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How does patient interaction and communication with other physicians differ between Interventional Radiologists and a traditional, diagnostic Radiologist?

Hi, my name is Raven and I will be a freshman in college next fall. I truly believe that I want to become an Interventional Radiologist, and I have shadowed one, but only for an hour on one day, so I only got a glimpse of what they do. I do enjoy interacting and having conversations with people, so this question will help me further decided whether I should become an Interventional Radiologist or stick with being a Diagnostic Radiologist. #healthcare #medicine #career #radiology

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Richard’s Answer

I am an interventional radiologist and we typically discuss a case with the referring doctor before and after procedures that are atypical. Most "bread-and-butter" cases like dialysis access, port-a-caths, and feeding tubes can be done without discussion. As a diagnostic radiologist, I only call referring doctors for emergent cases e.g. hemorrhagic stroke or pulmonary embolism.
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Ken’s Answer


The best way to get an answer to this question is to contact a pathologist and ask the question in person. A good way to do this is to locate the local professional association to which pathologists belong in your area to phone the local contact person for an in person conversation and possibly arrange to attend a meeting, so that you can meet professionals and get to know them and their are more fully. Here is a link that will allow you to locate your local professional association to which pathologists belong in your area: #

https://www.careeronestop.org/BusinessCenter/Toolkit/find-professional-associations.aspx?&frd=true
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Rachel’s Answer

With regard to patient interaction, you will only spend limited amounts of time with patients in any field of radiology. While interventional has more patient exposure than diagnostic radiology, even the interventionalists do not often have a clinic or see patients in long-term follow up.
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