In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews Dr. Maureen Kohi and Dr. Niten Singh on the VIVA Foundation’s multidisciplinary approach to advancing vascular medicine. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Medtronic ClosureFast https://www.medtronic.com/closurefast6f Philips Image Guided Therapy Devices Academy https://resource.philipseliiteacademy.com --- EARN CME Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn free AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs: https://earnc.me/PO5TFV --- SHOW NOTES Maureen...
Sep 27, 2023•31 min
In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts and Dr. Krishna Mannava engage in a discussion with Dr. Bret Wiechmann about a concerning trend in the field—insurance denials for critical limb ischemia (CLI) interventions. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Philips SymphonySuite https://www.philips.com/symphonysuite --- SHOW NOTES Bret is an IR in Gainesville, Florida with over 26 years of experience and is one of the founders of the Outpatient Endovascular & Interventional Society (OEIS). OEIS was started 10...
Sep 25, 2023•52 min
In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews Dr. Aaron Kovaleski on good old-fashioned TV and radio marketing. Aaron is an interventional radiologist and founder of Endovascular Consultants of Colorado, who has found success in using tried and true methods of advertising to grow his practice. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Philips SymphonySuite https://www.philips.com/symphonysuite --- EARN CME Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn free AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs: https://...
Sep 22, 2023•32 min
In this episode, host Aaron Fritts is joined by Teri Yates, CEO of Accountable Physician Advisors, who offers essential guidance for successfully establishing and managing Office-Based Labs (OBLs). --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Accountable Physician Advisors http://www.accountablephysicianadvisors.com/ Philips SymphonySuite https://www.philips.com/symphonysuite --- SHOW NOTES Teri started a consulting company after working as a quality and risk officer at a radiology practice for 18 years. As the c...
Sep 18, 2023•43 min
En este episodio de BackTable, la Dra. Sara Lojo Lendoiro entrevista a la Dra. Eva Criado, radióloga intervencionista del Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona, sobre el manejo de las estenosis benignas en vía biliar y los stents biodegradables. --- EARN CME Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn free AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs: https://earnc.me/zVailz --- SHOW NOTES En primer lugar la Dra. Criado explica la clasificación de las estenosis biliares y las diferentes etio...
Sep 15, 2023•44 min
In this episode, host Dr. Sabeen Dhand interviews vascular surgeon Dr. Sean Lyden about percutaneous transarterial bypass (PTAB) with DETOUR, a new therapy for treating occlusive / stenotic superficial femoral artery (SFA) disease. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Endologix https://endologix.com/ --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Sean Lyden serves as the Chairman of Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. Sean starts off the discussion by conveying the severity of SFA chronic total occlusion (CTO) and walks us through ...
Sep 11, 2023•35 min
In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts is joined by Dr. Pranav Moudgil, a new IR graduate who has just completed his first IR job search. Today’s discussion revolves around the job landscape for recent interventional radiology graduates. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Philips Image Guided Therapy Devices Academy https://resource.philipseliiteacademy.com --- EARN CME Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn free AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs: https://earnc.me/rhaY4i --- SHOW NOTES The...
Sep 08, 2023•46 min
In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews interventional radiologists Dr. Kumar Madassery and Dr. Shelly Bhanot about catheter shapes and when to use each type in basic and challenging cases. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Cook Medical https://www.cookmedical.com/vascularaccessbacktable --- SHOW NOTES Kumar serves as an Associate Professor and Director of Peripheral Vascular Interventions/Critical Limb Ischemia and Shelly is a PGY-6 IR resident at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 1 min
In this episode, our host Michael Barazza interviews Dr. Jafar Golzarian, interventional radiologist at the University of Minnesota, about intra-arterial and percutaneous treatment of giant hepatic hemangiomas. --- SHOW NOTES We start this episode off by highlighting the Global Embolization Symposium and Technologies (GEST) initiative that Jafar co-founded in 2007. Over time, GEST has evolved into a highly acclaimed conference, drawing an international audience of thousands of participants for i...
Sep 01, 2023•39 min
In this episode, guest host and neurointerventional surgeon Dr. Krishna Amuluru interviews triple-boarded neurointerventional surgeon, neurointensivist, and neurologist Dr. Fawaz Al-Mufti about stroke thrombectomy in special populations. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR MicroVention FRED X https://www.fred-x.com/ --- SHOW NOTES Fawaz serves as an Associate Professor, Director of Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship & Neurocritical-Care Unit, Assistant Dean of GME research, and Vice-Chair of Neurolo...
