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The Kinked Wire
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) brings you a new podcast on all the topics that impact your practice of IR, with focused subseries reflecting the broad range of the specialty. In each episode, hosts and guests discuss new clinical opportunities, practice management tips, the latest trends and developments in the specialty, and more. Learn more on sirweb.org, irq.sirweb.org, and sirweb.org/kinkedwire. If you have any ideas for topics or guests, or have any other feedback, let us…
Episodes
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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…
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JVIR audio abstracts: November 2026
Articles "Drug-Eluting Stents versus Drug-Coated Balloons Plus Bare-Metal Stents for the Treatment of Femoropopliteal Artery Lesions: 2-Year Outcomes from the…
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Ep. 89: IR on the Hill pt. 2
What current legislative priorities will affect IR? In the first part of this episode, SIR and SIR Foundation Treasurer C. Matthew Hawkins, MD, MBA, FSIR…
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Episode 88: IR on the Hill
What's it like to be an IR advocate in Washington? In this two-parter, SIR Treasurer C. Matthew Hawkins, MD, MBA, FSIR, speaks with Roger T. Tomihama, MD, MBA…
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JVIR audio abstracts: October 2026
Articles Medical Therapies for Vascular Anomalies: What Interventional Radiologists Need to Know (Read) Short-Term and Long-Term Changes in Renal Function…
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Episode 87: Pain management in IR with Alexa Levey, MD
In this episode of the Kinked Wire, Anh-Tho Nguyen interviews Alexa Levey, MD, about her advice for dealing with pain management as an IR, and what the future…
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Episode 86: 2026 WIR Champion Award winner Sue Hanks, MD, FSIR
2026 Women in IR Champion Sue E. Hanks, MD, FSIR, reflects on her career in interventional radiology, sharing insights on leadership, trauma care, mentorship…
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JVIR audio abstracts: September 2026
Articles IN.PACT AV Access Post-Approval Study of a Paclitaxel Drug-Coated Balloon for the Treatment of Dysfunctional Arteriovenous Dialysis Circuits (Read)…
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Episode 85: Building credibility and goodwill in hospital leadership with James B. Spies, MD, MPH, FSIR
In this episode, James B. Spies, MD, MPH, FSIR, speaks with Moaz Choudhary, MD, about the highlights of his career, and how to deal with the highs and lows of…
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Episode 84: Adrenal vein sampling
In this episode of the Kinked Wire podcast, Parveer Kaur and Lei Yu, MD, discuss how Dr. Yu has seen an increase in the number of adrenal vein sampling…
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JVIR audio abstracts: August 2026
Articles Comparison of Functional Outcomes and Safety of Acute Carotid Stent Placement versus Thrombectomy Alone in the Treatment of Patients with Tandem…
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Episode 83: Fibroids on your FYP
In this episode of the Kinked Wire vodcast, Gabrielle Dickerson, Nossin Khan and Emily Kim join host Keith M. Horton, MD, FSIR for a discussion about their…
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Episode 82: From RFS to Educator: Mentorship and connection building with Joshua Kuban, MD, FSIR
In this episode of the Kinked Wire, RFS’s Joshua Baker, MD, speaks with Joshua Kuban, MD, FSIR, one of the 2026 IR Residency Practicum program directors. From…
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JVIR audio abstracts: July 2026
Articles Understanding Recurrence in Pelvic Venous Disorders through the Symptoms-Varices-Pathophysiology Classification: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort…
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Episode 81: Get ready for a different kind of meeting: SIR EDGE
EDGE program committee members Ziv J Haskal, MD, FSIR; Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR; and Daniel Sze, MD, PhD, FSIR came together to discuss what you can expect from…
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Episode 80: Early career pathways to education leadership
Lei Yu, MD, the ECS secretary, speaks with former SIR president Parag J. Patel, MD, FSIR, on early career pathways for education leadership, how to overcome…
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JVIR audio abstracts: June 2026
Articles The Society of Interventional Radiology Practice Guidance Document on Venous Origin Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women (Read) Comparative Prognostic…
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Episode 79: IR Trailblazers 2
As part of the SIR Resident Fellow and Student Section initiative, this special episode of the Kinked Wire is part of the IR Trailblazers series. Joshua Baker…
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Episode 78: Practice Advice for Early Career IRs
Zachary Berman, MD, takes time to speak with Rupal Parikh, MD, about her experience in her early career, especially how she got interested in women's health…
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Episode 77: IR Trailblazers 1
Ezequiel Silva, MD, FSIR, has a conversation with host Sherief Ghozy, MD, on this special episode of the IR Trailblazers, a project from the SIR Resident…
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JVIR audio abstracts: May 2026
Articles Oncologic and Functional Outcomes of Active Surveillance and Ablative Therapy for Small Renal Masses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Read)…
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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Wednesday, April 15
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps…
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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Tuesday, April 14
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps…
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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Monday, April 13
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps…
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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Sunday, April 12
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps…
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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Saturday, April 11
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps…
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Live from Toronto: SIR 2026 Friday, April 10
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps…
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JVIR audio abstracts: April 2026
Articles Bronchial Arterial Chemoembolization Combined with Tislelizumab for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: An Exploratory, Prospective, Single-Arm, Phase II…
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Episode 75: Legacy of Dotter
“IR wasn’t initially a specialty—it was just a diagnostic tool. Dotter began to think of it as more than a tool.” — John A. Kaufman, MD, FSIR On this episode…
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Episode 76: Global IR—SIR 2026 bonus episode
