"The procedures are not just vascular access and abscess drains and biopsies anymore. You know, the gamut of procedures that are done in pediatric now is ... across the board everything, practically, that is done in adult IR is done in pediatric IR. And I think you'd find that filing that niche and filing that need would make your pediatric specialists and your patients and families extremely satisfied." —James Donaldson, MD, the first president of the Society for Pediatric Interventional Radiology

In this episode, part of the ongoing celebration of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 50th anniversary, host Sudhen B. Desai, MD, FSIR, speaks with James Donaldson, MD, the first president of the Society for Pediatric Interventional Radiology, about the early days and growth of the subspecialty, what its future holds and more.

Related resources:

• Society for Pediatric Interventional Radiology
• SIR Clinical Specialty Council (including Pediatric IR Council)
• SIR Pediatric Forum
• SIR 50th Anniversary homepage
• IR Quarterly pediatric IR supplement, "Tiny patients, big impact"

Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.

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