What is it like to practice interventional radiology when the subspecialty didn't even exist and the whole field of radiology was still in its infancy? How has it changed throughout the years, its challenges, what makes a good interventionalist and so much more!
This special episode of our podcast Radiologists features Dr. Martin Simons, father of interventional radiology in Canada who has also established one of the most competitive and successful fellowship programs in the country.
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➤ Video chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Going into interventional radiology when it didn't exist
03:53 Creating the road to interventional radiology when there was no road
04:55 When interventional radiology was called "special procedures"
05:32 The origin of the name "interventional radiology"
06:32 How Dr. Simons established his career
08:41 About competition in interventional radiology in the past
10:04 Funding as one of the main challenges in IR
12:06 What it was like to practice interventional radiology in the early days
13:22 What kept Dr. Simons in interventional radiology
14:28 Approach in diagnostic vs interventional radiology
15:37 About setting up one of the most competitive fellowship programs
18:08 How to know the person is fit for interventional radiology
20:29 The gene that only radiologists have
22:51 The future of interventional radiology
25:26 The robotics as a future of interventional radiology
27:35 Does Martin miss the spotlight after he has retired
29:07 Advice for the interventional radiologists of tomorrow
31:20 Final thoughts
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