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Interventional News Issue 87—September 2022 US Edition

Interventional News 87 Highlights: Ten-year data on PAE for benign prostatic hyperplasia The success of interventional radiology outpatient clinics Profile: Alban Denys Diversity in...
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SIR’s focus on diversity and inclusion: “There needs to be representation...

In response to the global outcry following the murder of an unarmed black American, George Floyd, by police in Minneapolis in late May of...
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“We believe in diversity and inclusion”: SIR issues statement of commitment...

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) president Michael D Dake (University of Arizona Health Sciences, Tucson, USA) and diversity and inclusiveness group chair Paul...
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New BSIR Women and Diversity committee aims to boost proportion of...

The British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR) established a Women and Diversity committee earlier this year, with the aim of overcoming obstacles to women...
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GEMS programme launches to promote diversity in IR specialty

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) announced the establishment of the Grants for Education of Medical Students (GEMS) programme at its 2019 annual scientific...

Diversity in IR is crucial to harnessing the best ideas and...

 Daniel Sze (Stanford, USA) tells Interventional News that the focus on diversity is not just about social justice. “It is really about bringing the many good...

Society of Interventional Radiology names M Victoria Marx president for 2018–19

M Victoria Marx, an interventional radiologist at Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, USA, has been appointed president of the Society of Interventional Radiology...

Lack of diversity “one of the biggest” challenges facing IR

Fostering a diverse interventional radiology (IR) workforce is difficult, but vital, because heterogeneous groups can be more innovative, be better at complex problem-solving, achieve...