Podcast #614 · 6 Feb 2026
Interventional Radiology’s Evolution: Insights from Dr. Ernest Ring
- History of IR
- Innovation
- Embolization
- Career Inspiration
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Interventional Radiology (IR)
- Portal Hypertension
- Quality and Safety
Have you ever wondered what it was like to be in the room when the first pelvic embolization was performed or how the TIPS procedure was pioneered? Dr. Ernie Ring, a legendary figure from UCSF and a true forefather of Interventional Radiology, joins host Dr. Peder Horner to recount the early days of the specialty. Dr. Ring shares fascinating stories from his training at Massachusetts General Hospital under Dr. Stanley Baum, where he witnessed the birth of transformative techniques using angiographic catheters to treat life-threatening bleeding.