Episode # 105 • 28 Jul 2026
Innovations in Interventional Radiology Training Practices
with Dr. Sunny Murthy, Anish Parikh
How is AI reshaping the way radiology residents study, dictate reports, and summarize clinical courses? BackTable co-founder Anish Parikh catches up with Dr. Sunny Murthy, a PGY-2/R1 integrated interventional radiology (IR) resident at the University of Virginia (UVA).
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Dr. Murthy outlines the lecture structure (morning didactics, noon case-based sessions) and a curriculum shift toward on-demand video learning via Modality, alongside books, Radiopaedia, and targeted journal use. They discuss conference learning at SIR, the role of podcasts like BackTable, and balancing information overload.
AI comes up in both clinical workflows (Epic-generated hospital-course summaries that can be wrong) and education (Claude/Notion for organizing study), with debate about limiting AI for trainees versus preparing for future practice. The resident explains learning procedures across multiple devices, relying on techs, industry training and exhibit halls, and notes receiving a resident teaching award while emphasizing the need for better IR exposure and simulation-based training content.
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