International Practice

In this episode, Dr. Isabel Newton hosts a panel discussion on updates about Road2IR, an international consortium aimed at increasing access to IR procedures and education in East Africa and beyond. She is joined by Drs. Fabian Laage Gaupp, Judy Gichoya, and Janice Newsome.

In this episode, Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews interventional radiologist Dr. Abdulaziz Alharbi of the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs in Saudi Arabia. They discuss Dr. Alharbi’s approach to planning and performing sharp recanalization of the superior vena cava (SVC) for dialysis, transplant, and cancer patients.

Dr. Fabian Laage Gaupp tells us the origin story of Road2IR.org, an initiative to build self-sustaining IR training programs in East Africa. In collaboration with Yale and Emory Departments of Radiology, Road2IR has helped establish East Africa’s first accredited IR training program in Tanzania!

Dr. Christopher Beck talks with Dr. Gregory Makris of Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London about IR education and practice in the UK, as well as his involvement with CIRSE and the European Trainee Forum.

Dr. Stephen Hunt shares his international volunteer experiences traveling with IR4Nigeria and RAD-AID International. Get involved at https://rad-aid.org/.

Dr. Deepa Shree tells us about the challenges she faced building her IR practice in Chennai, and how she is spreading awareness of the specialty and training new IRs to help serve the need throughout India.

In Episode 8 we speak with Dr. Abdulaziz Alharbi about his IR practice in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.