"I where things are now are way beyond like my imagination. Like, like even when I was imagining how things would play out, I didn't even imagine that it would…
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JVIR audio abstracts: March 2026
Articles Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis of the Cardiovascular Effects of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation for…
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Episode 74: ECS RISE Award
Marc Lim, MD interviews AJ Gunn, MD, FSIR, the inaugural Early Career RISE Award recipient, about his commitment to community building and supporting…
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Bonus episode: SIR's Business Institute
On this bonus episode of the Kinked Wire, Derek Mittleider, MD, FSIR, speaks with Business Institute program directors Allan I. Hoffman, MD, FSIR, and Mary…
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JVIR audio abstracts: February 2026
This recording features audio versions of the February 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Articles Transarterial…
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Episode 73: Pregnancy in Residency
"Comments like this 'Oh, I didn't think you would continue in IR after having your baby,' don't help, because you're already going through a lot." -- Esha…
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JVIR audio abstracts: January 2026
This recording features audio versions of the January 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Articles Cryoablation Protocols…
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Episode 72: Away rotations in IR
“Always assume that everyone knows more than you do, and go into places with a lot of modesty.” – Brittany Brookner, MD In this episode of the Kinked Wire…
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Episode 71: ECS Contributions and innovations in IR with Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR
“I started off simply by volunteering to do things and being interested, but I didn’t have a mentor, per say.” – Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR In this episode of the…
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JVIR audio abstracts: December 2025
This recording features audio versions of the December 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Articles Association between Age…
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IRQ audio 17: The unexpected locum
Mark H. Knelson, MD, thought his IR career had come to an early end—until he discovered locum tenens work. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Knelson…
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Episode 70: Call and work coverage with Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIR
“I think the landscape of healthcare is changing, and rural healthcare understands the value of IR—in some senses more than the urban setting does.” -…
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JVIR audio abstracts: November 2025
This recording features audio versions of the November 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Articles Prospective Multicenter…
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Episode 69: How to Match
“Kindergarten skills, right? If you’re a pain to be around, you can be the best clinically, but no one wants to hang out with you at 2 a.m. when that bleed…
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JVIR audio abstracts: October 2025
This recording features audio versions of the October 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Articles Effectiveness of…
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Episode 68: WIR mentoring conversations
There are a lot of choices we make in our lives and I mean im very happy with the choices I've made in mine but ... this whole you can have it all, I was…
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JVIR audio abstracts: September 2025
This recording features audio versions of September 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Interventional Radiology Reporting…
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SIR EDGE 2025 preview
In this special mini episode of the Kinked Wire, EDGE Chair Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR, shares a preview of what you can expect out of this year's meeting in San…
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Episode 66: Collaborative care in small and rural practice
“Being able to offer those services locally can make a huge difference in quality of life.”- Ezana M. Azene, MD, PhD In this episode, host Rajshree Singh, MD…
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Episode 67: Your early career transitions
"The time to decide what you're going to do outside of the IR suite when it gets to that point in time is not the week before, because you want to be able to…
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JVIR audio abstracts: August 2025
This recording features audio versions of August 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Transarterial Embolization for…
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JVIR audio 6: Results of a Global Survey on the State of Interventional Radiology 2024
"This was really the first of its kind where we had individual physicians as part of these societies give answers locally, what IR service is like and what…
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Episode 65: Small and rural IR practices with Dana Dunleavy, MD
Not everyone in an underserved hospital is going to want to do all advanced procedures. And so fortunately, one of the things we have been able to do, as Dr…
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JVIR audio abstracts: July 2025
Send us a text This recording features audio versions of July 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Optimal Timing of…
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Episode 64: IRs in focus: WIR Champion Award winner Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR
"The best quote that I still say (and I say it to my son all the time) is as Ernie says, 'Not every day can be the best day of your life.' And it's so true…
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JVIR audio abstracts: June 2025
This recording features audio versions of June 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Comparison of Bypass Surgery versus…
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JVIR AI audio 2: Using voxel-based dosimetry to evaluate sphere concentration and tumor dose in hepatocellular carcinoma
In this Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) audio episode, JVIR blog Editor Peter Li, MD, MS, uses artificial intelligence (AI) platform…
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Episode 63: At the forefront of innovation | Guest: Dr. Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga
"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…
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JVIR audio abstracts: May 2025
This recording features audio versions of May 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts: Recurrent Portal Hypertension after Liver…
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Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Tuesday, April 1
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps…
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Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Monday, March 31
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for session previews and recaps…