Aug 28, 2023•47 min
En este episodio de BackTable, la Dra. Sara Lojo Lendoiro entrevista al Dr. Alberto Alonso, radiólogo intervencionista en la Clínica Universidad de Navarra, sobre la importancia del trabajo multidisciplinar e interdisciplinar en la Radiología intervencionista. --- SHOW NOTES El Dr. Alonso introduce el término de interdisciplinariedad, que ocurre cuando distintas especialidades trabajan de manera combinada para interconectarse y potenciar las ventajas de cada una, con un objetivo común. El Dr Alo...
Aug 25, 2023•39 min
In this episode, guest host and interventional radiologist Dr. Dana Dunleavy interviews neurointerventional radiologist Dr. Wayne Olan about growing neuroIR and IR through a neurosurgery department. Wayne serves as the Director of Interventional and Endovascular Neurosurgery at George Washington University Medical Center. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR MicroVention FRED X https://www.fred-x.com/ --- SHOW NOTES First, Wayne tells us more about his training, journey in academia, and role in building ro...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 12 min
In this episode, host Aaron Fritts is joined by Lake Odom and Chas Sanders. Lake is an IR technologist with over a decade of experience, and Chas is the founder and CEO of MARGIN, a company that handles supply chain and outpatient OBLs and ASCs. They focus on the vital role that techs play in maintaining the culture, workflow, and efficiency in an office-based lab (OBL). --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Siemens Healthineers https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/ --- SHOW NOTES The episode starts with a ...
Aug 21, 2023•49 min
In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews interventional radiologist Dr. Eric DePopas about digital marketing strategies for physicians. Eric is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Helped, a company designed to connect patients to IR physicians. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Siemens Healthineers https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/ Medtronic Ellipsys Vascular Access System https://www.medtronic.com/ellipsys --- SHOW NOTES To begin the episode, Eric shares his motivations behind sta...
Aug 18, 2023•57 min
In this episode, interventional nephrologist Dr. Neghae Mawla discusses endovascular AV fistula creation with our host Dr. Christopher Beck. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR BD Advance Clinical Training & Education Program https://page.bd.com/Advance-Training-Program_Homepage.html --- SHOW NOTES We start off the episode by discussing Neghae’s current practice at Dallas Nephrology Associates, where most of his patient referrals come from his partners. Patients who come to see Neghae receive a standa...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 10 min
In this episode, co-hosts Dr. Aaron Fritts, Dr. Michael Barraza, and Dr. Eric J. Keller discuss social media ethics in medicine. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR RADPAD® Radiation Protection https://www.radpad.com/ --- SHOW NOTES To kick-off the episode, the three IR physicians discuss “clot porn” and all the debate associated with posting case-related findings (clots, imaging, etc) on social media with device/company name visible. Dr. Keller, who has a strong background in medical ethics, shares his t...
Aug 11, 2023•46 min
In this episode, host Dr. Sabeen Dhand interviews Dr. John Rundback about analysis of arterial calcifications using microCT. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR AngioDynamics Auryon System https://www.auryon-system.com/ --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Rundback starts by describing the basic differences between microCT and current imaging techniques. MicroCT is a non-destructive imaging method where the x-ray source is stationary but the subject is on a rotating stage. This method can create 3D imaging with a 3 to 5 mi...
Aug 07, 2023•32 min
In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews Dr. Junjian Huang & Dr. Sean Maratto on navigating early-career changes. Both Dr. Huang and Dr. Maratto touch on a range of their early-career experiences and offer their advice, insights, and realizations. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR RADPAD® Radiation Protection https://www.radpad.com/ --- EARN CME Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn free AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs: https://earnc.me/9clNvR --- SHOW NOTES The trio begin...
Aug 04, 2023•52 min
In this episode, host Dr. Ally Baheti interviews interventional radiologist Dr. Saher Sabri and vascular surgeon Dr. Frank Arko about their perspectives on a July 2023 New York Times article about the ethics of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) treatment in outpatient based labs (OBLs) and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Arko emphasizes the importance of approaching articles as an unbiased reader. He acknowledges that sensationalism in the news is common, and while bad acto...
