Interventional radiology (IR) is a procedural specialty defined by image guided, minimally invasive techniques. IR interacts with most medical specialties from the brain to the tips of the toes as ...

In Your Opinion, What Are Currently the Most Important Research Areas in Interventional Radiology? There is certainly a great deal going on but it is worth picking up on a small number of potentially ...

The following is an interview with Dr. George G. Hartnell, vascular and interventional radiologist and member of the medical staff at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, about his specialty that ...

Interventional radiology is a rapidly growing area of medicine. Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments performed using imaging guidance.

Modern medicine is complex. There are a lot of different treatment options, there are a lot of considerations as we keep advancing toward better diagnosis and more information-guided assessments and ...

FAIRFAX, Va.—The Society of Interventional Radiology offers numerous resources just in time for September's national peripheral arterial disease (or PAD) awareness month. As recent medical studies ...

This article appears in the August 2012 issue of HealthLeaders magazine. It sounds like a conflict of epic proportions when you talk to some healthcare leaders. As David Levin, MD, former chairman of ...

"The elevation of interventional radiology to a specialty level with its own distinct residency program places IR on the same level as surgery, pediatrics, and internal medicine," says one proponent.

Do You Think There Are Ways to Attract More Junior Doctors to Specialize in Interventional Radiology? I think a big part of the problem is that a lot of people don't quite understand what IR has to ...