Tag: Women in IR
Farah Gillan Irani
“Even , healthcare costs are spiralling, so we are also learning how to be prudent.” Farah Gillan Irani is an Indian-born and educated interventional...
Theresa Caridi
“My interest in understanding and tackling health disparities has grown while here in Alabama as I have become increasingly aware of the imbalance of...
PAIRS 2023: “[Opening] the gate” to IR in the Middle East...
Rana Tarek M Khafagy is a consultant interventional radiologist based at Ain Shams University Hospital (Cairo, Egypt). In her capacity as head of the...
Interventional News’ top 10 most popular stories of January 2023
Interventional News’ most popular stories in the opening month of 2023 included news of first enrolments in clinical studies of peripheral arterial disease (PAD)...
Being a girl in the IR gang: “We are not really...
Paula Novelli, who is associate professor of interventional radiology (IR) at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, USA) put her own spin on...
“You have to help the next woman up”: Highlighting pioneering women...
President of the American College of Radiology (ACR), Geraldine McGinty is also a radiologist and the chief strategy officer, as well as the chief...
New “myth-buster” guide to support women in interventional radiology in the...
The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR) have created a “myth busting” guide to encourage more women...
SIR launches new award to celebrate those who champion women in...
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Women in IR section has launched the Women in IR Champion Award to recognise an individual who has...
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...
IR: An entirely suitable job for a woman
There is no “stereotypical” female interventional radiologist. We are simply as skilled, motivated, committed, and diverse in our interests as our male colleagues. Yet,...
SIR issues position statement encouraging paid parental leave
The Society of Interventional Radiology and its Women in Interventional Radiology section have issued a position statement to support interventional radiologists who choose to...
