The IR Juniors Podcast

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5: Professor Cristoph Binkert – CIRSE President on the future of European IR, being a 'doer', and IR in Switzerland vs USA

2024-04-2941:30

Professor Cristoph Binkert is the current President of CIRSE (The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe) and an Interventional Radiologist and Chairman of Radiology at Kantonsspital, Winterthur, Switzerland. Professor Binkert discusses his journey from Switzerland to Harvard and back again, why he undertook an MBA while working as an IR, and his vision for CIRSE during his presidency.

4: Dr Thais Minett – Brazilian Neurologist turned Neurointerventionist, and the exciting future of the Interventional Neuroradiology

2024-03-2733:13

Dr Thais Minett is a Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. Dr Minett tells us about moving from her native Brazil where worked as a Consultant Neurologist, to becoming the first Interventional Neuroradiology trainee in Cambridge! We also discuss non-INRs performing stroke thrombectomy, exciting advances in the field of neurointervention and hear some amazing stories about the lives of patients she's touched through her work.

3: Dr Gregory Makris – from Academic Vascular Surgery to Big Pharma via Interventional Radiology

2024-02-1331:40

Dr Gregory Makris is Director & Global Clinical Lead for Vascular, Thrombosis and Hemophilia at Bayer and Honorary Consultant in Endovascular Surgery and Interventional Radiology at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London. A long time friend of IR Juniors, Dr Makris shares lessons learned during his multifaceted career journey - from jumping ship from vascular surgery to IR, to making the move to Big Pharma from the NHS!

2: Dr Phil Haslam – Career reflections from the past president of BSIR, creating Which Medical Device and tackling the Physician Associate debate

2024-01-0336:44

Dr Phil Haslam is an IR Consultant in Newcastle upon Tyne – and at the time of recording the outgoing President of the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR). Phil shares fascinating insights into his career beginnings, thoughts on IR training in the UK and reflections on his tenure at BSIR and his creation of the Which Medical Device website. Of course, the episode wouldn't be complete without exploring Dr Haslam's thoughts on the role of Physician Associates in Interventional Radiology. We hope you enjoy!

1: IR Juniors Co-founders – The Founder Episode

2023-11-0834:52

Welcome to the first episode of the IR Juniors Podcast, where we sat down with the three co-founders of IR Juniors. Dr Indrajeet Mandal, Dr Niall Burke and Dr Sachin Modi, all Radiology trainees in the UK, tell us how IR Juniors came about and take us through the journey of how they grew it to what it is today. We hope you enjoy!

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