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The clinician scientist Obtaining NIH funding for IR research training


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Replacing the scalpel and the stork An overview of IR and assisted reproductive technology By Meredith Snook, MD; Sarah Lewis, FNP-BC; and Paul B. Lewis, MD, MBA


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The future of biliary disease management Early data from the National Cholangioscopy Registry


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President’s column: The power of a collective Director’s column IR up front


IRs-in-training: Five essentials to (IR) research as a medical student 19 Journal entry: Diversifying the JVIR article types


20 Inside access: Results of a global survey on the state of interventional radiology 2024; Safety and eff ectiveness of sharp recanalization for thoracic central venous occlusion


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Surveying the Landscape: • Practice profi les • Pain intervention in rural practices


26 Education lineup: Leveling up with SIR EDGE


29 Advocacy update: What the CMS 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule means for you


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