Ep. 90: Live where you want, work where you're needed: The benefits and realities of rural IR
On this episode of the Kinked Wire, Ian J. Wilson, MD and J. Dana Dunleavy, MD, discuss building practices and establishing relationships in rural communities.
Highlights of the discussion:
Rural IR is advanced IR. Dr. Wilson says a quiet day of bread-and-butter cases can turn into a complex GI bleed embolization at 4:30. In a rural hospital, "You're it."
Collaboration drives care. Strong relationships with urologists, GI specialists, and primary care physicians let IRs offer PAE, nephrostomy tubes, stents, and cryoablation locally. This keeps patients from traveling to distant centers.
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