Summer 2021 22


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Features 12


The future of


maternal care The need for postpartum hemorrhage response teams Janice M. Newsome, MD, FSIR


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Opportunities and challenges


in pediatrics An interview with Richard B. Towbin, MD, FSIR, and James S. Donaldson, MD Lisa Kang, MD


25 The state of neurointerventional


care Stroke panel Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIR, and Venu Vadlamudi, MD, RPVI, FSIR


28 Learning to


see differently An interview with John Abele, FSIR


Columns 6


8 15


President's column Executive director's column Humans of IR: Azzam A. Khankan, MD, PhD


16 The commitment: Behold the “unicorn” practice 18


Section spotlight: An interview with Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR


20 Fixed income: Financial planning for the interventional radiologist 30 IRs-in-training: The need for IR subspecialty training 32


34 Abstracts from the current literature 36


Solved on SIR Connect: Feedback on inferior mesenteric vein to gonadal vein shunt embolization


SIR Foundation research forum: Introducing the new SIR Foundation scientist position


38 Coding Q&A: How do you code for a procedure when using an AngioVac device?


Departments 9 IR UP FRONT


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