Winter 2022


4 A coalition of the willing 7


Building bridges


8 Working for a vascular surgery group 11 Coordinated care 12 Urology and IR 14


The keys to collaboration By Roger T. Tomihama, MD


"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." —HENRY FORD


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ollaboration combines communication, problem-solving skills and trust to reach a common goal. These skills encourage colleagues to work together while benefiting each other. Of all these, trust is the most important factor. Trusting one another gives each practitioner the benefit of the doubt while


eliminating conflict of interest. And trust is crucial when attempting something together that you could not do alone.


Due to the interdisciplinary nature of interventional radiology, an IR with a strong collaborative spirit can create effective management and treatment paradigms that can truly enhance patient care. This supplement issue is dedicated to highlighting a few examples of collaborative partnerships that have been forged by members of our community.


• Akhilesh Sista, MD, FSIR, and James Horowitz, MD, share their work with the NYU Langone pulmonary embolism response team and give advice for how to form a similar model. (p. 4)


• Read about how a friendship between Mary Costantino, MD, FSIR, vascular surgeon Desarom Teso, MD, and ultrasound technician Jill S. Sommerset, RVT, has opened up new imaging opportunities in the limb salvage space. (p. 7)


• See how William Nghiem, MD, navigated the move from his radiology group to an independent practice model working for a vascular surgery group. (p. 8)


• Read about how Zachary Berman, MD, and his multidisciplinary response team provides coordinated care for complex pancreatitis patients. (p. 11)


• Ari Isaacson, MD, and urologist Matthew Raynor, MD, showcase how the research and trial process of prostatic artery embolization can be a case study for developing cross-specialization treatments. (p. 12)


• See the results of recent Research Consensus Panels hosted by SIR Foundation for examples of multidisciplinary collaboration in action. (p. 14)


Each story within this supplement showcases the keys to collaboration: trust, creativity, humbleness and a patient-focused mindset. Interested in sharing your own collaboration story? Email irq@sirweb.org or tweet us @SIRSpecialists.


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SIR Foundation and Research Consensus Panels


Winter 2022


SUPPLEMENT EDITORIAL BOARD Jaimin Shah, MD Roger Tomihama, MD Lisa Kang, MD Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MD


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