Multi-specialty IR

[badasshairday]

How common is it for IR's to join combined vascular surgery/IR groups versus the traditional Radiology practices? Is it becoming more common?

I know there is a slick group in Northern California called www.endovascularsurgery.com and they consist of 2 docs that are neuro-IR and IR trained, 1 doc that is IR, 1 doc that is a new school vascular surgeon, 1 doc that is a cardiothoracic surgeon with catheter skills, and 2 PA's. The 2 radiologists with the IR and neuro-IR training are the founders of the group.

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[Gvataken]

As IR starts to shift to a more clinical discipline, the more clinically minded IRs have been trying to develop multi-specialty practices. The group that you described is one of the early adapters, this is certainly a growing trend. There are other radiology groups that have hired vascular surgeons or vascular medicine doctors into the group.



other examples are

http://www.pacificinterventional.com/

http://www.visoc.org/razavi.php

http://www.riversiderad.com/services.cfm?category=vascular_medicine

 

[badasshairday]

http://www.pacificinterventional.com/

http://www.visoc.org/razavi.php

http://www.riversiderad.com/services.cfm?category=vascular_medicine

That is fantastic! Very exciting stuff.

A multi-specialty practice like these can offer so much.

 

[IRGuru]

That is fantastic! Very exciting stuff.

A multi-specialty practice like these can offer so much.

Agreed- this is the type of practice I want to establish in the future. I also want to complete a one-year vascular medicine fellowship post-IR so I be a beast in vascular medicine and market myself as a vascular expert. Doing that in addition to stroke therapy and cancer care are going to give me the versatility I've always wanted...this is why I got into medicine in the first place!!

 

[Gvataken]

http://www.northerninterventional.org/

 

[badasshairday]

^^^^ That is a very nicely designed website.

 

[magic_drm]

Agree with above, the marquette interventional group's website is well layed out.

Its been awhile since I went back to my hometown so I was curious and googled the town name and interventional radiology and found http://vivassociates.com/. Cool to see these kind of practices even in small town settings. Actually, I wonder if in some ways these kind of practices are easier to set up in a small town without a bunch of groups competing? Anyone out there already practicing have thoughts?