Summer 2018 16


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Features


16 Breakthroughs


Countering cultural barriers to women in IR Agnieszka Solberg, MD


28 A new reality


Augmented and virtual reality in the IR suite Jennifer J. Salopek


32 Interview with Stephen L. Ferrara,


MD, FSIR Dr. Ferrara shares his vision for health care and experiences on the congressional campaign trail.


35 Intellectual property in


IR, simplified An overview of ways to protect your IP Avery Witting, BSE Patrick Hangge, MD Hassan Albadawi, MD Rahmi Oklu, MD, PhD


Columns 6


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President's column Executive director's column


20 Research forum Interview with Daniel B. Brown, MD, FSIR


21 Coding Q&A 22 Legally speaking


24 SIR Foundation research forum Interview with Erik N.K. Cressman, MD, PhD, FSIR


25 Clinical pearls 26 International IR 34 IR perspectives 37 Solved on SIR Connect 38 IRs-in-training


Departments


On the cover: The Augmentarium is a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) research lab at University of Maryland, College Park. Pictured: Augmentarium Director Amitabh Varshney (left) and trauma surgeon Sarah Murthi, MD (right), demonstrate the possibilities of immersive headware used for medical training. Read more on page 28.


Connect


9 IR UP FRONT 13 CALENDAR OF EVENTS


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Merit: 7 VIVA 18: 19


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