I’m a fellowship director who just finished reviewing over 400 applications for 8 fellowship spots. The following is a #thread on writing a personal statements. (Spoiler alert: I find 99% of them to be TERRIBLE.) #meded #medtwitter #medstudenttwitter 1/

BREAKING: All new Model S and Model X orders now come with ⚡ free ⚡ unlimited ⚡ Supercharging ⚡

Early TIPS with covered stents versus standard treatment for acute variceal bleeding in patients with advanced cirrhosis: a randomised controlled trial - The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology #SIR #irad thelancet.com/journals/langa…

Kaiser #VISLA subinterns, interns, residents and fellows practicing “up and over” access for a #CLI #PAD case on a Mentice during morning conference. #IAmIR @sirrfs Society of Interventional Radiology GVATAKEN Matthew Czar Taon, MD, RPVI, WCC, CIIP Alok Bhatt Ken Lam Aesha Patel

This year, the Annual Meeting Committee and APDIR have launched an abstract review mentorship program to enable SIR RFS to participate in the abstract review process for #SIR20SEA with their program director. Learn more about "Trainees First". buff.ly/2OJrmx2

Wings 2020: Feb 8th, Santa Monica

Provocative keynote @GEST from Dr. Riad Salem NorthwesternIR but resonating with many physicians. "So-called evidence-based medicine is really not [that] 90% of the time" Interventional News Society of Interventional Radiology interventionalnews.com/tyranny-random…

Had so much fun presenting at LA Angioclub UCLA IR at the end of my time at Kaiser. Special shout out to GVATAKEN Ken Lam and Alok Bhatt for their incredible mentorship during this clerkship. On to the next one! EinsteinVIR here I come.

So thankful to have had the opportunity to spend a month learning from some of the best mentors in #IR - #KPVISLA. Thank you for the countless hours you spent teaching us. So sad to be leaving this amazing place, but excited for what’s next! GVATAKEN Ken Lam Alok Bhatt

@rkryu Society of Interventional Radiology Couldn’t agree with your post any more! 👏🏽

Had an incredible experience at CIRSE 2019 learning from inspiring leaders in IR from all over the world. Here is my mentor Dr. Vatakencherry giving a presentation on practical career advice for your IRs. #cirse2019 #IRad SIR RFS GVATAKEN

In this EJVES study we show that Abbott Supera & DESs (e.g. Cook Vascular ZPTX or Boston Scientific Eluvia) in the fem-pop segment have similar patency at 2 years, regardless of plaque Ca2+ Dr. K. Katsanos Hany Zayed Vascupedia Vascular News ejves.com/article/S1078-…

Solid article showing the benefits of utilizing Supera, one of my favorite stents (when we need it, and especially in this era of #taxolgate) Jason Belzer Abbott Kumar Madassery South Beach Vascular Mark Lessne, MD Keith Pereira MD, #VIrad Aaron Brandis Daniel K. Han Mount Sinai IR Mike Watts Omar Solana MD NFT

Anemia of inflammation is a common normocytic, normochromic anemia associated with systemic inflammation that increases the level of hepcidin and results in defective iron reuse from body stores. Reducing inflammation can help correct the defect. nej.md/2lTTobh

What does it mean to be resilient?? hbr.org/2016/06/resili…

Glad I was taught to always do prolonged!!

On tough nights, This NEVER fails to put a smile on my face. So #blessed to be pursuing my dream career. #IAmIR

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Dr. #CharlesDotter made some great educational movies in the 60s that he would show at scientific meetings. In this opening segment, I noticed him fade the footage of Multnomah Falls (just west of Portland) into the gastroduodenal artery. Masterful #cinema! #iRad #History

Thank you to Rohil Malpani, M.D., Shin Mei Chan, MD, & Igor Latich and the “Godfather” himself GVATAKEN Geogy, thank you for for promoting #IRAD to so many SIR RFS and SIR ECS members who b/c of your efforts will be Society of Interventional Radiology future leaders! doi.org/10.1016/j.acra…