Winter 2022 27


12 Features


12 Progression-free


survival EPOCH trial investigators announce promising results Hope Racine


16 So you’ve retired—


now what? Considerations for what comes after retirement Aubrey Palestrant, MD, FSIR, and Curtis W. Bakal, MD, MPH, FSIR


18 Identifying the


impostor within Hirschel McGinnis, MD


32 The sound of


innovation Exploring the origins of a new targeted ultrasound technique Melanie Padgett Powers


Columns 6


Leadership column 14 Journal entry: A new look for JVIR


15 Humans of IR: Krichelle White, Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix


21 Owning success:We shouldn’t fear industry 23 The leading edge: Interview with Francis R. Facchini, MD, FSIR


25 Down to the wire: Radiation safety and the interventional radiologist


27 Solved on SIR Connect: Feedback on unusual pattern of mesenteric aneurysms


30 Coding Q&A: CPT® coding changes for 2022 31


From the hill: Protecting against pay cuts


36 Abstracts from the current literature 38 Crossword


Departments STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP


7 IR UP FRONT 9


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