The future interventional radiologist: clinician or hired gun?

The interventional radiologist as "clinician": what does it mean? CanMEDS for the interventional radiologist.

There is a large movement within the field of interventional radiology (IR) and various related organizations (including the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Canadian Interventional Radiology Association) for interventional radiologists to become more clinical. This is seen as the necessary next step for the specialty as it continues to evolve and grow. Here, we take a novel approach...

Unintentionally retained vascular devices: improving recognition and removal.

The increased demand for minimally invasive placement of intravascular medical devices has led to increased procedure-related complications, including retention of all or part of the implanted device. A number of risk factors can predispose to unintentionally retained vascular devices (uRVD); most are technical in etiology. Despite best efforts to insert and remove vascular devices properly, uR...

Thoughts About Corporate Lawyers After Reading The Cigarette Papers: Has The "Wise Counselor" Given Way to The "Hired Gun"?"

Innate Immunity as a Hired Gun: But Is It Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Frontiers in Endovascular and Interventional Neurology (FEIN): Grand Challenges – Looking Ahead

With great challenges comes great opportunities and we personally are greatly optimistic about the prospect of field of endovascular and interventional neurology field. This field has been paved by pioneers from Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology worldwide who put us at a very unique stage ready for the next level of achievements and milestone by motivated neuro-interventionalist, vascular n...