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SPECIAL REPORT


Accessing health equity An elegant solution


The importance of patient demographics in trial design


Preventing PAD


Features 10


Science in the Southwest


Learn from some of the most respected names in the specialty at SIR 2023


12 How will the BEST-CLI trial impact your practice?


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IRs can play key role in reducing limb amputations IR legislation


How UFE legislation success sets a precedent for URM healthcare


Healthcare with dignity


Creating a welcoming practice for LGTBQ patients


Stroke disparities


Exploring the social and geographic factors that lead to lack of stroke care


A workforce in crisis Leadership column


Education roundup: ABR announces changes to continuous certification


38 Statement of ownership Informed care


The barriers to health literacy Finding GEMS


Advertiser index BD: 5


Cook Medical: 2


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Evaluating SIR Foundation’s Grants for Education of Medical Students (GEMS) Program diversity and inclusion efforts


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How Hawaii’s physician shortage is deepening health disparities


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