Aug 02, 2023•56 min
In this episode, host Dr. Michael Barraza interviews Dr. Zola N’Dandu, an interventional cardiologist at Ochsner Medical Center in Louisiana, about building a successful critical limb ischemia (CLI) program. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Boston Scientific Lab Agent https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/customer-service/ordering/lab-agent/contact.html?utm_source=oth_site&utm_medium=native&utm_campaign=pi-at-us-labagent-hci&utm_content=n-backtable-n-backtable_site_labagent_1_2023&cid...
Jul 31, 2023•34 min
In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews Jason Newton - an attorney with 14 years of private practice defense experience and current General Counsel at Curi - about cybersecurity in medicine and healthcare. --- SHOW NOTES Jason begins by introducing how he became an expert in cybersecurity law. Dr. Fritts and Jason then segue to the present day threats of ransomware in healthcare, beginning with a birds eye view and progressively getting more granular. They cover the topics of staffing ...
Jul 28, 2023•37 min
In this episode, we delve into the career of Dr. Thomas Sos, a renowned figure in the field of Interventional Radiology (IR), and the triumphs and challenges he faced in the formative years of interventional radiology. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Philips SymphonySuite https://www.philips.com/symphonysuite --- SHOW NOTES The episode starts with an introduction to Dr. Sos, whose accomplishments include serving as SIR President from 1986-1987, receiving the SIR Gold Medalist in 2009, authoring 140 pu...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 33 min
In this episode, co-hosts Drs. Ally Baheti and Mike Barraza interview Dr. Ted Wen of Texas Radiology Associates and Dhruv Chopra of Collaborative Imaging about perspectives and helpful technology when managing an independent radiology practice. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR RADPAD® Radiation Protection https://www.radpad.com/ --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Wen shares reasons why he and his colleagues chose to keep their practice independent. The fast-growing group spent eight years doing due diligence about pri...
Jul 21, 2023•51 min
In this episode, host Dr. Michael Barazza interviews Dr. John Smirniotopoulos about genicular nerve ablation, an innovative treatment option for the management of osteoarthritis. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS OBL Marketing https://oblmarketing.com/ Boston Scientific Nextlab https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/nextlab.html?utm_source=oth_site&utm_medium=native&utm_campaign=pi-at-us-nextlab-hci&utm_content=n-backtable-n-backtable_site_nextlab_1_2023&cid=n10013202 --- SHOW NOTES Dr....
Jul 19, 2023•49 min
Jul 17, 2023•37 min
In this episode, Dr. Michael Barraza interviews Dr. Justin Guan about the SIR Global IR training network. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR RADPAD® Radiation Protection https://www.radpad.com/ --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Guan starts the episode by discussing the IR program at the Cleveland Clinic, where the large case volume enables their trainees to get their pick about what types of cases they want to do. Dr. Guan then mentions his recent trip to Seoul, Korea for the Asia Pacific IR conference and discusses ho...
Jul 14, 2023•18 min
In this episode, Dr. Jacob Fleming interviews Dr. Majid Khan, a spine interventionalist and expert in neuroimaging, about microwave ablation, a new treatment modality that has garnered significant attention. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Boston Scientific Lab Agent https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/customer-service/ordering/lab-agent/contact.html?utm_source=oth_site&utm_medium=native&utm_campaign=pi-at-us-labagent-hci&utm_content=n-backtable-n-backtable_site_labagent_1_2023&cid=...
Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 9 min
In this episode, host Dr. Sabeen Dhand interviews vascular surgeon Dr. Rami Tadros about advantages and indications for radial access in PAD treatment and the current selection of radial access devices. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Surmodics Sublime Radial Access Platform https://sublimeradial.com/ --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Rami Tadros is a vascular surgeon and Site Director of Endovascular Aortic Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Tadros begins by discussing how often he uses radial access in his pract...
Jul 10, 2023•44 min
In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews interventional radiologist Dr. Gregg Khodorov about design thinking to improve healthcare outcomes, getting involved with innovation as a trainee, and ways to successfully advocate for idea implementation. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR RADPAD® Radiation Protection https://www.radpad.com/ --- EARN CME Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn free AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs: https://earnc.me/88AWhz --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Khodorov was in...
Jul 07, 2023•42 min
In this episode, Dr. Jacob Fleming interviews Dr. Alok Sharan about low back awake spinal surgery. This innovative approach offers patients a more pleasant surgical experience compared to traditional surgery under general anesthesia. Not only does it provide better patient outcomes, but it also reduces the need for opioid pain medication and allows for improved mobility after the procedure. --- EARN CME Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn free AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs:...
Jul 05, 2023•50 min
