
Don Garbett
@dongarbettmd
Lazy Activist. Dad, husband, IR Doc, anatomy geek, tech junkie, embolizer, prostate shrinker, leg and life saver, explorer, Macgiver'er’
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http://ircenters.com 25-04-2010 08:56:43
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How are physician services valued? Hear from Curtis Anderson, MD, PhD, FSIR and Dr. Amar Rewari, two of the RVS Update Committee (RUC) members, as they break down how a CPT code is assessed and valued to determine Medicare reimbursement. #VI544: youtube.com/watch?v=S27lvn… Value Health Voices:


I am so happy about this episode!!!! BackTable Vascular and Interventional Curtis Anderson, MD, PhD, FSIR I have learned a lot from Dr Anderson as I am on this OBL journey. Would encourage any young IRs to listen!

Don Garbett Yes, when I placed the drain, I did biopsy with myocardial forceps and got HCC path back. When I put Convertex, I started with CAT-D I was able to remove most of the lesion. Send it to path and it came back the same.

Austin Bourgeois There seems to be a change in the algorithm. I see a whole lot more of things I’m not interested in seeing and a whole lot less of the things I want to see. #medtwitter

#PAE Advanced Prostate embolization. Sometimes you get both sides in one ☝️. IRcenters SIR RFS Society of Interventional Radiology Urology Austin



Sharing cases here but infrequently Austin Bourgeois Here is a PD catheter manipulation What’s your take about these? Line Monkey MD Kumar Madassery Harris Chengazi Raj Khalsa, MD, MBA Keith Pereira MD, #VIrad Mark Lessne, MD Peder E. Horner, MD Interventional Physician Tino Peña Varshana Gurusamy drcostantino #MedTwitter Shamit Desai MD Stephen M. Bracewell

#PAE Advanced Prostate Embolization. 70 ish yo with IPSS26 with PAD and left internal iliac artery occlusion. Profunda to hypo to prostate artery via collaterals. Keeping it fun and great for patients. ASAHI INTECC CO.,LTD - Medical Division Terumo Interventional Systems IRcenters SIR RFS Society of Interventional Radiology


What better way to start holiday weekend call than a TIPS PR Bleeding tips: 22 mins from lido to pressure, single stick w/ #ScorpionX Gradient 27>8mmHg, 8cm Viatorr #ICETIPS Gore Argon Medical Props again to Dylan and BackTable Vascular and Interventional (episode 455 for basic technique)


🎙️ This week, Sabeen Dhand and Dr. Mike Barraza chat with Dr. Quinn Meisinger, PD of UC San Diego Interventional Radiology, as he breaks down the new ABR Core Exam, training residents for real-life challenges, and the future of IR/DR practices. #VI546: youtube.com/watch?v=og-7Dm… #iRad #FutureRadRes RADPAD® Radiation Protection


Post cholecystectomy biliary Transection.Recanalisation BY MAGNETIC COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS !!! ISVIR India ISVIR Junior Wing CIRSE CIRSE European Trainee Forum Society of Interventional Radiology SIR RFS IIR IRad indore BackTable Vascular and Interventional IR Juniors Percut BSIR Trainees (British Society of IR Trainees) The British Society of Interventional Radiology Venkat Tummala MD


Stage 4 pancreatic cancer s/p palliative PVR Over 14 months later—no PET avid disease, normal tumor markers, complete remission. Sometimes palliation can also open doors to treatment #VIRad #PancreaticCancer #palliativecare #pallmed Oncology Brothers Heather Logghe, MD Elliot Tapper Keith Siau



Use of the Protrieve Sheath during large-bore venous thrombectomy resulted in favorable technical and clinical outcomes without adverse events or clinically significant thromboembolic events. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Annals of Vascular Surgery CVIR Journal CVIR Endovascular (Jim Reekers, Editor-in-Chief) JVIR Inari, now part of Stryker
