TwittIR
Albert Jiao, MS3, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine @AlbertJiaoIR, SIR MSC PRCC, SIR RFS Social Media Manager We’ve all heard of Twitter. And if you’ve been to any event related to interventional radiology, you’ve heard of #TwittIR. Maybe you chose to join the discussion – or maybe you Read more…
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Physician Spotlight: Dr. Janice Newsome
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…
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Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement and Retrieval Rates among Radiologists and Nonradiologists
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…
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Multicenter Phase II Clinical Trial of Sorafenib Combined with TACE for Advanced Stage HCC (STAB Study)
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…
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IR Research in Residency With Tyler Mandt, MD PGY-2 – Integrated IR Residency University of California, San Diego
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…
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Military Match and IR
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…
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Interventional Radiology vs. Vascular Surgery
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…
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A Randomized Trial of Early Endovenous Ablation in Venous Ulceration
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…
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Non-IR Electives to Take in Medical School
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…