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 know at kinkedwire@sirweb.org. For corporate support opportunities, contact SIR at corporaterelations@sirweb.org. The views and opinions expressed in podcast episodes are not necessarily those of the Society of Interventional Radiology. The society does not endorse any companies or products.
Episodes
156 episodes
JVIR audio abstracts: December 2025
This recording features audio versions of the December 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:ArticlesAssociation between...
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Season 6
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12:54
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 heard that one of the radiology groups in his town was short on IRs...
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Season 6
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9:11
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.” - Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIROn this episode of the Kinked Wire, host Mark L...
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Season 6
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Episode 70
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36:48
JVIR audio abstracts: November 2025
This recording features audio versions of the November 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:ArticlesProspect...
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Season 6
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12:38
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 comes in.”- Viknesh Kasthuri, MDIn this episode, host ...
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Season 6
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Episode 69
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43:29
JVIR audio abstracts: October 2025
This recording features audio versions of the October 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:ArticlesEffectiveness of Tra...
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Season 6
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16:01
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 probably pretty lonely and putting everything I had into work. SIR Past President...
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Season 6
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Episode 68
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31:43
JVIR audio abstracts: September 2025
This recording features audio versions of September 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Interventional Radiology Reporting Standards...
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Season 6
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16:39
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 Diego.Be sure to listen to the entire episode to find out how you may ...
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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, PhDIn this episode, host Rajshree Singh, MD, speaks with Ezana M. Azene, MD, PhD, about small and rural IR p...
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Season 6
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Episode 66
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34:40
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 hit the ground running." Charles E. Ray, Jr, MD, PhD, FSIR
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Season 6
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Episode 67
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18:49
JVIR audio abstracts: August 2025
This recording features audio versions of August 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:Transarterial Embolization for Pulmonary Arteri...
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Season 6
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15:21
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 education is like in their place of practice and where they trained. This was really...
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Season 6
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Episode 66
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20:45
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. Ian Wilson coined, is we work where we're needed and live where we want to." ...
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Season 6
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Episode 65
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38:12
JVIR audio abstracts: July 2025
Send us a textThis recording features audio versions of July 2025 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
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16:01
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. So, if you're having a bad day, Ernie Ring said ... it's okay." —Maureen P....
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Season 6
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Episode 64
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40:43
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 Endovascular ...
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Season 6
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19:58
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) platf...
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Season 6
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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 think of ways to use what you had available to do procedures that otherwise you woul...
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Season 6
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Episode 63
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40:52
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 Transpla...
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Season 6
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15:05
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 ...
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Season 6
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4:08
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 ...
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Season 6
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7:46
Live from Nashville, it's SIR 2025: Sunday, March 30
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today website each day for ...
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Season 6
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