Spring 2025 14


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Features 14


An undelivered


promise Pregnancy loss and IR By Sarah Lewis, FNP-BC, and Paul B. Lewis, MD, MBA


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50 and forward at SIR 2025


22 Did you miss the award-winning science of SIR 2025?


24 The patient


perspective Sebastian Junger’s IR experience


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Meet the 2025 Leader in Innovation


Award winners Celebrating the SIR Foundation Gala


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The family business Second-generation IRs and the future of a specialty


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Advertiser index Penumbra: 2


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Connect facebook.com/SocietyOfInterventionalRadiology x.com/SIRspecialists instagram.com/sirspecialists sirweb.org irq.sirweb.org | 3


Columns 6


8


CEO’s column: Putting a spotlight on IR’s future President’s column: The future of IR


10 IR up front 16 QI forum: The benefi ts of IR code simulation 27 IRs-in-training: The lasting impact of mentorship in IR


29 Inside access: AI-driven patient selection; a new sedation combination


37 Coding Q&A: Coding for radioembolization of hepatic tumors


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