"The elevation of interventional radiology to a specialty level with its own distinct residency program places IR on the same level as surgery, pediatrics, and internal medicine," says one proponent.

The program accepts one resident per year. The first three years of training emphasize the development of strong diagnostic radiology skills and therefore closely mirrors the diagnostic radiology ...

Treating liver cancer and liver metastases — cancer that has spread to the liver from elsewhere in the body — is challenging. Most patients are not candidates for surgery because there are many tumors ...

For most people,the term 'treatment' still evokes images from the operating theater: gowns, lights, scalpels, stitches, and weeks in recovery. But medicine has quietly moved ahead, and today, many ...

Radiologists are medical doctors who use imaging techniques to treat and diagnose conditions and injuries. There are different types of radiologists with different specialties or functions. Some ...

What to expect as a UAB Interventional Radiology Resident: Excellence. UAB is a tertiary referral center for the southeast and level 1 trauma center. The volume and variety of procedures you will be ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (March 9, 2023) -- Brooke Army Medical Center Interventional Radiology offers a new, less invasive option for some patients who have disc degeneration.

The first major national trial of a catheter-based treatment for deep vein thrombosis will evaluate the use of clot-dissolving drugs in combination with clot removal devices to prevent post-thrombotic ...

World Radiology Day 2025 celebrates advances in interventional radiology that enable healing without cutting. These ...

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