Spring 2021 12


25


Features


12 Crossing the


IR desert The need for IRs in rural communities Laura Findeiss, MD, FSIR


19 Are ambulatory surgical facilities


the future? The role of outpatient vascular interventions during COVID-19 and beyond


James McGuckin, MD, FSIR, Cailyn Breski, MS, and Jennifer Maximenko, MHA, RT


22


Facts and figures The value of IR


25 Innovative


education Highlights from the SIR 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting


Columns 6


8


President's column Executive director's column


14 The commitment: The macro effects of microaggressions 17


Applied ethics: Pausing before posting


29 Section spotlight: Introducing the Underrepresented Minorities Section 31 Abstracts from the current literature


33 Coding Q&A: How do I code for a balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO)?


34 36


SIR Foundation research forum: Creating virtual networks with the GEMS Program


Solved on SIR Connect: Feedback on uterine artery embolization for placenta accreta


38 IRs-in-training: Grants for medical students and residents


Departments 9 IR UP FRONT


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